Start the season off on the right foot with Turkey Trot. This month-long physical activity program gets participants motivated to move toward a healthier lifestyle — and keep weight under control — during November and beyond.
How It Works
Participants track daily aerobic activity (any activity that uses large muscle groups, increases heart and breathing rate, and can be sustained for 10 minutes or more). The goal is 30-60 minutes/day, 4 or more days a week:
- Beginning exercisers aim for 17 minutes/day (500 minutes total)
- Regular exercisers aim for 25 minutes/day (750 minutes total)
- Advanced exercisers aim for 34 minutes/day (1000 minutes total)
Features
- 30-day organizational wellness program
- For everyone — from beginner to advanced exerciser
- Individual participation and optional team competition.
Kit Includes
- Reproducible materials — posters, handouts, and logging, registration, and team reporting forms
- Educational articles on topics like family fitness, weight control, and staying active while traveling
- Healthy holiday sweets recipes
- Word and trivia games
- Action plan for implementing this worksite health program
- Web resources for fun activities and ways to eliminate stress
- Participant survey
- Samples of great incentive items — T-shirt, sweatshirt, and Quick and Healthy Volume II cookbook and The New Mayo Clinic Cookbook.
