After all, he says, it’s hard to maintain a robust team if people are dying of preventable heart diseases, cancers and respiratory afflictions because they’re out of shape. In it, he called for on-the-clock exercise that’s implemented from the top. Tech CEO Ryan Holmes, who runs social media platform HootSuite, wrote an opinion piece a few years back that went viral, titled “Why It’s Time We Paid Employees to Exercise at Work”. More than 20 million people in the UK, for instance, are physically inactive, which costs the National Health Service £1.2bn ($1.5bn) a year, according to the British Heart Foundation. There’s been discussion among health organisations and business leaders around whether we should make exercise compulsory at work to fight bigger societal health problems that filter into the workplace. Workday exercise could also provide benefits on a more macro level. Research there, too, suggests that taking a break from repetitive tasks and getting away from the classroom grind helps pupils pay attention and perform better.īut the personal perks are just the beginning.
Some people make a similar argument to preserve break time and physical education at primary and secondary schools. Plus, it’s good for mental health, providing a stress-free getaway from the daily typhoon of meetings and emails. Antonio adds that clients who exercise during the day find they get more work done and take fewer sick days. Not only does it help his clients’ over-arching fitness goals, but it “gives you a mid-day sense of accomplishment which can last for the remainder of the day”, he says. That’s on top of all the regular benefits to physical activity, including weight loss, better sleep, better sex, better mood and keeping diseases at bay. These findings suggest that working out during the day could be even better than bookending gym time before or after the office. In 2013, another study showed that regardless of age, people experience “immediate benefits” for cognition following “a single bout of moderate exercise”, such as 15 minutes of moderately intense cycling on a stationary bike. Researchers conducting a 2008 study in the UK found that that more than 200 employees who had access to and used a company gym were more productive during the day, and went home feeling more satisfied on the days they exercised during regular work hours. And many people are finding ways to do it during the activity that takes up most of their day: work.Įxercise during the day and you’ll look better, feel better and even work better. We have to actively find time to fit it in. Unlike sleeping, exercise isn’t necessarily something that’s going to happen to us every day.
And nearly all of us struggle to find time to do it.
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This January, we’re looking at ways to have a more productive year in a new series called Power of an Hour.Įxercise. Sometimes, the difference between a productive day and time wasted can come down to an hour: an hour’s extra sleep, an hour’s exercise, or an hour’s deep work can have a profoundly positive impact on how you work and live.
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