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title: Walk 35,000 steps every week
slug: walk-35000-steps-every-week
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createdAt: 2022-06-23T18:12:51.000Z
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**Who can do this: **

- Anyone with the editing permissions for Challenges, Homescreen, and Messages
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Set up an ongoing, attainable weekly step goal to inspire employees to be physically active.

Here is a summary of this challenge:

- **Goal**: Walk 35,000 steps every week, on an ongoing basis. Steps must be completed daily. 
- **Challenge type**: Step challenge that tracks steps through the user's mobile device.
- **Incentive**: Reach the top of the leaderboard.
- **Competition type**: Compete with others.
- **Preparation: **Employees need to have downloaded the app to their mobile device for steps to be tracked. In the user list, a mobile icon indicates the app has been downloaded.

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# Add a Step Challenge

To start a step challenge:

1. Go to **Engagement** ➤ **Challenges **and click **Add**.
2. Select **Step Challenge.**
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# Complete the setup

In the setup, fill in the details:

| **Field**        | **Description**                                                                                                                                                                            |
| ---------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Title            | Enter a header (e.g., Join the step challenge!).                                                                                                                                           |
| Icon             | Select an icon (e.g. Shoe).                                                                                                                                                                |
| Description      | This is generated for you, based on how you complete the fields below.                                                                                                                     |
| Type             | Select **Step Tracking.**                                                                                                                                                                  |
| Timeframe        | Select** Recurring Period.**                                                                                                                                                     |
| Period           | Select **Weekly. **This means they can receive one challenge completion per week                                                                                                 |
| Calculation type | Select** Daily Consistency** to require a specific percentage of the total weekly steps to be completed daily. This mean they can't complete all their steps on one or two days. |
| Goal             | Enter the minimum number of steps they have to complete each day (e.g., 5,000).                                                                                                            |
| Goal summary     | This is automatically generated for you. Click** Copy to description. **                                                                                                    |
| Availability     | Assign the challenge by selecting groups, teams, or tags.                                                                                                                                  |

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/UvIid87QOyOAFNtwAJwuq/AVhRGMctK6pkiG3CYCAYT_tutorialstepchallenge.png)
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# Save & close

In the bottom-right of the challenge, select **Save and close. **

Since this is recurring, upon saving, it is immediately visible and scoring begins, unless you hide or disable it. 

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**When does scoring reset in a weekly challenge?**

Since the score in a weekly challenge resets every Sunday at midnight, it is recommended to keep your challenge hidden until Monday morning. To learn more, refer to [Recurring Challenges](docId\:qADi7ExkQ7ddU2Z1ICqn-). 
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# Send a message

After you've saved the challenge, send a message about it:

1. Go to **Messages** ➤ **Compose**.
2. Choose recipients, select a channel and enter a brief message (e.g., Join the step challenge!)
3. Tick **Include link to app content **and select the challenge.
4. Click **Send message**.

Your message immediate goes out to the recipients you selected, and the challenge continues until you disable or remove it. 
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