{"id":48856,"date":"2021-01-28T14:54:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-28T19:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=48856"},"modified":"2024-10-14T15:00:24","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T20:00:24","slug":"acc-employee-exercise-challenges-to-help-you-reach-your-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2021\/01\/28\/acc-employee-exercise-challenges-to-help-you-reach-your-goals\/","title":{"rendered":"ACC employee exercise challenges to help you reach your goals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"817\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2024\/10\/Exercise-Stars-2021-header-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48857\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2024\/10\/Exercise-Stars-2021-header-1.png 817w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2024\/10\/Exercise-Stars-2021-header-1-300x103.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2024\/10\/Exercise-Stars-2021-header-1-768x264.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2024\/10\/Exercise-Stars-2021-header-1-150x52.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 817px) 100vw, 817px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Austin Community College District (ACC) employees are invited to participate with their colleagues in a couple of friendly exercise competitions.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2021 Exercise Stars<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Registration for the annual Exercise Stars exercise incentive program, hosted by ACC Human Resources, is <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/vrTr4b84ypjBnXz17\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">now open<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Participants will:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Set an exercise\/activity goal and sign up for their fitness level.<\/li>\n<li>Start exercising and log minutes each week on a campus spreadsheet.<\/li>\n<li>Be part of their campus&#8217; Exercise Stars team to contribute to your campus&#8217; total exercise minutes to help win &#8216;The Most Active Campus&#8217; competition.<\/li>\n<li>Receive tip sheets and motivational messages periodically during the program.<\/li>\n<li>Watch their minutes add up and fitness improve.<\/li>\n<li>Stay connected with their peers through virtual check-ins and enjoy exercising with their fellow Riverbats.<\/li>\n<li>Win a prize if they reach their activity goal for the 10 weeks. This year&#8217;s prize is wireless earbuds.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Employees will receive official challenge rules and instructions upon registration and can sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/vrTr4b84ypjBnXz17\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a> through Monday, February 10.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Get Fit Texas Challenge<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ACC faculty and staff are also eligible to participate in the Get Fit Texas Challenge and represent the college on the statewide level.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This 10-week challenge is open to all state agencies and higher education institutions. The goal for Get Fit Texas is to log 150 minutes a week of movement for six out of 10 weeks. It has already started, but it&#8217;s not too late to sign up. The challenge runs through March 21.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Find out more about this challenge and register through www.getfittexas.org. We hope you&#8217;ll sign up to represent ACC on the statewide level as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For any questions, email Mauri Winters at <a href=\"mailto:mmiculek@austincc.edu\">mmiculek@austincc.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Austin Community College District (ACC) employees are invited to participate with their colleagues in a couple of friendly exercise competitions. 2021 Exercise Stars Registration for the annual Exercise Stars exercise incentive program, hosted by ACC &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2021\/01\/28\/acc-employee-exercise-challenges-to-help-you-reach-your-goals\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3930,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,17],"tags":[978,3124,3214,3215,342,977],"class_list":["post-48856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-facstaff-news","category-news-and-announcements","tag-exercise-stars","tag-facstaff-digest","tag-fitness","tag-get-fit-texas-challenge","tag-human-resources","tag-wellness"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3930"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48856\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}