There are some great ways on Steem to get involved with active communities of people wanting to get fit and active while helping you ear more steem. I have posted three that I am currently active in, but if you know of any more, please let me know and I will add them to the list.
I know its not the reason why you should be getting healthy and active, but at the same time, I constantly ask myself "how can I encourage people to get away from their screens, get out the door and do something beneficial for their health?"
Our world is seeing a massive increase in disease related to being overweight and not eating a healthy diet. Take a couple of moments and you'll see statistics like these:
- We are seeing a massive increase in diagnosis of Diabetes in the population of India, due to their Westernization of their diet.
https://philmaffetone.com/the-overfat-pandemic-in-india/ - The prevalence of obesity of the adult population in the USA, has hit 40% and it is still climbing:
https://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/adult.html - The rest of the world is following, with countries like Australia, New Zealand and England all showing increase in the number of people being declared as overweight. Some countries such as American Samoa, it is estimated that 95% of the population is overweight.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2358371/American-Samoas-battle-obesity-95-cent-nation-declared-overweight.html
Its not just a matter of getting active, eating the right things also place a big part in staying healthy. I feel like I am preaching, but at the same time, I am not sure standing by and watching the world eat itself into poor health.
This post is not just a Monday rant from me, it actually provides some actually useful information. There are some great projects out there working to get people active while rewarding them with being a part of the Steem community. Hopefully bringing some more attention to them will encourage more people to get involved. Here are the list of the three main projects I am involved with and would welcome any other communities I don't know of or have left out.
The Running Project
Anyone interesting in running, fitness and health, the running project is a great place to start. The channel provides a great avenue to post running related articles, including status updates on your daily/weekly activity, race reports or any other running related information. There are equipment review posts, discussions on nutrition and training plans to get the most out of your next race. To learn more:
- See the steem introductory post to see how you can get involved:
https://steemit.com/steemit/@runningproject/the-steem-running-project-introductory-post - Hit the Discord General Channel for the
@runningproject:
https://discordapp.com/channels/420968382201069570/420968382993661963 - View the channel directly at:
https://steemit.com/@runningproject
Fitnation With RunBurgundy
A newer channel to get you more active. Daily feeds from
@runburgandy give weekly progress reports on users involved in the project, where the more you run and cycle, the more you get rewarded at the end of the week. You need t have your work outs recorded in Runalyze, but he community is still pretty small, so its a good time to get involved. For more information:
- Check out the daily posts from
https://steemit.com/@runburgundy - Hit the Discort General Channel for
@fitnation:
https://discordapp.com/channels/419009539749314571/419009540202168331 - For more information on Runalyze go to:
https://runalyze.com
Run For Steem
@jumowa creates a weekly post to encourage runners to both run, and then post about their run. All proceeds of the posts are shared among the participants...Simple and fun. For more information, head to his latest post:https://steemit.com/runforsteem/@jumowa/29th-runforsteem-payout-and-30th-runforsteem-challenge-june-9nd-june-16th
@run.vince.run