What is a step challenge?

Virtual route

Walk a virtual route and pass milestones to see which team or user finishes first.

Counting steps

Use your phone or a wide range of wearables/smart watches to count steps.

Convert activities

Have you been cycling, swimming or playing football? Convert over 70 different activities into steps.

Team and individual

Motivate your teammates to be active while competing in the individual results.

App and website

Download the Wellstep app from the App Store or Google Play, or log in via www.wellstep.se.

How many weeks?

Start the step challenge on any date and decide how long it will last.

Wellstep step challenge – easy, fun and flexible!

A successful wellness initiative is based on community and motivation where everyone can and wants to participate. Wellstep makes it easy to create fun and inspiring health challenges together. Step challenges are a popular and accessible activity that can be customized as needed – either in its simplest form with just steps or with more features such as conversion of other activities and health-enhancing bonus assignments.

The step challenge contributes to increased physical activity, good habits and a stronger community in the workplace.

  • Easy and fun wellness challenge for everyone

  • Real-time team and individual results

  • Select if only steps, conversion of activities, bonus assignments, etc.

  • Flexible challenge set-up

step challenge

How does the step challenge work?

To register steps, log in to the competition page via the website or the Wellstep app. The steps are counted using either a pocket pedometer, Fitbit/Garmin activity trackers/smartwatch or a pedometer app that automatically transfers the steps to Wellstep.

Wellstep supports Google Fit, Apple Health, Pacer and other brands that support Health Connect such as Samsung Health.

Included in Basic and Standard

In the step competition, it is possible to convert around 70 different activities into steps. Once an activity such as football, swimming or strength training has been done, it is easily entered into Wellstep by entering the number of minutes.

The possibility of converting activities motivates participants to try new forms of exercise. It is also possible to turn off the activity convertion completely if you want the challenge to be all about walking.

Included in Basic and Standard

The results of the competition are monitored during the step challenge both in the tables where you can see which teams and participants are leading, but above all on the map that shows the virtual route from start to finish.

The route from start to finish goes through a number of milestones. The date the teams/participants pass is recorded and allows for the awarding of milestone prizes.

Included in Basic and Standard

Register bonus assignments for physical, mental and social health, but it can also be something completely different. You choose the bonus assignments you want to include in your competition and how many steps they will give.

Examples of bonus assignments:

  • Have screen-free time after 21:00 21
  • Tried a new fruit or vegetable
  • Offered support or help to a colleague or friend
  • Spent time in nature
  • Stand up and work for an hour
  • Taking a lunchtime walk with a colleague
  • Picked up litter
  • Challenged a colleague to a dance battle
  • Left the car for a whole day

A bonus assignment can be active during the whole competition period or during a specific week.

Included in Standard

Encourage employees to do activities together. Not only is it more fun to exercise together, sometimes you need someone to make sure it actually happens!

With this feature, participants get 10% extra steps per extra participant. This means that if 5 participants do an activity together, they will all get 40% extra steps on top of the steps the activity normally gives.

The number of joint activities is shown in a separate leaderboard with the teams and participants with the most registrations.

On the competition page, it is also easy to create invitations to joint activities that can either be shown to everyone in the competition or just to your own team. Participants can then click on “I’m in” and their name will appear in a list of registered participants.

Included in Standard

To motivate each other, you can write post on the competition page. Cheer on your team members, tell your colleagues about walking routes or why not brag about your new step record! A message can either be displayed to all participants or only to your team.

It is also possible to publish a picture in the post and react to other people’s posts with different emojis.

Included in Basic and Standard

Possibility to publish the registered activity (steps, activities and bonus missions) in a social activity feed visible to other participants. It is also possible to complement the post in the activity feed with a text and image.

Included in Basic and Standard

Do you want to use the challenge as a way to motivate more exercise in the workplace and contribute to charity at the same time? With Wellstep’s CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) module, the steps can be converted into money that you then donate to the charity of your choice.

The amount is updated in real time and presented on the competition page/app.

For the step challenge, this can be done in two different ways:

  • You enter an amount of money per number of steps, for example 10 SEK for a specific purpose per 10 000 steps or 30 points. A maximum amount can be set if desired.
  • You set one or more levels. For example, when your company reaches 1,000,000 steps or 1,000 points, you donate a set amount to charity. It is possible to have several levels where the competition page shows which level has been passed and how many steps/points are left for the next level.

Included in Standard

At the end of the step challenge, participants are invited to answer a few simple questions about exercise habits and such. The results can be of great help to you as a company when evaluating the step challenge and planning new wellness activities in the future.

Included in Basic and Standard

Our fitness level is an important resource for having the strength and energy to do what we want to do. Wellstep includes a quiz where all participants can test their own fitness throughout the competition and find out how good their breathing really is.

The test gives you a so-called test value. The recommendation for a sedentary office job is to have a test value of at least 35. The test value of 35 is approximately what is needed to oxygenate the body and brain for a full working day and to have energy left afterwards. It is also considered to be a threshold for not risking ill health related to the fitness level. Achieving a test value of 35 requires about half an hour of heart rate-raising exercise daily.

At the end of the test, the participant decides whether to save the results.

The fitness test, which is question-based, is based on an adaptation of a published scientific article in Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise.

Included in Basic and Standard

Create extra motivation and cohesion in the competition by having the activity competition use the same graphic profile as your company. As an administrator, you can easily change Wellstep colors to match your company profile.

It is also possible to add your logo to the competition if you wish.

Included in Standard

Do you use Slack or Teams in your company? Then you can connect Wellstep to these and get updates on e.g. the best team of the week or when a team passed a milestone in the step challenge published during the competition.

As an administrator, you choose which types of messages to send and in which channel to display them.

Included in Standard

Push notifications are sent out from the Wellstep app for important events in the step competition. Participants also receive a weekly step summary.

As an administrator, it is also possible to send out any message as a push to the competition participants.

Included in Basic and Standard

Virtual map with milestones

Home page in the app

Activity flow with images

Top list of participants

The step competition is available in two formats: Standard (our standard format, which includes all features) and Basic (a slightly simpler format, which includes the most common features).

Want to know more or get started with a step challenge?

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You can also reach us on +4631-390 04 15 and info@wellstep.se.

Counting steps with a pedometer

The step competition requires each participant to count their steps and you can choose to buy a physical calculator to keep in your pocket or use a step counting app on your phone. Wellstep works with all types of pedometers, including a wide range of activity trackers and smart watches.

Wellstep supports automatic synchronization of steps for Apple Health, Google Fit, Fitbit, Garmin, Samsung Health, Pacer and all other brands that support Health Connect (Android) and Apple Health (iOS).

We also sell physical pedometers, a simple, thin, high quality pedometer. You can carry it in your pocket, hang it around your neck, or attach it to your waistband with the included clip.

Virtual routes – Where do you want to go in the step challenge?

You choose which virtual route you want to walk. There are both shorter and slightly longer routes to suit different types of competition setups with large or small teams and different lengths of competition periods. Not all teams need to have the same number of participants, as the competition weights the steps so that there is no advantage or disadvantage in being more or less than others.

Below you can see which virtual routes are available. By selecting the step size and the number of people per team, you can see how much time per leg it takes to walk. It is also possible to create your own routes, please contact us for more information.

We recommend a competition period of 4-6 weeks.

Calculate the number of days:

Average per participant:
- 10 000 +
steps/day
Number of participants per team:
- 5 +
participants (on average)

From Stockholm to

Falun210 km6 days
Gothenburg410 km11 days
Oslo430 km12 days
Malmö550 km15 days
Copenhagen690 km19 days
Haparanda870 km24 days
Berlin910 km26 days
Prague1170 km33 days
Amsterdam1190 km34 days
North Cape1390 kmdays
Paris1570 km44 days
Chamonix1690 kmdays
Milan1800 km51 days
Monaco2020 km57 days
Rome2200 km62 days
Istanbul2250 km64 days
Barcelona2590 km74 days
Malta2660 km76 days
Casablanca3600 kmdays
Gran Canaria 4480 km128 days
Dubai5510 kmdays
Mumbai7100 kmdays
Sri Lanka8650 km247 days
Cape Town11210 kmdays
Beijing12400 km354 days
Hong Kong12780 kmdays
Tokyo14600 kmdays
Sydney18080 km 517 days

From Gothenburg to

Copenhagen270 km8 days
Stockholm410 km11 days
Hamburg570 km16 days
Berlin610 km17 days
Budapest1300 km37 days
Tromsö1420 km41 days
Paris1590 km45 days
Rome1910 km54 days
Barcelona2290 km65 days
Malta2470 km70 days
Gran Canaria 4250 km121 days
Dubai5360 km153 days
Sri Lanka8830 km252 days
Beijing12340 km 352 days
Sydney17800 km508 days

From Malmö to

Stockholm550 km15 days
Paris1100 km31 days
Rome1680 km48 days
Madrid2150 kmdays
Malta2230 km63 days
Gran Canaria 4010 km114 days
Sri Lanka8680 km248 days
Las Vegas10160 kmdays
Beijing12100 km 345 days

Other routes

Öland140 km4 days
Östersund - Trondheim230 km6 days
Crete230 km6 days
Around Lake Vättern260 km7 days
Around Lake Mälaren260 km7 days
Around Lake Vänern350 km10 days
Copenhagen - Oslo500 km14 days
Haparanda - Stockholm870 km24 days
Umeå - Göteborg990 km28 days
Luleå - Malmö1310 km   37 days
Linköping - Paris1440 kmdays
Smygehuk - Treriksröset 1730 km49 days
Treriksröset - Smygehuk1730 km49 days
Lund - Barcelona2060 km 59 days
Linköping - Dubai5400 km 155 days
Luleå - Sri Lanka9210 km263 days

Frequently asked questions about the step challenge – FAQ

Yes, the steps are weighted in the competition so that there is no advantage or disadvantage in being more or less numerous than other teams.

There are around 70 different wellness activities to choose from to convert into steps. In many cases, we can add special activities to the list if requested.

Yes, there are three ways to limit the number of steps:

  • Maximum number of steps per activity
  • Maximum number of activities per day
  • Maximum number of steps per day

You can also set a limit on how many days back in time you can record steps/activities.

It is possible to compete only individually. The map will then show each participant instead of the teams.

Yes, it is possible to display the result in three levels:

  • Individually
  • Layer
  • Department

Division can be any division, such as city, country.

Yes, for an extra cost we can set up your own route for you, where you decide the route and what milestones it should have.

Wellstep is available in Swedish and English. Each participant can choose the language of their choice on the login page.

Standard is our standard setup where all features are included and Basic is a simpler setup where some features are not included.

Features that are only available with Standard:

  • Bonus missions
  • Joint activities
  • Charity/CSR
  • Branding/logo
  • Integration with Slack/Teams

In the step challenge, the number of steps is counted, and it is possible to convert activities into steps. The steps are added up and you walk a virtual map together in teams or individually.

In the activity challenge, the goal is to move at least 30 minutes a day. All activities (such as walking or spinning) are valued equally and score 1 point per minute.

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