You paid for the treadmills, the mirrors, and the rubber flooring — and most nights the gym sits empty while residents scroll on their couches. It photographs beautifully for the leasing tour and gets used for about two weeks after every move-in, then goes quiet. When renewal season comes, nobody credits the fitness room for staying, but plenty of people cite "amenities I never use" for leaving.
- The gym is your most expensive amenity to build and maintain, yet it's the hardest one to prove residents actually value at renewal time.
- New residents try the fitness room for a couple of weeks, then habit fades — and there's nothing pulling them back in.
- Residents work out alone in earbuds; the gym never becomes the community-building space you pitched on the tour.
- You can't run a fitness challenge without a personal trainer, a sign-up clipboard, and someone honest enough to track who really showed up.
How Cadoo solves it
Real money on the line turns intentions into gym visits
Residents bet their own money with each other on hitting a fitness goal — pushups, squats, planks, or a daily step target. When there's a stake, that vague plan to 'use the gym more' becomes a reason to walk down to the fitness room tonight. You give them the goal and the accountability without spending a dollar of your amenity budget or booking a trainer.
AI-verified reps and steps mean no arguing over who actually worked out
Cadoo counts every rep and scores form from the phone camera — pushups, squats, situps, pullups, dips, and plank holds — and reads daily steps straight from the resident's health app. No honor system, no leasing-office referee, no doctored sign-in sheets. Residents trust the results because a person can't fake them, which is exactly what makes a building-wide challenge hold together.
Leagues, leaderboards, and shareable wins build the community you promised
A building leaderboard turns solo treadmill time into friendly competition between neighbors, and leagues keep it going week after week instead of fizzling. When a resident nails a workout, Cadoo generates a shareable, skinned highlight clip they post themselves — your community's fitness scene becomes visible, social, and something prospects notice on the tour.
Frequently asked questions
How does Cadoo help Apartment Gyms?
Cadoo turns your existing fitness room into an amenity residents keep coming back to. Residents stake real money with each other on fitness goals, Cadoo verifies the workouts with AI so nobody can cheat, and building leagues and leaderboards make it social. The result is a gym that stays busy, a community that forms around it, and a genuine engagement story to point to at renewal — all with no new equipment and no staff time from your leasing office.
Do residents need a trainer or staff to run the games?
No. Cadoo handles the goals, the verification, and the scoring automatically. The camera counts and form-scores reps for pushups, squats, situps, pullups, dips, and plank holds, and steps come straight from each resident's health app. You don't need to hire a trainer, staff the fitness room, or track anyone's attendance by hand.
How do we set up Cadoo for our community?
You can create a game for your building through the Cadoo Upside Hub, or email Tim@cadoo.io and we'll help you get your community's first fitness challenge running.
Ready to launch a game for multifamily and apartment community managers?
Set up a branded, camera-verified fitness game through the Cadoo Upside Hub, or talk to us and we’ll build it with you.