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NEXT CHALLENGE STARTS MAY 13, 2024

SIGN UP FOR THE BETTER YOU CHALLENGE BEFORE MONDAY, MAY 13TH. DAY 1 OF THE CHALLENGE IS MAY 13TH. LATE REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS MAY 21st, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO REGISTER AFTER THIS DATE.

WHAT DO I DO:  JOIN THE CHALLENGE OPTION OF YOUR CHOICE

ONLY PICK ONE. YOU MUST PICK A CHALLENGE AND JOIN IT. THIS IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO DO. FAILURE TO DO SO MAY RESULT IN NOT GETTING CREDIT FOR THE CHALLENGE. For each of the five challenge dates listed below, you can choose one of these TWO options.

Heart Rate only (100%): with this option, 100% of your progress is based on meeting your heart rate zone targets* each week in the CorSync app

Heart rate (80%) + Weight Tracking (20%): with this option, 80% of your progress is based on meeting your heart rate zone targets* each week and 20% based on taking 1 weight measurement with the CorSync scale using the CorSync app or manually entering your weight.

At the beginning of each challenge you will select your option in the App. Once the challenge has started, you will need to finish that challenge with your selected option. You will not be able to change your selection mid challenge.

*For details of heart rate settings options, see the HEART RATE SETTINGS POLICY near the bottom of this page.

JOIN YOUR CHALLENGE NOW: Open the NuvitaCorSync app and tap JOIN at the top of the Dashboard to join the challenge. You can tap the x at the top right of the other challenges to dismiss them so they do not show at the top of the Dashboard. If you dismiss the wrong challenge, tap View All at the top of the Dashboard to discover all the available challenges.

On the DASHBOARD of the app you will see this screen shown on the right. Pick your challenge by tapping JOIN, and dismiss the rest so you don’t continue to see them. You can tap on any option to get the details before you make your selection.

HEART RATE BANKING

A heart rate bank account allows you to “bank” or earn weekly credit in between challenges that can then be used in later challenges if you have a situation in which you can’t complete the challenge as well as you’d like. The rules of contributing to and using banked credit are:

• Can bank up to 6 weeks in the bank per year

• Time periods for building credit, called investment periods, are outlined in the annual calendar below, and are outside of the normal challenge periods

• Can only use up to 3 weeks of banked credit per Challenge

• Credit is earned on a per-week PERCENTAGE replacement basis, not a per minute basis.

• Can only use credit in weekly allotments, cannot use by the minute or by partial week. In other words, if between Challenges a participant achieves a 80% for the week based on their performance, they can use that 80% week to replace a low-performance week during the next or other Challenge later in the year (replace a low 20% success week during the challenge with a 80% previously banked week).

• Can only use credit already earned. No credit at the bank/negative bank time

• No retroactive earning - After a partially unsuccessful challenge occurs, a participant cannot subsequently accumulate and apply credit retroactively to successfully complete the prior challenge

• Participants are 100% responsible to communicate with Nuvita in writing on when and how they want credit used

• Elections to use credit must be received no later than the Thursday following the end of any Challenge for which credit hours are to be applied in substitution. Late requests will not be recognized.

• Only credit accumulated between the end of the last challenge of the year to the beginning of the first challenge of the following year can be rolled over to the next year. For example, most years the final challenge ends in mid-November and the first challenge of the next year begins in mid-January. The credit accumulated during this period can be rolled over the the next year but any credit accumulated prior to this period cannot be rolled over.

Complete two challenges in the first period and one in the second period to earn your incentive. 

Anyone who becomes eligible for benefits on or after 03/18/2023 must complete all three remaining waves in the year in order to keep the reduced premiums.

Bio-metrics - MUST be complete in order to participate.

INCENTIVE PERIOD ONE: JAN 1, 2024 - JUNE 30, 2024

CHALLENGE 1 - JAN 15 - FEB 25

CHALLENGE 2 - MAR 11 - APR 21

CHALLENGE 3 - MAY 13 - JUN 23

Employees must complete at least 2 challenges of their choice- scroll down for incentive details

INCENTIVE PERIOD TWO: JULY 1, 2024 - DEC 31, 2024

CHALLENGE 4 - AUG 12 - SEP 22

CHALLENGE 5 - OCT 7 - NOV 17

Employees must complete at least 1 challenge of their choice - scroll down for incentive details

HEALTH INSURANCE INCENTIVE DETAILS

In order to meet the first premium incentive period (employee and spouse, if applicable):
Complete biometric clinic by January 19, 2024
Complete 2 challenges at a minimum of 70% prior to July 1, 2024
Employees and spouses, if applicable, who do not complete 2 challenges will have their premium adjusted beginning July 1, 2024.

Anyone who becomes eligible for benefits on or after 03/15/2024 must complete all three remaining waves in the year in order to keep the reduced premiums.

***When employee and spouse are on the health plan, BOTH employee and spouse must meet this criteria to qualify

In order to meet the second premium incentive period (employee and spouse, if applicable): 

For employees and spouses, if applicable, who met the first incentive:
Complete 1 additional challenge at a minimum of 70% before the end of the year
Employees and spouses, if applicable, who do not complete the 1 additional challenge will have their premium adjusted beginning January 1, 2025

***When employee and spouse are on the health plan, BOTH employee and spouse must meet this criteria to qualify

For employees and spouses, if applicable, who did not meet the first incentive:
Employees and spouses, if applicable, who complete a total of two challenges at a minimum of 70% in the second periods will earn back the incentive beginning January 1, 2025.

***When employee and spouse are on the health plan, BOTH employee and spouse must meet this criteria to qualify

For employees and spouses, if applicable, who did not complete a total of three challenges during calendar year 2024:
You will be eligible to earn back the incentive beginning July 1, 2025 after completing two challenges at a minimum of 70% during the first incentive period of 2025 and completing the biometric clinic in January, 2025.

***When employee and spouse are on the health plan, BOTH employee and spouse must meet this criteria to qualify

 
To be successful, all challenges must be completed at minimum of 70%.

***When employee and spouse are on the health plan, BOTH employee and spouse must meet this criteria to qualify

Any participants that are less than 20% progress at the completion of week 2 of any challenge will be automatically dropped from that challenge due to the inability to complete the overall challenge at 70% or better.

2024 WELLNESS SUCCESS INCENTIVE DETAILS

Jaynes now offers three different options as a Wellness Success Incentive.

YOU MUST SELECT THE OPTION YOU ARE STRIVING TO ATTAIN AT THE BEGINNING OF 2024 AND THAT WILL REMAIN YOUR OPTION FOR THE YEAR.

Option 1 – 1 Wellness Day Off

Successful completion under this Option gives the employee an additional paid day off from work. In order to earn this Option, Employees and spouses, if applicable, must complete 2 waves in the first 6 months of the year at 90% or above & 1 wave in the last six 6 months of the year at 90% or above.   Once awarded, the employee must contact payroll to use or key into timecard system to redeem.  The additional day, the day must be used within one year of its award, and the day cannot be carried over beyond the one year award date.

Option 2 – Fitness Enhancement

Successful completion under this option gives employees and spouses, if applicable, access to a $100 payment per Nuvita participant for each wave completed at 90% or better (maximum of 5 waves per year). Employee and participating spouse must both attain 90% or better in order to earn the incentive for the wave. Employees wanting to utilize this option for the current year must notify the Jaynes Wellness Committee in writing before the start of the next wave. Early notification is encouraged to maximize the benefit for the 5 waves.

Please Note: The above Options cannot be combined. Once an option is selected by an employee the other options are not available for the remainder of the year. If you have questions regarding the above options, please contact a member of the Wellness Committee (Alicia Cook, Woody Harwell, Jeremiah Hayes, Matthew Seeley, Shannon Stevens, or Matt Sanchez). 

DEVICE OPTIONS

NUVITA BLUETOOTH SMART SCALE

• Measures weight and body fat

• Easy to use with CorSync app

• ONLY $34.50*

APPLE WATCH

If an employee has an Apple Watch, heart rate can be measured using the wrist based heart rate built in to the Apple Watch. Nuvita does NOT supply Apple Watches, but employees can receive reimbursement for an Apple Watch according to the details below.

IF AN EMPLOYEE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETES THE MINIMUM PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS DURING THE CURRENT YEAR (COMPLETION OF THE 3 REQUIRED CHALLENGES AT 70% +), THEN JAYNES WILL REIMBURSE THE EMPLOYEE FOR ANY NUVITA COMPATIBLE DEVICE PURCHASED BY THE EMPLOYEE (UP TO A MAXIMUM OF $150 IN REIMBURSEMENT PER YEAR - FOR ITEMS SUCH AS: A NUVITA CHEST MONITOR $50, A SMART SCALE $34.50, A GARMIN VIVOSMART DEVICE $75,  AN APPLE WATCH, OR ANOTHER GARMIN MODEL WATCH). EACH YEAR EMPLOYEES ARE RESPONSIBLE TO KEEP TRACK OF AND SUBMIT REQUESTS FOR REIMBURSEMENT TO MATTHEW SEELEY (MATTHEW.SEELEY@JAYNESCORP.COM) ONCE THEY HAVE MET THE REQUIREMENT OF COMPLETING 3 CHALLENGES AT 70%+. REQUESTS FOR EQUIPMENT REIMBURSEMENT MUST BE SENT TO MR. SEELEY THE SAME YEAR THE EQUIPMENT WAS PURCHASED.

NEW EMPLOYEE ORIENTATION

New employees can watch these 5 short video clips to gat an understanding of what the wellness program is and how to be successful.

OVERVIEW OF THE JAYNES WELLNESS PROGRAM (2:07)

NUVITA HEART RATE BASED CHALLENGES (7:12)

CHALLENGE OPTIONS AND INCENTIVES (3:36)

JOINING CHALLENGES, TECH SUPPORT & HEART RATE BANKING (4:10)

MANUAL CREDIT & HARDSHIP POLICIES (2:56)

GETTING STARTED

1. GET THE APP AND CREATE AN ACCOUNT

   • CLICK HERE TO GET THE APP AND REGISTER

   • If your group code does not populate automatically it is: jaynes

2. WHAT HEART RATE DEVICE WILL YOU uSE

   • If you are using the Nuvita Bluetooth Monitor  CLICK HERE FOR INSTRUCTIONS ON PAIRING YOUR MONITOR

   • If you will be using a GARMIN DEVICE, CLICK HERE FOR INSTRUCTIONS ON SETTING UP YOUR GARMIN TO SYNC WITH CORSYNC

   • If you will be using and Apple watch, CLICK HERE FOR INSTRUCTIONS ON SETTING UP APPLE WATCH TO SYNC WITH CORSYNC

3.  JOIN THE CHALLENGE

   • Open the NuvitaCorSync app and tap JOIN at the top of the Dashboard to join the challenge.

COACHING

During any of your challenges you have access to Nuvita coaches. Schedule appointments with them or send them messages to get the professional support you need to be successful.

• Schedule appointments with a coach by phone or video chat - click here to schedule or click the schedule link in your app

• Set goals and discuss strategies

• Get professional guidance on exercise and nutrition

SUPPORT

If you need technical support, you have options.

• Call at 505.308.8737

• Email at techsupport@nuvita.com

• Schedule a specific time for support by clicking here

• Tap the ? (help) in the the Nuvita app

• If you have a mynuvita account and just have forgotten your password, click here

POLICIES

Heart Rate Settings Policy

Regular physical activity is known to produce health benefits and decrease the risk of disease. Heart rate is the best metric to ensure the physical activity is of adequate intensity and duration to produce the desired benefits. Intensity and duration have an inverse relationship. As intensity goes up, duration will need to go down and vice versa. In addition, the same inverse relationship can be used to get the desired benefits while being adjusted to meet the personal abilities and time constraints of participants. 

In order to maintain a standard that produces personal health benefits and supports the initiatives that Jaynes has for improving the health risks for employees, the following options for heart rate settings are available to participants:

• 65-75% of your max heart rate with a weekly goal of 90 minutes in and above your zone

• 70-80% of your max heart rate with a weekly goal of 75 minutes in and above your zone

• 75-85% of your max heart rate with a weekly goal of 45 minutes in and above your zone

Participants can choose the setting that best fits their personal abilities and commitment to being active. They may change their settings to any one of the three options at any time by contacting their coach or clicking the button below.

Manual Credit for Time In Zone

Manual credit for exercise time in heart rate zones is reserved for technical failures and non-routine extenuating circumstances only. The following are examples of when manual credit would be warranted:

• Technical issues with the cardio monitor or the Nuvita platform that prevented downloading of cardio minutes.

• Dead batteries may be included as a technical issue, but not multiple incidents of dead batteries

Examples where manual credit is not warranted include: 

• User error—user does not understand how to properly use the equipment

• Participants forgot their cardio monitors

• Participants lost their cardio monitor

• Participants accidentally turned off their monitors

• Participant is on vacation, sick or traveling for business reasons and don’t have their monitors with them

• Participants wish to use a device that is non-compatible with Nuvita platform

  • Current compatible devices include Nuvita Bluetooth monitor, Garmin VivoSmart HR, and Apple Watch

In the event of a technical failure it is the participant’s responsibility to contact Nuvita technical support as soon as possible when the failure occurs. Technical support must validate a technical failure has occurred before manual credit will be given.

A report of those receiving manual credit is provided to Jaynes Management on a weekly basis.

Hardship Policy

Participants may experience hardships (injury, illness, etc.) after starting their Nuvita programs that impair their abilities to complete their programs as originally designed, for some period during their programs or for the duration of their programs.

Nuvita professionals will modify participants’ programs in order to allow participants’ to continue to use the heart rate monitor during the hardship period. Heart rate zones will be set at a level that is achievable during the hardship, even if that level requires the zones be set to resting levels. Hardship status does not remove the requirement to use the heart rate monitor and record the achievable physical activity or complete program elements that do not require physical exertion, such as lessons.

Validation from a physician in writing is required to be placed on hardship. Hardship forms can be downloaded by clicking here. Those with an on going hardship are required to renew their hardship with their physician and submit a new form at the beginning of each challenge.

It is the responsibility of the participant to notify their coach AS SOON AS POSSIBLE at the onset of the hardship. Failure to notify the coach in a timely manner may result in not receiving credit retroactively.

A report of those on hardship is provided to Jaynes Management on a weekly basis, although to protect privacy the nature of the hardship is never disclosed and remains confidential between the particpant and the Nuvita coach.