tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780883886833984523.post2394690832089042753..comments2023-04-13T02:09:28.201-07:00Comments on Oh No, Jenny O!: Stepping OutJenny Ohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07788776090007720482noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780883886833984523.post-29889540201531629282016-09-17T16:46:27.976-07:002016-09-17T16:46:27.976-07:00Agreed, completely. Both on defeating the point, a...Agreed, completely. Both on defeating the point, and the likelihood of cheating. I've even heard of people putting their Fitbit on their dog's collar, which is simultaneously hilarious and offensive to my sense of fair play.Tim Wolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09305853671056709395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780883886833984523.post-31424337557440498112016-09-13T19:47:41.072-07:002016-09-13T19:47:41.072-07:00My company actually does reward the individual eff...My company actually does reward the individual effort first and foremost: if you average those 8k steps for four weeks, personally, you get a discount on next year's health insurance (which is my primary motivator, closely followed by the little red bikini I have hanging up in my bathroom). As a team you can qualify to be entered in a drawing to win prizes, and if you're one of the first three teams to finish you get $100. But, uh, I have no desire whatsoever to do a near-marathon for four straight days, which is what each member of the winning team did. It's not sustainable, and it's not HEALTHY, so as far as I'm concerned they totally defeated the entire point of the challenge (if they weren't actually cheating, and let's face it- by day three I started to feel pretty strongly that it was the case, because I KNOW marathon-runners and ultra-hikers and THOSE NUMBERS ARE HIGHLY UNLIKELY even for THEM, let alone people who are theoretically also working eight hour days).Jenny Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07788776090007720482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780883886833984523.post-9805404445694770472016-09-12T05:58:52.148-07:002016-09-12T05:58:52.148-07:00I've had this perpetual issue with Dartmouth&#...I've had this perpetual issue with Dartmouth's "team" fitness programs. On the one hand, so many teammates don't even enter their steps. On the other, some teams are logging so many I can't see any physical way they are A) not cheating and/or B) actually holding full-time jobs here.<br /><br />I mean, how do you log 20 miles in one day? It's insane. I had to give up that competitive part, like you say, and set competitive goals for myself (game-ify my life, as my former carpool partner called it).<br /><br />Dartmouth has now shifted to a much more individual-based program, but my own game-ifying worked so much better that it remains my primary motivator. I log in to the official site maybe once a month -- just enough to be sure I'll pull down the maximum rewards they offer, with the least possible investment in their cockamamie scheme.Tim Wolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09305853671056709395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780883886833984523.post-71705058545255470652016-09-12T05:57:15.649-07:002016-09-12T05:57:15.649-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Tim Wolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09305853671056709395noreply@blogger.com