28,000 GAA members walk the walk thanks to Irish Life GAA Healthy Club Steps Challenge

28,000 GAA users walk the walk thanks to Irish Life GAA Healthy Club Ways Obstacle

March 10, 2022

Every single participant walked an average of practically 190 kilometres in the five months

The ‘Every Action Counts’ Irish Daily life GAA Healthy Club Steps Problem saw 28,600 GAA users from 690 golf equipment walk a put together full of five million kilometres involving January 19th and February 23rd.

With just about every step when all over again tracked through Irish Life’s MyLife App, the length coated is the equivalent of walking all the way to the moon and back again 5 moments a merged step rely of 7 billion. Every participant walked an common of virtually 190 kilometres in the 5 weeks.

Prof. Niall Moyna, BA, MSc, PhD, FACSM, FFPHMI, Entire Professor: Scientific Work out Physiology, College of Health and Human Effectiveness, College of Science and Health, Dublin Metropolis University, who is also very well acknowledged for his GAA qualifications, mentioned:

“The actuality that we have had 28,600 men and women participating from almost 700 golf equipment is phenomenal. The affect this will have on public health is incalculable. It is not just the acute effect [participants] get from participating in that bout of exercise – but the prolonged-expression consequences are definitely astronomical. It will decrease their chance for cardiovascular sickness, diabetes, from lots of varieties of most cancers and will decrease their chance that they will become obese or will help them in shedding pounds as perfectly.”  

The obstacle was the third sent throughout the pandemic via the award-profitable Irish Life GAA Healthy Club Project and has proven by itself as a well-liked way to encourage the group to get energetic although also connecting the members in a fun and healthy way.

The to start with problem in June 2020 captivated 12,000 contributors from about 400 clubs, with the MyLife App tracking all 2.2 billion techniques taken. Previous calendar year Each individual Step Counts Problem in January saw 28,100 individuals from more than 600 clubs track an regular of 4km for each day. This year’s 28,600 individuals have enhanced their common distance to an impressive 5.2 kilometres day by day.

“There isn’t really a one organ technique in the overall body that is not positively influenced by frequent actual physical action, even if it is only a two-minute, three-moment or four-moment piece of activity” Prof. Moyna added. 

The stakes have been raised this year with the very same club target of 4,000km established for the ‘Every Stage Counts’ problem – the equivalent of a circuit of the coastline of Ireland – but with just 5 weeks to get to it. A lot more than 450 clubs attained this objective and ended up entered into randomised draws in their province for gear vouchers well worth €2,500, €1,500, and €1,000, generously supplied by Irish Lifetime as element of their on-going partnership of GAA Healthy Clubs (see editors notes for comprehensive listing of prize winners).

Even though the profitable clubs welcomed the prize monies, the positive aspects of the problem considerably exceeded the economic rewards.

Healthy Club Officer with the Curry Healthy Club in Sligo, describes:

“It was excellent to see so several people out on bleak winter evenings conversing and having enjoyable. Individuals you would not ordinarily see from just one conclude of the yr to the next. Programmes like this spotlight the exceptional function of the Healthy Clubs involvement in golf equipment and communities. Would you imagine we had an 82-calendar year-old carrying out 5km to 8km most times.”

GAA President Larry McCarthy mentioned: “The Irish Lifetime GAA Healthy Golf equipment Methods Problem supplies golf equipment with a healthy and enjoyable way to maintain bodily energetic and linked throughout the dark winter season months. It has also aided inspire 1000’s of individuals to obtain their advisable weekly actual physical action stages. It is 1 of our most well known group initiatives and its enabling of physical, psychological, and social health couldn’t be a lot more timely.”

Head of Health & Wellbeing at Irish Everyday living, Stacey Machesney explained: “Research has demonstrated the value obtaining a perception of belonging to a group and making a contribution to modern society. That feeling of inclusion is as essential to one’s wellbeing as actual physical and mental health. Over the course of the pandemic MyLife has been successful in providing this with the GAA neighborhood and our shoppers. We look ahead to continuing this as we move by the upcoming period of coming out of lockdown.”

The Irish Life GAA Healthy Clubs will grow to 475 collaborating golf equipment on March 12th when 172 new clubs begin their journey with a national orientation working day in Croke Park. For far more aspects go to: www.gaa.ie/community

MyLife is a health & wellbeing app that motivates and rewards users to embrace a more healthy lifestyle through a personalised AI coach, target location and obstacle routines. For more information on the MyLife app go to: https://mylife.irishlife.ie/residence

Winners of random provincial draw among all clubs that reached 4,500km focus on:

LEINSTER

Kilmessan GAA (Meath) – €2,500 O’Neills equipment voucher

Skerries Harps (Dublin) – €1,500 O’Neills equipment voucher

Shillelagh Coolboy (Wicklow) – €1,000 O’Neills equipment voucher

CONNACHT

St. Mary’s GAA club (Sligo) – €2,500 O’Neills equipment voucher

Kiltubrid GAA (Leitrim) – €1,500 O’Neills gear voucher

Ballinrobe GAA (Mayo) – €1,000 O’Neills equipment voucher

MUNSTER

Glin GAA and GlinEmmets LGFA club (Limerick) – €2,500 O’Neills equipment voucher

Ballina (Tipperary) – €1,500 O’Neills gear voucher

Inagh Kilnamona (Clare) – €1,000 O’Neill’s gear voucher

ULSTER

Na Dúnaibh (Donegal) – €2,500 O’Neills equipment voucher

St. Malachy’s, Castledawson (Derry) – €1,500 O’Neills equipment voucher

Butlersbridge (Cavan) – €1,000 O’Neill’s equipment voucher

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