GHT 8th Annual Fitness Challenge

Get Fit With GHT!

It Is Almost Fitness Challenge Time!

The WCA Group Health Trust's (GHT) eighth annual fitness challenge will begin April 14 and conclude May 25.

Are you already registered? Great! There is no need to register again. However, you can share this information with your fellow GHT members.

How The Challenge Works

Participants must be a member of the WCA Group Health Trust.
Team members must be at least 16 years old.
A team can have 1-4 members. All teams compete in one category. For example, a two person team will compete against a four member team. Winning teams are determined by their overall point total.
A team leader is chosen to be the contact person and to report weekly team points. You can be a team leader for only one team.
During the challenge, participants will track their activity for each week. Their total points for the week will then be reported to their team leader.

How To Register

The team leader should register the team. To register please click here. You will need the following information to complete the registration form:

First and last name of the team leader
GHT group name (your employer)
Team leader's email address
Work mailing address of team leader (Please no P.O. Boxes)
Name of all team members
Email addresses of team members

How Points Are Earned

Participants can earn points each day depending on the amount of time they spend doing a physical activity. Choose which category you achieved and record the corresponding points. For example, if you did a 55 minute workout you would report 3 points for that day.

1-30 minutes/day = 1 point

31-60 minutes/day = 3 points

61-120 minutes/day = 5 points

120 minutes/day = 7 points

Weekly Challenge

There is an opportunity to earn additional points by doing the weekly challenge. Each day that you complete the respective activity you can add one point to your tracker.

Week 1 View video and follow warm up and cool down suggestions. (If you do not have a jump rope, you can just jump in place). Click here to view the video.

Week 2 Keep a diary of your food and drink intake

Week 3 Consume at least 64 oz. of water per day

Week 4 Sleep 7-9 hours per night

Week 5 2 (awake) hours without using a computer, cell phone, TV, etc.

Week 6 Choose any activity from the previous 5 weeks. You can mix and match!

Event Participation

You can earn an additional 5 points for each community or charity sponsored fitness event you participate in (ex. 5k run/walk, triathlon, bicycle race, etc.) These events must be open to the public and you have to participate in the event. Simply volunteering does not qualify you for the points. The event must occur April 14-May 25, 2019.

Tracking Your Points

Each participant can use this tracker to record their daily points. You can print a version if you prefer a paper copy. If you want an electronic version an excel file is also available. This tracker is for your own use and is not turned in.

Click here for a pdf copy.

Click here for an excel spreadsheet with formulas.

Below is an example of a completed tracker for week 1. This participant worked out 1-30 minutes for 4 days and earned one point on those days. On the other 3 days they had 61-120 minutes of physical activity so they earned 5 points on those days. They also did the weekly challenge, so earned a point each day they completed it. This participant did a community event on Saturday, so earned 5 points for that.

The team leader reports the total points for each team. So this participant would report to their team leader 19 points for physical activity, 7 points for completing the weekly challenge, and 5 points for participating in a community event. They also would need to provide the name of the community event to the team leader.

Prizes Available

Weekly Prize Drawing : Each week, every team that reports their total points will be entered in a prize drawing. The chosen teams will receive prizes for each team member that will be sent to the team leader.

Diligent Reporters : Any team that reports points for every week will be entered in a drawing at the end of the challenge. Each team member will receive a prize.

Challenge Winners : The top 30 teams will receive prizes. Each team member will receive a gift card and GHT merchandise.

Contact Information

Kelly Hageman

Wisconsin Counties Association

22 East Mifflin, Suite 900

Madison, WI 53703

Email: hageman@wicounties.org

Phone: 608-663-7152

Fax: 608-663-7189

Team Leader Information

The team leaders main responsibility is to report the team's weekly points using an online form. Link to report points. The form will not be available to enter points until April 20.

Each team can earn points in 3 categories.

Total physical activity. A team of four can earn a maximum of 196 points per week.
Total points for the weekly challenge. A team of four can earn a maximum of 28 points/week.
Total points for event participation. This is five points per event per team member. Please note, you will have to provide the name of the event. Points listed without including the event name will not count

To see an example of the point reporting form please click here.

Due Date

The team's points are due the Tuesday after the week is finished. So week 1 points are due Tuesday, April 23. To see full list of deadlines please click here.

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