As part of Aspire Zone Foundation festivities for National Sport Day, Aspetar, through its leading healthy lifestyle programme, will join in the celebrations by offering the public the opportunity to
become more active.
The 5000 Steps Journey is being organised through the popular Step Into Health (SIH) programme, which promotes walking as a form of physical activity for a healthier lifestyle.
Many exciting activities will take place with Aspetar during National Sport Day on Tuesday at Aspire Park, and the 5000 Steps Journey will take place from 1pm to 4pm, right after the Fun Run.
The activity will be targeting families, adults and kids. Attendees will be invited to walk on a clearly outlined walking route in order to achieve the 5000 steps, which is about 40 minutes’ walk.
At the start of the route the adults will receive a walking booklet, while the kids will receive an activity sheet, which they will need to collect all 12 stamps (for adults) and stickers (for children) being handed out by volunteers along the route. Once they have received all the stamps and stickers they will be able to proceed to the giveaway station to collect their reward.
As part of the celebrations of National Sport Day, Aspetar will also organise an award ceremony for the winners of the Step Into Health in Workplaces Walking Challenge, an initiative that promotes an active healthy lifestyle for office employees, and which currently involves Aspetar, Qatar Petroleum, Meeza, Ras Laffan Power Co, Supreme Council of Health, Al Jabor Cement Industries Co and Qatar First Bank.
The organisations were invited to promote walking and a healthy lifestyle amongst their staff two months ago, and were also asked to join an internal walking challenge to keep them motivated. The ceremony will take place right after The 5000 Steps Journey at 4pm, when the participating companies, their active employees and those who achieved 10,000 steps or more will be awarded for the steps they collected during the
challenge event.
Abdulla al-Buflasa, senior health promotion officer at Aspetar, has invited all the members of the community to walk for a healthier and more active lifestyle.
“I look forward to involving more companies in this initiative, and to further promote
employees well being.”
The SIH programme promotes the concept of a holistic health change to engage the people of Qatar in a self-managed lifelong programme based on a moderate amount of daily physical activity, encouraging each person to walk 10,000 steps or more a day in a non-competitive, recreational and social approach.
It is a multi-interventional programme using tools to set targets for physical activity and nutrition, and can help individuals monitor their performance by joining an online programme to make lifestyle changes and
become fitter and healthier.