“We had a great time at the Fit Company Challenge. Aside from the fitness and wellness benefits, the camaraderie of co-workers was really awesome to see. There were some great personal and team accomplishments and we’ll look to build on those at the next event”
Seth Dusek, Wellness Coordinator for City of Scottsdale
“HBK Engineering participated in its first Fit Company Challenge as part of its health and wellness initiative. The event highlighted team building, health and wellness, and created camaraderie across Chicagoland Offices. Congratulations to every team who participated and HBK for a successful day.”
Heidi Meyer, Team Captain for HBK Engineering
“We all had an amazing time and really enjoyed ourselves. My favorite part of the whole experience was hearing how people motivated each other to push themselves to maybe do something they didn’t think they could do. At the end of the event everyone felt so accomplished and like they really achieved their fitness goals for this challenge. People were also excited to participate again next year, but to train even harder beforehand so we can come back bigger and better!”
Lauren Nichols, Designer for NogginLabs
“We at Vivax really think the overall wellbeing of our employees is very important. I am their Health Coach on staff here and I coach 3 CrossFit Style classes every day during the week at our Company gym “The Therapy Box”. And that is free for all employees. I also offer any nutritional guidance they need. By taking part in the Fit company Challenge – we had a goal to aim towards and got people excited to work out!”
Manisha Haywood, Team Captain for Vivax Pros
“Here at Hunter Douglas taking some time during our day to exercise helps keep us motivated and keeps things fun! Having the opportunity to represent our company, challenge ourselves, and participate in a friendly competition wasn’t something we were going to miss! This was a great event that every participant enjoyed and can’t wait to compete in again!”
Sarah Wilkinson, Fitness Manager at Hunter Douglas Window Fashions
“NBU employees rallied together & encouraged, prodded & laughed each other through a most challenging event! Excited & proud chatter about how all of us, of various age & athletic ability, finished still hasn’t stopped. Great team building experience & we plan on doing it again, & better, next year.”
Janice Jessen, Director of People and Culture at New Braunfels Utilities
“Taking part in the Fit Company Challenge helped us realize how important it is to incorporate fitness into our daily lives. It was so neat to see people cheering each other on and stepping in to help complete challenges for one another if someone was exhausted. We couldn’t be more proud of the teamwork that the GVEC team displayed!”
Sarah Martin, Human Resources Representative for GVEC
“The Fit Company Challenge was a physically and mentally demanding experience that highlighted new exercises that we as individuals can incorporate into our fit lifestyle. In our small teams, we were able to meet new people within the company and build camaraderie. Overall, it was a wonderful way to see the efforts of our Workplace Wellness committee come to life and make a real impact on our employees’ lifestyle and morale.”
Lindsay Carter, Team Captain for PinnacleART
“Walker Elliott has participated in this event for the past 3 years, and every year we come back stronger and better prepared. We’re up to 60% of employee participation who have trained and competed. We train together as a team and encourage healthier eating regimens, which has led to overall healthier lifestyles for everyone. We look forward to participating again in the Spring!”
Marianne Thai, Team Captain for Walker Elliott
“At Luminex we strive to build a positive wellness culture that embraces teamwork, respect and trust. The Fit Company Challenge inspires us to keep that promise and provides a fun environment to continue to build great relationships and stay fit. This is our 4th year participating and we will definitely be back next year! Great job!”
Samantha Mitchell, Wellness & Benefits Specialist at Luminex
“Our firm has competed in the Fit Company Challenge for two years in a row now. My favorite part about participating and being team captain is seeing people’s fear and hesitancy transformed after competing. So many people each year were concerned about their capabilities and then shared how excited they were to compete at the harder level next year. I believe that physical fitness, especially in a team environment and amongst co-workers promotes self-confidence, a greater sense of purpose and drive in each of us. I appreciate that the Fit Company Challenge has captured a way to challenge each of us, bring a different kind of motivation to the work place and promote fun and camaraderie.”
Britney Burger, CPA at Maxwell Locke & Ritter LLP
“Our organization is participating in the Working on Wellness Initiative and this was the perfect kick-off in our efforts to promote the health and well-being of our employees! Employees who responded to our in-house survey indicated they were interested in opportunities to get physical, and the Boston Fit Company Challenge seemed like the perfect fit. The event turned out to be a great team building exercise in addition to being a chance for our staff to get out and move. Staff worked in teams and helped each other with the challenges. Everyone thought it was a great experience and we look forward to doing it again!
Cecile Durham, Chief Human Resources Officer at Victory Programs
“Pure Encapsulations had a great time doing the Fit Company Challenge. It was an amazing bonding experience for our team. We are looking forward to winning next year!”
Lori Archambault, Team Captain for Pure Encapsulations
“Since we work within the Healthcare industry, HealthStream’s Wellness Team realizes that taking care of our bodies is the best gift we can give ourselves. The Fit Company Challenge is a fun way to put this practice into action, which is why we come back every year to participate.”
Angela Edlin, Wellness Team Committee Leader of HealthStream, LLC
“Our mission is to help people get, stay and be well, and that applies not only to the companies and patients we serve, but to our own team members. We are proud of our team for taking on the Fit Company Challenge, which is a great opportunity to get involved in the community and promote key aspects of wellness – physical fitness, teamwork, social awareness, and relationship building.”
Stu Clark, CEO at Premise Health
“Rigil enjoyed the opportunity to come together as a team to promote fitness within our company and continue to build our corporate culture.”
Eric Anderson, Team Captain for Rigil
“The DC Fit Company Challenge really gave us a chance to push our limits physically while getting the opportunity to work closer with colleagues that we might not interact with as much on a day to day basis. We’ve already started strategizing for next year!”
Erin Fristoe, Team Captain for Research Innovations
“Aerzen USA is excited to be part of the Fit Company Challenge. By all accounts, the Aerzen participants were tired from the event, but felt great from the exercises. This challenge brings physical and mental wellness into the workplace through company participants and makes us a stronger group.”
Vanessa Barnett, Team Captain and HR Manager of Aerzen USA
“Agrofresh had a blast competing at the Fit Company Challenge in Philly! It truly was a valuable team building and fitness experience for everyone. We used the Fit Company Challenge as our company wellness kick starter, and from all the positive buzz around the office, we are excited about the future involvement!”
Connor Revord, Team Captain for AgroFresh
“The 2016 Fit Company Challenge left an indelible, inspiring mark on all of us who entered from Phenix. For the 2017 Challenge, Phenix opened a gym facility in-house, ramped up our conditioning, and entered over half the company in the Challenge. We even lived to boast about it the next day. Bring on 2018!”
Philip Wikoff, Team Member for Phenix Research Products
“Not only are events like the Fit Company Challenge designed to help employees learn about and make healthy lifestyle choices it also brings our community together and helps to compliment a better work-family balance. This was our first year participating in an event such as this. We have had much positive feedback and we will definitely be competing again next year. So proud of all of our participants!!”
Kelley Maddox, Assistant Vice President for Human Resources at Brenau University
“The Fit Company challenge pushed our team to our limits but through working together and cheering each other through we landed in 2nd place and had a great time doing it. Fit Company was so easy to work with and we look forward to participating next year!”
Hillary Miles, Team Captain for Transwestern
“It was truly a group effort by this year’s GDT Fit Team working together to gain 1st place overall. I cannot tell you how excited we all are about this accomplishment. I think this shows the culture that we foster at GDT and the support we get from each other in and out of the gym. I am really proud of our team not only for putting so much effort into this event but for supporting each other through all our insane training and preparation. We all can’t wait to do even better next year!”
David Maldonado, Service Delivery Manager at General Datatech
“Our first Fit Company Challenge was an overall fantastic experience! It provided our unique and close-knit company an opportunity to grow stronger and healthier together in preparation for the competition. It was an amazing sight to see the level of support and out pour of positive energy and effort from each of our team members on event day.”
Jon Camero, Wellness Coordinator at Pegasus Logistics Group
“The Fit Company Challenge was a rewarding experience for the Volusion team. We partnered with Fit Company to find the perfect trainer who worked with our employees at our office gym; this was a great way to help them prepare. Ultimately, the event facilitated cross-functional teamwork and helped reinforce the importance of exercise for overall well-being. Most importantly – we had FUN! Thank you for inviting us to participate!”
Danielle Reeves, and Francesca Hernandez, Team Co-Captain for Volusion, LLC
“This was our second time to participate and we were so proud to show up 28 strong and place second overall. It was a great team-building experience and falls right in line with the company’s focus on wellness.”
Lisa Back, executive vice president/CFO
“We really enjoyed the event this year for a number of reasons. Our company’s participation was larger with many new faces that were eager to challenge themselves. And the Fit Company Challenge staff was great and made sure we had a good time and moved through the event on time and in an efficient manner. Overall we were really happy with the event, and proud that we came in 1st place in our division. We look forward to bringing a larger team next year and maintaining our 1st place status!”
Jeremy Smith, Team Captain for Torchy’s Tacos
“The Fit Challenge is a great team building opportunity that our employees enjoy competing in. We look forward to this event not only for the great workout, but for bringing our employees together. We can’t wait for the next challenge!”
Jill Boileau, Team Captain for Climatec
“When the Fit Company Challenge brought this great opportunity to Origami Owl, it was a no brainer! We enthusiastically took on the challenge that perfectly aligned with our Corporate Wellness commitment and initiatives. This well organized and thought out event provided much more than a day of healthy activity, it provided team bonding, wellness awareness and individual growth and development opportunities! Our employee teams welcome the chance to partner in the future with our new friends at Fit Company!”
Joanna Lawler, Sr. Mgr of Compensation & Benefits at Origami Owl
“The employees of Dignity Health St Rose Dominican Hospitals enjoyed the experience of competing in the first annual Fit Company Challenge Our goals were to get to know each other better, have fun and do our best. It was an added bonus to win the event. We hope to include this in our Wellness Program in future years and challenge other hospitals in the valley to compete. This complements our efforts to promote wellness for our employees so that they can in turn provide the best care for our patients.”
Laurel Helfen-Lardent, Team Captain for Dignity Health St Rose Dominican
“Health & Wellness is an integral part of ICW Group’s culture, and our active participation in the Fit Company challenge further fueled team member enthusiasm. In fact, several participants have revitalized their efforts to get moving again, and their renewed excitement for fitness has in turn, sparked similar activity throughout our company!”
David Wallace, Team Captain and Director of Accounting at ICW Group
“We love participating in the challenge each year. It’s just a fun day to get out, get moving and bond with co-workers in a team building environment.”
Adam Stettner, CEO of Reliant Funding and a participant in the challenge
“This event has become a LeaseLabs annual tradition! We love participating because everyone is able to compete regardless of fitness level and we had an amazing cheering section which was made up of our LeaseLabs team members, families and of course, our dogs!! We can’t wait for next year!”
Anitra Negrete, Associate Vice President of Culture for LeaseLabs
“Houston Methodist was so excited to participate in the 2017 Fit Company Challenge. This has been a fun annual event for our employees to participate. We had 27 teams participate and they all competed strong. A big congratulations to our Advanced Team (Peter Puzon, Oliver Batinga, Nathan Ubernosky and Ben Davis) who took overall first place to spring Houston Methodist to the top of the list for Houston’s Fittest Company. We are also extremely proud to have multiple teams earn top finisher placement in each of the 3 divisions. We look forward to competing and promoting a healthy lifestyle in 2018.”
Jennifer Borders, System Director of Wellness Services at Houston Methodist
“For the 4th year in a row, we have competed in the Houston Fit Company Challenge, and it keeps getting better and better! We have had so much fun participating as a team and watching the challenge grow.”
Monique Brown, Co-captain for Noble Energy
“This challenge was such an unforgettable experience. Not only was it an awesome workout, but a great team building event. It felt great to encourage and motivate each other to complete each course. We are looking forward to participating in the next challenge!”
Lindsay Carter, Recruiter, People & Development at Pinnacle ART
“Climatec employees love participating in the Fit Company Challenge. It’s a great event that promotes team building across our entire company and it’s a fun way to reinforce the healthy lifestyle culture we encourage at Climatec.”
Jill Boileau, Team Captain for Climatec
“Unicon promotes an active, healthy lifestyle for our employees. The Phoenix Fit Company Challenge gave us a great opportunity to exercise as a team in an exciting and relaxed atmosphere. We will be continuing the exercise activities that prepared us for the challenge, to help our employees meet their fitness goals.”
Patience Breinholt, VP Human Resources at Unicon, Inc.
“One of the SUMCO team members said it best, ‘We had a blast, love the competitive spirit and looking forward to next year’s challenge.’ Taking part in the Fit Company Challenge is a great way to express SUMCO’s commitment to Health and Wellness.”
Misty Gilmore, HR Benefits & Compensation Manager at SUMCO
“At HCM our vision is to Empower Others and Create Healthy. This competition gave us a fantastic venue to back up the talk, and walk the walk! We have had a long-standing employee wellness program, that promotes screenings, competitions, education, & well-being activities. The Fit Company Challenge fell right into alignment with the practice we have of engaging our work force through wellness initiatives. We had a diverse representation of our workforce represented at the challenge from physicians, L&D nurses, radiology techs, accounting, quality, case management, marketing, PT and more. One or our team members quoted “thank you for this opportunity. It gave me a great opportunity to build relationship with my team members,” which is a core competency at HCM. We loved the challenge and staff. We will be back and bigger in 2017!”
Leigh Dempsey, Employee Wellness Coordinator at Hill Country Memorial
“The Fit Challenge is something we look forward to all year long. It gets fellow employees of all ages and size motivated to get up from their chairs putting their running shoes on and burn some calories. It is also a great team building exercise year around that culminates on challenge day. Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try!”
Rico Jaeger, BioMedical Enterprises
“Confluence Financial Partners is committed to not only financial well-being for our clients but also physical well-being for all of our associates. Participating in the Fit Company Challenge gave our team a goal to work toward and ultimately accomplish by giving our best effort and working together. It was a great event and I am very happy we participated in it.”
Greg Weimer, Partner, Confluence Financial Partners
“It was a great experience that brought our team together in a fun way. It really made us reevaluate our current fitness regimes and health habits. We would definitely participate again!”
Jacquelyn Tully, Team Captain for SRS Computing
“Training for and partaking in the Fit Company Challenge was a great way to get and keep in shape. We had a blast competing in the challenges, the energy and team spirit were the main reasons for our success.”
Jenna El-Khalili, Team Captain for Crowe Horwath LLP
“The Hendrickson employees loved competing in this incredible event for the second year in a row. Our company is committed to fostering a culture of wellness and this event is a great way for us to emphasize the importance of a healthy lifestyle. Our employees love the encouraging, competitive aspect of the challenge and it is directly related to how well organized the event is.”
Liz Urban, Wellness Coordinator for Hendrickson USA
“The Fit Company Challenge provides a great opportunity to showcase the drive and competitiveness of our excellent employees. At Luminex, our Company values include Respect, Trust and Execution which were all needed to deliver the win! Our products improve health around the world and our employees value the importance of being fit and ready to handle this challenge. The leadership team is very proud of the success of our competitive team as well as every employee who supported the team on and off the field. Thank you to the Fit Company Challenge group for coordinating such a great event.”
Nancy Fairchild, Sr Vice President, Human Resources at Luminex
“The Austin Fit Company Challenge is a great way to support healthy living activities while also furthering camaraderie among our employees in a fun and unique setting. We loved the challenge of competing against all the exceptional companies in the Austin area, and we’re looking forward to coming back even stronger next year!”
Sharon McCandlis, Accounts Receivable Manager at Forcepoint
“The Fit Company Challenge is a great event that our company looks forward to. Our employees, at all levels of fitness, love coming out and competing. It gives us a chance to build better relationships with our co-workers and encourages everyone to be more physically fit. Our participation grows each year and we are already looking forward to competing in 2017!”
Jessica Armel, Human Resources at Wentwood Companies
“When there are events like this that really bring together companies into teams where they can remove themselves from the workplace, get sweaty, get to know each other, but also support each other in their health and fitness goals it’s really important to take part. The Kasasa teams killed it this year and did a really great job!”
Angela Vega, Manager, Direct Marketing at Kasasa
“As a company, we believe in supporting our mission to help people get, stay and be well. A core element of our wellness strategy is to encourage participation and community activities and foster a culture of engagement. The Fit Company Challenge provided an excellent opportunity for our team members to participate in key aspects of wellness including physical fitness, team work, social awareness and relationship building.”
Steven Cardwell, Director of employee benefits at Premise Health
“Participating in the Fit Company Challenge provided our employees with a unique opportunity to implement the healthy lifestyles we try to promote at RPM. It was great fun for us to work together to achieve common fitness goals all while encouraging each member of our team.”
Kayla Ferguson, RPM Transportation Consultants
“The Fit Company Challenge was made for Call Box. We have an incredible team of highly competitive people that enjoy hanging out together and being active. It’s a lot of fun to watch our team push and encourage each other to do something hard. Make no mistake though, we weren’t there to collect a participation trophy. We came to win!”
Patrick Elverum, Chief Operating Officer at Call Box
“Thanks to everyone at Fit Company for hosting the Fit Company Challenge event – it’s fun, challenging, and rewarding. This was Riveron Consulting’s second year participating in the Fit Company Challenge, and we’re looking forward to returning next year. Our firm continues to encourage participation in the Fit Company Challenge because it aligns with our culture– reinforcing the importance of wellness and teamwork, and it’s a lot of fun. Kudos to Fit Company for continuing to bridge the gap between the workplace, fitness, and fun.”
Brandon Balogun, Riveron Consulting
“I’m proud of team Videa for highlighting our company’s focus on healthy, active lifestyles in winning the Fit Company Challenge. Everyone showed up with enthusiasm, had a great time and finished strong despite some challenging moments. It was a fantastic team building experience and we look forward to participating in future challenges.”
Shereta Williams, President of Videa
“Aeon Global Health had such a great time participating in the Fit Company Challenge in Atlanta. We had been looking for team building opportunities so this was a perfect fit for us. As a healthcare company, we strive to be a fit and healthy organization. Our employees had great fun and look forward to next time! Go Team Aeon!!”
Tara Carney, Director of Marketing at Aeon Global Health
“The Asheville Fit Company Challenge was an amazing experience for our organization and one that we hope to participate in again. The spirit of competition and encouragement of others really brought out the best in our employees and will help propel our internal wellness program to new heights.”
Jake Robinson, President & CEO at Champion Credit Union
“At Epsilon, we encourage our employees to reach their personal fitness goals by competing in races and events. We are proud of our team for the seriously intense workout they completed and for the camaraderie they shared with each other at the Fit Company Challenge.”
Sara Levine, Director of Human Resources at Epsilon
“Reliant Funding is a company where we work hard and have fun every day. We are goal oriented as a team. The San Diego Fit Company Challenge was a great way to unify our team around a physical objective, a departure from our typical goals. It was a great team building experience, I am proud of all of our employees for the effort they put in and am grateful our hard work and have fun mentality extended outside of the office.”
Adam Stettner, CEO at Reliant Funding
“I loved how people you would least expect participated, how people from different departments trained together during lunch breaks. The event itself was fun and full of teamwork and bonding. We laughed and cheered and had a blast! We will be signing up again!”
Dana Zeff, CEO of LeaseLabs
“Houston Methodist had an amazing time participating in the Fit Company Challenge again this year. We had 12 teams fighting for the #1 spot. Everyone had fun and woke up the next morning very sore! Thanks, Fit Company, for helping contribute to our Houston Methodist culture of Wellness. We look forward to next year!”
Jennifer Borders, System Director of Wellness Services at Houston Methodist
“Participating in the Fit Company Challenge helped to promote our company’s wellness efforts because it inspired our Team Members to push themselves toward achieving their fitness goals, while reinforcing the message that being healthy can also be fun! I felt that this event brought our team closer as we worked together toward a common goal, and it was encouraging to see everyone cheering each other on from start to finish!”
Jackie Hanson, HR & Benefits Administrator at David Weekley Homes
“The Fit Challenge was an amazing experience that encouraged healthier habits and inspired team building. Our goal at Climatec is to support a living well lifestyle and this challenge was the perfect opportunity to support our employees.”
Jill Boileau, Employee Development Specialist at Climatec
“At the end of the day, it’s not really about winning. It’s about building camaraderie between team members in different departments who don’t normally get a chance to work together, and encouraging our employees to live healthier more active lifestyles.”
Lisa Repp, HR Supervisor at AV Concepts
“The Fit Company Challenge was an excellent opportunity to showcase our fiercest and fittest Luminex employees. At Luminex, our Company vision is “Breakthrough solutions to improve health and advance science”. Our products, benefits, employees and leadership foster a work environment which encourages excellent health and wellness for all. It was a great win!”
Nancy Fairchild, Sr. Vice President, Human Resources at Luminex
“After weeks of training and preparing for the day of the competition, we were nervous, excited and ready to give it our all. My favorite part was looking across the field and seeing all 25 Q1Media challengers scattered throughout each course cheering each other on! We’re excited to have won 1st for the Small Company division and we hope to hold that title year after year!”
Lene Temperton, VP of Sales at Q1Media
“Being fit and living a healthy lifestyle are important components of the Trammell Crow Residential culture. We promote healthy living to our residents and want it to carry through to our employees as well. The Fit Company Challenge was a great way to promote that value, in addition to providing a great teambuilding experience.”
Matt Enzler, Managing Director at Trammell Crow Residential
“It was genuinely satisfying to see our teams fight hard and complete the event. Walking away, I could not have been more proud of CI.”
Patrick Elverum, Century Interactive’s Chief Operations Officer
“The Fit Company Challenge was a great experience.Houston Methodist prides itself on creating opportunities for our employees to get active and embrace a healthy lifestyle. We had an overwhelming participation and came home with some key wins. We are looking forward to next year!”
Jennifer Borders, Wellness Director at Houston Methodist
“At David Weekley Homes, we make fitness and health a priority because it helps in every aspect of our Team Members’ lives – both personal and professional. To be able to participate in the Fit Company Challenge was a great opportunity for us to live out our continued commitment to Wellness while working together as a team to accomplish our goals!”
Jackie Hanson, HR & Benefits Administrator at David Weekley Homes
“Biobridge Global participated in the Fit Company Challenge to further our organizations ongoing emphasis on healthy living and building a stronger, healthy workforce. This was a great team building opportunity and we enjoyed preparing for it together, keeping each other accountable and now we will celebrate our success together.”
Lisa Fults, Director of Product Management at Biobridge Global