Hear the music and get moving on November 7 with the Rhythms that Move You Challenge
Nothing gets us truly moving like music. We may listen to our favorite songs at work or at home, but imagine what it’s like to experience it live. A samba in Rio, a waltz in Vienna. Even a singalong with the best country singers in Nashville. This musical journey will take you all over the world in search of music’s coolest venues and most fascinating histories. Turn it up, and let’s get moving!
What is it?
Rhythms that Move You is a simple, friendly challenge that you can take on as a team (limited to 10 team members) and track your steps over the course of 6 weeks. Need a pedometer or want to track other activities? Keep reading – we’ve got you covered.
Remember, you can use the Virgin Pulse mobile app to join a challenge, chat with others and monitor your progress!
Get in tune with music from around the World. During this challenge, we’ll visit 15 music centers around the world:
- Motown Sound (Detroit,Michigan)
- Music City (Nashville, Tennessee)
- The Big Apple (New York City, New York)
- City Limits (Austin, Texas)
- The Salsa King (Havana, Cuba)
- Carnival! (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
- Merseybeat (Liverpool, England)
- Outsiders Welcome (London, England)
- A Guitar is Born (Seville, Spain)
- Night at the Opera (Milan, Italy)
- The Waltz (Vienna, Austria)
- Ancient Music (Lucknow, India)
- K-Pop Sensation (Seoul, South Korea)
- Bragging Rights (Sydney, Australia)
- Grunge Capital (Seattle, Washington)
Challenge Rules
This is your chance to team up with colleagues to get active and start a little healthy competition. Here’s how: Go to the team challenge page to join a team, start a team, or get others to join. Track your steps manually online, via app, Alexa skill, or sync your fitness tracker.
The challenge is FREE and open to every employee of The Arc of Washington County at any fitness level. You don’t need to be enrolled with Aetna to participate!
Dates
- Challenge Registration Opens: October 24, 2022
- Challenge Starts: November 7, 2022
- Challenge Ends: December 18, 2022
- The last day to upload your steps is December 20. Tracking daily is more fun!
- To be in the prize drawings you must record steps at least weekly.
To Get Started
- Go to the team challenge page on Aetna Virgin Pulse! (If you don’t already have an account, visit tinyurl.com/ArcWCjoin or check out our Aetna Virgin Pulse page to find out more.)
- Join a team (they’ll be happy to have you)
- Or make your own team (lead the way, Captain)
- Make sure your activity tracker is connected to get credit for all your hard-earned steps
- If you don’t have a connected activity tracker, you can enter your steps manually online at Aetna Virgin Pulse or by using the mobile app.
Teams
- Teams can have up to 10 participants.
- You can join an existing team or create a new team. It’s up to you!
- Either way, try to have a full team of 10 to maximize your score.
Scores
- Team scores are based on total team steps.
- The more steps your team gets, the better your score.
- To contribute to your team score, upload steps from a fitness tracker or manually enter steps online or through the Virgin Pulse app.
- Track your steps daily to get your team closer to the goal. Track other activities and convert them into steps – it’s easy!
- You can get credit for up to 30,000 steps a day (so aim high)!
- The team with the most steps at the end of the challenge wins. What do you win? Bragging rights! But, wait! There are prizes! Keep reading.
Good to Know
- If you leave a team after the challenge start date, you can’t rejoin the challenge.
- If you join a team after the challenge start date, some of your steps may not count. (Skip the heartache — join before the challenge starts.)
- Participant names and step counts may be shared with other challenge participants and administrators.
Tracking
Need a pedometer? Join a team and participate in the challenge. If you need a pedometer, let your your team captain know and we can provide you with a digital pedometer for FREE! (Annual limit is 1 per employee, while supplies last.) You’ll need to log steps or activities for at least the first five days of the challenge to eligible for the pedometer. Use this activity to steps conversion chart (PDF) to help you track steps without a pedometer. You can also track other activities such as biking, swimming, housework, or mowing the lawn.
Prizes
Win prizes and earn online badges to brag about your accomplishments!
Participation Prize
Everyone who signs up and participates will receive a globe stress ball, while supplies last. Please request your participation prize through your team captain.
Individual Prizes
Some may run and rack up many steps while others are just starting out. All we ask is that you track your steps at least every week. Prizes will be awarded at the end of the challenge via random drawing—and prize winners must participate for all six weeks of the challenge in order to receive a prize. Prizes include:
- Portable Bluetooth karaoke machine with two wireless microphones
- Beats Fit Pro True Wireless Noise Canceling earbuds
- 12 weeks of Dance Fitness classes with Hagerstown Parks & Recreation
- Sunny Health & Fitness Exercise Bike with 49 lb. Chrome Flywheel
Dance Fitness is a 12-week virtual class available through Hagerstown Parks & Recreation. Dance, shake, and enjoy the groove in the comfort of your own home during this virtual class via Zoom. Join this dance fitness series and have fun dancing your way to better health. Enjoy easy to follow dance and fitness moves choreographed to upbeat music from around the world. This is a great way to achieve your health goals. This class puts the FUN in fitness! Led by licensed Zumba instructor Charna Moore.
Goal Getter Prize
Achieve and track the suggested 7,000 steps a day. Prize will be awarded by random drawing at the end of the challenge — and the prize winner must have participated for all eight weeks of the challenge:
- Bala Bangles—set of two 1 pound each wrist/ankle weight
Team Prizes
Every team reaching the final destination will be entered into a team prize drawing at the conclusion of the challenge. The team prizes for eligible team members are:
- $10 in Arc Bucks
- Digital bathroom scale
- 32 ounce insulated stainless steel water bottle
Only employees of The Arc of Washington County are eligible for prizes. Because of changing availability of some items, we may need to provide substitute prizes. If we do, we’ll do our best to find prizes of similar quality and value.