VFC Challenges Page

Duration: July 18-31 and August 1-14

While taking a walk in his hometown, Joe, one of our long-time Veteran Fitness Challenge members, was a victim of gun violence. After being in critical condition and needing surgery, Joe is back home, thankfully.

We decided to dedicate our Challenge this month to those that have been affected by gun violence by stepping up and going the extra mile for those who can’t.

During this 2-week challenge we will GO THE EXTRA MILE FOR JOE who is still recovering from his injury. Prior to being shot, he was averaging about 50 miles a week!!

However you get your miles…walk, push, bike, swim, dance, push mowing the lawn, etc…set a goal to go just a bit further every time and see how many extra miles you can do…LET’S GET THOSE EXTRA MILES!

This Challenge starts on Saturday, June 11^th the same day as the “March For Our Lives” event in Washington, DC and smaller marches all over the country.
June is also ‘Wear Orange’ month honoring the more than 40,000 people who are killed with guns and approximately 85,000 who are shot and wounded every year.

Top 2 Male & Top 2 Female “Mile Getters” from each team will win.

Top 2 Male & Top 2 Female “Posters” from each Team that post a photo of themselves WEARING ORANGE or take a photo of something ORANGE while you’re getting your milesto the VFC COMMUNTIY MESSAGE BOARD will win. (1 point per day for a photo post…….but feel free to post as many times as you’d like)

Duration: June 11 – June 24

This month we are groovin’ our way to get those Active Zone Minutes!  Turn up your favorite tunes and get ACTIVE.

The top 2 Female and Top 2 Male with the most Total Active Zone Minutes from each team will win.

Also, post your favorite songs to the Veteran Fitness Challenge Message Board. They could be your ‘go-to’ workout jams, motivational songs, meditations, empowering music – anything that gets you moving and centered in your day. Athletes can earn 1 point per day (You can only earn 1 point per day, but you can post as many times per day as you would like) *Clean Versions Only, Please.

Top 2 Female and Top 2 Male “Posters” from each team will also win.

Duration:May 16 – May 29

Around the world in 14 days.

In honor of World Health Day (April 7th) the VFC is ‘traveling’ to some of the most amazing hikes around the globe.  Each day, the group will attempt to complete the trail before jet setting to a new destination.

Duration: April 11 – 24

Veteran athletes will be logging as many miles as possible with their Fitbits as females vs. males compete on the literal ‘road’ to the championship.

To keep that emotional heart strong too, athletes can earn a point each day for a post in the VFC Fitbit community message board sharing what they are GLAD for.

Duration: March 19 – 27

Being healthy isn’t all about getting those steps in.
It is also about sleep, rest days and mindfulness.

We will be sharing tips on how to get better sleep.
And practicing mindfulness through meditation, yoga and other methods.

This is a TEAM Challenge (Fitbit does not share individual sleep data)

**VFC Athletes must wear Fitbits while sleeping to have data count toward the TEAM total.

Goal: Improve team sleep total by 20 minutes over 3 weeks

Week 1 We will gather Team Time Asleep Data for each team to establish a baseline. (and to get used to wearing our Fitbit while asleep)

Week 2 ‘Practice’ week’ to see if/how athletes can improve their Team Time Asleep totals from the week before.

Week 3 “Go Week’ – “Go to sleep’ that is! We will gather Team Time Asleep totals for the week to see how teams rank in the TEAM Sleep Challenge.

Duration: February 7 – 27

Keep On Steppin’ and Pushin’!  

VFC Athletes – Challenge yourselves to do more in 2022.

The Top 2 Female and Top 2 Male from Each Team with The Highest INDIVIDUAL Increase of Steps/Pushes from Week 1 (January 17-23) to Week 2 (January 24-30) will WIN a VFC prize!

AND……Top 2 Female and Top 2 Male with the most POSTS on the VFC Community Message Board will also win a prize.  You can post a photo, share your workout, share your favorite workout song, or send a Message to say “HELLO” to our VFC Group.

Tis’ the season. to be…ACTIVE!

As the end of the year approaches with festivities and distractions galore VFC athletes can stay on track with our last challenge of 2021.

Teams will compete for the HIGHEST CUMULATIVE DAILY AVERAGE STEPS from December 17^th to December 31^st. All participating members of the top team will win a prize.

The top 2 Females and Top 2 Males from the non-winning teams will win a prize as well!

This is a Fitbit run Challenge that will have TEAM MESSAGING available during the challenge in your Fitbit app.

To ‘spice’ up the challenge we are going to be celebrating the ‘National Days of…” every day!
Have fun, be festive, and snap a photo to add to our VFC Fitbit Community Board.

Did you know there is one simple thing that you can do to improve your physical health, mental state, sleep, and relationships? Expressing gratitude!

During this season of giving thanks let’s focus on all the good things in our lives.

This is a two-part challenge. VFC athletes can choose to do both parts or just one.  Athletes who are active and syncing during the Challenge are automatically entered.

Challenge #1: Earn one point every day for posting what you are thankful for in the VFC Community Fitbit feed.

Challenge #2: stay focused on your fitness, keep moving, and push yourself to go just a little further every day.
Athletes can calculate their average daily steps during the first week of the challenge and then work to increase that average in the second week.

DURATION: November 17 – November 30

VFC athletes will all be working together to complete a trip to visit Haunted Towns and A-Mazing Corn Mazes all around the United States.

The Spooky Trail Challenge will be EVERYONE working together as one big VETERAN FITNESS CHALLENGE TEAM.  Every step counts toward getting us around the country.

DURATION: October 18 – October 31

A special challenge as we celebrate the 1-year anniversary of the Bridge II Sports Veteran Fitness Challenge program.

In the spririt of camaraderie and working together TEAMS will compete in this steps challenge.

Every day of the challenge, each team’s daily steps will be collected and averaged. Those daily averages will be added to create an overall total score. The team with the highest step score wins.

DURATION: September 13 – September 26

V-F-C! V-F-C! V-F-C!
We’ve got the RED, WHITE & BLUE spirit in full-force for the upcoming Veteran Fitness Challenge #11, August 25 to 31!

Participants will take on the most competitive members of the Bridge II Sports and VFC Coaching DREAM TEAM one at a time in a day-long steps or active minutes Fitbit challenge.

VFC Athletes— Can you take home the gold everyday?

DURATION: 1 week (August 25 – August 31)

Turn up the Chuck Berry ‘cause we are BACK IN THE USA for Veteran Fitness Challenge #10!

What better way to celebrate AMERICA than by visiting our beautiful and diverse national parks from coast to coast and north to south.

For 5 weeks, VFC athletes will be hiking a route taking them around the whole country ‘visiting’ 47 different national parks along the way.

There will be plenty to see on the hike with fun facts, photos and updates about the parks as we pass through posted in our VFC Community FitBit feed by Bridge II Sports staff.  Athletes are encouraged to post photos of their own ‘real life’ visits and share memories of any of the parks on the list or give a shout-out when we travel through their state!

Athletes will work collectively to complete each of the 5 legs of the 15,000 mile trip- one leg starting each Saturday. We will be adding up cumulative DAILY MILES of ALL participants to make it to our next destination (NO TEAMS this time).

So get out there and start moving…and make sure to sync your Fitbit so EVERY MILE COUNTS.

DURATION: 5 weeks (June 12 – July 16)

This is a TEAM CHALLENGE – stay connected and motivated with your teammates in the ‘Your Team’ section of the FitBit app. You’ll be able to chat and message with your teammates during this challenge.

GOAL: We trekked South America back in November- let’s head around the world and see the sights in ASIA!
This is a Fitbit challenge that will unlock new maps, landmarks, and cool stuff along the way.

Here is how steps are calculated:

Every day of the challenge, each team’s daily steps will be collected and averaged. Those daily averages will be added to create an overall total score. Those who haven’t contributed any steps in a given day will not be included in their team’s average for that day.
The team with the highest TOTAL step score wins.
(TOTAL step score = team average day 1 + team average day 2 +….. + team average day 30)

Keep on moving all challenge long!

DURATION: 30 days (May 1 – May 30)

We loved seeing your faces so much, we thought we’d do it again!

This is INDIVIDUAL CHALLENGE.

GOAL: Earn up to 2 points EVERY day
1 point for getting over 8,000 steps
and another 1 point for posting a photo of YOU getting your steps in the VFC Fitbit Community Feed

DURATION: 14 days (April 12 – 25)

Being healthy isn’t all about getting those steps in.
In March VFC athletes are challenged to increase their healthy rest.

Goal: Improve sleep by 20 minutes over 3 weeks

This is a TEAM Challenge

Week 1 we will gather Team Time Asleep Data for each team to establish a baseline.

Week 2 will be ‘Practice’ week’ to see if/how athletes can improve their Team Time Asleep totals from the week before.

Week 3 This is “Go Week’ – “Go to sleep’ that is! We will gather Team Time Asleep totals for the week to see how your team ranks in the TEAM Sleep Challenge.

Duration: March 7 – 27

Our volunteer VFC Team Coaches + Kathy & Katharine are challenging our VFC Athletes to a head-to-head challenge.
Every day for a week VFC athletes will square off against a different ‘Boss’ to see if they can beat the boss in total steps or active minutes (depending on the day’s challenge).

GOAL:
A VFC athlete earn one point for EACH DAY that he/she beats the boss

There is potential to earn 7 points during the challenge

DURATION: 7 days (February 14-20)

How-To Instructions: Who’s The Boss? in Fitbit app

Start the new year off right AND show everybody how it’s done with this INDIVIDUAL CHALLENGE.

GOAL: Earn up to 2 points EVERY day
1 point for getting over 8,000 steps
and another 1 point for posting a photo of YOU getting your steps in the VFC Fitbit Community Feed

There is potential to earn 28 points during the challenge

DURATION: 14 days (January 4 – 17)

This is a TEAM CHALLENGE – stay connected and motivated with your teammates in the ‘Your Team’ section of the FitBit app.

GOAL: Let’s fight these shorter, colder December days by staying active! Get as many active minutes as you can to add to your team’s grand total.

DURATION: 14 days (December 7 – 20)

This is a TEAM CHALLENGE – stay connected and motivated with your teammates in the ‘Your Team’ section of the FitBit app.

GOAL: While the weather is cooling down here, things are heating up in South America!
Let’s take a vacation!
This is a Fitbit challenge that will unlock new maps, landmarks, and cool stuff along the way.

Here is how steps are calculated:

Every day of the challenge, each team’s daily steps will be collected and averaged. Those daily averages will be added to create an overall total score. Those who haven’t contributed any steps in a given day will not be included in their team’s average for that day.
The team with the highest TOTAL step score wins.
(TOTAL step score = team average day 1 + team average day 2 +….. + team average day 24)

Keep on moving all challenge long!

DURATION: 24 days (November 1- 24)

We are ALL working together on this one (no teams).
GOAL: In the spooky spirit of the season, our goal is to get from
Bridge II Sports (Durham, NC) to Sleepy Hollow, NY.
Distance: 544 miles

DURATION: 5 DAYS (October 19 – 23)

Progress will be posted once a day in the Fitbit VFC Community feed
along with some history of this classic American ghost tale and some
‘sight-seeing’ stops along the way.

All TEAMS compete to see if they can beat
Bridge II Sports Staff Team in
AVERAGE ACTIVE MINUTES

DURATION: 10 DAYS (September 21 – 30)

PRIZE: Members of All Teams that beat BIIS Team
with be sent a prize