Healthy IU is celebrating the countdown to Indiana University's Bicentennial in year 2020!
What is the Bicentennial Goal?
This goal is to climb up 198 flights of stairs over three workweeks. Why 198? We want to climb 200 flights in honor of the IU Bicentennial in 2020, so we'll be increasing our goal by 1 flight per year until we reach 200 flights for 200 years of IU. That breaks down to about 66 flights per workweek, or about 13 flights per workday. In an 8-hour workday, that's about 1.5 flights per hour, or about 18 stairs climbed / 4.5 active minutes. (Remember, for those participating by climbing stairs, a flight is 12 stairs. For those participating by active minutes, a flight is 3 active minutes.)
Listen to your body!
If you are new to stair climbing or physical activity, listen to your body and set your flight goal accordingly! The motto, "no pain, no gain" does NOT apply here! Physical activity should make you feel great. It's a wonderful thing to listen to your body and go at YOUR pace. We hope taking the stairs and moving throughout the workday becomes a hard habit to break — a part of your daily routine even after the challenge is over.
Interested in learning more about IU's 2020 celebrations? Check out IU's Signature Bicentennial Projects and the history of IU at the Bicentennial page.