For teams and companies
Last Person Standing scores time with your heart rate up, not steps. A brisk walk earns the same as a run, the weekly bar rises, and your team races as a team. No spreadsheets, nothing to game.
Up to 25 people · no card · set up in ten minutes
Beyond the step challenge
Walking more is good for everyone, and a step challenge is a fine way to start. The research on what happens next is less kind.
Workplace pedometer challenges add about 1,900 steps a day while they run. A month after they end, the Cochrane review found they "may have no effect".1
A randomized step-goal trial raised walking time and did nothing for aerobic fitness. Time with your heart rate up does raise it.2
In one big corporate challenge, 92% of participants already met activity guidelines before day one.3 LPS scores effort, so a brisk walk earns the same minutes as a run.
In a 600-person gamification trial, only the competitive arm kept its gains after the game ended.4 That is the whole design here.
Daily step volume is still strongly linked to a longer life. 10,000 was a 1965 pedometer slogan; about 7,000 is where the evidence points.5
How it works
Pick a start date, season length and team size. Name teams yourself or let LPS draw them at random.
Staff install the app, enter the code, and connect the watch they already wear. Workouts sync on their own.
Each person needs a minimum of Zone 2+ heart-rate minutes. Miss it and you're out of the individual race, but your minutes keep counting for your team all season.
Why it works at work
Effort is measured by heart-rate zone, so a brisk walk for one person counts the same as a tempo run for another.
Minutes come from the watch's heart-rate sensor. No manual logging, no tracker in the dryer, no phone on the dog.
Syncing, scoring, weekly cut-offs and reminders are automatic. You get a standings link to paste in Slack.
LPS reads workout minutes and heart-rate zones only. No routes, no sleep, no weight, and nothing is shared with the employer beyond the leaderboard.
Pricing
One 4-week challenge, up to 25 people.
50+ people, unlimited concurrent challenges.
Prices in Canadian dollars. Participants never pay.
Questions HR asks
No. Steps count distance. LPS counts minutes with your heart rate in zone 2 or above, which is what builds cardiovascular fitness. A stroll to the printer earns nothing, a brisk uphill walk earns the same as a run, and the weekly bar rises so the challenge gets harder as people get fitter.
Not as a lab number yet. LPS doesn't read your watch's VO2max estimate today. Apple Watch, Garmin and Samsung all show one in their own apps, so we suggest organizers ask people to note it at the start and end of the season. Reading it automatically for a season report is on our roadmap.
Yes, a watch or chest strap that records heart rate. Most offices find 70 to 90 percent already own one. For the rest, a basic band is under CAD 60, and some companies expense it as the wellness perk.
LPS reads workout sessions and heart-rate samples from Apple Health or Health Connect, scores them into zone minutes, and stores the minutes. Employers see the leaderboard: names, minutes, and status. No routes, no sleep, no health details.
Today the organizer is also a participant. If your HR lead would rather stay off the leaderboard, tell us on the call and we'll set the challenge up for you.
Nothing. It's a consumer app on personal phones. There's no SSO, agent or firewall rule involved.
Canada. Invoices and card payments in Canadian dollars; we can quote in USD for US teams.
Get started
We reply within one business day with a pilot code, or book a walkthrough if you'd rather see it first.
Or email support@lpschallenge.com
Not the buyer? Bring it to your office instead.