10,000 Steps Challenge
Sunraysia Community Health’s Health Promotion team, has run a local 10,000 Steps Tournament each year since 2013.
10,000 STEPS MILDURA
2024 10,000 STEPS CHALLENGE: SEPTEMBER 2024
The September challenge is currently underway, stay tuned for the next 10,000 Steps Challenge!
Compete against teams in the education, workplaces, masters, community or the individual tournament for the prestigious ‘Golden Sneaker’ trophy. Other great prizes also up for grabs.
PARTICIPATION IS FREE AND OPEN TO ALL AGES AND ABILITIES!
Why 10,000 steps?
Sounds like a lot, but when you see it takes 500 steps to walk from the car park to the supermarket you are well on your way to hitting your goal. Reaching 10,000 steps every day will help you maintain a healthy lifestyle. Read 10,000 Steps articles to learn more.
Increasing your physical activity levels, through increasing your daily step count, is worthwhile; even if 10,000 steps is not the right goal for you. The most important thing is being as active as you can. Striving for 10,000 steps is just one way of doing this.
One Size Doesn’t Fit All
Of course, some people accumulate less steps per day – for example, older people, those with chronic disease, and office workers. Others do a lot more: children, runners, and some blue-collar workers. So the 10,000 step goal is not suitable for everyone.
Setting a lower individual step goal is fine as long as you try to add about 3,000 to 4,000 steps to your day. This means you will have done your 30 minutes of activity.
