How To Gamify Your Life With Our Health Score And Active Points

Have you ever wondered how to gamify your life? It’s a new concept that so many people are talking about as they’re trying to find ways to incorporate new habits in a fun way that will keep them trying to become healthier.

Gamification means using game-like elements, like points, rewards, and friendly competition in other areas of life to make things more engaging and fun. Imagine earning points for completing tasks or unlocking badges for hitting goals. This approach is often used nowadays to keep people interested and motivated, whether it's to learn something new, stay fit, or interact more with a product or service!

Within our platform, Rolla, we thought of ways that we can turn fitness and health into something that will keep people interested in the long run while still being able to Level Up. 

How did we do that? Well, by introducing challenges in the fields of Health Scores and Active Points. 

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Stay consistent with your Health Score and stack up against your colleagues

Consistency is key to building a healthy lifestyle, and that’s where our Health Score comes in. This comprehensive metric tracks vital health parameters, including heart rate variability, resting heart rate, steps, sleep quality, and active calories. By integrating these data points, the Health Score offers a simple overview of your health. 

Just to be clear, this doesn’t mean that you’re completely healthy. Our Health Score was designed to grade your health based on the metrics that we track.

What sets Rolla’s Health Score apart is its ability to encourage habit formation. After tracking your metrics for seven days, you unlock your Health Score, which serves as a daily indicator of how you're doing. 

Maintaining a score above 80 keeps your streak alive, motivating you to stay consistent. Missing a workout or skimping on sleep can lower your score, prompting you to make healthier choices to bounce back.

This becomes an addictive game of “who is healthier” in your company. What better way to compete than to compete in these healthy habits?

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Level Up your activities with Active Points

Active Points are the cornerstone of our system, designed to reward you for every move you make. Whether you're jogging, cycling, going to the gym, or even engaging in virtual workouts within Rolla World, every activity counts. 

The more active you are, the more points you earn, creating an immediate sense of accomplishment.

Think of Active Points as experience points in a video game. You can set goals for each of your activities, challenge yourself to beat your personal best, or compete with your colleagues for the top spot on the Leaderboard. 

This friendly competition can boost motivation and turn even mundane tasks into opportunities to earn points. 

Walking to the grocery store? Bonus points. Taking the stairs instead of the elevator? More points. It's all about making movement fun and rewarding.

It’s our way to democratize activities. What does that mean? Well, it doesn’t matter how much you weigh, what your gender is, and how active you previously were - all that matters is your effort!

Based on your metrics during your activities, every person gets the same Active Points for the same effort. 

It’s simple, yet it’s the most effective way that we found motivates an entire company to participate and move more. 

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The Psychology of Gamification

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Why does gamification work so well? The answer lies in psychology. 

Earning points and improving your score trigger dopamine release in the brain, creating a sense of pleasure and accomplishment. This reward system keeps you coming back for more, transforming tasks you might otherwise avoid into activities you look forward to.

The visual progress of your Active Points and Health Score taps into another psychological principle: progress monitoring. Seeing tangible results, whether it's through a streak or a point tally, reinforces the belief that your efforts matter. It’s this constant feedback loop that keeps you motivated over the long term.

And last, but most importantly, we’re all extremely competitive by nature. So, once you understand this as a challenge where you can be better and at the top of the Leaderboards, you feel an even deeper sense of self and accomplishment. 

Even if you just need that added push for now to start, by turning it into a game, it’s easier to make that first move. 

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And beyond everything else: It’s a new lifestyle

Gamifying your life with Rolla isn’t just about fitness; it’s about your overall well-being. Active Points and the Health Score integrate seamlessly into your company, offering insights that inspire you to make smarter choices. They help you set achievable goals, develop healthy routines, and, most importantly, enjoy the process while beating your team.

So, why wait? Start earning Active Points today and watch as your Health Score progresses your journey to a better, stronger you. Together, let’s level up your entire company - one Leaderboard at a time.

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