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FP&M Step Challenge (April 2022)

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icon: calendar with page flipping up in black outlinesUpdate: Come celebrate with the wellness team to find out who the top stepper in April has been!

Join us:
Tuesday, May 4, 2022
12:30 pm
Meadow room, 30 N Mills – 304 

Over 7,500,000 steps were collectively taken by at least 45 employees so far.  Nice job, everyone, finish strong this April!

*illustration: Arrow that becomes stair steps inside red blockStepping into Spring

The Step Challenge is back!

The FP&M Wellness team is excited to bring back the step challenge during the month of April 2022. This is a great way to be active and connect with your team. Participate to see how much you’ve been walking around campus, or go walking with a co-worker to brainstorm while soaking in the fresh air.

Will you help the FP&M team reach its goal of 10,000,000 steps?

The FP&M Step Challenge is a collaborative effort for FP&M employees to walk a total of 10,000,000 steps together as a division. Read on to see how to track your steps and get connected.

How to join — if you haven’t participated before

  1. Go to the Count.It website at go.wisc.edu/fpm-steps.
  2.  Create an account with your wisc.edu email address. Be sure that your full name is listed in your account so that we know who is participating and give you credit in the final results.
  3.  Join the “UW Facilities Planning & Management” group.
  4. Connect your preferred fitness tracking devices or download and sync the Count.It app.*
  5. You should now see yourself as a member of the UW Facilities Planning & Management Count.It group.
  6. Start stepping to contribute to the FP&M step goals!  The challenge begins on April 1, 2022 and goes through April 30, 2022.

How to join — if you have participated in Step Challenges in the past

  1. Go to the Count.It website at go.wisc.edu/fpm-steps.
  2. Log in with your existing account. Use your wisc.edu email address. Be sure that your full name is listed in your account so that we know who is participating and give you credit in the final results.
  3. Be sure to select the “UW Facilities Planning & Management” group.
  4.  Start stepping to contribute to the FP&M step goals! The challenge begins on April 1, 2022 and goes through April 30, 2022.

*While the free Count.It platform does not allow you to enter steps manually (i.e. equivalents for biking, dancing, cleaning the house, etc.) you can manually enter steps in your Apple IOS or Android device to synch into Count.It. Use the conversion table below for reference when turning activities into steps.

Conversion Chart

Steps-Per-Minute

No fitness tracker? No problem. Use the chart below to manually convert your activities into steps.

Simply find the activity’s Steps-Per-Minute (SPM).

  1. Multiply by the number of minutes you spent doing the activity.
  2. # Minutes Spent x SPM = # STEPS.
  3. Then, manually add your steps to the Count.It app.

Activity conversion charts

Steps Conversion Chart (page 2)If an activity is not on the list, you can get close enough by finding an activity on the table that is most similar and estimate its value.

Join us!

Join FP&M on Count.It

Have questions?

Do you have questions or need help entering steps? Please email Kayla Ruplinger at wellness@fpm.wisc.edu.