Discovery Vitality [2018]

Another silly question how long it will usually take to reach highest level of Gold? I started in May only and it's seems to be a long way till gold
 
citizensa said:
It will be fine as they need a smart watch to measure your activity correctly
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How do measure a distance of 5 kms while essentially not moving? You might get HR points but don't see how that will satisfy a 5km distance requirement.
 
citizensa said:
Another silly question how long it will usually take to reach highest level of Gold? I started in May only and it's seems to be a long way till gold
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How much excercise do you do?

I get my gold in 6 months but that is hitting 900 points every week and includes one Vitality health screening.
 
Cray said:
How do measure a distance of 5 kms while essentially not moving? You might get HR points but don't see how that will satisfy a 5km distance requirement.
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If I capture a treadmill activity on my Garmin watch, it gives me an estimated distance for the run, based on steps. Not 100% sure if it'll count, but I should think so
 
Call centre says it will as long as you don't tamper with it.

Interestingly on discovery site on your workout data it doesn't show distance even for outside running.

Any comments.
jman said:
If I capture a treadmill activity on my Garmin watch, it gives me an estimated distance for the run, based on steps. Not 100% sure if it'll count, but I should think so
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Aharon said:
Call centre says it will as long as you don't tamper with it.

Interestingly on discovery site on your workout data it doesn't show distance even for outside running.

Any comments.
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Just because it's not displayed on the front end, doesn't mean it's not taken into their databases
 
Cray said:
How much excercise do you do?

I get my gold in 6 months but that is hitting 900 points every week and includes one Vitality health screening.
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Exactly, 'how long to get to Gold?' is equivalent to 'how long is a piece of string?'.
 
citizensa said:
Another silly question how long it will usually take to reach highest level of Gold? I started in May only and it's seems to be a long way till gold
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How long is a piece of string? I am sitting on 61 180 points thus far for the year but have done the bulk of if not all online assessments, fitness assessment, Vitality assessment, HIV screening, train at gym 3 - 4 times a week, wear an Apple Watch and get points for healthy food choices at Woolworths and Pick n' Pay.
 
Neuk_ said:
How long is a piece of string? I am sitting on 61 180 points thus far for the year but have done the bulk of if not all online assessments, fitness assessment, Vitality assessment, HIV screening, train at gym 3 - 4 times a week, wear an Apple Watch and get points for healthy food choices at Woolworths and Pick n' Pay.
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Guys relax I was just asking how long did it take to reach gold status. I only started my workouts in August after getting my apple watch and I'm just short of 7400 points to reach Gold. I have been on gold for drive from first month.
 
citizensa said:
Guys relax I was just asking how long did it take to reach gold status. I only started my workouts in August after getting my apple watch and I'm just short of 7400 points to reach Gold. I have been on gold for drive from first month.
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I would suggest doing all the relevant assessments/screenings you can as well as completing the online questionnaires on their site - you get a lot of points for these in a short amount of time compared to a little bit of fitness points each week for workouts. You can do the vitality assessment every 6 months, but discovery only pays for the 1st one each year.
 
citizensa said:
Guys relax I was just asking how long did it take to reach gold status. I only started my workouts in August after getting my apple watch and I'm just short of 7400 points to reach Gold. I have been on gold for drive from first month.
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How long it takes it totally dependent on you. I usually do all the assessments in Jan. And I go to gym 3 - 4 times a week (+- 1200 points) + do at least 5000 steps a day (so another 150 - 200 points). I usually hit Gold by June/July.
 
citizensa said:
Guys relax I was just asking how long did it take to reach gold status. I only started my workouts in August after getting my apple watch and I'm just short of 7400 points to reach Gold. I have been on gold for drive from first month.
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If you have a first aid certificate, send it to them to get some points. I haven't been paying attention but it used to be that if you drove well, you got points for driving too, I think.
 
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