Discovery Vitality [2018]

[TheJman]

Building on this... how long do yours take to drop - mine never seems to drop (went like a month without hitting any goals, not even close to reaching target, and it never dropped)...

 

[justplain]

it will max out at 900 points per week, unless you opt into the Endurance and High Performance category, then it's 1200 points per week.
https://www.discovery.co.za/portal/individual/high-performance-athlete

Mind if I ask what the benefit of not meeting one's goal is?

Also, does anyone know what's the highest that they'll set a weekly goal? I started in Jan and it's now 700. Starting to get a bit rough (don't belong to gym yet). If I get sick or have to travel I'll probably miss the goal.

 

[RogueTr00per]

Mind if I ask what the benefit of not meeting one's goal is?

Also, does anyone know what's the highest that they'll set a weekly goal? I started in Jan and it's now 700. Starting to get a bit rough (don't belong to gym yet). If I get sick or have to travel I'll probably miss the goal.

No real benefit really, but I suppose I want it to drop to a low level, and thereafter I will proceed to make goal religiously every week. I want to know in which direction the goal is going to move each week. It's a hassle to wear the Polar H7 (chest strap) HRM so I will only wear it to try to make goal.

I'll give it one more week, and if it still doesn't drop to 300 then I will just try to make goal at 350 going forward until it gets to 700 and then I won't bother any longer till it drops again.

 

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Mind if I ask what the benefit of not meeting one's goal is?

Also, does anyone know what's the highest that they'll set a weekly goal? I started in Jan and it's now 700. Starting to get a bit rough (don't belong to gym yet). If I get sick or have to travel I'll probably miss the goal.

900 is the max. That is 3x30 minutes of getting your heart rate well up.

 

[BigBear]

Building on this... how long do yours take to drop - mine never seems to drop (went like a month without hitting any goals, not even close to reaching target, and it never dropped)...

Still on 350 and haven't met the goal since March 2017.. Would get 100-200 based on my weekly activities but haven't bothered since my Apple Watch benefit came to an end..

 

[krycor]

I just keep getting it.. took a break recently a few months ago and happen to be a 5 week month and so I got a freebie break

Uhm I stick to my strat.. parkrun walk, gym visit (smoothy), cardio workout , 2x gym visit (weight training) or 10k steps.

Makes the goals easily attained.

 

[squirrel]

Hi guys. I've recently joined Vitality and have a gym membership. I'm looking at getting a fitness tracker for walking / swimming. Do I have to purchase a new unit or can I purchase a compatible one second hand?

 

[RogueTr00per]

Hi guys. I've recently joined Vitality and have a gym membership. I'm looking at getting a fitness tracker for walking / swimming. Do I have to purchase a new unit or can I purchase a compatible one second hand?

2nd hand is fine AFAIK. I don't think the actual ID of the device gets registered with Vitality. They are only aware that you have a Polar, Garmin or Apple account for example.

 

[simonbee]

was just wondering if anyone else is having issues with points not reflecting on vitality. my points earned for the last couple of days are showing on my overall points for the year but on the weekly goal they are showing as pending. it normally updates within seconds.

 

[air]

was just wondering if anyone else is having issues with points not reflecting on vitality. my points earned for the last couple of days are showing on my overall points for the year but on the weekly goal they are showing as pending. it normally updates within seconds.

yep, for both myself and SO.

 

[brucem]

was just wondering if anyone else is having issues with points not reflecting on vitality. my points earned for the last couple of days are showing on my overall points for the year but on the weekly goal they are showing as pending. it normally updates within seconds.

Exactly the same here

 

[TedLasso]

Same here

 

[Pegging]

Here too

 

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was just wondering if anyone else is having issues with points not reflecting on vitality. my points earned for the last couple of days are showing on my overall points for the year but on the weekly goal they are showing as pending. it normally updates within seconds.

Yup same here. Capped my Vitality but should still get my reward points...

 

[twr]

Same here, vitality are aware of the problem

I got my points for my steps today but not yesterday

 

[cfvh600]

Have 1 x Mugg and Bean voucher up for grabs. Expiry today unfortunately. PM me if interested.

 

[hellfire]

Does anyone know where the Vitality magazine and newspaper subscriptions have gone?

 

[RogueTr00per]

What's the lowest one's goal can go to if you continuously don't make goal? Mine seems to be stuck on 350, with this last drop being about 4 weeks ago. I've (purposefully) not made goal since November 2017.

Eish their new 'algorithm' is ruthless. I made goal for the first time in several months and within an hour after midnight with the new week starting they bumped my goal up by 50 points to 400!

 

[Spizz]

Eish their new 'algorithm' is ruthless. I made goal for the first time in several months and within an hour after midnight with the new week starting they bumped my goal up by 50 points to 400!

I started this about 10 weeks ago and was on 200 points. I’ve made goal every week and am now on 500 points.

No point to using the thing if you’re not going to push yourself and make goal. That is the point :erm:

 

[RogueTr00per]

I started this about 10 weeks ago and was on 200 points. I’ve made goal every week and am now on 500 points.

No point to using the thing if you’re not going to push yourself and make goal. That is the point :erm:

Back in the day it used to be much more delayed in terms of increasing the weekly goal. It would sometimes take weeks to increase by 50 points! I'm just commenting on their newfound efficiency