Fitness

Happy National Employee Wellness Month! There’s no better time to boost your efforts to improve health and well-being in your workplace.

The best way to get people on board the fitness train? Make it easy.

Think about it: Between career, family, friends, recreation, maintaining a household, and a variety of other obligations, your employees have a lot … Continue Reading »

We schedule doctor’s appointments, clients, meetings, and the like into our day … why not do the same with exercise?

People are more likely to stick to a workout routine when they’ve carved out a time slot specifically for it.

Making a conscious effort to give exercise high priority in their life will keep them … Continue Reading »

You’ve no doubt sold your staff on the merits of walking workouts; now how about upping the ante?

Maybe they’ve already formed a lunchtime walking group or gotten hooked on evening laps around the neighborhood. Now would be a good time to encourage them to push themselves to the next level.

Setting both short- and … Continue Reading »

Nature is good for the soul, and exercise is good for the body. Combining the two yields a workout that does double-duty.

New research shows that spending just five minutes a day doing physical activity in a natural setting benefits mental health.

Whether you get your natural workout gardening in your own backyard, walking a … Continue Reading »

Are your employees losing the battle of the bulge?

Many people struggle in the beginning of their weight loss endeavors to find just the right combination of diet, exercise, and lifestyle changes that will produce results. Everyone needs a program tailored to their specific needs, and it can take time to piece one together.

In the meantime, … Continue Reading »

They strike without warning and leave their hapless victims scrounging up change for the nearest vending machine.

Food cravings can be a vulnerable dieter’s worst enemy. Different from hunger in their specificity (if it’s ice cream your body demands, no amount of frozen juice bars or fresh strawberries will truly suffice), cravings are a common … Continue Reading »

How much time does the average person spend thinking about their arteries?

Cholesterol and its far-reaching effects on heart health are easy to overlook, even when setting out to improve overall health.

People seeking to make healthy lifestyle changes tend to focus on the results they can see or feel: a slimmer waistline, increased energy levels, … Continue Reading »

Whether or not your workplace feels like a pressure cooker, you can bet that some of your employees consider it one.

Stress is a normal part of life to some degree, but when it is excessive, chronic, or both, it can wreak havoc on the sufferer’s mental and physical health and negatively affect your business. … Continue Reading »

Look around your office on any given weekday. Can you spot the folks who need an energy boost?

They might be the ones yawning into their third cups of coffee, slumping wearily over their desks, or staring blankly at an overflowing inbox. The demands of the work week have sapped their energy reserves.

Flagging energy … Continue Reading »

Motivating a nation’s worth of people to get off the couch and get moving is a big job.

You’ve no doubt been working overtime to encourage fitness and healthy habits among your staff. Do you sometimes feel like you could use a hand achieving such a lofty goal?

How about a boost from the U.S. Government? This … Continue Reading »