Living Fit

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Living Fit

• 10,000 Steps Challenge
• GSU Recreation Center

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Purpose

• Promote healthy living awareness
• Improve physical health and well-being
• Impart knowledge of nutrition
• Stress value of exercise
• Test the feasibility of implementing the
  program campus-wide

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Program Requirements

• Monitor steps
• Wear pedometer daily
• Maintain daily activity record
• Attend sessions
• Share experiences
• Provide verbal feedback
• Complete written evaluation

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Participants

• GSU staff and students
• Staff
• Students
• Speakers
• Recreation staff
• Recreation grad students

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Session One

• Introductions
• Participants
• Program
• Speakers
• Nutrition
• Recipes
• Implementation
• Correct use
• QA
• Week 1 strategy
• Maintain regular activity

Debbie gives instruction and advice.
Sign-up and refreshments.
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Session Two

• Speaker
• Stretching exercises
• Week 1 feedback
• Successes and failures
• Stepping strategies
• Week 2 strategy
• Increase steps to 10k

Jennifer shares stretching techniques.
Achieved 10k steps during first week!
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Session Three

• Feedback
• Successes and failures
• Stepping strategies
• Awards
• Evaluation

Top Five 126k 229k steps!
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Results Survey Response

• Strengths
• Device easy to operate 100
• Glad s/he participated 100
• Increased steps 74
• Will continue activity
• Very likely 79
• Likely 21
• Not likely 0
• Results based upon 19 respondents

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Results Survey Response

• Strengths
• Would encourage others to join 100
• Speakers and presentations helpful 95
• Average program rating 9
• Rating scale 1 (poor) to 10 (exceptional)

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Results Survey Response

• Weaknesses (Suggestions for implementation)
• Tally points far in advance and be clear on
  starting day
• More sophisticated digi-walker
• Provide lunch
• Pre- and post- weigh-in
• Keep digi-walkers
• More prizes and incentives
• Walking groups

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Recommendation

• Implement first with Recreation Center and then
  expand to University
• Suggested modifications
• Create a walking group program
• Offer support group meetings
• Suggestions on nutrition, exercise and relaxation
• 6-month timeframe
• Participants keep digi-walkers

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Questions Answers
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Contacts

• Recreation Center
• Debbie Rupp
• 404.463.1507
• drupp_at_gsu.edu
• Jennifer Stewart
• 404.463.1626
• jenniferstewart_at_gsu.edu

• Leadership Team
• Lakita Cordova
• lakita.cordova_at_osp.gatech.edu
• Paula Huntley
• phuntley_at_gsu.edu
• Cheryl Jester-George
• cjgeorge_at_gsu.edu
• Shantina Knox
• sknox2_at_gsu.edu
• June Moss
• june_at_gsu.edu
• Natasha Simpson
• nsimpson_at_gsu.edu