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Discovery Vitality [2018]
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I already have to swipe to exit? You don’t?
I haven't had to swipe on the way out yet. I've heard they are testing at the moment so probably not doing it at all the gyms yet.
TedLasso
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So that means , even if you hit 10000 steps every day which would have implied say 30x100 points = 3000, now it's a max of only 1200 (12 days equivalent)? fsck that is going make getting getting to gold a bit more difficult.
hj2k_x
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That's how I understand it as well.
That is going to make it very difficult if you aren't a gym member.
I wonder if they compensate with some other way to make points. I thought the step count was a good idea, as anyone can keep active and still get points that way. You don't have to do a specific sport or activity (which a lot of people don't have the time to do regularly) but you can still stay active. Which I thought was the whole point.
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Where did you get this brochure? Not in my emails and searching discovery website is an exercise in futility.
Where did you get this brochure? Not in my emails and searching discovery website is an exercise in futility.
Try these, they're the 2 I've found (now attached).
They are obviously trying to clamp down on people just swiping at the gym and leaving without training, and people who shake their phones/fitness devices to rack up steps.
hj2k_x
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Are there that many people willing to cheat the system like that?
cerebus
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cerebus
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Are there that many people willing to cheat the system like that?
I don't cheat the system, I exercise a lot. But sometimes you get to Friday and there's just no time so you swipe in quickly.
hj2k_x
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I was more concerned about the people shaking their fitness tracker instead of taking steps. Seems a lot of effort to cheat
cerebus
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Ha yeah I did that the other night too because I just needed my 50 points I stood next to the bed like a poephol shaking my hands for half an hour.
beefymoocow
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Yep there is. Discovery is even hiring a team to imvestigate fraud.Are there that many people willing to cheat the system like that?
hj2k_x
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Hahaha. I just went for a walk to get my last 2000 steps...
Haha, there's a joke in there somewhere.
Knock knock.
Who's there?
Discovery step police...
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I walk around the house to get steps sometimes or the virtual masturbation trick to get to 5k or 10k steps but with the changes proposed for 2019 with max points allocated being 1200 in a month for steps (still have to read the brochure) , we may not need to virtually masturbate anymore.
hj2k_x
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No need for virtual masturbation. That's the dreamI walk around the house to get steps sometimes or the virtual masturbation trick to get to 5k or 10k steps but with the changes proposed for 2019 with max points allocated being 1200 in a month for steps (still have to read the brochure) , we may not need to virtually masturbate anymore.
The Gym will see an increased number of people spending more time inside.