Great News! You don’t have to carve out special exercise time and get sweaty to stay healthy. You just need to move a little more. And you don’t have to do it all at once. A new study in the Journal of the American Heart Association finds that even small amounts of activity during the day can […]
Even Short Standing Breaks Can Reduce Your Cancer Risk
Stand up to read this blog post. The American Institute for Cancer Research has a nice infographic on how increasing your routine daily activity can reduce your risk of getting cancer. Perhaps the most interesting and encouraging evidence behind this graph is how little you may need to do during the work day to reduce […]
Some NEAT Activities that Have Been Automated
A friend is working on creating a list of all the small, routine movements that we have quit doing over the past 50 years due to automation and other labor-saving advances. She’s asking for suggestions in the Wellness is a Business Strategy group over at LinkedIn. If you’ve got more ideas, please join that group […]
Get Moving in the Office
In addition to the recommended 30 minutes of exercise each day, incorporating more routine movement into your work day can mitigate the hazards of sitting. Here’s a list of ideas to help you get moving at work: use a standing desk use a treadmill desk use a bicycle desk stand whenever talking on the phone […]
Get Up and Move! Prolonged Sitting Causes Cancer
More evidence that prolonged sitting is hazardous to your health – and that exercise can mitigate the hazards. The American Institute for Cancer Research reports that more than 90,000 new cancer cases each year are due to prolonged sitting. The risk is there even if you’re physically active and physically fit. The AICR’s press release says, […]
Walking at Work Can Be NEAT with a Treadmill Desk
Human beings are designed to move. Offices make us sedentary. Sitting all day can make us obese, unfocused, and unenergized. “If sitting is to blame, standing is going to be the solution,” says Dr. James Levine of the Mayo Clinic. He stands behind this assertion with his design for a walking treadmill desk. The science […]
Take an Office Hike Today
The human body is designed to move. Movement is how we keep our circulation flowing, our joints mobile – and it’s how we get from one place to another. Walking is a great way to get moving at work. It’s free, it’s weight-bearing (which is good for your bones), it burns calories, and it’s aerobic […]
Take a Walk
Virtually all fitness gurus recommend at least 30 minutes of aerobic activity most days of the week. And there is a body of research that demonstrates that you can get the benefits of walking with walks of as short as ten minutes. So take a walk today, right now. Walking can help you: lose weight […]