[balaji1]

agree that walking is a reward in itself. I should have phrased it as - "more people would walk more if they were rewarded more tangibly". Friendly competition might incentivize more people to walk. Just some thoughts since the article is trying to encourage more people to walk.

[dinkleberg]

I wasn’t very charitable with my interpretation there, you’re right incentivizing more people to walk is definitely a good a thing.

I think a lot of the smartwatches have done a decent job at that, though there of course is the overhead to buy and wear one of them.

But even as someone who has been getting daily exercise for at least a decade now and doesn’t need encouragement, the little awards my Apple Watch gives me for hitting my targets feels good.

[nradov]

Some fitness tracker apps and websites such as Garmin Connect have monthly challenges for walking steps or distance. They allow you to challenge your friends and track progress.