Help » Frequently Asked Questions

Getfit@mit is a 12-week, team-oriented fitness challenge open to the entire MIT community. The goal of getfit@mit is to help MIT become a healthier community by encouraging participants to exercise regularly. Teams of five to eight people compete based on the average number of minutes exercised each week. Prizes are awarded weekly to teams and individuals selected at random from among those teams meeting steadily increasing exercise goals. The grand prize winner is selected randomly from all eligible teams meeting the minimum average exercise threshold for at least 10 out of 12 weeks of the competition.

Registration

• What if someone drops off our team? Can we replace this person?
• Can we change our team’s name?
• Can you make exceptions to the eight-person team limit?
• Who is eligible to participate in getfit?

Rules

• What if someone drops off our team? Can we replace this person?
• Can we change our team’s name?
• How will the grand prize winner be selected?
• What if we miss the deadline to enter minutes for our team?
• When do we submit our team’s exercise minutes if there is a Monday holiday or a snow day?
• When and how do we submit our team’s exercise minutes?
• Does everyone on the team have to meet the exercise goal every week?
• What’s the weekly minimum exercise-minute goal?

Exercise

• Why doesn’t exercise intensity count?
• Does everyone on the team have to meet the exercise goal every week?
• How did the getfit@mit organizers come up with the weekly minimum exercise goals?
• What’s the weekly minimum exercise-minute goal?
• How do I count exercise minutes?
• What counts as exercise?

Website

• What if I forget my password?
• What is the log-in function on the getfit@mit homepage?

Minutes

• What if we miss the deadline to enter minutes for our team?
• When do we submit our team’s exercise minutes if there is a Monday holiday or a snow day?
• When and how do we submit our team’s exercise minutes?

Z-center

• Can I attend a getfit event at an on-campus athletic facility if I’m not a Z-Center member?
• Can I use the Z-Center on a drop-in basis if I’m not a member?
• How do I get this special getfit@mit Z-Center membership?
• What is the special Z-Center membership for getfit participants?
• Isn’t getfit@mit just a ploy to sell Z-Center memberships?

Fairness

• Some people log a lot of minutes; are they for real? Who’s verifying?
• I am new to exercise. How can I compete with students or serious athletes?
• Why doesn’t exercise intensity count?

Teeshirts

• I missed the tee-shirt pick-up. Where can I get my shirt?
• When can I get my tee-shirt?

Prizes

• What opportunities do I have to win prizes as part of my participation in getfit@mit?
• What is the “Onward & Upward” prize?
• How will the grand prize winner be selected?

Privacy

• What will you do with the personal information collected from each getfit participant?