What are Her Spirit Fitness Points?
The Her Spirit Fitness points is a pioneering way to help support and motivate women to become fitter, stronger and healthier. Our female-centred health and fitness algorithm helps you increase your fitness over time and progress through the Her Spirit fitness levels by entering challenges and tracking your activity, mood, food, sleep and stress. With a weekly health report you will be able to understand your health and fitness over time and get helpful hints and tips on how to stay on track.
70% of our members say they are more active since joining Her Spirit and find our community-based challenges and live-streamed classes really motivating. Our primary goal is to help you reach 150 minutes of activity and 60 minutes of strength-based exercises per week and beyond.
How do the Her Spirit Fitness points and levels work?
We recommend that you connect just one tracker this will lead to faster updates of your My Home dashboard. Once you have connected your tracker you can earn fitness points for every minute of activity you complete. Your points accumulate daily, weekly and monthly and contribute to your overall fitness level. The more you do the more levels and rewards you can unlock! For each level achieved, you are assigned a badge and name. Once connected you will start at Level 0 – Starter.
What is included in the points-scoring system?
– ten points for each minute of activity achieved
– ten points for each day you are active for more than 30mins
– twenty points for each minute of strength
– one hundred points for each challenge you enter
– five hundred points for each challenge you complete
– ten points for tracking daily your mood, food, stress, sleep
– Multi points for watching live streams, posting, commenting and liking posts
– five hundred points when you invite a friend who signs up
How do the Virtual Events work?
- When you sign up for a virtual event you are added to the start list.
- You must start your activity after the event start time.
- Any activity started before or after the event start and finish time won’t count.
- All virtual events have to be tracked. This includes all walking events. Passively collected steps do not count.
- Ensure your route covers the full distance. If your tracker device falls short, we’ll assume you haven’t reached the virtual finish line.
- We recommend always going a little over the target distance to ensure you don’t inadvertently fall short.
- Allow time for your results to be added to the results page especially if you are using STRAVA, as it may take up to 24 hours.
How do Challenges work?
Challenges work in a similar way to Virtual Events. Challenges tend to be run over several days, weeks or months rather than hours.
- When you sign up for a challenge you are added to the Challenge Board
- You must record an activity for your data to be added to the Board.
- All walking challenges have to be tracked. This includes all walking events. Passively collected steps do not count.
- We have a variety of different types of single and multi-activity challenges. These challenges focus on minutes and distance rather than the fastest times.
- For some challenges, we cap the goal and encourage reaching the goal. For others, you can set your target. We offer a variety of options to keep motivation levels high.
- Allow time for your tracked activities to be added to the results page especially if you are using STRAVA, as it may take up to 24 hours
Do I get rewarded for completing a Challenge or Virtual Event?
Yes! We offer a variety of rewards to congratulate you on taking part and meeting your target. As a Her Spirit member you gain 500 points towards your fitness level score and this allows you to unlock levels and more rewards.
Why do you ask for my postcode and ethnicity details?
We collect postcode and ethnicity data so we can report back to public funders on how much geographical reach we are getting and how ethnically diverse we are. In addition, if you have signed up for the Her Spirit app we also use this data to help members find other like-minded women near them who are also running, swimming and cycling. We know a big issue for women is finding someone to be active with and wanting to be active with others to feel safer. Postcode data will be used to show matches of people ‘near you’. Data won’t be shared in the app and we won’t be any more specific than “Near you”.
Why do I get a weekly Fitness email telling me how active I have been?
The Her Spirit is a pioneering way to help support and motivate women to become fitter, stronger and healthier. Our female-centred health and fitness algorithm helps you increase your fitness over time and progress through the Her Spirit fitness levels by entering challenges and tracking your activity, mood, food, sleep and stress. With a weekly health report, you will be able to understand your health and fitness over time and get helpful hints and tips on how to stay on track.
70% of our members say they are more active since joining Her Spirit and find our community-based challenges and live-streamed classes a great way to be motivated. Our primary goal is to help women reach 150 minutes of activity and 60 minutes of strength-based exercises per week.
Can I switch the weekly fitness emails off?
Yes, you can. Just log back into your Challenge Dashboard via the email we sent you. You will see a cog in the top right of the screen. Click on these and you can switch them off.
I have switched the weekly fitness emails off but I am still getting emails from you. How can I switch the off?
Simply click unsubscribe at the bottom of the email and you will be unsubscribed from future emails.
What trackers or devices can I connect?
You can connect the following devices directly with Her Spirit:
- Garmin
- Polar
- Fitbit
- More coming soon..
For all other devices (including Apple and Samsung Watches) please connect via the following free apps:
- Strava – please note that Strava can be slow to update. This can cause delays of several hours for your dashboard, and challenge of live virtual events to be updated.
I have become a Her Spirit member after taking part in a free challenge or virtual event. I am not getting any data through my My Home page and dashboard or the challenges. Do I need to reconnect my tracker?
Yes! If you signed up to and took part in a free challenge or virtual event you will have connected to a guest profile. Once you have become a full member you will need to re-connect your tracker to the app. You can do this quickly and easily via the Her Spirit App Home Page. Click on My Home, and navigate to the watch icon on the top right of your screen. Click that and then connect at least one tracker.
Can I still use the My Home dashboard if I don’t have a watch to track my activity?
Yes, you can use the free Strava app to track your activity sessions. Strava will also allow you to manually add sessions and can be faster to send us your data.
How long after finishing my activity will I see my data in the My Home dashboard?
You can expect to see your data soon after if you have one tracker connected via to My Home.
If you have more than one tracker connected then it can take several hours for the data to reach your My Home dashboard.
We would recommend connecting one tracker in the first instance.
If you have a tracker that can connect directly i.e. Fitbit, Garmin, or Polar we would recommend you use this only.
I can’t see my latest activity in the My Home of my challenges of virtual events.
If you can’t see your activities in the My Home dashboard you may need to check the following:
– Check to ensure your tracker is still connected. You can do this by navigating to the My Home page and clicking on the watch icon on the top right.
– Check your data has been synced with your tracker app i.e. Garmin Connect, Strava. If it isn’t then it won’t reach us.
– Wait up to a day to check that the data isn’t delayed.
– Please be aware that the data can take several hours to populate.
– Data should update quickly if you have one tracker connected.
Please note that we are reliant on the data being synced and passed to us by your activity tracker.
The time it takes can vary from tracker to tracker and their processing systems.
My data has synced on my watch or Free App but isn’t showing in the My Home/Challenge or Virtual Event
Unfortunately, there are occasions where Garmin, Polar, Fitbit or Strava don’t pass us your data. We know this can be super frustrating and have put measures in place to keep requesting the data. However, there may be occasions when we can’t rectify this. If you would like to make this activity count in the My Home/Challenge or Virtual event then we suggest you re-add this activity manually. You can do this via your tracker app. Be sure to add the correct date, time and distance. Be aware that we do not accept any new data 12 hours after the end of a Live Virtual Event.
My tracker didn’t record a session. Can I manually add my minutes?
You can add missing minutes manually by using either Strava or Garmin, Polar and Fitbit apps
I don’t seem to be able to connect my tracker
If you are having issues with connecting a tracker then please follow the helpful tips for each tracker.
Strava
– Open My Home and click on the watch icon
– Disconnect Strava
– Log in to Strava on the web (not the Strava app) and go to My Apps.
– Check to make sure Her Spirits isn’t showing as a connection
– If Her Spirit is showing as a connection please revoke the access.
– Log out of Strava on the web and also make sure you are logged out on the app.
– Once that is all done. Try connecting again with Strava in the Her Spirit app.
Garmin/Polar or Fitbit
– Open the Her Spirit Health Hub and click on the watch icon
– Disconnect your tracker
– Open your tracker app and go to settings
– You will need to find the section with all your connected apps
– In your connected apps section disconnect from Her Spirit and or/Wefitter
– Log out of your tracker app
– Once all is done. Try connecting again within the HS app.
How do I Turn On/Off App Notifications
You can easily switch on and off notifications within the Her Spirit app. We want to ensure you can manage how you receive notifications from us and members within the Her Spirit community.To access your notification settings:
1. Click on your profile at the bottom of the screen.
2. Click the cog in the top right of your screen.
3. Here you will see all of your settings.
4. Click Push notifications and choose your settings.
5. If you switch off “Enable your push notifications” this will take you to our phone settings. This allows you to switch off all notifications.
How can I live stream Her Spirit Live classes to my TV or tablet
Screen mirroring or casting
This is a wireless option. If you have a smart TV you may have this option on your TV. If not, you’ll need an extra device such as an Apple TV, a Google Chromecast, or an Amazon Firestick. How to connect to these 3 is detailed below. Other devices are available.
This option means your phone screen is mirrored onto your TV, so everything that pops up on your screen will also pop up on your TV, while it is mirroring.
The screen mirroring/casting icon is a rectangle with a ‘wifi’ symbol in the bottom left (see the image above). It can be found in the quick menu options of most modern smart phones and tablets.
Apple TV
Make sure your iOS device and your Apple TV are on the same wi-fi network. Swipe up from the bottom of your iOS device and select screen mirroring from the control centre. Select the Apple TV you want to cast to. The Apple TV will then display a passcode, enter the passcode into your mobile/tablet to start casting.
Google Chromecast
Make sure your Chromecast and mobile device are on the same wifi network. Open the Google Home app on your phone or tablet. Select Cast Screen and then hit Cast Screen again on the next screen. Select the Chromecast you want to connect with.
Amazon Firestick
Go to the Settings menu on your Fire TV Stick. Select Display & Sounds > Enable Display Mirroring. On your phone select the screen mirroring option from the quick-access menu. Select the Fire TV device you want to connect to.
Smart TV
All TVs have slightly different menus. Gernerally, if you look in the network menu there will be a mirror screen option, if your TV supports it.
Connecting by wire
It is possible with some phones and tablets to connect using a wire.
Mini HDMI
If you have an android tablet with a mini HDMI port you will just need a mini HDMI to HDMI cable. Attach the mini end to the tablet port, and the HDMI end to your TV HDMI port.Use your TV remote select the input from the appropriate HDMI port.
iPhone
If you are using an Apple iPhone you will need an Apple Lightning Digital AV Adapter to plug into your phone Plug an HDMI cable into the HDMI port of the adapter at one end and the TV HDMI port at the other. Use your TV remote select the input from the appropriate HDMI port.
Android
You will need a digital AV adapter that connects to the charging port type you have. Be careful though, not all phones and tablets are enabled to do this, so it is worth checking the spec of your phone first. Google Pixel phones do not support wired connections and some Samsung’s aren’t supported either. If in doubt it’s probably worth going down the casting route above, or checking with your phone provider.
References:
These are examples of the devices mentioned above and are not necessarily the best, or cheapest place to source the devices.
Apple TV https://www.amazon.co.uk/Apple-TV-32-GB-Generation/dp/B075NFX24M
Chromecast https://www.argos.co.uk/product/8679756
Amazonfire stick https://www.amazon.co.uk/Amazon-Fire-TV-Stick-Streaming-Media-Player-Alexa/dp/B0791RGQW3
iPhone mini HMDI wire https://www.apple.com/uk/shop/product/MD826ZM/A/lightning-digital-av-adapter
I have tried to resolve my issue but I am still having problems with my connections and data transfer
If are still having issues then please email us support@herspirit.co.uk