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What Are You Walking For? Walk for Wellness

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Get your walking shoes ready! Join Student Life November 16 – 22 for the first ever Walk for Wellness to participate in challenges that can benefit your health and wellness. Don’t miss out on your chance to win a daily prize*, engage with fellow students, all while improving your health! Research has proven that walking has an array of benefits, including:

  • Reducing joint pain
  • Increasing blood flow and circulation
  • Boosting energy levels naturally
  • Reducing anxiety and stress

By the end of the event, you will experience great benefits and may ignite a love for walking you never knew you had.

Register

  • Registration is open now until November 22
  • Download the free 10,000 Steps app from the Google Play or AppleApp store and sign up for a participant account using your Central Piedmont student email address
  • Send an email to Anita McGill of Student Life, Anita.McGill@cpcc.edu, to receive an invitation to the tournament
  • Using the link in the app, visit the 10,000 Steps website to sync your mobile account and accept your invitation

Participate

  • Download and create a participant account for the 10,000 Steps App using your Central Piedmont student email
  • Sign up for the event by sending Anita McGill an email after creating a 10,000 Steps participant account
  • Track your steps using the device or app you feel comfortable with
  • Record your daily steps in the 10,000 Steps app before midnight on the day of the challenge, be sure to click the sync button in the Step Log so your steps are registered
  • Winners will be announced throughout the event

Questions

Contact Anita.McGill@cpcc.edu if you have any questions or concerns. 10,000 Steps also has a support page with in depth instructions for many problems, or if you just need help with the process.

*Prize Rules

Steps must be registered before midnight on the day of the challenge for students to qualify for that day’s prize. Winners will be chosen at random from the day’s qualifying participants. Prizes are limited to one per student, per day during the 7-day challenge. A different prize will be distributed every day, and include:

  • Mysterious mystery bundles
  • Carrying bag for keeping items handy while walking
  • Cookbook to encourage a healthy, and delicious, lifestyle
  • Protein shaker to shake your way to the perfect protein shake, with bonus moisture wicking buff to catch the sweat from all your hard work
  • Muscle recovery set to help soothe and enhance muscles
  • Fitness tracker that can monitor heart rate, sleep quality and act as a camera remote for taking pictures during your walk
  • Wireless earbuds so you can gear up from the ears up for your next walk