Join Duke's Get Moving Challenge 2020
The annual fitness contest for staff, faculty and students begins Jan. 6
Gather up some colleagues and get fit with Duke's Get Moving Challenge, an annual fitness and wellness initiative organized by LIVE FOR LIFE, Duke’s employee wellness program.
The 10-week challenge runs Jan. 6, 2020 to March 15, 2020. Staff, faculty and students can participate as individuals or in teams of five to 11 to compete for the most steps, exercise minutes and weight lost.
A new addition to the program in 2020 will ask participants to log sustainability activities such as biking to campus, taking stairs, conducting a walking meeting and enjoying a meatless meal.
In 2019, Duke employees and students collectively walked 1,067,340,575 steps, exercised 3,428,000 minutes and lost 1,476 pounds.
Nicole Kempton, special assistant to vice president of Alumni Affairs & Development, participated in the Get Moving Challenge with colleagues in 2019.
“The fact you’re competing against other teams certainly makes me try harder to walk and run more,” she said. “It’s a great opportunity to foster unity within the department.”
Register at hr.duke.edu/getmoving.
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