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Ask HN: A company-wide team challenge step count?

1 pointsby Mojahabout 7 years ago
Hi HN!<p>I&#x27;m trying to create a healthier working environment by encouraging our team to do &quot;step challenges&quot;: divided in teams, each team tries to get as many steps together per week.<p>Combines all the good things: team spirit, health &amp; fitness.<p>However, I&#x27;m struggling to find a good app&#x2F;saas to help with this. So far I found just a single one (1) but I&#x27;m curious to hear how other companies have tackled this?<p>I&#x27;ve heard from numerous sources that many organizations do this, but none can name the tool&#x2F;software they used to track their step counts.<p>PS; hardware purchases (like Letscom&#x2F;Fitbit&#x2F;...) aren&#x27;t a problem.<p>(1) https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.countit.com

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Etheryteabout 7 years ago
As someone who’s experienced this sort of a challenge firsthand — it’s simply not fun, and not for the reasons you’d expect.<p>I’m highly active and do numerous types of sports but the last thing I want to do is log all of this in yet another third party tool.<p>If you want people to be mote active, provide financial support for the said activities, don’t do a cheesy “let’s all walk more” campaign.
brlewisabout 7 years ago
Sounds like you want Fitbit corporate challenges: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;healthsolutions.fitbit.com&#x2F;employers&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;healthsolutions.fitbit.com&#x2F;employers&#x2F;</a><p>I&#x27;m surprised nobody named that tool&#x2F;software.<p>I work at Fitbit but don&#x27;t speak for Fitbit.