Abstract: Techniques for rewarding users based primarily on performance scores as obtained during play of an application and based secondarily on health metric data (“HMD”) obtained from performing exercise are disclosed. A baseline or minimum exercise requirement is established, where this requirement is generally achievable regardless of one's initial health status. Satisfaction of that baseline exercise requirement then unlocks a user's ability to engage with an application, which generally challenges the user's non-physical abilities. The user's performance in that application is then the deciding factor as to who wins a reward program. Because the exercise aspect is designed to be generally achievable for most if not all users, those users are now equally encouraged or incentivized to participate in the exercise reward program because the determination of who will win is now separated from a user's health status.