The Vitality Fitness Assessment is made up of two parts – the first part measures your cardio-vascular fitness and the second measures your strength and flexibility. It has been designed to give you an accurate and personalised understanding of your fitness. After the Vitality Fitness Assessment, your biokineticist will show you what you need to focus on in order to get fitter and stronger.

You can earn 1000 Vitality points and up to 10 000 Vitality points depending on your fitness level.

PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGES FOR 2026:

• Vitality points for physical activity

You will be able to earn up to 35,000 Vitality points a year for being active. Up to 25,000 points can be earned for participating in fitness activities, and a further up to 10,000 points can be earned based on your Vitality Cardio Fitness Level. This means that we are adding an extra 5,000 Vitality points to how much you can earn for being physically active over the year.

If you record VO2 max readings from your wearable device, you will no longer be able to earn Vitality points from a Vitality Fitness Assessment alone. If you choose to do a Vitality Fitness Assessment it will now count as 1 out of 5 readings towards your Vitality Cardio Fitness Level.

The cost is R578.20 which Discovery Health members can claim back if you have a Medical Savings Account with available funds. If you’re a Discovery Life member you can’t claim back.

The assessment includes:

* Your measurements such as weight, height (to calculate BMI*), waist circumference
* A treadmill / watt bike test followed by functional tests and flexibility tests

• Members of most medical schemes administered by Discovery Health (Pty) Ltd, are covered for one Vitality Health Check a year from your Screening and Prevention Benefit – it won’t impact your day-to-day benefits (If you are in a general waiting period, Discovery Health does not cover this). If you are a Discovery Life policyholder or smart plan members, you will need to pay for the Vitality Health Check yourself.
• If you have a second Vitality Health Check in a year, it will not be paid for from the Screening Benefit, but as a day-to-day expense. So, you will need to pay for it from your Medical savings Account or from your pocket, according to your Plan type and available benefits.
• An HIV test can also be done on request which earns you points and which is paid by Discovery medical aid from your discovery screening and prevention benefit if you are on Discovery.