Launching a school fitness challenge is easy. Keeping students engaged after week one is the hard part. The enthusiastic kids stay enthusiastic, the ones who need it most quietly opt out, and by the time you tally results half the school never really participated — leaving you to defend a wellness program that looks great on paper and empty in the gym.
- Participation spikes at kickoff, then fades before the challenge is even half over.
- The students who most need movement are the first to disengage and coast.
- You can't tell who actually did the work versus who just claimed they did.
- Tracking logs, tallying results, and proving impact to admin eats your prep time.
How Cadoo solves it
Real stakes that hold students accountable
Students put a small amount of their own money on hitting a goal, so following through matters instead of being optional. That personal buy-in keeps kids logging workouts long after a poster or pep rally would have stopped working.
Verified workouts you can trust
Cadoo counts and form-scores pushups, squats, situps, pullups, dips, and plank holds from the phone camera, and reads daily steps straight from each student's health app. No honor-system logs to second-guess — every rep and step that counts is proven.
Leagues, leaderboards, and shareable wins
Class-versus-class leaderboards and leagues turn everyday movement into friendly competition students look forward to. Skinned highlight clips of their wins spread the challenge organically, so momentum builds across the school on its own.
Frequently asked questions
How does Cadoo help Schools?
Cadoo runs your fitness challenge as a verified game. Students stake a small amount on reaching a goal, prove their workouts on camera or through their health app's step data, and compete on class and school leaderboards. You get real, sustained participation and verified results to show administrators — without chasing paper logs or trusting the honor system.
How do you make sure students aren't faking their results?
This is the core of Cadoo. Reps for pushups, squats, situps, pullups, dips, and plank holds are counted and form-scored by AI from the phone camera, so bad reps don't count. Daily steps are read directly from each student's health app rather than typed in. The camera handles reps only; steps always come from verified health data, so a challenge win means the work was genuinely done.
How do we set up a challenge for our school?
You can create and configure a challenge through the Cadoo Upside Hub, or email Tim@cadoo.io and we'll help you design a program that fits your PE and wellness goals.
Ready to launch a game for K-12 school PE and wellness 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.