i have one question that perhaps some of you may have had experience with. Do the Active Rewards goal keep going up or is there a ceiling at some point. I have currently been on a goal of 1200 points for the last 3 weeks. i am wondering whether it will climb any further.
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Discovery Active Rewards points ceiling??
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web
Executive Member
Currently that is the ceiling, will it change in the future? Who knows with Discovery
robdarussian
Active Member
There's a whole thread about this here : http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php/772626-Discovery-Vitality-in-2016/page118
But, in short, yes, that's the ceiling for the time being - they have the right to change their minds, if and when they see fit!
But, in short, yes, that's the ceiling for the time being - they have the right to change their minds, if and when they see fit!
web
Executive Member
Don't worry about that ceiling because from 2 April you won't make it anymore
No you will, you will just have to exercise more than once a week that's all.
Nerfherder
Honorary Master
Don't worry about that ceiling because from 2 April you won't make it anymore
They basically screwed themselves.
They made the system where it was fairly easy to get a free apple watch and smoothies once a week and everyone started using it, the over-subscription was massive. Now they have to bail themselves out of that hole.
Free smoothies is one thing but the people who got the watch are getting screwed.
I can see this getting really ugly
I think it will be relatively easy to attain goals after 1 April. The only catch is that one needs to have a device that does heart rate. Good thing or not? Jury is out. They obviously looking for more evidence based activities due to the fact that it is possible to reach goals without too much sweat on your brow.
I have the devices, Apple Watch (Vitality) and Polar BUT I will not be able to attain the goals. I might get a 300 points once in a while if I decide to abandon my usual 1 hour workouts and do an exercise like jogging just to appease Discovery.
And once that weekly goal gets to 1200 even the people still slightly positive of trying to make it will also find it impossible.
TofuMofu
Honorary Master
I'm a runner or trying to be but I have problems:
1. I'm mostly training for speed not LSD (long slow distance) - running/resting and the resting messes up the average.
2. To get the 300 points I will have to pause/start the watch continually.
3. I try to train for at least 60 minutes not 30 and to stop the watch messes up my training.
So I can train to please discovery or train to get faster and I prefer to get faster. So I do train (very hard) but I won't get 300 points for that.
Stevi
Expert Member
Do one of the online assessments a week, then go for your fitness test the next, then health test the next week. Enter a few running/cycling events and it's easy points
lived666
Executive Member
Do one of the online assessments a week, then go for your fitness test the next, then health test the next week. Enter a few running/cycling events and it's easy points
these do not count towards your activity rewards
Stevi
Expert Member
lived666
Executive Member
Damn, that worked for me last year...
Do a race every week then
unfortunately for me my personal points ceiling is 900 and that will take too much effort for smoothies that I give away anyhow
I mainly swim so thats 6 x 100 and then I can go walk a park run for 300, but meh, swimming 6 days a week is just too much
I say do them both. Is that kinda like candy flipping?
Some watches have an autopause function that might be useful. But that probably means you need to stay stationary during your rest periods. This would work in track sessions, but not so much for hill repeats where you run up a hill and walk/jog back down.