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How it works

Small groups make showing up personal.

A Kyool FAB is a fitness accountability group of 2–6 coworkers who work toward a shared activity or wellness goal and encourage one another to keep going. Everything below is what that looks like day to day.

Eight steps, then it repeats

  1. Set a shared goal

    The group agrees what "done" means for a day — 20 minutes of walking, a distance, a water target, a weekly routine.

  2. Join a FAB

    A FAB is 2–6 coworkers. Small enough that everyone's participation is visible.

  3. Show up

    Each person completes the activity wherever and whenever suits them.

  4. See shared progress

    The FAB sees who has completed today. Not a ranking — a picture of whether the group is on track.

  5. Encourage one another

    A Spark is a one-tap nudge or bit of praise between teammates.

  6. Build consistency

    Every day the group keeps going extends its shared streak.

  7. Celebrate progress

    On eligible goals, a day when everyone completed earns the FAB a shared Star.

  8. Repeat

    Challenges run for a fixed 21, 30, 60 or 90 days, so there is always a next one.

The mechanism

The Kyool accountability loop

Kyool does not primarily ask who exercised the most. It asks whether the FAB showed up — and then it asks again tomorrow.

  1. Set a goal
  2. Join a small FAB
  3. Show up
  4. The FAB sees progress
  5. Encourage each other
  6. Everyone completes
  7. Shared Star
  8. Build the streak
  9. And repeat

The loop is the product. Everything else — activities, challenges, reporting — exists to keep it turning.

Two different things

Shared streak and shared Star

People often assume these are the same. They are not, and the difference is the point.

Shared streak
Consistency. The run of days the group keeps going. It is the measure of whether the FAB is still showing up, and it is what most workplace programs are really trying to protect.
Shared Star
Collective achievement. A single day the whole FAB completed. Every active member has to genuinely reach the goal for that day to count, so a Star belongs to the group rather than to its strongest member.

Stars apply to shared goals with a measurable daily target — walking, running, cycling and the like. Hydration and gym-plan FABs track completion and keep their streak, but do not earn Stars.

Everyone counts the same

The fittest employee doesn't carry the group

A shared goal is met by every member meeting it — not by the strongest person doing enough for everyone. That is what makes it work across very different fitness levels.

The goal isn't to determine who's the fittest employee. The goal is to help everyone keep showing up.

Nobody has to do the same physical activity as anyone else, and no goal is imposed by Kyool. Companies and FABs set targets that suit the people in them, so a group can pick something every member can genuinely take part in.

FAB goal

Walk 20 minutes today

  • Employee A

    Runs marathons

    Completed
  • Employee B

    Beginning a fitness journey

    Completed
  • Employee C

    Walks occasionally

    Completed
  • Employee D

    Works remotely

    Completed
  • Employee E

    Gym regular

    Completed

Everyone met the shared requirementFAB Star earned

Hybrid & remote

Together doesn't have to mean at the same time.

Completion is per person and per day rather than a scheduled session, so employees can take part from different offices, homes, schedules and time zones while still working toward the same shared result.

  • London

    8:00 AM

    Sarah completed

  • Virginia

    12:30 PM

    Raj completed

  • San Francisco

    5:15 PM

    Marcus completed

Same FAB · one shared goal · three time zones

FAB complete

Nobody had to be online — or exercising — at the same moment.

From the company's side

Four steps to launch a program

  1. Create a company challenge

    Set the goal your program runs on — for example, "Walk 20 minutes, four days a week, for 30 days." Challenges can be built around walking, running, cycling, gym sessions, hydration and the other activities your people already do.

  2. Employees join FABs

    Employees take part in small accountability groups of 2–6 coworkers. Groups can form organically between colleagues, or be organized around departments, locations, interests or company initiatives.

  3. Everyone shows up

    Employees complete their activity wherever they are, and their FAB can see the group's progress for the day. A Spark is all it takes to nudge a teammate who has not logged yet.

  4. The team wins together

    Two things move at once. The FAB's shared streak grows for every day the group keeps going, and the FAB earns a shared Star on any day when every single member genuinely hits the goal — not when one strong performer carries the rest.

Ready to help your team show up together?

Start with a small group and see how accountability changes participation.

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