Why Companies Choose Hot Potato Training
Traditional corporate gym subsidies often suffer from low engagement (less than 15% active participation). Hot Potato Training turns workplace fitness into a spontaneous, habit-building team routine. Whether employees work on-site, hybrid, or 100% remote, our micro-habits and team challenges make consistent daily movement fun, collaborative, and inclusive.
Micro-commitments (e.g. 20 pushups or 8k daily steps) encourage everyone to participate, not just fitness enthusiasts.
Apple Health & Health Connect background sync means zero friction or manual logging for your employees.
Our algorithm balances teams based on past activity so beginners and athletes compete together fairly.
Step-by-Step Setup Blueprint
Follow these 6 simple steps to launch your organization's wellness hub in under 5 minutes.
Create Your Organization Community
Inside the app or via the web admin panel, tap Create Community and toggle "Organization / Company Community":
- Company Profile: Upload your company logo, custom description, and community banner.
- Corporate Domain Matching: Enter your company email domain (e.g.
@acme.com). Anyone signing up with that work email will be automatically matched to your organization hub. - Timezone Configuration: Set your community's local timezone so daily streak resets and scheduled workouts trigger exactly at midnight in your region.
Invite & Onboard Employees
Hot Potato Training gives you multiple flexible ways to onboard employees without IT complexity:
🏢 Domain Match
Employees auto-join simply by registering with their corporate email.
🔑 6-Character Join Code
Share a memorable code (e.g. ACME26) in your Slack/Teams general channel.
🔗 Direct Invite Link
Post a one-click invite link directly to your internal company wiki or email newsletter.
Divide Teams & Auto-Balance Rosters
Engage different parts of your organization through healthy intra-company team challenges:
- Department / Office Teams: Create custom teams such as Engineering, Sales, Marketing, or Floor 3 vs Floor 4.
- Smart Team Auto-Balancing: Click Auto-Balance Teams to let our algorithm automatically distribute employees evenly based on their historical fitness points and step activity. This ensures competitive, fair, and fun tournament dynamics for everyone!
- Team Channels: Each team has an intra-team message channel for high-fives and workout encouragement.
Set Company Goals & Milestone Celebrations
Unite your entire company under a shared target. Company goals pool contributions from all employees in real time:
Automated Milestone Feed Celebrations: As your team reaches 25%, 50%, 75%, and 100% of the target, automatic celebration banners and feed posts are published to keep momentum high!
Create & Automate Workout Challenges
Admins have access to the full Challenge Composer with flexible scheduling and automation capabilities:
- Single Exercises or Stacks: Create single movement challenges (e.g. 20 Squats) or stacked circuits (e.g. 15 Pushups + 30s Plank + 20 Lunges).
- Launch Modes:
- ONCE: Launch immediately or schedule for a specific date and time.
- REPEAT (Automation): Set up recurring challenges (e.g. every Monday and Thursday morning at 8:00 AM) that trigger automatically.
- Saved Challenge Templates: Store your company's favorite weekly challenges in your template library for 1-tap re-use.
- Mirrored Workouts: Designated leaders can broadcast their own completed workout as an active challenge for all employees to follow!
Track Engagement in the Admin Dashboard
Community administrators can manage everything in-app or via our standalone web dashboard:
- Engagement Analytics: View weekly active participation rates, total completed reps, and streak consistency.
- Member & Role Management: Promote team coordinators to Admins, approve join applications, and manage rosters.
- Custom Exercise Point Weights: Override point multipliers (e.g. give extra points for walking, cycling, or ergonomic stretching) to align with specific wellness initiatives.
Organization FAQ
Common questions from HR and corporate wellness managers.
Is employee health and step data private? ↓
Yes, 100%. We take data privacy seriously. Hot Potato Training strictly uses read-only step count sync to tally challenge points and collective goals. We never track GPS locations, never collect medical histories, and never sell data to advertisers.
Do employees need expensive wearables or gym equipment? ↓
No! All challenges center around bodyweight exercises (pushups, squats, planks, jumping jacks) and daily step counts recorded automatically by any standard iPhone or Android phone.
How much does it cost? ↓
Hot Potato Training is free to get started! You can create your company community, invite your team, and run goals immediately. We also offer enterprise tiers with custom branding and dedicated support.
Ready to Energize Your Workplace?
Download the app today, create your company community in minutes, and start building healthier, more connected teams.