Active Lifestyle Challenge
Objectives of Activity Challenge
- Recognizing those who achieve outstanding accomplishments in their personal physical activity challenge (2000 or more points)
- Motivate people that already have an exercise schedule to expand physically activity habits through involvement in diverse activities.
- Motivate people that are inactive or have a hard time being regularly physical active to think about, plan, and participate in lifestyle and leisure physical activities.
- Help PSU community understand the benefits of physical activity across the lifespan and encourage members to consider their individual and collective activity behaviors as part of the Activity Challenge program.
- Promoting physical activity and health behaviors among the PSU community and enabling an activity-friendly campus environment.
Get Involved
- To become involved, register for the Active Lifestyle Challenge at the Recreation Programs Fitness Room Desk from February 9th – February 13th.
- The registration fee is $3.00/person or $10.00/per team.
- Each team cannot have more than 6 members.
- Simply turn in your team or individual tally sheets every Monday. These logs are also available at the Recreation desk. Weekly logs should be submitted no later than 6:00pm on Monday. Accurate documentation of activities and related points are on the honor system.
- Students, employees, and their families may register as part of a team in addition to participating as an individual.
- There is no limit to the number of teams any one department or office may enter.
- All 6 members earn points for themselves and for the team.
- Team members start earning points for their team from the date they join (be sure to submit this information to the Recreation Desk). Team members can be added or deleted from team rosters at any time.
- Every team that earns more than 10,000 points by the end of the spring semester is considered a winning team.
Awards & Recognition
An Active Lifestyle Challenge t-shirt will be awarded to each participant that completes the challenge. The grand prize will be awarded to the team that receives the highest amount of points throughout the semester!
Point Assignments
20 POINTS
| 2 Miles (15 minutes) |
Running/jogging |
| 30 Minutes (2 miles) |
Walking or yoga |
| 1 hour |
Intramural Sports play |
| .5 mile or 900 yards [30 minutes] |
Swimming |
| 8 miles/30 minutes |
Bicycling/cardio equipment |
| 40 minutes |
Floor exercises |
| 40 minutes |
Hiking |
| 40 minutes |
Skating |
| 2 miles (45 minutes) |
Snowshoeing |
| 2 miles (30 minutes) |
Cross country skiing |
| 1 hour |
Downhill skiing |
| 30 minutes |
Adapted sport |
| 1 hour |
Roller hockey |
| 30 minutes |
Aerobics/ Group X class |
| 5,000 steps (2.5 miles) |
Walking |
| Up 10 flights |
Stair climbing |
| 24 hr “people powered” transportation |
Vehicular disuse |
10 POINTS
| 1 Mile (10 minutes) |
Running/jogging |
| 1 Mile (15 minutes) |
Cross country skiing |
| 1 Mile (25 minutes) |
Snowshoeing |
| 15 Minutes |
Rollerblading |
| 15 Minutes |
Household chores - yard work, shoveling snow, raking, chopping wood, heavy cleaning |
| 15 Minutes (1 mile) |
Walking |
| .25 mile/450 yards (15 minutes) |
Swimming |
| 3 Miles @ 12 mph (15 minutes) |
Bicycling |
| 15 Minutes |
Cardio Equipment |
| 20 Minutes |
Floor Exercises |
| 20 Minutes |
Weight Training |
| 20 Minutes |
Hiking |
| 20 Minutes |
Skating |
| 2500 steps |
Walking |
| Up 5 flights |
Stair climbing |
| 15 minutes |
Adapted physical activity |
| 15 Minutes |
Active play (frisbee, building snow people, sledding, etc.) |
Team or individual tally sheets