2 February - 1 March
Welcome to Imperial's Big Step Challenge!
We are excited to have you onboard this Imperial-wide steps challenge. We are committed to enabling every member of our community to do 150 minutes of exercise per week and this challenge will help us reach our goal as it can be completed from anywhere, on-site, at home or abroad!
This year we are ditching the cold English weather in February and jetting off for a tour of the Islands of the Caribbean! Ready and raring to go? Click here to get started in 4 simple steps.
How does it work?
Students and staff can enter teams of up to 5 participants to complete as many steps as possible over the four weeks of the challenge. We use the Big Team Challenge app to monitor everyone’s steps. On the app your team will be aiming to complete the virtual route around the Caribbean Islands – as voted for by our Imperial community. The easiest way to participate is to connect your wearable tech or smart phone to the app so everything automatically updates.
In addition to getting everyone moving more, Big Team Challenge also plant 1 tree on behalf of every 10 active users on the challenge through their partnership with Ecologi.
Read more about this initiative on the Big Team Challenge webpage.
Useful information to know
After listening to your feedback, we have continued to implement the following which we hope will improve your experience of the challenge.
1. Steps & Other Activities
This year there will be one challenge but two separate leaderboards:
- Leaderboard 1 – Teams only completing steps
- Leaderboard 2 – Teams completing steps & converting other activities.
This will allow everyone to join the challenge and do an activity that works best for them! Remember to decide as a team if you are only going to step or if you are going to convert other activities.
Remember, if you are syncing steps manually you do not need to take any further action with the conversion chart. If you are using wearable tech and doing a Zumba class for example, you do not need to also convert the activity as this will give you double steps.
In line with the Imperial Values we ask everyone to demonstrate integrity throughout the challenge.
2. Grace period to sync steps
There will be a grace period of 48 hours to ensure all your team have managed to sync their steps at the end of the challenge. We encourage you to sync your steps within 24 hours to keep the leaderboard up to date.
3. In-app team chat functionality
You can communicate with your team in the Big Team Challenge app directly. Remember to keep your teammates motivated and congratulate them for staying active throughout the challenge!
Ready to get started? Sign up now!
Testimonials
"It was really motivating and pushed my colleagues as well as myself to become better and do way more steps per day than we initially did before. It was a nice and engaging way to feel more together as a team with my colleagues and a great challenge to be a part of."
"I loved being part of a team, feeling challenged to get up and move more as well as understanding and realising that just by increasing my step count how much this can positively impact my health and mental wellbeing."
"It made me get out and walk much more (something that had been a New Years resolution that I hadn't got round to!) and I could feel the benefit almost immediately. I will certainly continue."