Exercise for money.

Angall08

I dont even know for sure if something such as exercising for money exists. But it would be a way that everyone would want to exercise. Maybe more success rates for healthier lifestyles? What do you think?

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Ironandwine69

I'm not a *kitten*

Ironandwine69

abetterme9366 wrote: »

I don't need money that bad

You don't have any left anyway. I took it all

Caporegiem

Yeah I let some dudes watch me "exercise" for money a few times.

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capricorne92

Really? No serious responses to this?

I seem to remember this being a thing in like 2011/2012 or so. There was a whole site for it and everything a while back. Can't remember what it was though.

sandy_taylor13

I worked as a human tester once for a fitness company and was paid to run on treadmills and use exercise equipment. It was a pretty sweet college job over the summer.

Ironandwine69

capricorne92 wrote: »

Really? No serious responses to this?

I seem to remember this being a thing in like 2011/2012 or so. There was a whole site for it and everything a while back. Can't remember what it was though.

Can't remember that far back. My brain is fried from all the saturated fats.

Ironandwine69

abetterme9366 wrote: »

Ironandwine69 wrote: »

abetterme9366 wrote: »

I don't need money that bad

You don't have any left anyway. I took it all

You left the change in my couch cushions. Come and get it.

No. Bending over is where I draw the line, dammit.

RoxieDawn

I exercise for foodz.

I could see this topic in the debate section of the forums.. :laugh:

Jruzer

RoxieDawn wrote: »

I exercise for foodz.

I could see this topic in the debate section of the forums.. :laugh:

That was my thought. I get cheese and beer for exercising.

estherdragonbat

In Canada it is possible to get weight-loss grants where you get reimbursed up to 80% to a cap of 1800 of the expenses you incur losing weight. (Not groceries. But gym memberships, Weight Watchers, weight-loss clinic, etc).

The catch:

1. The 80% is if you join up with an accredited weight-loss clinic affiliated with the grant program. Otherwise it's 20%
2. If you don't reach the agreed-upon goal within 12 months, you get nothing. (They do set you up with a realistic goal for 12 months. So if you have 100 lbs to lose total, your goal can be 60 within 12 months).
3. If you go with the clinic, they'll notify the grants program of your expenditure. If you're doing it on your own, you need to save your receipts for reimbursement.

So my takeaway is that if MFP is working for you, you don't need the program. If you feel spending money will make you more accountable and getting reimbursed most of it when you reach goal is an added incentive, then go for it. It's not a scam, but it's not without its drawbacks.

Need2Exerc1se

I would be so fit!!

CaloricCountess

http://www.charitymiles.org/

You'll earn money, for charity; instead of for yourself but unless you're otherwise a charitable person financially, just save for yourself the matching amount of what you earned via your exercising that you'd donate to charity; that's the only method to actually earning money for your own usage with it!

So lets say you plan to donate $10.00 to a charity, that Charity Miles donates to; well instead donate that $10.00 via your exercise & keep the $10.00, that you were going to donate for yourself!

cwolfman13

capricorne92 wrote: »

Really? No serious responses to this?

I seem to remember this being a thing in like 2011/2012 or so. There was a whole site for it and everything a while back. Can't remember what it was though.

That was for weight loss in general and basically making a bet on yourself to lose X weight in Y time...My guess is that it worked pretty much like any gambling works...house typically wins or it wouldn't be worth doing. I'm sure a lot of people lost a lot of money...

As to the OP, I love to ride and enjoy hitting the weight room...doing some rock climbing and hiking and in general just enjoy having an active life...if someone wanted to pay me, that would be great, but it wouldn't really change anything.

Angall08

CaloricCountess wrote: »

http://www.charitymiles.org/

You'll earn money, for charity; instead of for yourself but unless you're otherwise a charitable person financially, just save for yourself the matching amount of what you earned via your exercising that you'd donate to charity; that's the only method to actually earning money for your own usage with it!

That is awesome!! I love this whole idea

SomebodyWakeUpHIcks

I keto for money

CaloricCountess

Angall08 wrote: »

CaloricCountess wrote: »

http://www.charitymiles.org/

You'll earn money, for charity; instead of for yourself but unless you're otherwise a charitable person financially, just save for yourself the matching amount of what you earned via your exercising that you'd donate to charity; that's the only method to actually earning money for your own usage with it!

That is awesome!! I love this whole idea

Thank you, very much!

MarylandRose

capricorne92 wrote: »

Really? No serious responses to this?

I seem to remember this being a thing in like 2011/2012 or so. There was a whole site for it and everything a while back. Can't remember what it was though.

You're not making it up. Pact (gympact) was a thing, they just shut down this summer. You earned a small cash reward (pennies) per healthy activity completed each day/week. Sadly, I didn't join Pact until late last year, but I did net $50 by the time they closed down this summer for doing stuff I was already doing: logging meals in MFP, checking in on phone at the gym, and eating vegetables (submitted via picture to Pact app for public approval).
Now I use Achievement and am slowly earning a $10 reward for doing what I'm already doing (logging in MFP, using my fitbit, etc).
Walgreens also has Balance Rewards, and you can earn rewards to use in store or online for your healthy activities.

[ETA: There's also WellCoin, which you can use to earn some rewards, but it doesn't seem like many companies bought in to their "fitness currency" and when I last looked, the earnable rewards were pretty slim (and meh) pickings.]

DietBet and StepBet sound like some of what are also being described above. I did one $25 Dietbet but I don't have much weight to lose and so lost the bet (-4% in 4 weeks). They do have Maintainer bets instead of weight loss bets over 6 months, I think. I looked at StepBet when they launched it, but even though my targets and the resulting bet steps were supposedly based on my recent fitbit history (I average less than 7k/day bc I can't wear my fitbit at work and bodypump doesn't give many fitbit steps), my "easy" days on Stepbet were set at 12k steps and stretch days were 14k, which, LOL no.

aeloine

Virgin Pulse has an employer sponsored program. My company paid for it, so we can all sign up. It's for steps, logging food, looking up healthy recipes, logging sleep, stuff like that. I've earned $250/year for the last two years which has been pretty sweet!

zindroth

capricorne92 wrote: »

Really? No serious responses to this?

I seem to remember this being a thing in like 2011/2012 or so. There was a whole site for it and everything a while back. Can't remember what it was though.

I rembember that, or at least something like it. You posted a goal and had a dollar amount tied to it. If you didn't meet your goal the money was donated to a charity that you despised. (I don't recall the name of the site though)

MarylandRose

aeloine wrote: »

Virgin Pulse has an employer sponsored program. My company paid for it, so we can all sign up. It's for steps, logging food, looking up healthy recipes, logging sleep, stuff like that. I've earned $250/year for the last two years which has been pretty sweet!

Mine too, through Limeade. I've earned an additional $250 contribution to my HSA this year through the various activities, some of which are much more about overall Wellness than just "exercise more." Currently, there's a team-based step challenge (reach 2.5M steps on your team in 6 weeks), plus individual challenges to read nutrition labels, stretch/do yoga, journal your worries, and spend time without screens, each done x times/week. Other challenges have been to drink more water daily, get more sleep, go outside, set a budget, avoid impulse purchases, eat more fruit/veg, team plank challenge, team wall sit challenge, etc. It also included webinars we could attend, usually 6 week courses on balanced meals, goal setting, habit formation, smoking cessation, etc. I like the gamification, and I like the mix of 'I already do this, now I get a reward!' and 'I hadn't tried X yet, may as well now for a reward!'

aeloine

MarylandRose wrote: »

aeloine wrote: »

Virgin Pulse has an employer sponsored program. My company paid for it, so we can all sign up. It's for steps, logging food, looking up healthy recipes, logging sleep, stuff like that. I've earned $250/year for the last two years which has been pretty sweet!

Mine too, through Limeade. I've earned an additional $250 contribution to my HSA this year through the various activities, some of which are much more about overall Wellness than just "exercise more." Currently, there's a team-based step challenge (reach 2.5M steps on your team in 6 weeks), plus individual challenges to read nutrition labels, stretch/do yoga, journal your worries, and spend time without screens, each done x times/week. Other challenges have been to drink more water daily, get more sleep, go outside, set a budget, avoid impulse purchases, eat more fruit/veg, team plank challenge, team wall sit challenge, etc. It also included webinars we could attend, usually 6 week courses on balanced meals, goal setting, habit formation, smoking cessation, etc. I like the gamification, and I like the mix of 'I already do this, now I get a reward!' and 'I hadn't tried X yet, may as well now for a reward!'

Virgin Pulse has a lot of those little challenges too. You pick a category that you want to work on and track that. I wanted to get better at budgeting and would log in and say whether or not a I stayed on budget, or if I brought my lunch to work, or if I packed veggies, or if I drank enough water or dimmed the lights in my room before going to sleep.

The other thing is that It would sync with MFP and my FitBit and so I would rarely even have to log it as long as I was maintaining my MFP and steps.