Zac Carlisle
Reporter
Mississippi University for Women students, faculty and staff are getting into shape this spring. MUW is offering a contest to all the school?s patrons called the Spring Fitness Challenge.?
It is designed to help people lose weight and live a better lifestyle. The challenge consists of tracking and recording one?s daily steps in order to receive prizes and to also help get into those tight jeans. The longer the person endures the challenge, the greater the prize will be.
Exactly 100 people registered for the Spring Fitness Challenge. Each one of them was given a
pedometer to wear on the waistband of his or hers pants. The pedometer will keep track of the number of steps a person takes throughout the day. Each contestant is instructed to at least take 10,000 steps a day. Five miles equals 10,000 steps. At the end of each week, the contestant should have aimed to walk 70,000 steps. The challenge will continue for six weeks.
Including the 70,000 steps, each contestant is required to attend two fitness classes each week. They can choose from a variety of aerobic exercises, such as a cycling class. Many people don?t know it, but a person can burn more than 300 calories in a cycling class during his or her lunch break.
If both of these requirements are not met, then the person is not allowed to move on to the next stage of the program.
The challenge can be a difficult one, and it takes a lot of dedication.
?I really like the challenge. It is great motivation for me,? says Tawnya Sanders, a psychology major from Columbus, Miss.
?This is a good challenge. Having other people doing it with you gives you the motivation that you need,? says Carmen Haynes, a family studies major.
?I love the Spring Fitness Challenge. It motivates me to live a healthier lifestyle,? says Samantha Tarver, a senior speech pathology major from Vicksburg, Miss.
?I have really enjoyed the Spring Fitness Challenge because I have been trying for years, and failing, to keep up a regular workout routine during school,? says Natalie Thomas, a senior graphic design major.
Many contestants have set their own personal goals that they want to accomplish while doing the Spring Fitness Challenge.
?I want to lose 35 pounds,? says Sanders.
?My main goal is to finish the entire Spring Fitness schedule. My secondary goals include getting my resting heart rate and blood pressure back into normal range,? says Thomas.
?My goals are to get in shape and to be as healthy as I can be. I have also been dieting at the same time and have dropped a jean size in two and a half weeks! I would recommend this in the future to anyone wanting to lose some weight or just become an overall healthier person,? says Tarver.
Some contestants are vowing to continue the challenge even after the spring.
?My goals are to just to continue with the classes after the challenge is over with so I can get in shape,? says a public health education major from Columbus, Miss who chose to remain anonymous.
Source: http://www.muwspectator.com/campus/2013/2/14/spring-fitness-challenge.html
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