Grab your sneakers and get ready for Albuquerque Public School’s spring fitness challenge, Spring Into Motion! This challenge is a way to dust off your running shoes and to get more active this spring. During this challenge you will form teams (or participate as an individual) and track your minutes of exercise each day, with the goal to achieve 120 minutes each week.

Prizes you can win!

Register for Spring Into Motion and you’ll receive a pedometer sponsored by Lovelace and Presbyterian. The first five individuals that sign up will also receive a 30 day gym membership and gym bag from Defined Fitness.

Individuals who exercise the most minutes for the week will win a heart rate monitor sponsored by Lovelace and Presbyterian. (Individuals can only win the

weekly prize one time.)

The team that averages the most exercise minutes wins a grand prize sponsored by Lovelace and Presbyterian! An embroidered CamelBak pack.

A nominated individual who demonstrates consistent improvement in exercise minutes has an opportunity to win a bicycle and helmet sponsored by Lovelace and Presbyterian.

How it Works:

1. Form a team. Each team will need to create a team name and designate a team captain. If you would prefer to participate as an individual player, you can create your own individual team.

2. Create your WellCall user account if you don’t already have one and register for the Spring Into Motion Challenge (see attached registration packet for details).

3. Keep a record of total minutes exercised every day and make sure your totals are entered online at www.mywellcall.com every week. WellCall will calculate the average number of minutes exercised by each team. You must enter your total minutes for the previous week by the following Friday to be eligible for the weekly raffle. If you miss the

Friday deadline, you can always enter your minutes later on for the other weeks.

4. Call a health coach to get started on your Spring Into Motion exercise plan (optional).

Health coaches are available at (888) 493-5522 between 6:00am – 6:00pm.

5. After you are registered and you know how to play, then you are all set to compete! Remember that the campaign begins on April 9

th! Get ready to

Spring Into Motion!

April 9th

– May 18th

, 2012

Online Registration Begins April 2, 2012

What counts as physical activity and exercise?

Physical activity simply means movement of the body that uses energy. Purposeful walking, briskly pushing a baby stroller, climbing the stairs, and playing soccer are all good examples of exercise and being active. For health benefits, physical activity should be moderate or vigorous and add up to at least 30 minutes a day. Allowable physical activity should include one or more components of physical fitness: aerobic/cardiovascular exercise, strength training, and/or flexibility exercises. Some physical activities are not intense enough to help you meet the recommendations. Although you are moving, these activities do not increase your heart rate, so you should not count these towards the 30 or more minutes a day that you should strive for. These include walking at a casual pace, such as while grocery shopping and doing light household chores.

Examples of activities that do not count as exercise: Routine activities such as walking to the cafeteria to get lunch, doing laundry, getting out of your car and walking to your office.

Examples of activities that DO count: Walking during your commute can count if it is intentionally longer or higher intensity (ex. parking your car further away

or getting off the bus a stop early), jogging, running, biking, swimming, using the elliptical, strength training, yoga, and stretching.

Ways to get fit at Albuquerque Public Schools:

Go for a walk, or walk the stairs during your lunch break

Registration Instructions

Step 1: Register as a member at www.mywellcall.com Returning users: 1. Go to www.mywellcall.com 2. Under Returning User, enter your email address and password 3. Select “Log-In” 4. Go to step 2

If this is your first visit:

1. Go to www.mywellcall.com 2. Under New User, click “Register.” 3. Enter your company password apswellness and select “continue.” 4. Follow the online instructions and complete the registration process. Once your account has been activated, go to www.mywellcall.com and log in with your email address and password.

Step 2: In the box on the far right, select “Join a wellness challenge” or choose

“My competitions” from the “My Stuff” drop down bar at the top of the page.

April 9th

– May 18th

, 2012

Online Registration Begins April 2nd

Step 3: Read the WellChallenge homepage and click the “Get Started Now!” button.

Step 4: Create your competition profile. Your alias will be seen by others on the leaderboard so do not include any personal information. All other information (name, DOB, weight) will be confidential.

Step 5: If you agree with the terms, check yes and select “next.”

Step 6: Read the announcement page and select “click here to join” the challenge.

Step 7: Check the box to the left of the Spring Into Motion challenge. Then, click on the “Join Selected Competitions” box.

Step 8: Click the “Compete” tab and click on the title of the challenge.

Step 9: Create a team. If you are not a team leader, skip to step 10. To create a team: (team leaders only)

a. Click on the up and down arrows listed next to Teams b. Enter the name of your team in the empty text box. c. Click Submit

Step 10: Join a team (everyone) 1) Scroll down to the bottom of the competition page. 2) Look for your alias name listed under “Not Assigned to a Team.” 3) Check the box next to your alias name. 4) Look for the drop down box Move selected players to, click the arrow next to the drop

down box, and select your team name. * If you are the team captain (or an individual player), check the box: Assign selected

player(s) as captain(s). 5) Click “submit changes.”

Look around, view the leader board, view the graphs, etc. You can also click on the “Post New Message” button to leave a message on the discussion board.

Part A – click arrow

Part B – Enter team name Part C – Click Submit

Step 11: Select the tab “Home” to see your profile and to record your exercise minutes. To track your minutes, click on the box and enter your minutes under the appropriate date. Then click “save updates.” You can modify your profile by clicking on Update my Profile. To set your personal goals, scroll down to the bottom and select Click here to update now. To track additional information such as weight, click Add new tracking category.

Step 12: When you are finished logging in your exercise minutes, make sure to log out of the competition page and log out of www.mywellcall.com. Be sure to log back in starting April 9th, 2012 to track your exercise minutes. Contact a WellCall health coach at (888) 493-5522 for support with your wellness goals!