Holiday Fitness Challenge

As we all know, the holidays can be a challenging time to stay on a healthy track. The opportunities to miss training, neglect sleep and eat poorly seem to keep coming, so the HFC gives you some incentive to stay on the right track by rewarding you for taking care of yourself and encouraging your teammates, who in turn will help encourage you. 

Here’s how it works: You’ll form a 4-person team and choose a captain (if you don’t have a team and want to be assigned to one, just let us know via email or by submitting the form with an X in the fields for additional team member). Don’t worry if you don’t have a team – if you sign up as a free agent we’ll add you to a team so you can still be involved. 

Once you’re signed up, your team captain will enter each team member’s exercise and food foul points each day by noon beginning on Monday, December 1st 2025. Exercise points will add to your team’s total and food fouls will subtract from it. The contest will run through Friday, December 19th, 2025. 

***Note from the administrator: You can pick any 3 people you like, even non-Driven clients. Carefully consider who’s going to be on your team, however – Ringers? Co-workers? Potential driven customers? Family members who need a little encouragement? All are welcome, but make sure they’re reliable enough to get their scores in every day.

As in past years, we will be splitting the teams into 3 flights. Which one best describes you and your team members?

1. Pro Division – You are obsessively competitive and aren’t afraid to break into the gym or run at midnight to earn points.
2. Real Folks Division – You’re down for a little competition, but circumstances prevent you from exercising more than four hours per day (Those in the pro division would call them “excuses”). Whatever. 
3. Party Division – You could use a little encouragement to get into the gym and stay on track during the holidays. 

You’ll enroll your team in one of these divisions when you sign up. 

Score Submission Rules
Scores must be submitted by noon each day or the team receives an auto -1000 score per non-reporting person.
**If you’re missing a score from a team member, you’re better off entering your existing scores and taking a single -1000 than submitting late and getting -4000.
Each team gets one get out of jail free card on the late submission rule.

Exercise Points
Walking – 100 per mile *This is not “daily steps”. This would be any walking you do that is more than just around the office or the house. Walking to lunch when you normally would drive? It counts!
Running – 125 per mile
Uphill Walking/Running/Cycling – multiply your total elevation gain by 0.25 and add this to your score. Ex – 400′ elevation gain = 100 points added to the activity score
Rucking – 100 per mile plus weight x miles. So a two mile ruck with a 30lb ruck would be 200 points + (30×2) or 260 points.
Road Cycling – 35 per mile
Mountain Biking – 55 per mile
Gravel Riding – 45 per mile
Any Driven Workout (In person, virtual or using one of our custom programs) – 600
Versaclimber – 15 per 100 feet
Climbing Stairs – 4 per flight
SkiErg – 8 per 100 meters
Rower – 8 per 100 meters
Yardwork – 175 per hour
Housework – 125 per hour
Swimming – 350 per mile
Golf (riding) – 250 per 9 holes. For walking a round of golf, add your mileage
Elliptical – 125 per mile
Yoga/pilates – 250 per 45 minutes (350 for higher intensity versions)
General (Non-Driven) full body workout – 400 per 45 minutes
Basketball/soccer – 600 per hour
Tennis – 450 per hour
Pickleball – 350 per hour
Restorative Time – 50 point daily maximum. A minumum of 10 minutes of the restorative practice of your choice. Examples include stretching, foam rolling, meditation. Exercise? No. Doom scrolling? No. Netflix watching? Also no.

Food Foul Guidelines

What’s a food foul? If you have to ask, it’s probably a foul. Dessert? Always a foul? Alcoholic beverages? Always a foul. Beyond that, we’re relying on your personal integrity. Fouls can be committed both by what you eat and how much you eat.

PERFECT DAY (+100) – No food fouls. You’ve had a normal diet and abstained from any food fouls.

LEVEL 1 (-100) – A minor violation. This would be a normal day for most people. Maybe you had something you know wasn’t very healthy. Or perhaps you just had a little too much, even if it was good food. Single, small violations fit this category. But if you had two, you’ve moved to:

LEVEL 2 (-500) – Multiple minor violations. You haven’t been perfect, but you haven’t totally blown it, either. Generally 2-4 minor fouls.

LEVEL 3 (-1000) – An egregious violation, or just a really bad day. This happens when you’ve totally blown it. It may just be an epically bad meal, or it could be a mass of minor violations. If you’ve committed more violations than you can count easily, you’re in this category. If you have one of these days, you might as well enjoy it. -1000 is your score for this day, regardless of how bad it gets.

Exercise Points
Walking – 100 per mile *This is not “daily steps”. This would be any walking you do that is more than just around the office or the house. Walking to lunch when you normally would drive? It counts!
Running – 125 per mile
Uphill Walking/Running/Cycling – multiply your total elevation gain by 0.25 and add this to your score. Ex – 400′ elevation gain = 100 points added to the activity score
Rucking – 100 per mile plus weight x miles. So a two mile ruck with a 30lb ruck would be 200 points + (30×2) or 260 points.
Road Cycling – 35 per mile
Mountain Biking – 55 per mile
Gravel Riding – 45 per mile
Any Driven Workout (In person, virtual or using one of our custom programs) – 600
Versaclimber – 15 per 100 feet
Climbing Stairs – 4 per flight
SkiErg – 8 per 100 meters
Rower – 8 per 100 meters
Yardwork – 175 per hour
Housework – 125 per hour
Swimming – 350 per mile
Golf (riding) – 250 per 9 holes. For walking a round of golf, add your mileage
Elliptical – 125 per mile
Yoga/pilates – 250 per 45 minutes (350 for higher intensity versions)
General (Non-Driven) full body workout – 400 per 45 minutes
Basketball/soccer – 600 per hour
Tennis – 450 per hour
Pickleball – 350 per hour
Restorative Time – 50 point daily maximum. A minimum of 10 minutes of the restorative practice of your choice. Examples include stretching, foam rolling, meditation. Exercise? No. Doom scrolling? No. Netflix watching? Also no.