Fitness

Walking in a winter wonderland is a good song … but it might not be your idea of a great workout.

Take a staff-wide poll, and you’ll probably find that many of your formerly fitness-oriented employees have been slacking off a little in recent weeks.

It’s a common phenomenon: Lots of people give up on their exercise … Continue Reading »

It’s the holiday season, but that doesn’t mean your health and fitness routine gets a break.

In fact, it’s more important now than ever to keep your wits about you at the table and to get to the gym (or hit the pavement, or break out the bike or treadmill … you get the idea).

For one … Continue Reading »

Last week’s big turkey dinner may be long over, but there are probably still leftovers calling to you from the fridge.

And have you been putting off your walking workouts more and more often now that it’s chilly and dark when you get home from work?

This little bit of downtime we have between Thanksgiving and Christmas … Continue Reading »

Monday mornings get a bad rap.

After two full days of relaxation, many people return to work not recharged and ready to take on a new week but dragging, drained, or even depressed.

Those so-called Monday blues can set the tone for the entire office and affect the quality of your employees’ work.

How do your staff members … Continue Reading »

“Falling back” can spell bad news for a fitness routine.

With sundown coming earlier, many people arrive home after dark following a full day at the office.

Combined with the cooler weather, it’s easy to see why workouts can suffer. After all, it’s hard to stay motivated to exercise when the most appealing option is a hot … Continue Reading »

Diet and exercise, diet and exercise … Is the message wearing a little thin among your employees?

As crucial as these two concepts are to health and wellness, frequent repetition might be causing many people to turn a deaf ear.

And yet new research offers even more evidence that behavioral changes such as diet and exercise aid … Continue Reading »

Desk jobs can be a pain in the neck. And the back. And the shoulders.

Even perfect posture and an ergonomically flawless workstation can’t completely offset the potential negative effects of desk jockeying.

Muscle tension, body stiffness, and a laundry list of aches and pains can all be traced to sitting for long periods of time hunched … Continue Reading »

You do it every day, even if it’s just from your house to your car to your office and back again.

Why not take it a step (or a few thousand of them) further?

Walking workouts are ideal for those just getting started with a fitness program, and it’s easy to see why.

Assuming you mastered the … Continue Reading »

Change is good.

Or it can be, when it comes to exercise. That’s especially true when your old routine is getting a little, well, old.

Maybe jogging at the park has lost a little of its luster, or you’ve had your fill of the gym scene.

Maybe fall’s cooler temperatures and irresistibly blue skies are luring you … Continue Reading »

Attention, desk-bound workers: This video’s for you.

Continuing the series of videos from the American Physical Therapy Association’s Move Forward campaign, designed to get sedentary workers moving more during the average workday, this installment shows you how to strengthen the lower extremities and improve circulation.

In addition to causing a variety of aches and pains, too much … Continue Reading »