SUN CITY – Today, points can get you miles, food, lodging, gas, unknown amounts of free gifts, and, with FitLinxx, they can even get you in shape.
What: Exercise system available at both Prairie Lodge and Meadow View Lodge fitness centers to motivate exercisers.
Fee: $20 per year
To sign up: Visit the fitness center front desk and schedule an appointment to have a fitness center representative trained in FitLinxx set you up on your desired machines.
Online: www.fitlinxx.com
“FitLinxx is set up to motivate people to workout,” Fitness Desk Coordinator Duayne Manz of N.21 said.
For each fitness center machine someone uses, they receive ten points on their FitLinxx account, as well as one point for every 100 lbs. lifted on strength-training machines. For cardio machines, such as treadmills, exercisers get five points per minute spent on the machine.
Manz said each of the fitness machines in the fitness center are equipped with a FitLinxx panel, on which, after logging on at the main kiosk near the fitness center front desk, exercisers type in their personal 5-digit code to access their custom display.
More than a motivator, Manz said, FitLinxx coaches exercisers in proper form and in using proper weight for the exerciser’s body and his or her limitations and/or preferences through its custom calibration, which is set up by a fitness center representative.
Manz himself has over a million points, largely contributed by his 80-minute walking routine every morning. However, he said, that’s unusual, as an individual would have to workout a lot. Other top earners are in the whereabouts of 10,000 to 17,000 points.
In Manz’s opinion, he said, the FitLinxx program is successful, especially through its aid in an exerciser’s form while using the particular machine.
“When we set people up, about 60 percent of them come back,” Manz said.
FitLinxx members can access their accounts remotely online from their home at www.fitlinxx.com to review their stats and compare them to other exercisers in their age range.
“People get competitive,” Manz said.
FitLinxx is available at both Prairie Lodge and Meadow View Lodge fitness centers.
To sign up, Manz said, residents may visit the fitness center front desk and set up an appointment to have a fitness center representative trained in FitLinxx set them up on their desired machines.
