Focuses on Helping You Improve Your Body Composition Through Fat Loss, Muscle Gain and/or Both!

Start whenever you’re ready by scheduling an initial 20-minute Bod Pod appointment to determine your current body fat percentage and obtain guidance on strategies to improve it before your follow-up appointment eight weeks later. Participants that are in the Lean category will be awarded if they maintain that level. Participants in all other categories will be awarded if they improve by 10%, such as going down from 30% to 27%. Successful challenge goers earn a “Bod Pod Dominator” t-shirt. 

Focuses on Improving Your Sleep Hygiene!

Start by viewing Sleep Is My Superpower in our Educational Videos & Materials section and download the Participant Workbook to discover even more strategies to improve the quality of your sleep.  At the end of the workbook you’ll find The 14 Day Superpower Sleep Challenge Participation Sheet.  Attempt to earn up to 300 points completing five one-time tasks as well as ten habits throughout the 14 days.  Successful challenge goers graduate as a “Sleep Superhero” and are awarded the following:  A Sleep Is My Superpower night shirt as well as eye mask along with a pair of blue light blocking glasses and ear plugs.

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Participant workbook

Participate by taking walking breaks at work and encouraging others to do the same.

Focuses on Helping You Improve Your Diet and Exercise Habits!

Start by attending Strategies for Diet & Exercise class to receive your participation sheet and to learn not only diet and exercise guidelines but more importantly strategies on how to accomplish them and ultimately improve your relationship with each. Attempt to earn up to 700 points completing seven one-time tasks as well as twelve habits throughout the 4 weeks. Successful challenge goers graduate as a “Soar Into Health Hero” and are awarded the following: A Soar Into Health Hero Insulated Cooler, Lunch Container and T-shirt.

Focuses on Improving Your Thought Processes & Actions for a More Meaningful & Purposeful Life!

Start by participating in any of the three following classes; Healthy Thinking, Emotional Control or Stress to Strength. Each class provides a participant workbook with several one-time tasks that once completed, will have you thinking, feeling, and performing better each and every day. Successful challenge goers graduate as a “Thriving Mind Master” and are awarded the following: A Thriving Mind Master Trophy and T-shirt.

Focuses on Helping You Improve Your Cardiovascular & Muscular Fitness!

Start by attending Fitness Improvement Training class to learn very unique training methodologies to improve your fitness and increase your fitness assessment score and receive your participation sheet.  Attempt to earn up to 300 points working on 7 weekly training goals throughout the 30 days.  Successful challenge goers graduate as a “Fitness Frenzy Fanatic” and are awarded the following: A Fitness Frenzy Fanatic Duffle Bag, Rally Towel and T-shirt.

Focuses on Improving Your Overall Wellbeing.  Simply complete all of the classes we provide to graduate as a “HeRO Challenge Champion”.  There is no time limit to complete the challenge and the classes can be accomplished in any order.  Keep track of your completion by downloading our “HeRO Challenge/Class Completion Tracker” found in our Education Videos & Program Materials section.  Successful challenge goers are awarded the following:  A HeRO Challenge Trophy, T-Shirt, and Certificate of Excellence.  Active Duty members also have their leadership informed of their distinguished accomplishment.

HeRO Challenge Class Tracker

We believe you’re worth the time it takes to take care of yourself.  We also believe the better you take care of yourself, the better you’re able to take care of others.  We hope you feel the sincerity our efforts and join us in our mission.  Become a health promoter yourself and encourage others to participate.  We hope you and your friends join us soon.

Keep your self-care interests high by obtaining once a month an educational newsletter on physical activity, sound nutrition and quality sleep as well as the latest information on upcoming Health Promotion Office events. To join simply email your interest to usaf.offutt.55-mdg.mbx.health-promotion-office@health.mil