Activities for physical health
Walking can be the ideal way to build more movement into your day and help build a more active and healthy lifestyle. A brisk walk can raise the heart rate and get the lungs working whilst minimising strain on the joints. If that's your motivation these activities can help.
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A Mile A Day
A mile a day keeps the doctor away! Walk a mile every day of the Let's Walk Festival. That's about 2000 steps, and 20 - 30 minutes of walking. Less if you walk briskly!
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Walk Accumulator Challenge
Increase the length of the walk each day of the challenge by 500 steps of 5 minutes. Why not start with a walk of 10 minutes or about 1000 steps. Day 2 would be 15 minutes or 1500 steps and Day 3, 20 minutes and 2000 steps. So on your 10th accumulated walk of the Let's Walk Festival fortnight you'll end up walking 5500 steps, 2.75 miles and walking for an hour.
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Walk to School Challenge
Walk to school (and back again for parents!) on at least 5 days over the fortnight. Following on from Walk to School Week last week, this is a great opportunity to build on new active travel habits this Autumn.
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4000 Steps Fitness Goal
Can you do some of your steps at a brisker pace? Walking briskly is great for your heart, lungs, circulatory system as well as your muscles, joints and generating that feel good factor! Try it 3 times over the fortnight.
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Photography Walk
Could you while away 2 hours walking and pausing to take photographs of what's around you? Don't forget to share them with us! @GMWalks #GMWalkFest
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Move More, Sit Less
Take Time out of your day to walk, stretch and move around in 3 x 10 minute chunks. Aim for 5 days a week.
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5000 steps per day
Clock up 5,000 steps over the day on 10 out of 14 days of the Let's Walk Festival fortnight! Not all have to be achieved during the walk, but you'll definitely need to get out for a walk to hit this target.
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3 Mile Weekend Walk
Why not try a longer weekend walk? Take the family out? Meet up with friends for a socially distant chat. Explore somewhere new or discover something closer to home. There are two weekends during the Festival. Try to do a 3 mile walk each weekend.
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Car swap short walk
Could you walk to your local shop for those few essentials instead of driving? Most of us have a shop within 15 minutes walk of home. There and back and you've done a mile! Don't forget to take a bag and a face mask.
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Green space activity walk
Give your walk to the local park an extra focus! Or focus on the trees, local gardens or hedges near you. Make it a 3000 step walk and make the most of it. 3000 steps is about 1.5 miles, or 30-45 minutes.
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Walk and Talk phonecall
If you're working from home, why not plan a 30 minute walking meeting on the phone this week? If you're not working, perhaps you could phone a friend or family member for a catch up whilst on a walk. Either way, swap sitting down during the call for walking and talking!
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Walk and No Talk
Why not take a 30 minute walk, on your own and get away from it all. Enjoy the time and space to yourself!
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