How Will You Be Healthier in 2019?

What are the Healthy All Year and MoveWell initiatives?

Healthy All Year is an initiative to educate and encourage the Upstate to focus on prevention and wellness. A Healthy All Year microsite within the GHS website contains valuable information for preventing common diseases and achieving better overall health every day of the year.

MoveWell, a part of the Healthy All Year initiative, is an online exercise program to help people achieve better fitness without the need for gym memberships or fancy equipment.

With MoveWell, all you need is your phone, computer or tablet, workout clothes and, optionally, a towel. We provide a monthly video workout that can be modified for all fitness levels. There also is a Facebook group and a playlist of every movement used in our monthly workouts, in case you’d like to design your own workouts!

How do these initiatives fit into GHS’ overall mission?

The Healthy All Year and MoveWell initiatives reflect that our goal at GHS, in addition to treating people when they are sick, is to help them stay healthy in the first place. We want to give people easy access to the information they need to stay healthy and to the resources they need to achieve better fitness.

What has the response been?

The Healthy All Year home page has received lots of interest, with a wide array of information. Different health topics resonate with different people, but there is something for everyone, from skin care to colon health.

We’re also pleased with the response to MoveWell. People are using it in a variety of ways to help meet their fitness goals. The key is the program’s flexibility, which allows users to work the routines into their schedules and space in ways that make sense to them.

Another popular element is that the videos show three intensity levels for each exercise: Users feel empowered to choose the one that’s right for them without feeling pressure to do more than they’re ready for.

Is it too late to participate in either?

It’s never too late—neither Healthy All Year nor MoveWell has a real “start date.” Healthy All Year features information tied to the awareness months taking place throughout the year, such as Heart Health Month (February) and Diabetes Awareness Month (November), along with information that is relevant to a certain time of year, such as allergy relief during the spring and healthy choices during the winter holidays.

MoveWell’s monthly workouts don’t build on one another, so users can start anytime and adjust the workout to their comfort level. All the basic information about the program can be found on the MoveWell web page.