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Before & After Your Walk

Before starting out, please click here to take our “Kick Off Walking Quiz."

Visit here for another valuable resource to help you plan your fitness endeavors and click on the "Women’s Fitness Planner."

Pre- test question.
Using the pedometer track your steps for three days.
Now divide the number by three and answer the following questions.
How many steps do you now walk in a day? __________
How many steps do you now walk in a week?____________.

Setting your goal.
After a six month period, how many steps would you like to be able to walk in a week?______.
(Reminder: To walk halfway across the state, one would have to walk 1.5 miles a day or 3,000 steps a day).

What are the potential outcomes of Take One Step?
· Increase the knowledge of the value of exercise to benefit older citizen’s lives.
· Increase the ability to make healthy life choices
· Increase wellness behaviors
· Increase life satisfaction
· Increase participation in community-based leisure activities.

Post Test.
After the six month period how many steps do you take in a day?_________ in three days?__________.
How many steps do you now take in a week?_______.
Have you noticed any effects on your health following this increase?