Make your movement count with UA Wellness and Work-Life’s MoveSpring fitness tracking app and challenge platform.
Get moving, stay motivated, and compete against your colleagues!
Participate through the free app or on your desktop, with or without a fitness tracker just for faculty and staff. If you need help or have questions, check out our 5 Tips and Tricks or reach out to our office.
WellBAMA Qualifying Program
There are two ways you can receive WellBAMA Program Credit using MoveSpring:
1. Physical Activity Challenge
Participate in any physical activity challenge. Open your MoveSpring app and navigate to the blue +Join/Create button. Make sure you read the full challenge details to learn the criteria for program credit (ex. average 8,000 steps per day).
Sync your steps! In order for you to get credit, you have to open the app regularly to sync your steps. The app does pull in past data, and there is a 3-day grace period after each challenge to sync.
2. NEW! Monthly Step Goal
This feature allows you to set a target number of steps to aim for each day of the month and stick with your goals on your own.
Set your monthly goal. Open your MoveSpring app and set your monthly step goal at the first of each month. You have 10 days into the current month to set your goal for that month. After the 10th, the current month’s goals are locked, so you will be able to set your goal for the following month instead.
Achieve your monthly step goal to earn WellBAMA program credit.
Join the Challenge
Go for Gold Challenge
July 8-26Gather your team and dial in your training to win Gold at the 2024 Olympics! In this challenge, you will compete against other campus teams to see who is best. You will focus on everything from stretching, to walking, to resistance training. To receive WellBAMA program credit, average 8,000 steps per day.
T-Town Trek
November 1-28We set up 12 routes for you to travel around UA’s campus and Tuscaloosa with your friends, family, and colleagues. Walk or run the routes in any order by themselves or part of your longer route and swipe to complete each route when you’re done. To receive WellBAMA program credit, travel all 12 routes logging at least 20 miles total.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need a fitness device or smartphone?
Don’t sweat it! You can enter your activity into MoveSpring manually through the app or website. The MoveSpring app is compatible with most fitness trackers. See the full list of devices.
What if I don't get steps but I'm active in other ways?
You can convert most types of activity to steps, right in the app! Whether you cycle, do yoga, Pilates, swim, or even yard work you can still get step credit and compete in our challenges! Just open your MoveSpring app, select the blue +. Then select Convert Activity, enter your activity, duration, and date and you’ll be good to go!
Where can I find help with the app?
Check out the Movespring Help Center, MoveSpring how-to videos, or contact their support team via the blue dot on the bottom right of their website, or in the MoveSpring app. You can also email MoveSpring Support directly help@movespring.com
Don’t have a fitness device or smartphone? Don’t sweat it! You can enter your activity into MoveSpring manually or use any of the fit trackers below:
How will my information be shared if I sync my wearable device to MoveSpring?
When you consent to the program only your exercise activity will be shared. All personal information (height, weight, GPS location) will not be shared with UA System from MoveSpring. That information is confidential within your MoveSpring consent.
Some of the dashboard features and individual group leaderboards are designed to let participants connect with coworkers and compare data with each other. This data includes a participant’s name, steps, active minutes, distance, as well as a link to the participant’s profile if not kept private.
What administrators of the site can see:
- Aggregate data: De-identified summary of program information.
- Individual data: Includes participants, photo, name, sync date, steps, distance, floors, and active minutes. MoveSpring does not provide access to GPS location, or sensitive health information such as sleep or weight.
