Discovery Health - Vitality & Team Vitality plus everything else you need to know

[Barend de Arend]

 True.

I think the peak performance test is a lot more valuable then the ridiculous "step on and off a box for a minute" test that they do endorse!

 

I do that without hitting tripple digits

[jcza]

Is anyone here really battling to make the new target of 300/400 points? 

[Bub Marley]

If you want to cheat the system you'll find a way.

 

I have a faulty HR strap that reads a HR of around 220 when I'm doing nothing.

Can put it on for 30min watch TV and Kaching... POINTS.

 

Vitality have gone from 1 extreme to the other.

They'll need to find a happy medium.

My old polar strap used to do this. Maybe I need to bring her out when I'm short on points.

[StevieL]

You cannot get a peanut butter bomb using rewards any more

 

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got one this morning

 

Me too. Like I do every morning...

[typhoon]

Is anyone here really battling to make the new target of 300/400 points? 

 

current goal 400...

Cradle trophy day 1, 3h24 at 83% avg = 1500 points

day 2, 1h48 at 82% = 600 points...

 

Hope the goal doesn't go up too much after that little effort

[Sandro]

This rewards system has become the biggest dog show, they're so paranoid about people cheating the system, but now if you swipe your gym card and have a coffee at gym 3 or 4 times a week you get 100 points each time and meet your target every week without breaking a sweat. Meantime people like Daryl Impey going on 4 hour rides get the same points. A full Ironman is 300 points. Hilarious. 

Edited April 12, 2016 by Sandro

[Wannabe]

Is anyone here really battling to make the new target of 300/400 points? 

 

Nope. Easy peasy.

[jcza]

This rewards system has become the biggest dog show, they're so paranoid about people cheating the system, but now if you swipe your gym card and have a coffee at gym 3 or 4 times a week you get 100 points and meet your target every week without breaking a sweat. Meantime people like Daryl Impey going on 4 hour rides get the same points. A full Ironman is 300 points. Hilarious. 

 

I understand what you're saying but stop worrying about other people. Are you battling to achieve the weekly target? 

[Sandro]

I understand what you're saying but stop worrying about other people. Are you battling to achieve the weekly target? 

 

No, I go to gym (and actually train there) a few times a week and with my weekend rides I get points so I'm more than ok. The problem lies with people who don't like gym and train via HR. we all know that training for extensive periods at 80% max HR is not easy when you're fit. So the people actually putting in the real work aren't benefiting from what I see.

[Rocket-Boy]

I understand what you're saying but stop worrying about other people. Are you battling to achieve the weekly target? 

Naa its still fine for now, I do the ironmanparkrun every weekend and get 300 points for that excluding all the runs and cycles. I generally make workouts private to prevent them raising it too quickly.

[jcza]

Naa its still fine for now, I do the ironmanparkrun every weekend and get 300 points for that excluding all the runs and cycles. I generally make workouts private to prevent them raising it too quickly.

 

Parkrun & Ironman both 300 points? Sounds reasonable.   

[Harryn]

Is anyone here really battling to make the new target of 300/400 points?

Nope. But in 8 weeks time it may be a little bit harder.

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

No, I go to gym (and actually train there) a few times a week and with my weekend rides I get points so I'm more than ok. The problem lies with people who don't like gym and train via HR. we all know that training for extensive periods at 80% max HR is not easy when you're fit. So the people actually putting in the real work aren't benefiting from what I see.

You don't need to train for extensive periods. Just 30 min at 80% will give you 300 points. That's far from extensive and should be easy for pretty much anyone.

['Dale]

Parkrun & Ironman both 300 points? Sounds reasonable.

Definitely

Especially in Vitality world ????

[Sandro]

You don't need to train for extensive periods. Just 30 min at 80% will give you 300 points. That's far from extensive and should be easy for pretty much anyone.

And according to them that workout is the same as 3 gym card swipes where they don't even know if you're training? This is what I have a big issue with.

['Dale]

The irony is collecting that smoothie at VA and collecting a honderd puntjies while doing it ????