Daily Walking Challenge; Win New Shoes

Walking consistently is one of the most impactful and accessible ways to improve your health. Walking is good for your heart, joints, muscles, and even your stress levels. That’s why, to help you keep moving in the New Year, we’re hosting a 30-day walking challenge.

The goal is to get in a 20 minute walk, each and every day for 30 days.

I decided against a step count, and instead want you to focus on the duration. Remember that 10,000 steps was just made up by a pedometer company in 1965 for marketing. In Built to Move, Kelly and Juliette Starrett cite that most of the data says you get all the positive benefits of walking around seven to eight thousand steps.

Then there’s dealing with the fact that everyone has a different baseline. If you’re currently only getting 2000 steps a day, jumping straight to 8000 for the challenge would be unreasonable. Twenty minutes is twenty minutes for everyone.

Lastly, I’ve witnessed people pace around their house at the end of the day to get a few hundred more steps in for some challenge. While I appreciate the commitment, and would never be against additional movement, I would rather create a challenge that will have a long-lasting positive effect on you, and having to get up and get moving for 20 minutes won’t allow this sort of thing to happen.

Here’s all the details:

When: Friday January 12- Saturday February 10.

How: Sign Up Here on PushPress (under events tap in the app).

What: a 20 minute of walk each and every day for 30 days.

Why: To build a habit, camaraderie, move more frequently, feel better, non-exercise physical activity, get outside, have more energy.

Anyone who gets 30/30 days (tracking on your own, honor system), will be entered into a raffle to win a new pair of training shoes. If a lot of people sign up, I may pick two winners. This challenge is open to anyone, your family and friends can sign up using the link as well!

Let’s get to walking!

Justin Miner

@justinminergain