Lifestyle Benefits

Challenges

Boost participation and build team momentum with fun, easy-to-launch wellness challenges employees actually stick with.

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Inspire healthier
habits together.

Wellness Challenges are short-term engagement campaigns that turn everyday healthy behaviors into fun, trackable goals employees can complete individually or as a team. IncentFit makes it easy to launch challenges quickly, keep participation high, and build momentum across your workforce.

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Strengthen company culture and see measurable results. 

Challenges turn healthy behaviors into friendly competitions that bring people together. They’re one of the easiest ways to boost morale, encourage teamwork, and keep wellness fun.

  • Automated tracking
  • Live leaderboards
  • Real prizes and incentives
  • Zero admin hassle

Why offer Wellness Challenges?

Wellness Challenges drive engagement, improve health, andstrengthen workplace culture by making wellness simple,achievable, and genuinely exciting for everyone.

Step and activity challenges are easy for everyone to join. Employees of any age, schedule, or fitness level can participate, fitting simple actions like walking meetings, taking the stairs, or quick movement breaks into their day.

Movement challenges reduce sedentary behavior, increase energy, and improve focus, while mindfulness or hydration goals support stress reduction and overall wellbeing. These small habits translate into meaningful health improvements.

Team-based challenges spark friendly competition and camaraderie, helping employees motivate each other and stay engaged. This social element is why IncentFit clients consistently see 40%+ participation across challenges.

IncentFit automates activity tracking, reminders, verification, and leaderboards - no spreadsheets, no manual approvals, no extra admin work.

Challenge themes for every type of wellness

IncentFit offers 50+ challenge templates that support physical, emotional, and even financial wellness,so every person finds something that motivates them.

Steps

Build daily movement habits through simple step-based competitions.

Fitness & Movement

Encourage active lifestyles through workouts, cardio, and movement goals.

Nutrition & Hydration

Promote healthier routines through nutrition tracking and hydration goals.

Mental Wellness

Support well-being through mindfulness, gratitude, and stress-relief challenges.

Financial Wellness

Build healthier money habits through savings, budgeting, and education goals.

Community & Connection

Strengthen culture through volunteer, team, and connection-based challenges.

How it works

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Choose or Create Your Challenge

Pick from 50+ pre-built templates or design your own with custom goals, timeframes, and rewards.

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Set It and Forget It

Our platform handles registration, reminders, progress tracking, and leaderboard updates automatically.

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Verify Participation Seamlessly

Syncs with 35+ wearables, apps, and tracking tools so there's no manual uploads or admin work required.

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Motivate Real-Time Results

Live dashboards and leaderboards keep motivation high and transparency easy.

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Reward Participation Automatically

Rewards are automatically distributed via the chosen payout method and schedule, eliminating manual work for HR.

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Measure Impact and Optimize

Access real-time data and engagement insights to refine future wellness programs.

Getting started withChallenges is easy.

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Schedule a Demo

Connect with a Benefits Specialist to walk through our platform and get your questions answered.

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Try It Free

Explore how Challenges work in real time with your leadership team.

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Launch WhenYou're Ready

Our benefits experts set up your plan, train admins, and ensure a smooth rollout.

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started right away?

Explore On-Demand Wellness Challenges - ready-to-launch campaigns you can purchase online and start in minutes. It’s the fastest way to spark engagement across your workforce, with no sales call required.

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Frequently asked questions

Most organizations can launch IncentFit Challenges within 1-2 weeks. Our onboarding specialists walk you through setup step by step, including:

  • Program design (activities, rewards, and rules)
  • Payroll and HRIS integration
  • Admin training and employee rollout materials 

Some smaller companies can launch even faster if payroll and data integrations are straightforward. 

Challenges are designed to support the types of rewards employees value most. Employers can enable one or more of the following reward payout options:

  • Payroll (our most popular option, accounting for 70% of all rewards distributed)
  • Direct deposit
  • Merchandise mall
  • Digital gift cards
  • Charitable donations

Employers choose which incentive types to make available. Employees then select what’s meaningful to them, which is one of the main reasons Essentials sees 2x the engagement of typical wellness programs.

Employees can log activities through multiple methods, making participation simple and fair:

  • Wearable integrations: Fitbit, Apple Watch, Garmin, and dozens more
  • Mobile app or web portal: Log activities directly in seconds
  • Self Repoting:
  • Automatic verification: All activities are validated against data feeds to ensure accuracy

For HR teams, this means no chasing down receipts or manual spreadsheets. You’ll always know participation data is reliable.

Challenges are pre-built, plug-and-play programs that turn healthy behaviors into fun, social competitions. They’re proven to increase engagement and morale. IncentFit includes a library of challenge types, such as:

  • Steps and walking goals (e.g., hit 10,000 steps per day)
  • Hydration challenges (track daily water intake)
  • Mindfulness and mental wellness (daily meditation or gratitude journaling)
  • Team competitions (departments or groups compete toward shared milestones)

Admins can launch challenges in minutes by selecting duration, rules, and rewards, while employees track automatically through wearables or the app. Seasonal data shows challenges drive 40%+ higher participation in Q3 and Q4.

Absolutely. All challenge templates are designed with remote and hybrid workforces in mind. Participants can join from any location, with time-zone-friendly leaderboards and team grouping that keeps competition fair and engaging.

The in-app chat and notifications also help employees connect across departments and geographies, building stronger culture even in distributed teams.

Yes. IncentFit’s platform supports multiple concurrent challenges. Admins can easily manage participation limits, schedules, and eligibility rules to keep programming fresh and avoid burnout.

This flexibility allows companies to run simultaneous campaigns, such as a Step Challenge for one department and a Nutrition Challenge for another, without added admin work.

One of the biggest advantages of IncentFit is its low administrative lift. Once configured, the program essentially runs itself:

  • Rewards and reimbursements are automated
  • Activity verification happens in the background
  • Dashboards provide real-time participation and ROI data

On average, HR admins spend less than 15 minutes per week managing the program, compared to hours per week with manual stipends or homegrown wellness initiatives.

IncentFit gives you real-time dashboards and scheduled reports that make it easy to demonstrate ROI. Reports include:

  • Participation rates by activity type
  • Activity completion trends
  • Incentive spend vs. budget
  • Year-over-year changes in health assessment data

Reports are exportable and presentation-ready, so you can easily share progress with leadership or benefits committees.

Yes. Security and trust are core to our platform. IncentFit is HIPAA-compliant and uses strict privacy safeguards, including:

  • Encryption of all health data in transit and at rest
  • Reporting limited to aggregate population data
  • Strict access controls for HR admins
  • Regular security audits and compliance checks

Employees own their personal health data, and employers only see anonymized trends.

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