The 10,000 Steps Challenges begins on October 17 and runs for 5 weeks. This year our virtual route visits national parks around Victoria
Registrations are open from 19 September - 7 October.
Limited team places remain, register early to avoid disappointment
Form a team of eight, including a captain. Your team can include Monash staff and students or family and friends.
Registrations have now closed. If you have already registered online, you can pay the $10 entry fee at selected campus locations and collect a pack, including a pedometer to count your steps.
Each campus will hold:
Prepare for the 10,000 Steps Challenge by entering the Monash GLOBAL walk/run, on your campus, Wednesday 12 October.
To reach the 10,000-step goal, you will need to do a 30-minute walk on top of your normal daily activities. You can count swimming, going to the gym, playing tennis or other activities by converting them into steps, as follows:
Moderate intensity activity causes a slight but noticeable increase in breathing and heart rate. Examples are swimming, cycling, horse riding, rowing, dancing, active gardening (mowing, raking, digging).
High intensity activity makes you huff and puff and talking during this activity is difficult. Examples are circuit training, aerobics, brisk rowing, fast cycling, jogging, competitive sport (squash, netball, football).
10,000 steps is the recommended level of activity for a healthy adult. It is about 8 kilometres or 1 hour and 40 minutes walking, depending on your stride length and walking speed. Recent studies have shown that this level of activity helps to increase fitness levels and brain function.
This Challenge puts a focus on the accumulation of activity across the day. To reach it and maintain it afterwards, we need to make choices to be more active:
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