Starting Sunday, December 13 @ 07:23 AM, until Sunday, December 20 07:23 AM  your challenge is to ...

Take a 30-minute walk five times this week

Take a 30-minute walk five times this week


In this week's challenge you must Walk for 30 minutes at least 5 times this week . Simply walk 15 minutes away from your house, then turn around and walk 15 minutes back. Or take a few laps around your office complex during lunch. Short walks are a great way to get moving without disrupting your busy schedule.


Kapalbhati Pranayam

Benefits of Walking:


  1. Boost your mood

    Walking helps ward off depression and mental stress.


  2. Lengthen your life

    A recent study found that walking for 2 minutes each hour instead of sitting can reduce risk of death by 33%.


  3. Reduce your risk of disease

    Cut your risk of inflammation, heart disease, diabetes, obesity, hypertension, high cholestrol, vascular stiffness, colon cancer and erectile dysfuction.


  4. Keep you healthier if you already have heart disease

    In another study, moderate activity for 30 minutes three times a week reduced risk of heart disease-related death by 26% and overall risk of death by 20%.



Suggested Reading:

Walking Just 30 Minutes a Day Has Tons of Health Benefits - Learn more here.

11 Biggest Benefits of Walking to Improve Your Health, According to Doctors - Learn more here.


This challenge was closed on 12/20/2020
2  members have accepted this challenge.
2  members have completed this challenge.
Congratulations to these participants for completing the challenge. 
Hemant v. V Gandhi 
Pradeep K Shah 

The Weekly Health Challenge is a self-audited program designed to motivate the JCSC Wellness participants in reducing BMI on a weekly basis.

How it works:
1. Each week there will be a new health challenge. You can accept the challenge by accepting the pledge for each challenge. You can only accept a challenge from midnight on Sunday to midnight on Tuesday.

2. At the end of the week, you can declare if you have completed the challenge. You can only mark a challenge as completed from midnight on Sunday to midnight on Tuesday.

3. Every week, the participants that complete the challenge will be recognized on this page.

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