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How to run challenges with PushPress
How to run challenges with PushPress

This article will explain how to set up and run Challenges using Core & Train by PushPress.

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What is a Challenge?

In PushPress, a challenge serves as an interactive and motivating tool for gym members. It inspires them to surpass their fitness limits and reach new goals. For instance, you can establish a "Monthly Movement Challenge" featuring exercises like Push-Ups, Pull-Ups, or tracking Steps. Participants can log their daily results, and everyone can check the live leaderboard for ongoing updates. These challenges create a structured platform for specific workouts, cultivating a community spirit and encouraging friendly competition among participants. Challenges are often created as add ons to existing memberships, therefore do not need to have check-in options. Follow these steps to create a challenge, using Plans.

Setting up a Challenge Plan in Core:

Determine if this is a paid or free challenge as well as who should be able to view this challenge from the member app. Once you have determined this you can get started!

If a the challenge requires a payment to be included. You will start by building out the plan for it in the Core system. Check out the following steps to build your challenge plan:

  1. Select plans dropdown from the PushPress Core left hand menu and then plans categories. From plan categories create a new category called "Challenges"

  2. Next, click on plans in the lefthand menu of PushPress Core. Then click on the "+ Plan" button to begin adding a new plan.

  3. Follow the flow in building our your plan for the challenge by naming your challenge.

  4. There are 2 options for payment for challenges. Choose Non-Recurring to pay all upfront, an optional Setup Fee and Challenge Price. If you want to spread out payments for a time period, you could choose Recurring for "x" months for "x" dollars.

  5. Since a challenge is likely an add on to a membership plan. Select no classes access, no open gym, and no appointments.

  6. Choose Tax rate if applicable, limited the quantity if there is a finite number of people that can purchase this challenge!

Setting up the Challenge in Train:

Creating a challenge in Train by PushPress is a breeze.

  1. Log into Core and navigate to Train by clicking 'Apps-Train'

  2. Next go to get to the challenges page by clicking 'Coaching-Challenges-Manage Challenges'

  3. Select '+ Create Challenge' and Name Your Template (i.e. Step Challenge Template)

  4. Click Workout Builder to Create Your Challenge. Make the Title Clear and Simple. You can choose to elaborate more in the description.

  5. Select your divisions and the sort order and click save!

  6. Finally, click the 3 dots in the block you just created an select 'Duplicate Day _ Times' and select how many days you would like this to run. Note if you are running a monthly challenge in a month that is 31 days you will enter 30 as the number.

  7. Click 'Save' and 'Save All'

How to Launch A Challenge:

Once your challenge is finely tuned, launch it to the platform's user-friendly Member App. Announce the challenge to your members through the app or other communication channels, generating excitement and participation. In order to launch the challenge:

  1. Return to 'Manage Challenges' screen

  2. Select '3 Dots-Launch Challenge'

  3. Name the Challenge. Ensure it is different from the Template (i.e. January Step Challenge)

  4. Select Start Date and hit 'Confirm'

Select who can view your challenge in the member app:

If your challenge is a paid plan, you will want to ensure only those that paid will have access to the challenge in the app. Here are the steps to ensure only the correct members can see the challenge in the app.

  1. Log into Core and navigate to Train by clicking 'Apps-Train'

  2. Next navigate to "Coaching - Workouts - Manage Programs" and then select the "Manage Plan Access" button.

  3. Select the dropdown from the pop-up. You entire list of plans will appear.

  4. Select the plan you built in the core system

  5. A second dropdown will appear below as well as a toggle button that says "Include All Programs"

  6. In the second dropdown you will select the Challenge Name.

How to Track Results:

Track and monitor challenge progress seamlessly with Train from the app as well as from your core system.

From Core:

  1. Log in to core and navigate to 'apps-train'

  2. Next, click on 'coaching-challenges-challenge leaderboard'

  3. Select the challenge from the dropdown

  4. View the totals in the table below!

From Member App:

  1. Log in to member app

  2. Click 'schedule-workouts'

  3. Click the dropdown and toggle to the challenge name in the list

  4. Click on 'results'

More Help

If you would like more information or need further assistance, please use other HELP Articles, just like this one or reach out through PushPress Messenger, the little blue box in your CORE account or email us at support@pushpress.com. Our team is here to help.

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