Posted by admin | Posted in Health Program Ideas, Screening and Intervention Programs, Wellness Program Incentives | Posted on 13-06-2009
Growing a Corporation Exercise Team From Nine-To-Five
People spend a lot of time at their place of employment, and work environments are full of stress. Downsizing, mergers, increasing manufacturing specifications and extended hours take their toll on employee health.
It can be gauged in rising absenteeism and increasing health costs. It is time to reverse the trend. Growing a corporation exercise group could be the perfect solution. Driving each other to start a physical activity program will reap big outcomes for the workers and the corporation.
Working Overtime
It is simple to find excuses to skip exercising. One of them is always ‘not sufficient time’. But 2 walks for 15 minutes each has the same health benefit as 1 walk for 30 minutes. This fact makes building employer exercise team programs simple.
Most companies hire a fitness professional. The fitness professional can develop a plan the organization can manage itself or let the fitness professional create and monitor. Either way, there are lots of ways for employees to exercise during the day.
• Take walks outside during breaks or lunch
• Frequent sponsored exercise seminars at an in-house fitness center or a local fitness center before or after work
• Use the stairs rather than taking the elevators, measuring the number of stairs each week
• Do stretching exercises every hour to remain refreshed and alert
But it works even better when teamwork is added to the mix. A business is as good as its staff members. Every business operates on the concept of good teamwork to fulfill its mission and provide great customer service. What better way to begin that process than by building a business exercise team?
The rapport that is created among workers working out together will carry over into the worksite itself. It is a well-known fact that group exercise promote cooperation and exercise offers the perfect common activity.
All humans need to exercise to maintain fitness. With a company exercise program, the company can convey its belief in team spirit, cooperative objectives and strategy development.
A local personal trainer can be hired to come onsite or the company can hire a online trainer. Either way, documenting the progress of each employee’s fitness level as they take part in the exercise team projects will encourage participation.
Moonlighting
There are numerous types of fitness programs that can be available to profit a worksite.
• A mixture of aerobics exercises followed by strength movements
• Circuit training at the health club
• Tai Chi Ch’uan for relaxation and stress control
• Step classes
• Body sculpting
• A series of progressive exercise classes offering steady fitness improvement
• Specialty seminars for people over 55 or for pregnant women
On this page you can find a personal trainer who can show how building a business exercise team programs works.
A corporation will find that once employees begin to feel fit, the exercise program will carry over into their own life. Now that is healthy moonlighting!