National Steps Challenge Season 6: Earn up to $85 worth of HPB eVouchers While You Get Healthy!

Suppose you have been living under a rock.

In that case, you might not have heard of the Health Promotion Board (HPB) National Steps Challenge, a world-first population-level fitness tracker-based physical activity initiative that encourages Singaporeans to lead a more active lifestyle.

While writing about this initiative, I couldn’t help but think of this:

Jokes aside, this initiative has been around since November 2015.

Come October 2021, the HPB will be holding the sixth season of the National Steps Challenge in Singapore.

The premise for this challenge is simple.

Complete HPB activities and be rewarded with up to $85 worth of HPB eVouchers.

Want to find out more?

Here is all you need to know!

TL;DR: (HPB) Health Promotion Board Singapore National Steps Challenge Season 6 Guide

Here are the rewards you can receive for participating in this challenge:

You will be given Healthpoints, which can be swapped for other schemes, and HPB vouchers that can be used at a few of the following merchants:

What Is the HPB Singapore National Steps Challenge Season 6?

For this challenge, you can earn rewards for participating in HPB programmes and completing activities such as eating healthier, clocking steps and staying active.

Note that only new participants of the National Steps Challenge Season Six can earn up to $85 worth of e-Vouchers by exchanging Healthpoints earned under the challenge programme.

Participants who have previously completed all the six tiers for the Steps Rewards and moderate to vigorous physical activities (MVPA) Rewards categories before 30 April 2020 will not earn Healthpoints from the Steps and MVPA categories, respectively.

But, they are still eligible for the ‘Early Bird Special’. More on this below.

HPB National Steps Challenge Season 6 Date

You can sign up for the National Steps Challenge from 6 September 2021 to 31 March 2022.

The challenge will be held from 1 October 2021 to 31 March 2022.

• Singaporeans and PRs with a valid National Registration Identification Card (NRIC) or foreigners with a valid Foreign Identification Number (FIN).
• They must also be aged 17 years or older (based on birth year) at the point of registration.

LumiHealth participants may join the challenge by withdrawing from the LumiHealth programme.

But one caveat, once you have withdrawn from the LumiHealth programme, you cannot enrol into it again.

Also, once you have enrolled into the National Steps Challenge Season Six, you will be automatically withdrawn from the challenge if you sign up for the LumiHealth programme in the future.

If HPB finds out that you have somehow managed to sign up for both challenges, they reserve the right to claw back any rewards you have earned.

What Are the Rewards for the HPB National Steps Challenge Season 6?

• TapForMore Points
• TransitLink EZ-Link e-Vouchers
• Community Chest Donation
• SGH Needy Patients Fund Donation
• NTUC FairPrice e-Vouchers
• HIllion Mall eVouchers
• Klook e-Vouchers
• Kallang Wave Mall e-Vouchers
• LiHo eVouchers
• Mr Bean eVouchers
• Polar Puffs & Cakes e-Vouchers
• Qi Ji e-Vouchers
• HPB e-Vouchers.

Healthpoints Expiry

Note that your Healthpoints will expire six months from the month they were earned.

If you are afraid you will forget, you can opt-in for auto redemption to convert your monthly expired Healthpoints either for TapForMore points or TransitLink eVouchers.

To opt-in, you can simply log into your Healthy 365 account and set it up with your respective card details.

FYI: Auto redemption of Healthpoints for TransitLink eVouchers will require you to top-up your card within 30 days at any of the Automated Value Machine (AVM).

HPB eVouchers Merchants

But I would think that most would swap their Healthpoints for HPB e-vouchers.

FYI: You can swap 750 Healthpoints for a $5 HPB e-voucher and 1,500 Healthpoints for a $10 HPB e-Voucher.

These e-vouchers can be used at a wide variety of merchants that range from F&B joints, lifestyle retailers, shopping malls and supermarkets.

At the time of writing, you can use your HPB e-vouchers at these places:

• 7-Eleven
• AIBI
• Axtro Sports
• Bounce
• Cathay Cineplexes
• Cold Storage
• Dian Xiao Er
• FairPrice
• Giant
• Golden Village
• Guardian
• Hillion Mall
• iStudio
• Jasons
• Kallang Wave Mall
• Key Power Sports
• Klook
• Koi
• LiHo
• Manduka
• Market Place
• Nanyang Optical
• One Faber Group
• OSIM
• Pasta Fresca
• Polar Puffs & Cakes
• Popular Bookstore
• Prime Supermarket
• QQ Rice
• Sakae Sushi
• Sembawang Shopping Centre
• Sheng Siong
• Simply Wrapps
• Skechers
• Tangs
• Unity
• Yole.

How to Sign Up for the National Steps Challenge Season 6?

1. Download or update the Healthy 365 app on Apple Store or Google Play.
2. Create or restore your Healthy 365 profile.
3. Obtain a free fitness tracking device from HPB or use your existing fitness tracking device.
4. Link your fitness tracking device to the Healthy 365 app.
5. Participate in HPB activities.
6. Use your Healthpoints to redeem a wide variety of rewards.

Use Your Own Fitness Tracker, Old HPB Tracker or Redeem Your Free Season 6 HPB Tracker

Speaking of fitness tracking devices.

You can use your existing HPB fitness trackers to take part in the National Steps Challenge Season 6:

You may also opt to use your own compatible fitness trackers to track your steps and moderate to vigorous physical activities (MVPA) duration.

Here is a list of the compatible trackers or mobile applications that can be connected to the Healthy 365 app:

• Actxa® mobile app
• Apple Health mobile app
• Fitbit mobile app with any Fitbit tracker
• Garmin Connect™ mobile app
• Polar Flow mobile app
• Samsung Health mobile app.

But, do note that if you want to use any of the compatible fitness tracking devices or mobile fitness apps listed above, your device will need to have heart rate tracking functionality if you want to contribute to the MVPA category.

Free HPB Fitness Tracker

If you do not have a fitness tracker, you can opt in to get a free fitness tracker from HPB.

You have two options:

• Option 1: Collect a Season Five fitness tracker from now to 10 October 2021 for the early bird reward – while stocks last.
  • The early bird reward lets you earn an additional 300 Healthpoints by clocking 10,000 steps daily for three days between 1 to 10 October 2021.
  • Unfortunately, at the time of writing, all Season Five fitness trackers have been redeemed. But, you may continue checking if a small number of slots may be released in the event of cancellations.
• Option 2: Or collect a Season Six fitness tracker from 11 October 2021 onwards – while stocks last.

Here are your options:

As for Season Six, you will be getting either the Axtro Fit 3 or Tempo 4C fitness trackers.

Note that you cannot choose your fitness tracker model as both models have roughly the same features:

• 1.3″ colour display
• Date/Time
• Steps tracking
• Heart rate tracking
• Workout mode, including walking, running, cycling and others
• Blood Oxygen (SpO2) measurement: SpO2 measures the oxygen saturation in the blood, representing the percentage of oxygen in your blood.
• Sleep tracking. Sleep tracking is only available to those eligible to participate in the Sleep Challenge. Sleep duration is only viewable on the Healthy 365 app after syncing.

What Are the Challenges You Can Do To Earn Points?

So once you have connected your fitness tracker to the Healthy 365 app, you can start racking up the Healthpoints, which can be exchanged for vouchers.

More specifically, you can swap 750 Healthpoints for a $5 HPB e-voucher and 1,500 Healthpoints for a $10 HPB e-Voucher.

¹Only Healthpoints earned from National Steps Challenge Season 6 between 01 Oct 2021 to 31 Mar 2022 can be used to unlock each tier. Returning participants will start Season Six on the last tier that they unlocked in previous seasons.
All Healthpoints earned will only be credited into the participant’s e-wallet once each tier has been completed.

As for the MVPA category, you will have to exercise for this duration daily to accumulate points to jump tiers:

• 10 – 19 minutes of MVPA: 10 Healthpoints
• 20 – 29 minutes of MVPA: 25 Healthpoints
• ≥30 minutes of MVPA: 40 Healthpoints (max).

If you are a total fitness junkie, you can complete the 10,000 steps, and MVPA challenges to receive a total of $85 worth of HPB e-vouchers.

Rewards For Action	Total Health Points	Rewards Value (HPB Vouchers)
Steps Rewards
Signing up for the National Steps Challenge Season 6	350	$2.33
Tier 1	750	$5
Tier 2	1,500	$10
Tier 3	750	$5
Tier 4	750	$5
Tier 5	750	$5
Tier 6	750	$32
Steps Rewards Total:	5,250	$32.33
MVPA Rewards
Signing up for the National Steps Challenge Season 6	350	$2.33
Tier 1	750	$5
Tier 2	750	$5
Tier 3	1,500	$10
Tier 4	1,500	$10
Tier 5	1,500	$10
Tier 6	1,500	$10
MVPA Total:	7,850	$52.33
GRAND TOTAL:	13,100	~$85 ($84.66)

As mentioned above, you can change your Healthpoints for other things as well.

Bonus: HPB Sleep Challenge

Once you have managed to complete the requirements for tiers one to six of the steps category, you can now unlock the sleep challenge:

This can net you an additional $30 worth of HPB vouchers for this Sleep Challenge campaign.