Set a Step Goal and start creating Step History!
Track your achievements across days, weeks, months, years, and view your lifetime achievements with 10,000 Steps.
Step 1. Create Your Account
To join, create and verify an account with 10,000 Steps. You might already have one, if you’ve used 10,000 Steps in the past.
2. Set a Step Goal
Choose a goal that suits you and that is achievable. You can change your step goal at any time.
Step 3. Log or Sync Your Steps
You can use any step-counting device you have available. Some devices allow you to sync steps, or you can log them each day on the app or the website.
Personal Challenge: How You Can Get Involved
Logging your steps, physical activity, weight, and waist measurements is free and open to all 10,000 Steps members.
Start Your Own Journey
You can join 10,000 Steps any time of the year. Choose a step or health measure goal that is achievable, and update whenever your goals or abilities change.
You can use 10,000 Steps as a personal challenge, without teams or other people. It's a great way to stay accountable, achieve your goals, or build daily habits.
Note: Unless you opt-in or join a Challenge that includes these, your Health Measures and steps are private. Most 10,000 Steps Challenges share steps only.
Keep Moving - Before and After
Your personal challenge complements other 10,000 Steps Challenges. You can:
- Join our Annual Leaderboard
- Join our Monthly Challenges
- Add Friends to your Friends Leaderboard
- Start or join a Group Challenge
- Join Tournaments or Health Challenges.
Note: You only need to log your steps once a day, no matter how many Challenges you take part in. 10,000 Steps is available all year round.
Personal Challenge Support
More Than Just Steps
You can set step goals, weight goals, and waist goals with 10,000 Steps.
Physical Activity
You can track your steps and physical activity minutes with 10,000 Steps. Physical activity will be converted to extra steps. Minutes are best used for activities like swimming, or to account for high levels of activity.
Weight
You can set a weight goal and track your weight history over time on 10,000 Steps. This optional feature allows you to track multiple health measures using one platform. Other members can't see this unless you share.
Waist Measurement
You can also set a waist measurement goal and track your waistline over time on 10,000 Steps. This optional feature allows you to track multiple health measures using one platform. Other members can't see this unless you share.
10,000 Steps for Organisations and Coordinators
There are two key ways organisations can engage with personal challenges.
Promote Participation
Great for Clinicians, Health Professionals, or Support Workers
10,000 Steps simple, ready-made option you can recommend to individuals. Because no setup or challenge creation is required, 10,000 Steps is perfect for:
- Recommending a structured activity for a client or patient.
- Offering a low-barrier way for individuals to stay active.
- Supporting long-term engagement without requiring Coordinator involvement.
You don’t need to run or manage anything – just refer individuals to join 10,000 Steps and log their steps, activity, or health measures. 10,000 Steps community challenges like Monthly Challenges or the Annual Leaderboard could also be recommended.
Note: Activity and health measures on 10,000 Steps are private. You'll only be able to view these if you're part of the same Challenge and the participant chooses to share them.
Support Broader Engagement
Great for in between team-based events.
As a Coordinator, you can encourage or promote 10,000 Steps within your organisation as a simple, self-directed activity for individuals. 10,000 Steps is ideal for:
- Providing an easy, no-fuss option between team-based events.
- Keeping individuals engaged year-round without needing to run a new challenge.
- Supporting staff who prefer to be active on their own rather than in teams.
- Promoting a continuous culture of physical activity in your workplace.
Note: Steps, activity and health measures recorded are not shared unless members are a part of a larger Challenge or team-based competition. Check out Group Challenges, Tournaments, and Health Challenges for team-based competitions.
Resources for Organisations
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