Live Healthy Iowa Challenge

It’s competition time! Live Healthy Iowa will host its 10-week Wellness Challenge that kicks off on January 27.

Poweshiek County has been challenged to increase its participation rate by 10% in the Live Healthy Iowa program. This year all teams from Poweshiek County will be entered in a drawing for free chair massages for the entire team. You and your friends could make a team and win a chair massage.

The adult 10-Week Wellness Challenge  encourages Iowans to team up with 2-10 with friends, family or co-workers, commit to making healthy lifestyle choices, support each other and track their progress on their personal dashboard. New in 2014, challenge participants will have the ability to sync their favorite mobile apps and devices with their Live Healthy Iowa dashboard, create specialized, detailed fitness plans to meet their goals, experience updated tracking features in your ‘myProgress’ tab  and receive half price registration for one of 14 statewide Live Healthy Iowa 5K events held on April 12, 2014.

For $20 per team member, each participant will receive an official 10-Week Wellness Challenge t-shirt, a one-year monthly subscription to a magazine of your choice including Fitness, Men’s Health, Every Day with Rachel Ray, and 8 other popular covers, exclusive discounts at businesses in your area, and chances to win a four night tropical cruise for two, gift cards, bikes, fitness shoes plus other great prizes!

Challenge participants will have unlimited access to an abundance of wellness resources on Live Healthy Iowa’s website such as healthy recipes, workouts and a personal tracking page where they can track their progress, message teammates, set goals and much more. 

All teams from Poweshiek County will be eligible for a drawing to win free chair massages for all members of their team. Simply contact Poweshiek County’s Community Transformation Grant office in Grinnell Regional Public Health, 641-236-2385. Let the office know your team name, number of participants, and contact information.

Participation is simple and the benefits are great. Here’s what we mean.

• Form your team of 2-10 people – family, friends, and co-workers – who want to improve their health and have fun.

• Choose a team name and captain.

• Register your team at http://www.livehealthyiowa.org/aspx/Public/Page.aspx?pid=13658

• Pay the $20 fee per member.

•Begin competing in a web-based tracking weight loss and/or activity minutes for 10 weeks. The program runs January 27 – April 4, 2014. Research shows that people can change habits after 21 days. 

With a 10-week challenge, you could make significant and life-long healthy changes in your life.

Would your community, business, or organization like to participate in Live Healthy Iowa’s 10 Week Wellness Challenge? Contact info@livehealthyiowa.org today for your group ID!