Fitness+&+Exercise

Fitness & Exercise

** Remote DPI Walking Options **

If you are a DPI employee not based at the agency there are options for walking. Our offices located off Blue Ridge Road and Reedy Creek have the luxury of a beautiful "Reedy Creek Trail". The trail not only offers a variety of uphill and downhill walking but has a map which gives a variety of distances for the novice walker or the professional runner! Another convenient aspect of the trail is it is located right across the street from Motorfleet. If you're picking up a car you can park and have a walk before you leave. The trail is beautiful and surrounds the NC Museum of Art.

BOB supports your efforts!

Click below to access an interesting spreadsheet that lists the calories used during various types of physical activity. Click below to access the Wellness Activity Liability Waiver that must be completed prior to participation in wellness activities sponsored by DPI:

**DPI moves across NC!**

Let’s move enough miles to cover our beautiful country. It has been said that if you travel from Murphy to Manteo, NC; you have traveled from one end of NC to the other and covered at least 600 miles. Walking across NC could take about 9 days. Wow, who has the stamina to take this challenge all at one time? If you do not, join others at DPI moving across NC! at your own pace. Log your distance when ever you move around Raleigh, Murphy, Manteo, Timberlake, Duck, Greenville, Swansboro, Waxhaw, a gym, a mall, a beach, and other place of your choice. Keep a photo journal or reflections of before and after your journey. Walk, skip, bike, jog, run before work, during lunch, after work or on weekends.

Determine how you you will move Set a goal for how much you will move such as 25, 50 75 miles from April 6 to June 30, 2009 Determine how you will reward yourself Know that BOB believes in you
 * Some things to consider in order to get ready….**

**Get involved by:**
 * Walking, jogging, running, hiking, swimming, rolling a wheelchair skating, biking ……. safely and count your miles.
 * Logging miles on your DPI Moves Across NC! calendar. Calendars are available in the lobby or downloadable to print from this file [[file:DPI moves calendar April, May, June 2010.doc]]
 * Dropping your weekly log in the BOB box every Monday located in the lobby. Regional employees have the option of emailing miles to wellness@dpi.state.nc.us.
 * Checking our progress on DPI Moves! map located in the lobby or on the WOW2 web page.
 * Contributing to the goal of over 6,071 miles from April 12–June 30.
 * Forming a team within in your department, division, region, section, etc. and moving to become members of the 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, or 600+ Mile Energizing Club. The team will keep up with their miles and submit on a team/individual card, which will be provided in June. Individuals may participate too to move for membership in one of the Mile Energizing Clubs. All participants should drop their weekly log in the BOB box.

DPI moves across NC! ** Come on and get fit. Take the challenge. Join us in our trek from Murphy to Manteo. For more details click on this link Fitness & Exercise link to learn more. **
 * The Results are in...... **
 * Week 1 4/6-4/12 427.53 miles
 * Week 2 4/13-19 428.27 miles
 * Week 3 4/20-26 499.93 miles
 * Week 4 4/27-5/3 664.77 miles
 * Week 5 5/4-10 287.28 miles
 * Week 6 5/11-17 308.86 miles
 * Week 7 5/18-24 492.33 miles
 * Week 8 5/26-31 629.97 miles
 * Week 9 6/1-7 603.6 miles
 * Week 10 6/8-14 296.52 miles
 * Week 11 6/15-21 185.21 miles
 * Week 12 6/22-28 753.54 miles
 * Final Count 438.82 miles
 * Total miles: 6070.63 miles
 * Trips: Murphy to Manteo, Manteo to Murphy, Murphy to Manteo, Manteo to Murphy, Murphy to Manteo, Manteo to Murphy, Murphy to Manteo, Manteo to Murphy, Manteo to Murphy, and Manteo to Murphy.
 * We made it home from California too.

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HHS Announces Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans
October 8, 2008 Adults gain substantial health benefits from two and a half hours a week of moderate aerobic physical activity, and children benefit from an hour or more of physical activity a day, according to the new Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans. The comprehensive set of recommendations for people of all ages and physical conditions was released today by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The guidelines are designed so people can easily fit physical activity into their daily plan and incorporate activities they enjoy. [|Read the entire article...]

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