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Objectives

  • Enterprise-Ready Wellness Solution: Empuls provides a lightweight yet robust wellness feature that meets the expectations of enterprise clients, enabling organizations to offer structured fitness and wellness programs without complex setup.
  • Boost Employee Engagement: By introducing daily challenges, organizations can drive consistent app usage and active participation, keeping employees motivated and connected to wellness initiatives.
  • Encourage Healthy Habits: Structured challenges and milestone-based tracking help employees stay accountable, fostering regular fitness routines and promoting overall wellbeing across the workforce.

Key Features & Functionality

  • Challenge Creation Pre-defined Challenges: The system will offer ready-made recurring challenges (e.g., “10K steps per day,” “Workout at least 30 minutes daily,” “Weekend 5K/10K,” etc.), the admins will be able to turn them On / Off for their organization.
  • Challenge Participation & Tracking
    • Join/Leave: Users can discover and join challenges from a dedicated “Challenges” section in the mobile app
    • Tracking Progress: The app automatically logs relevant data (steps, distance, time) from connected wearables or smartphone sensors. This information will be flowing from SpikeAPI.
  • Notifications & Reminders
    • Reminders to complete daily goals or to log progress.
    • Updates when users are close to finishing a goal or when they have achieved a milestone.
    • Weekly / Monthly status of the challenges to the admins

Rewards & Tracking

Reward Mechanics
  • Each challenge is tied to clear, measurable rewards based on completion—daily, weekly, or at the end of the challenge.
  • Multiple reward tiers (Bronze, Silver, Gold) recognize varying levels of achievement, motivating employees to reach higher performance goals.
Integration with Leaderboards
  • Leverage the existing leaderboard system to manage challenge participation, track progress, and issue rewards seamlessly.
  • Employees can see their standings in real-time and understand which reward tier they are on track to achieve, driving healthy competition and engagement.
Analytics & Insights
  • User Metrics: Monitor completion rates, daily participation, retention, and drop-off points to gauge engagement.
  • Challenge Metrics: Understand overall challenge performance, including average success rates and popularity of different activities.
  • Future Personalized Recommendations: Use completion data to suggest next-level challenges, helping employees progress continuously and improving program effectiveness.

Admin Guide: Managing Fitness Challenges

1

Access Fitness Challenges

  • Log in to Empuls as an admin.
  • Navigate to Wellness → Fitness Challenges.
2

Enable a Challenge

  • View available challenges:
    • 10K Steps Challenge
    • 30-Minute Workout Challenge
    • Weekend 10K Run Challenge
  • Toggle Enable to activate a challenge for your organization.
3

Configure Rewards

For each enabled challenge:
  • Define reward points for completion milestones.
  • Rewards can be configured for:
    • 10K Steps / 30-Minute Workout Challenge:
      • 15 days
      • 18 days
      • 21 days
      • 25 days
      • All days of the month
    • 10K Run Challenge:
      • 100% completion in 90 minutes or less
  • Click Launch Challenge to make it live.
Note: Only users with the Manage Challenges permission can create or enable challenges.
4

Track Participation

  • Use the Challenge Analytics Dashboard to view participation, engagement, and completion rates.
  • View leaderboard data and top performers per challenge.

Employee Guide: Joining a Fitness Challenge

1

Discover Challenges

  • Open the Empuls app.
  • Go to the Challenges tab.
  • Browse available challenges such as 10K Steps, 30-Minute Workout, or 10K Run.
2

Join a Challenge

  • Tap Join Challenge.
  • If prompted, sync your fitness device or app (Fitbit, Garmin, Apple Health, Google Fit, etc.).
  • Once synced, your activity will automatically be tracked.
3

Track Your Progress

  • View your daily and monthly stats on the gamified dashboard.
  • See streaks, milestones, and leaderboard position in real-time.
  • Earn points or rewards when you hit milestones.
4

Leave a Challenge

  • To leave, tap Leave Challenge on the challenge screen.
  • Confirm to stop data tracking and exit the challenge.

Challenge Ideas & Use Cases

  • Step & Activity Challenges
    • 10K Steps a Day: Walk 10,000 steps every day for a month.
    • Weekend Walkathon: Hit 15,000 steps across the weekend.
    • Climb the Heights: Complete 50 floors in a week using stairs.
  • Workout & Fitness Challenges
30-Minute Daily Workout: Exercise for at least 30 minutes every day. Consistency Challenge: Log workouts for 20 days in a month. Weekend Warrior: Do two 60-minute sessions over the weekend.
  • Wellness & Mindfulness Challenges
Mindful 10: Meditate for 10 minutes daily for 15 days. Hydration Goal: Drink at least 2.5 liters of water each day. Sleep Well: Track and maintain 7+ hours of sleep for 10 consecutive days.
  • Sports & Endurance Challenges
Cycling Challenge: Cover 50 km in a week using any fitness tracker. Weekend 10K Run: Complete a 10 km run within 90 minutes. Team Relay Challenge: Collaborate as a team to achieve a combined goal of 200 km in a month.
  • Lifestyle & Habit Challenges
  • Screen-Free Hour: Stay off screens for 1 hour daily.
  • Healthy Plate: Log a balanced meal every weekday.
  • No Sugar Week: Go a week without added sugar.