Richmond's walk with Cr Single

Five people joined Cr Single for a leisurely walk around Lake Fred Tritton (1.2 kms).

Lake Fred Tritton is conveniently located at the edge of Richmond. With a 1.2km circumference and a maximum depth of eight metres, the lake allows visitors and locals the opportunity to enjoy a wide range of water sports. The lake is stocked with a variety of fish including: barramundi, gulf grunter, sleepy cod, spangled perch, yellow fin, freshwater prawns and redclaw crayfish.

Hughenden team results

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The per capita results for the 15th and 28th of April

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Per capita results & Richmond takes the lead

On the 28th of April the total steps are:

Richmond 17,922,099 steps
Hughenden 16,638,222 steps

And the per capita results mean that Richmond is way out in front.

Richmond 18,495 steps per capita
Hughenden 7,594 steps per capita

Stay tuned for per capita results!

While this Blog has been reporting actual steps, the Challenge will ultimately be measured on a per capita basis.

The per capita steps have been compiled and will be available shortly.

Richmond closes the gap

As of Sunday the 25th of April:

Hughenden 14,968,555 steps
Richmond 14,391,697 steps

It's getting close again... Richmond is only 576,858 steps behind.

Walk with Cr Kulh in Richmond

A bunch of keen Richmond walkers did the Town Walk (which is 4 km) with Cr Kulh on Monday afternoon.

That'll get the steps up!

Come along for the next walk with a Councilor in Richmond on April 26th with Cr. Stephen Single.

Keep your eye out when walking

On the recent walk with Cr Kulh a bunch of Richmond walkers came across these few camels.

Tell us what you've seen while walking (add a comment below).

Walking can be an adventure as well as a fitness activity.

Movement is an opportunity, no an inconvenience

It is great to live in a society where things are so easy to come by: going to the supermarket for food, strolling
through the mall for clothes, even our electricity and hot water can be turned on and off by the flick of a switch.  With things so accessible these days, life tends to become busier and busier, as people try and cram more things into a single day. Does this in turn decrease our physical activity levels?

For some people, it really comes down to a need for a lifestyle and attitude change. Try and slow down your life a bit and do things step by step. The human body is designed to move, so you should move it. Next time you’re in the shopping centre, ditch pushing around one big trolley full of groceries, and try shopping with the hand basket three times a week instead of once a week as you would with the trolley.

The ongoing water restrictions are another example of seeing an activity as an opportunity to move, and not just an inconvenience. If you’ve always wanted to wash your car, you can still do it with a bucket on designated days.  It is interesting to see that we are probably saving water partly due to people not being bothered to use bucket water as the regulations do not specify how many buckets of water we are limited to each time.

So get into the frame of mind for a good workout, and use the bucket to do some long overdue cleaning and
watering!

Article written by Kevin Su, Diabetes Australia Queensland, http://www.daq.org.au/

Barriers to physical activity

(In this article) we are going to take a slightly different approach and are thinking more about the barriers to physical activity.  Instead of hearing more about how good it is for you to be active, you likely need to develop a management plan to overcome the barriers you face to doing the many things we know are good for you.

One of the key skills to this self-management plan is problem solving. The excuses we all make for not being active and really not excuses at all, they are simply problems that we experience along the way to long-term behaviour change – problems that we can become more skilled at solving.

The first step in problem solving is one of problem definition.

Many people say that they have no time for activity. This problem needs more definition. On examination we may find that activity is simply a low priority in a busy day.

Many possible solutions can be generated, including a morning walk for a paper, a noon hour swim instead of the usual fast food lunch, and setting up a treadmill in front of the TV in the evening.

In the end, it may be that simply using a pedometer on a daily basis to monitor ‘incidental’ activity works to raise the awareness of the many opportunities we have presented to us during the day to move more.

In the end a solution is generated because the problem was more clearly defined, giving the person the ability to generate alternatives to overcoming the barriers that were preventing the intention of activity being realised. With a little practice we can all mange our own behaviour a little more successfully! Why don’t you try starting today?

Article by Professor Kerry Mummery, Central Queensland University

10,000 steps gossip

The blog administer met with two friends out in front of the supermarket... and what did they do?

Popped open their pedometers, compared steps, and shared tactics!

Hughenden steps ahead

Today's figures (14th April at 7.30am) reveal that Hughenden has stepped way ahead of Richmond (for now...).

Hughenden 6,971,900 steps
Richmond 5,606,920 steps

Come on Richmond, get stepping!!!!!

Richmond's walk with the Mayor postponned

Due to the threat of rain, the walk with the Mayor has been postponned.

So, how do you keep you steps up when it's raining?  If you've got any good ideas post them below in the comments section.  Why not abit of vacuuming or house cleaning?  That's still all good exercise.

Hughenden still ahead

Hughenden 4,898,349 steps
Richmond 4,172,049 steps

Richmond has a chance to make up those steps on the walk with Mayor Wharton, Monday afternoon at the Lake from 5.30pm.

The margin closes

At as 9.00am Friday the 9th April

Hughenden 2,954,331 steps
Richmond 2,643,199 steps