National Steps Challenge™ Community Challenge

Community Challenge is here!
Feel good with every move as you bond with your neighbours and get rewarded!

ABOUT THE CHALLENGE

WHEN

2 Dec 2019 to 26 Apr 2020

WHO CAN JOIN

Open to all National Steps Challenge^TM
Season 5 participants.

All 16 GRCs in Singapore are included in the Community Challenge. Each of the 13 Single Member Constituencies (SMCs) will be grouped with a GRC for the Challenge.
Find out which GRC you will be representing here.

Registration for Community Challenge ends on 1 Dec 2019 at 11.59pm.

HOW TO REGISTER

Smartphone Users
Non-Smartphone Users

STEP 1

Download or update to the latest version of the Healthy 365 mobile app.

STEP 2

Create your profile, or restore your profile if you already have one.

STEP 3

Select “Challenges” on the Menu bar to sign up for Community Challenge.

STEP 4

Choose your preferred fitness tracking device to pair with the Healthy 365 mobile app. For eligible¹ participants, collect your FREE heart-rate monitoring trackers at Community Challenge roadshows. You can also use one of these compatible² mobile apps and fitness trackers.

National Steps Challenge^TMpreferred mobile apps and trackers:

Fitbit mobile app with any Fitbit tracker
Polar Flow mobile app

Other mobile apps and trackers:

Actxa® mobile app
Garmin Connect™ mobile app
Healthkit mobile app with Apple Watch

You’re all good to go now! Remember to sync your fitness data once every 7 days to avoid losing your fitness activity records.

¹Only Singaporeans / Permanent Residents who have signed up for the National Steps Challenge^TM Season 5, and have not received the HPB fitness tracker in Season 4 will be eligible for the free HPB fitness tracker, available on a first come, first served, while stocks last basis. Other terms and conditions apply. ²Applicable to selected fitness tracking devices compatible with Actxa®, Fitbit, Garmin Connect^TM, and Polar Flow mobile apps.

STEP 1

Head down to any of our roadshows to sign up, or sign up at the Healthy 365 kiosks from 27 Sep onwards if you have a compatible³ heart-rate monitoring fitness tracker.

STEP 2

Aim for 10,000 steps every day and 150 minutes of MVPA every week. To emerge as the top performing GRC of Community Challenge, take more steps and clock more MVPA minutes!

STEP 3

Use the ‘Sync for friends’ function on the Healthy 365 mobile app to update your fitness records using your friend’s smartphone.

Alternatively, you can update your records at any Healthy 365 Kiosks.

³Compatible HPB trackers models are Axtro Fit, Careeach, Careeach HR, Glide HR, Mova, Skytech, Tempo (HR), and Tempo 2 (HR).

For enquiries, please contact us at stepschallenge@hpb.gov.sg or call us at 1800 567 2020 .

EXCLUSIVE FEATURES

Overall Top GRC for MVPA minutes

Be rewarded when your GRC clocks in the highest weekly average minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activities (MVPA).

Active Participation Monthly Draw

Stand to win prizes when you participate in at least 8 FREE HPB workout programmes in a month.

Exciting activations so you can keep fit

Look forward to more events to help you achieve your steps and MVPA minutes goals!

PRIZES & REWARDS

Overall Top⁴ Performing GRC
[Steps]
Overall Top⁶ Performing GRC
[MVPA Minutes]

OVERALL AVERAGE⁵ STEP COUNT	HEALTHPOINTS^{8, 9} (TOTAL)	REWARDS VALUE
10,000 and more	750	$5
Less than 10,000	375	$2.50

OVERALL WEEKLY AVERAGE⁷ MVPA DURATION	HEALTHPOINTS^{8, 9}	REWARDS VALUE
150 min or more	750	$5
Less than 150 min	375	$2.50

⁴The Overall Top Performing GRC (Steps) is the winning GRC that clocks in the highest overall daily average step count from the start to the end of the Challenge. ⁵Daily average step count = total number of steps accumulated by all participants in the GRC/summation of total number of days in challenge for all participants in the GRC. ⁶The Overall Top Performing GRC (MVPA Minutes) is the winning GRC that clocks in the highest overall weekly average MVPA minutes from the start to the end of the Challenge. ⁷Weekly Average MVPA minutes = total weekly MVPA minutes accumulated by all participants in the GRC/summation of total number of weeks in challenge for all participants in the GRC. ⁸Healthpoints will be credited to eligible participants from the winning GRC within 2 months from the end of the Challenge i.e. 30 June 2020. ⁹Only current participants from the winning GRC who are still active at the end of the challenge period, will be eligible for the rewards. To qualify as a current participant, participants must have minimally clocked 1,000 steps on any given day in the last 4 weeks of the challenge.

MORE WAYS TO WIN

ACTIVE PARTICIPATION MONTHLY DRAW¹⁰

Community Challenge participants now stand to win prizes from the "Active Participation Monthly Draw".
To qualify, all you have to do is to attend at least 8 FREE HPB workout sessions per month across eligible programmes below:

CPAP (General Population)
Active Ageing (Excercises)
Malls Workout
Sundays @ The Park

¹⁰Each month, there will be up to 300 Monthly Draw prizes, or based on the number of eligible participants that meet the criteria of having attended 8 workout sessions in that month, whichever is lower.

EXCLUSIVE TAP & WIN GAME

Stand to win additional prizes in our daily Tap & Win game when you clock 10,000 steps or more in a day!

COMMUNITY ROADSHOWS

Date / Time	Venue
27 — 29 Sep 2019 11.00am to 7.30pm	Bishan East Town Centre at Block 510 Bishan Street 13 Ang Mo Kio Central Stage
4 — 6 Oct 2019 11.00am to 7.30pm	Open field next to Kallang MRT station Yishun Town Square (along North Point Drive)
11 — 13 Oct 2019 11.00am to 7.30pm	Hard court at Sengkang Community Club Tampines Community Plaza (Hard court opposite Tampines 1 taxi stand) SingPost Centre Atrium
18 — 20 Oct 2019 11.00am to 7.30pm	Open field next to Lakeside MRT station Hard court beside Keat Hong Community Club
25 — 27 Oct 2019 11.00am to 7.30pm	Kampung Admiralty Hard Court beside Yew Tee MRT station
1 — 3 Nov 2019 11.00am to 7.30pm	Redhill Square (Open space between Blk 79 and Blk 85 Redhill Lane) Hougang Central Hub (next to Hougang Mall)
8 — 10 Nov 2019 11.00am to 7.30pm	Open space outside Hillion Mall The Frontier Plaza @ Pioneer
15 — 17 Nov 2019 11.00am to 7.30pm	Heartbeat@Bedok

CUSTOMER CARE &
HEALTHY 365 KIOSKS

HEALTHY 365 KIOSKS
These kiosks are strictly for updating of your fitness activity records only. Sale, exchange, or repair services of faulty heart-rate monitoring fitness trackers are not available at kiosk locations. Please refer to Authorised Service Providers for more details.

AUTHORIZED SERVICE PROVIDERS
Are you looking to purchase a heart-rate monitoring fitness tracker or replace one that is lost or faulty? Find an Authorised Service Provider here.

1-for-1 exchange of HEART-RATE MONITORING FITNESS TRACKER
Collected a faulty tracker last season? Do a 1-for-1 exchange¹¹ with ease at our Customer Care Centre, Mega roadshows or Community roadshows.

National Steps Challenge^TM Customer Care Centres
JCube Genix	2 Jurong East Central 1 #04-15 Singapore 609731 Daily: 11.00am to 9.00pm
Jubilee Square Genix	61 Ang Mo Kio Ave 8 #01-17 Singapore 569814Daily: 11.00am to 9.00pm
The CentrePoint Genix (Opening on 23 Sep 2019)	176 Orchard Road, #03-05, Singapore 238843 Daily: 11.00am to 9.00pm
Changi City Point Genix (Opening on 23 Sep 2019)	5 Changi Business Park Central 1, #02-06 Singapore 486038 Daily: 11.00am to 9.00pm

¹¹1-for-1 exchange is valid within the 1-year warranty period and applicable for National Steps Challenge™ Season 4 fitness tracker models only. Participants exchanging faulty fitness tracker will be replaced with an Axtro Fit.

MVPA 101

What is MVPA?

MVPA refers to moderate to vigorous physical activities. Physical activity is a core component of a healthy lifestyle, and covers a range from incidental movement (such as walking to get to places) to leisure-time physical activity such as sports and exercise that range from moderate-intensity to vigorous-intensity.

What physical activities can I do?

INCIDENTAL / LIGHT INTENSITY

Activities that build up over the day.

MODERATE-INTENSITY

Breathe faster |
Raised Heart Rate

VIGOROUS-INTENSITY

Rapid breathing |
Difficulty talking

Why should I do higher intensity physical activities?

Reduce risk of diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke and certain cancers

Help control and maintain healthy weight

Improve balance and coordination to help prevent falls

Keep bones, muscles and joints strong

Promote mental well-being, reduce stress and anxiety

Enable one to look and feel good

How do I track the intensity of my physical activities?

To gauge the intensity level of your physical activities, you can simply measure your heart rate during your activities. Heart rate is measured in beats per minute (bpm) and can vary greatly from person to person depending on factors like age and fitness level.

Exercise within the moderate to vigorous intensity heart rate zones to clock your MVPA minutes!

HEART RATE MONITORING FITNESS TRACKER

With the heart rate monitoring fitness tracker, you can now check your heart rate continuously and easily during your physical activities! Just make sure it is charged and worn correctly on the wrist as you move throughout the day.

RECORDING YOUR FITNESS ACTIVITIES

To monitor your heart rate with greater accuracy during exercise sessions, trigger the “Workout Mode” within your heart rate monitoring fitness tracker.

The Healthy 365 mobile app will only register MVPA duration for exercise sessions that

last more than 10 minutes; and
are at moderate to vigorous levels of intensity

For instructions on how to activate the “Workout Mode”, kindly refer to the instruction manual which comes along with the Tracker within its packaging.

How to calculate my maximum heart rate?

Use the formula below to estimate your age-predicted maximum heart rate

220 - Your Age = Maximum Heart Rate

In other words, MVPA is attained when you reach at least 64% of your maximum heart rate.

64% x Maximum Heart Rate = MVPA

Heart-Rate Zone (% of Maximum Heart Rate)
LIGHT 57% - 63% of Max Heart Rate	MODERATE 64% - 75% of Max Heart Rate	VIGOROUS 76% - 95% of Max Heart Rate

Heart Rate Zone (% of Maximum Heart Rate)
LIGHT 57% - 63% of Max Heart Rate
MODERATE 64% - 75% of Max Heart Rate
VIGOROUS 76% - 95% of Max Heart Rate

Health Advisory
You are strongly encouraged to exercise discretion when embarking on higher intensity physical activities. Please complete the health declaration on the Healthy 365 mobile app and ensure you are in good fitness condition before attempting MVPA. If you have an existing heart condition or any other illness and/or injury, please consult a doctor prior to your participation.

Please go through the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR-Q) before embarking on the Challenge.

CONTRIBUTED BY

Health Promotion Board

MYHEALTH

National Steps Challenge™ Community Challenge