Vitality changes over the stay at home period

We're living in unprecedented times, and Vitality plays a central role in helping you stay healthy, with benefits and rewards tailored to our present reality. The Vitality programme has been adapted to allow South Africans to maintain a healthy body - and mind - online with #VitalityAtHome. Get online nutrition, fitness and mindfulness advise while we stay at home.

We've taken the following immediate steps to give Vitality members peace of mind during this time

1. Keep moving:

Vitality Active Rewards maximum weekly goal drops to 300 points. We have lowered the Vitality Active Rewards weekly goal from 900 to 300 Vitality points from your next goal cycle. This means if you are missing gym workouts and parkruns, you can still hit your weekly goal.

You can still get your Vitality points: Get 50 points per workout when you log in with our top fitness instructors on the Vitality Home-Workout Channel. Access free high-intensity workouts, yoga, surprise fitness challenges and more. Members of Virgin Active and Planet Fitness also get 50 points for online workouts logged in on their websites.

Get 300 Vitality points for pop up online workouts with Johno's eFitness Faculty powered by Vitality or the new virtual Vitality Run Series. For 50 or 100 points when you track 5 000 or 10 000 steps a day on your smartphone.

Get the latest fitness news and advice for in-home exercising and updates to your Vitality fitness benefits.

Your Vitality gym discount is safe: If you've been going to gym regularly until now, your discount won't be affected by gym closures.

Plus: You get Double your usual reward on HealthyGear, for home gym equipment and athleisure.

Keep exercising with a discounted fitness device. We have increased your Device Booster benefit. You can get up to 50% cash back for this stay-at-home period. And if you are a Discovery Bank client with Vitality Money, you will be able to get up to 100% back. The Vitality Money boost is aligned to your Vitality Money status and Discovery Bank product. Learn more about Discovery Bank.

With a fitness device, you can track and record your physical activity to continue earning Vitality points and weekly rewards on Vitality Active Rewards.

2. Keep eating healthily

Get DOUBLE discounts on your HealthyFood rewards plus FREE delivery with Pick n Pay. Use the healthy items for following online masterclasses from HealthyFood Studio and the Vitality Home-Cooking Channel. Or, book a private, interactive cooking experience with our Vitality HealthyFood Studio live chef. Stay inspired in the kitchen with tips on eating and cooking healthily at home. Not up to cooking? Get a further 10% off your existing HealthyDining benefit with UberEats - that's 65% off healthy kids meals and 35% back for adults who make healthy choices.

3. Stay mentally fit

Access expert mental wellbeing tips, advice and tools. Understand and improve your mental wellbeing, and get 500 points when you complete your Vitality Mental Wellbeing assessment. Be inspired with videos and podcasts on how to take care of your mental wellbeing through our Vitality Mental-Wellbeing channel.

4. Stay healthy with the family at home

Get workouts and home cooking videos for the whole family on the Vitality Family channel, get tips on how to involve everyone in staying healthy as a family and access MyTopDog to give you free access to customised digital learning support for grades 4 to 12.

NEW: We're excited to partner with parents by launching Vitality Active Rewards for Teens. Your teens can interact with age-appropriate health and fitness activities earning their own Discovery Miles for moving more, understanding their health and eating more healthily.

5. Your HealthyLiving discounts

We have paused the 12-month cycle rule for members to do their Vitality Health Check or Vitality Fitness Assessment to maintain their discounts.

6. Rewards!

We've updated our Vitality Active Rewards platform to bring you new and exciting rewards that are relevant to the times. For example, we've just launched a range of custom-made Discovery reusable fabric face masks to help keep you safe from COVID-19. You can redeem your mask reward for 200 Discovery Miles from Dis-Chem or Takealot.com, or purchase it for the low price of R39.99. We'll also soon be bringing you hand sanitisers to keep your hands clean, wherever you are.

We have also added online rewards for DStv BoxOffice and Netflix, for fewer Discovery Miles as well as Sony PlayStation Store and Steam gaming vouchers. If you selected a reward before the lockdown started that you weren't able to use - for example a coffee or a smoothie - you won't lose it. We are going to replace your selected rewards with new rewards that have a longer validity date. We are removing old rewards completely and giving you a new reward that will be valid for three months after it shows up in your app.
And how does getting paid to exercise sound? As a Discovery Bank client, you can now get Discovery Miles for EVERY exercise point you earn.

7. Pay it forward

Vitality members with Vitality Active Rewards can donate their Discovery Miles to the country's directly to the country's Solidarity Fund, to curb the spread of COVID-19 through Vitality MoveToGive or in the Discovery Bank app. The Discovery Fund will match the total contribution up to R500 000. Terms and conditions apply.

There are also two new Vitality MoveToGive campaigns through UNICEF's 'Little Hands Matter initiative' to help build handwashing stations in South Africa's informal settlements, and to FoodForward SA to help feed children, the elderly, or people living with HIV/AIDS who are in need.

Visit the #VitalityAtHome page or watch our social media channels Facebook, Instagram and Twitter for exciting updates and resources like Vitality news, workouts, mindfulness activities, nutrition tips and more.