If you’ve seen the ActiveQC page this week, you already know that from now until July 11th, we challenge Charlotte to walk, run, or bike to places where you would normally drive your car. Instead of mindlessly getting in the car for small, local errands and responsibilities – take your bike, or walk!

If you’re headed to the park, or the grocery store, make an attempt to take your bike, or walk, and add a little more exercise to the day! Actively look for ways, no matter how small, that you can incorporate exercise into your day as opposed to driving your car to different places.

Every day this week, with every place you need to go, ask yourself, how can I make this part of my daily exercise? How can I walk, jog or bike here, and avoid using my car? Keep an open mind to moving around in ways you previously thought unrealistic - when you truly evaluate your day and your usage of a car or bus, you will be surprised at how many opportunities there are for you to walk, jog, or bike yourself from responsibility to responsibility, when you would have otherwise driven!

All week, we are going to profile some great ways that you can exercise and be active when you otherwise may have been sedentary – starting on Monday with a great guest article written by Ashleigh McHenry, of Pash Creative, on ways to fit exercise into your workday and the reasons for doing so.

We’ll discuss ways to stay safe while outside, how to avoid heatsroke (sort of like a few weeks ago!), how to get more steps into your day in some non-traditional ways, and how to be active at the office, even if you are sitting down all day long.

Later in the week, we’ll talk with some Charlotte health professionals about ways to be active during the day, and how to get places without driving! By the end of the week, we hope that you have made a significant attempt on a daily basis to walk, run, or bike to various places, instead of taking your car. Be active where you can, and see your health improve without even realizing it!

Enjoy this week’s blog posts, and interact with us about the challenge – either via Twitter, Facebook, e-mail, or YouTube. We’d love to hear from you!

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