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Question asked by Curtis Cornett 137 days ago

Anyone have a comment on GymPact?

Do you think this incentive can actually change human habits/behavior toward exercise?

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Answered by Karin Singleton 135 days ago
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Interesting idea; I believe that it will be of greatest appeal to those who are already pretty committed. For them, it will be the extra incentive to make the additional workout.

Because of its many exclusions, I do not believe that it will have an impact on the larger public.
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Answered by LaRue Cook 60 days ago
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Hi Curtis. Personally, I find that 'negative reinforcement' rarely works (at least in the long-term). Also, since all that it seems this requires is "going" to the gym, but not actually using it, believe it or not there will probably be some who will go there simply to avoid the penalty, or go there but only do a very basic exercise. There is no real gauge of how much the person actually workouts out, simply that they've spent time at the gym (at least that's the way that I understand this concept).

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