A Workplace Wellness 10 🔟,0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ Steps a Day Challenge in Victoria, BC

✅ The mixed method design examined the impact of a 6️⃣-week pedometer based 10 🔟,0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ moderate-vigorous steps a day employee workplace wellness challenge on aerobic fitness, chronic disease 🦟 markers 📑, and ➕ self-reported physical activity ⚽️. The study used prompts to both educate and ➕ facilitate the intervention. Pre and ➕ post 🏤-test data analyzed self-report physical activity ⚽️ and ➕ sedentary time ⏱️, sub max aerobic walking 🚶‍♂️ levels 🎚️, and ➕ anthropometric measures. Participants logged their step count across the intervention and ➕ were challenged to increase their steps throughout. Participants were on average unable to achieve the goal 🥍 step count and ➕ thus no statistical significance was found 🔍️ between pre-post 🏤 tests. Qualitatively, three 3️⃣ themes emerged from discussions with participants about their experiences: awareness of physical activity ⚽️ (PA) levels 🎚️, demands of both work ⚙️ and ➕ family 👪️, and ➕ the frequency and ➕ content of the information ℹ️ given ⬅️🎁 as prompts. The combination of prompts and ➕ the pedometer created an awareness of PA levels 🎚️ among participants but failed to fully motivate them ➡️👥 to hit 🔨➡️ their target 🎯 step count.

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