By boosting employee fitness, corporate wellness and fitness challenges help employees to develop healthier eating and exercise habits, manage stress better and improve their overall health. These challenges also reduce absenteeism and improve job performance and morale. Plus, they can save your company money. Providence Everett Medical Center saved $3 million dollars over nine years as a result of their employee Wellness Challenge program, according to the Wellness Councils of America.

Weight Loss Challenges

Sixty-eight percent of North Americans are overweight or obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Through an employee weight-loss challenge, you can do your part to stem the rise of this epidemic while making it more convenient and fun for your employees to meet their weight-loss goals. The structure of your weight loss challenge depends on the interests of your staff and the combined needs and goals.

Employee Group Fitness Challenge

Group fitness classes are a fun, effective way to promote active living at work, and great for building morale. Our group fitness challenges include a before and after fitness assessment + wellness quotient, and employees compete to get the most improved results.

Marathon Charity Challenges

Charity runs and marathons are popular ways to raise money for charities and can complement your employees’ goals to lose weight, get fit and give back. For a marathon charity challenge, employees collect donations for walking, running or “wheel-chairing” in a marathon or mini-marathon and donate the proceeds to a charity your company supports. You can develop this type of fitness challenge just within your company or compete against employees from other companies.

Pedometer Contests

According to the Northern Ohio Area Chamber of Commerce, pedometer contests are a proven, budget-friendly way to increase exercise among employees. The goal is to encourage employees to walk the commonly recommended 10,000 steps a day (which 80 percent of Canadians fail to do). Employees can either compete as individuals or as part of a group or team. We have a variety of fun, innovative pedometer challenges to keep employees motivated and involved.

Customized Challenges

We can create a corporate fitness challenge that meets the specific needs and goals of your company.

Getting Started!

If you or your human resources department is interested in starting an employee fitness challenge, we welcome you to contact us today, and we’ll help you get started.