CUFO - Finance and Administration Fall Fitness Challenge

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Finance & Administration Team, it is time to kick-off the fall with some fun and healthy competition --- and we are hosting a department-wide fitness challenge! By enrolling in this online contest, you will be challenged to engage in at least 30 minutes of physical activity each day - all tracked through the mobile app MoveSpring. We’ll share a daily exercise video for inspiration, but you can clock your workout in many different ways (daily walks, yoga, High Intensity Interval Training workout-HIIT, dumbbell weights, or even vacuuming your home, etc.).  All fitness levels are welcomed. Let’s get moving!

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Challenge Dates: Monday, September 21, 2020 – Friday, October 9, 2020

     *Register by Friday, September 18

Challenge goal: Engage in at least 30 minutes of moderately intense physical activity every day. The team with the highest daily average of minutes by the end of the challenge will be named the winning team!

  • Exercising at a “moderately intense” intensity means you would be able to talk, but not sing during the activity.  If you are engaging in “vigorously-intense” exercise, you would not be able to say more than a few words without pausing for a breath. 
  • Activities can include: fitness videos shared on the MoveSpring app, yoga videos, your favorite at-home workout, marching in place, or for those who may not be able to exercise indoors, going for a daily walk and more. Household chores like vacuuming or moving boxes can count too.  In an effort to keep the competition fair and balanced, please keep activities to what the average person has access to.
  • Your 30 minutes of physical activity can be accumulated in bouts of 10 or 15 minutes at a time or you can go for all 30 minutes at once.

Please note, this is a team challenge.  When registering you will be able to join a team based on your role within Finance & Administration Team - HR, IT, Financial Service, Capital Finance & Admin Support, and VP Group.

  • After joining the challenge use your mobile or web dashboard to find the tab labeled "challenge."
  • Locate your challenge and click the "join team" button to join your appropriate team. 
  • Winner takes home bragging rights!

*This challenge tracks active minutes, or the number of minutes you are engaging in physical activity each day. 

There are two ways to track your active minutes:

  • Manual entry:  If you do not have a fitness tracker or wearable device this is the tracking method for you. With manual entry, you keep track of your active minutes and enter them in the app each day. 

*iPhone users: Apple Health does not record active minutes so you will need to manually enter your data (unless you have a wearable device- see below).

  • Fitness tracker or wearable device:  If you have an Apple Watch, Fitbit, Garmin, Misfit, and Withings, you can connect your device to automatically sync your active minutes.  Be sure to sync your data each day!

*Use the activity override feature to help record indoor active minutes that your device may not register, for example yoga, HIIT workouts, or housework like vacuuming.

  • Stay in touch with your colleagues throughout the challenge by using the chat function on the MoveSpring app. Here, you can share a workout selfie, motivational thought, and more. You can also “like” and comment on posts in the app! You can connect with a friend by using the friends feature!

You can access the MoveSpring app by creating an account on movespring.com or by downloading the iOS or Android app. 

  • Confirm you are signing up as part of Columbia University by entering this code when prompted: CUWELL
  • Once you set up your account, scroll down to the “Your Groups” section of the dashboard. Check the “Upcoming” tab to make sure you see the CUFO F&A Fall Fitness Challenge 
  • If you don’t see an upcoming challenge, click the green “Join” button
  • When registering you will be able to join a team based on your role within Finance & Administration Team - HR, IT, Financial Service, Capital Finance & Admin Support, and VP Group. Click the "join team" button to join your appropriate team. 

Already have a MoveSpring account? Just click this link to join the challenge: https://link.movespring.com/join?orgCode=CUWELL

We suggest taking a few minutes to read the FAQ's too!