The getfit challenge is a 12-week, team-oriented fitness challenge open to the entire MIT community.
The goal of getfit is to help make MIT a healthier community by encouraging participants to exercise regularly. During the challenge, which typically runs from early February through April, teams of five to eight people can qualify for prize drawings based on the average number of minutes exercised each week. Prizes are awarded weekly to teams and individuals selected at random from among those teams meeting the steadily increasing weekly exercise goals. The Grand Prize winner is selected randomly from all eligible teams meeting the minimum average exercise threshold for at least ten out of twelve weeks of the competition.
Make lasting lifestyle changes
Results from past 12-week challenge have shown that getfit participants often make lasting lifestyle changes. Each year, nearly three-quarters of getfit participants tell us they began exercising more as a result of the fitness challenge. More importantly, most of them kept it up for at least six months after the program ended! Other benefits reported by at least a quarter of participants include:
- Weight loss
- Reduced stress levels
- Improved sleep
- Improved general mood
- Improved muscle tone
- Improved eating habits
- Improved flexibility
Payment
The employee fee for the 3 month getfit challenge is $40; the fee for contingent workers is $80.
Note: Current members do NOT have to pay to join the challenge.
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Join or Form a Team
After you've made your payment, you can access the MIT getfit page to register your team or sign up with an existing team.