Happy Feet

Move the Nation, Lead the World, Stepathlon is spreading its mantra all over the world. The movement has raised awareness about health and the benefits of every step taken by us to improve our lifestyle. The program is about keeping ourselves healthy and spreading the joy of a better quality of life. Stepathlon is about covering a minimum of 10,000 steps in a day. The Stepathletes are crossing 10,000 steps daily. The teams are motivated and energized to make their lives healthy and enduring.

To encourage Stepathletes to cover the steps, Stepathlon organized an event ‘Step out with the Leaders’, an early morning walk at Joggers Park, Bandra, Mumbai on Saturday 13^th October 2012. The senior most to junior level executives of companies participating in the Stepathlon were all present at 7.30am with their pedometres to support the initiative. The focus of the walk was to cover steps for the day and also provide an opportunity to interact with other Stepathletes. Our team from The Westin Mumbai Garden City participated with their pedometers to join the leaders.

The activity was fun as the team enjoyed meeting other people and a morning walk with a few laughs to start the day afresh. The Westin Mumbai Team is taking steps to wellness and a better life, as we say ‘a morning walk will leave you feeling energized’. Happy Feet, Happy Body, Happy You!

Step on to Stepathlon

It is said that every step counts and it takes you one step closer to your success. Step towards a goal, step towards better health and a step towards ‘Stepathlon 2012’. Stepathlon is India’s largest mass participation fitness and well-being initiative, a race around a ‘virtual world’.

Spread over 100 days, Stepathlon began on 10^th September 2012. Teams will work together to boost their daily physical activity levels at work and in their free time and compete both internally and against teams from other companies. Every participant target is to cover 100 consecutive days and motivate individuals to take 10,000 steps a day, as recommended by global health authorities.

Time saving and time wasting technologies have led to a significant decline in physical activity, resulting in increasingly sedentary lifestyles. This initiative promotes teamwork and fitness via a simple, inclusive and participative format, which delivers a happier, healthier and more productive workforce.

Each participant wears a pedometer (a step counting device) for 100 days where they enter their total number of daily steps recorded by the pedometer, directly into the online portal or via a mobile application. Participants are encouraged to walk, run, play a sport, swim and even cycle to increase their daily step count. A participant can simply enter the distance taken while doing activities such as swimming and cycling. The steps of each team are converted into kilometers and plotted on Stepathlon’s map of the ‘virtual world’.

Stepathlon will motivate employees towards embracing a fitter lifestyle in an environment that’s supportive and fun. This initiative will lead to physical and mental health benefits. Physical benefits may include improved sleep and energy levels, reduced stress, weight loss, a decrease in waist circumference, and reduced blood pressure whereas mental health benefits may include increased job satisfaction, greater self-esteem, and increased levels of confidence.

Stepathlon is the brain child of Stepathlon Lifestyle Pvt. Ltd. (SLPL), a global wellness company founded by Ravi Krishnan and Shane Bilsborough. SLPL creates an ecosystem that promotes corporate health, fitness and productivity by increasing daily activity.

Come join us and take a STEP in the right direction to being a better you!