The Effects Of Fitness Programs On The Workplace

After a long day at work, people tend to participate in leisure activities such as eating at one of the restaurants or going to a bar for a few pints and don’t leave much time for fitness activities that has a bad effect on your

Communication of wellness activities is important in the workplace. In order to get employees involved in the wellness programs that a company has to offer, many times wellness teams in addition to promoting a regular fitness routine, they will hold a variety of competitions that could include weight loss competitions for a certain period of time. Other competitions may be available for employees who cannot exercise due to physical complications. Wellbeing in the workplace can also include preventive care webinars, stress management seminars; financial 401K planning for the future, smoking cessation, community opportunities and getting involved in charitable events. Some companies are bringing chair massages into the workplace. Some employers believe it makes employees happy, is a stress release, and spiritual uplift.

New evidence today suggest that the more hours that you sit, the greater likelihood of dying an earlier death regardless of how much you exercise, or how lean you are ( Masters, 2010). The fact is that millions of Americans think they are being healthy by working out at the gym on a daily basis. These people do not realize that the exercise they are doing in the gym is not able to counteract the effects of the “desk job.” These same people think they are living an active life by working out on almost a daily basis. The truth is that this is considered to be living an inactive lifestyle. The red flag is now raised. These same people that work out at the gym daily are now grouped into the dreaded sedentary lifestyle. Being a member of this group increases your chances of diabetes, cancer, high blood pressure, and coronary artery disease. On top of all this, it increases the chances of obesity. Obesity notably increases when a person is living a sedentary lifestyle.

     Many times how well you do your job can depend on your physical health. If you begin to slack on health you can easily notice a difference on the quickness and efficiency in your work. You must exercise on a regular basis so you are able to perform the necessary tasks in the most stressful of situations. Not only must you be able to perform these tasks, but also you must be able to endure it for long periods of time. You must learn your weaknesses and your strengths so you are work at your best at all times. Staying in shape can also help your teammates, so you don’t put them in dangerous situations.

This paper will focus on the topic of exercise adherence. Firstly, a summary of my life will be used as a reference to identify and discuss the implications of exercise adherence. Afterwards, a critique will be given regarding appropriate and inappropriate strategies that is shown from the real life situation. Also, a reflection regarding the things that would be done differently, will be included. Lastly, the knowledge obtained from the analysis will be applied to the field of business. Excluding the summary, I will be referring to myself as ‘the individual.’

Concerning for the employees health isn't a bad thing, in fact it can help us reduce the risk of diabetes. Many of the U.S. citizen lifespan is getting short because of diabetes. But this is true many citizen aren't active to workout or eat a balance diet. As studies shows that from the first document is that, the rate of diabetes in Americans have increased over 176% in 30 years. Even, if the first document is accurate about diabetes, their is no relevant possibility the companies making their employees exercise is a good option.

Despite the variety of health and safety programs, and the efforts to provide ergonomically correct work environments, many employees continue to suffer MSDs and work-related injuries. Drennan and Richey consider “the efforts to persuade employees to adopt healthier lifestyles have largely failed due to great societal pressure. Long commutes, long work hours, convenience of fast food, single parents trying to make ends meet, living alone and lack of social support all contribute to poor eating and exercise habits.” (Drennan & Richey 2003). Indeed, many employees suffer excessive weight, and lack of flexibility and strength, while employers continue to suffer the losses, either in workers compensation or healthcare costs. Therefore, while employees must ultimately take responsible for their own physical condition, employers also obligated to step up strategies that improve health and safety so they can remain competitive in today's global environment. Employers need to provide every opportunity to promote employees safety in order to avoid financial consequences and create a culture supportive of world-class safety

At California State University, Northridge, the Applied Fitness Lab acted as an apparatus to assist students and clients in addressing and understanding how physical activity can alter health risks, such as physical inactivity and obesity. In the modern working environment, many professions require employees to work behind desks for many hours. Therefore, it reduces the amount of physical activity that a person will receive during their life causing an increase in physical inactivity. A person is classified as physically inactive when they do not meet the recommended level of normal physical activity. Current research suggests that physical inactivity is inversely correlated with the risk obesity (Pradinuk, Chanoine, Goldman, 2011). Obesity, is a result of physical inactivity in large body populations, is a growing health risk factor globally and is linked to many chronic diseases such as high blood pressure or increase risk of heart attacks. Due to the knowledge of these health risks, the purpose of the Applied Fitness Lab is to improve the health of campus staffs by introducing and implementing physical activity through group exercises or one-on-one training to their working schedules.

These sessions were held with 60 employees in 4 different sessions in 2 weeks. One of the most successful part of the study was matching constructs with each intervention sessions, which is not very common such as previous study. Also, they measured each session in a different and appropriate way, and those ways explained rationally. Also, the study includes a control group which only use workplace exercise facility, but not attended to interventions. Authors compared those two groups to get a

Company wellness programs may be the answer to help company managers and employees live an overall better lifestyle. Wellness “is understood to reach physical health to encompass a more holistic mind-body approach that also considers good mental and emotional health” (Walsh, 2015). The purpose of the wellness program is to go further than the physical appearance and help from the inside out. Helping the inside of the body to become healthier is more beneficially to us. I propose to research the increase in productivity within the workplace as well as the overall health impact wellness programs have on employees.

People who workout everyday are more productive, happy and stress free (Reporter, Daily Mail). While exercising during work hours employees tend to have better memorization with things, creativity, tend to learn faster, there concentration increases and it lowers stress on the employees (Friedman 1). University of Bristol researchers found out that employees who liked to exercise before work or on their lunch break tend to accomplish

It’s very important to keep the body healthy and functioning. Over the years, people of all ages have changed their lifestyle. They moved from keeping their body in a healthy shape, to just not caring. When adults are getting off of work, they are not spending enough time doing a physical activity or exercising like they should. In the article, Obesity in America: What’s Driving the Epidemic,” over the decades, the fraction of Americans who say they meet national guidelines for leisure-time exercise has remained stable at 25%—but objective measurements suggest the actual percentage of adults who get enough exercise is closer to 5%” (Harvard Men’s Health watch). When an individual has a desk job, their body needs the physical activity on a daily basis to keep the body healthy. A decrease in physical movement at work, will not lead to obesity. It’s the lack of exercise when they get home. The average weight of an individual is more because we sit and eat

There are many benefits of a healthy lifestyle, being in good health reduces the risk of illness, physical condition is enhanced, improved posture and balance, the ability to relax and control stress, the power to reach and maintain normal weight as well as a positive surge in energy and improved self-esteem. Employers who endorse a strong health and wellness program will have a healthier workforce, and a healthier workforce becomes a more productive workforce. Employees who maintain a healthy lifestyle usually exhibit higher performance, liveliness and more enthusiasm. These employees perceive themselves as more competent in handling life situations and define health as a high-level sense of balance and are likely to be absent less than 10 days per year. Employers are always looking for passionate, smart, entrepreneurial and motivated employees. When wellness becomes part of the workplace culture,

Stokols and his associates suggest that the field of worksite wellness may be undergoing a fundamental paradigm shift away from individually oriented programs and toward broader formulations emphasizing the joint impact of the physical and social environment at work, job‐person fit, and work policies on employee well‐being (Stokols, Pelletier, and Fielding, 1996).One example of a company that successfully implemented an H&W program is The McKesson Corporation. Between 2011 and 2014, participants increased their activity levels from an average of 21 to 106 activities per annum, with 83% of employees and spouses completing at least one activity in 2014. Since April 2012, McKesson employees and their spouses have attended 159,994 Weight Watchers

“Optimal health” and “wellbeing” is a primary focus within the Eudaimonistic Model according to Edelmann, C. & Mandle, C. (2013). Furthermore, our 2020 program goal is to create a healthier workforce by increasing the proportion of worksites that offer four options (Walk Wisconsin, nutrition education/NuVal system, The Healthy lunch club, and weekly nutrition and health challenges) for employers to implement at their workplace that target nutrition or weight management program, to improve employees directly connects to the Eudaimonistatic Model, by “exuberant well-being indicates optimal health” as evidence of “physical, social, psychological, and spiritual aspects of life and the environment” (2013). Together employers as well as employees achieve numerous positive outcomes including: employee satisfaction, retention, engagement, and team empowerment, to continue to make a difference on not only themselves, but also through professional affirmations.