Running a remote team means fighting an invisible drift. Without a hallway or a shared gym, wellness perks quietly go unused, camaraderie fades between standups, and the usual step-count challenge collapses into an honor-system nobody trusts. You want your people healthier and closer — but every tool you try gets ignored by week two.
- Wellness stipends and app subscriptions go unused because nothing holds a distributed teammate accountable.
- Camaraderie erodes between video calls, and there's no organic way for teammates in different timezones to bond.
- Honor-system step challenges get gamed, so leaderboards feel fake and people stop caring.
- Engagement on any voluntary program cliffs after the first week once the novelty wears off.
How Cadoo solves it
Real money makes remote accountability stick
Teammates stake their own money on hitting a fitness goal, so participation isn't one more optional perk they forget by Wednesday. When there's cash on the line, distributed people show up — no manager nagging across timezones required.
Verified workouts nobody can fake from home
Cadoo's AI counts every rep and scores form straight from the phone camera — pushups, squats, situps, pullups, dips, and plank holds — while daily steps read from Apple Health or Google Health Connect. No one can pad a leaderboard from their home office, so every result your team sees is earned.
Leagues and shareable wins that keep the chat alive
Leagues, leaderboards, and shareable skinned highlight clips turn solo home workouts into shared team moments. A teammate's verified win drops into the group chat and sparks the kind of trash talk and cheering that a distributed team usually misses.
Frequently asked questions
How does Cadoo help Remote Teams?
Cadoo turns wellness into a game your distributed team actually plays. Teammates bet real money on reaching fitness goals, prove every rep on camera so results are trustworthy, and share verified wins through leagues and highlight clips — giving remote coworkers a reason to move together and connect across timezones.
How do you stop remote teammates from cheating the challenge?
Every camera activity — pushups, squats, situps, pullups, dips, and plank holds — is counted and form-scored by Cadoo's AI, and daily steps are read directly from Apple Health or Google Health Connect. Nobody can fake a workout or pad a step count, so your leaderboard stays honest even when everyone's working from home.
How do we set up a challenge for our remote team?
You can spin up a game through the Cadoo Upside Hub, or email Tim@cadoo.io and we'll help you get your distributed team's first wellness challenge running.
Ready to launch a game for remote and distributed team leaders?
Set up a branded, camera-verified fitness game through the Cadoo Upside Hub, or talk to us and we’ll build it with you.