The fitness app FitSphere is organizing for the third time a step collection challenge called "Spring Steps 2024" between students, teachers, lecturers, and the entire school community in Estonia. The challenge starts on April 1st and lasts until April 30th and is free for everyone.

According to studies by the National Institute for Health Development, every third schoolboy and every fourth schoolgirl in Estonia is obese. One of the main contributors to this is physical inactivity. The goal of the app created by a TalTech graduate is to add up to ten healthy years to everyone's life. "We aim to achieve this through a playful challenge that promotes the formation of exercise habits and motivates tens of thousands of people across Estonia. To give momentum to the steps, a number of prizes are offered to participants," said TalTech graduate Karl Vihul.

One of the goals of the challenge is to determine the most active higher education institutions in Estonia. To find the most active students and teachers with the highest step counts. The challenge considers the average steps collected by all faculties and universities – thus, everyone has equal chances of winning. In summary, awards will be given to the university that involves the most students, the university with the highest participation rate, and the university with the most active employees. Additionally, awards will be given to the field or faculty with the highest average step count.

Motivating movement and assisting in step collection are T1 Centre, Liikuma Kutsuv Kool and RMK.

 Praticipation codes:

School of Information Technologies students - ARKABK17

School of Engineering students - ARKABK18

School of Science students - ARKABK19

School of Business and Governance students - ARKABK20

Estonian Maritime Academy students - ARKABK21

Academic faculty and general staff - ARKABK22

Good luck to all participants from TalTech, may You have many steps in April! 

Further instructions and more information can be found on the website