Gamification is the application of game-design elements and game principles in non-game contexts. Gamification commonly employs game design elements to improve user engagement, organizational productivity,flow, learning, crowdsourcing, employee recruitment and evaluation, ease of use, usefulness of systems, physical exercise, traffic violations,voter apathy, and more.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamification

There are many tangible benefits of gamification, which is why it’s been used in so many diverse fields. We’ll focus on the two big ones that can help you change how you view your workout. We’ve already hinted at one: Gamifying exercise makes it more fun. Instead of running on a treadmill or doing stretches, you’re now playing a game. This adds an element of fun! Depending on how you gamify the exercise (more on that later), you can either give it a competitive edge or a carefree amusement. Ultimately, you’re reframing the work as fun.

Gamifying exercise makes it more fun. Instead of running on a treadmill or doing stretches, you’re now playing a game.

Adding a game element to exercise also takes away the fear of failure.
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