Lunchtime Lift
Human beings are not meant to sit all day long and that is a fact.
However, modern office environments demand that employees spend a lot of time seated.
This sedentary lifestyle has negative effects on both physical and mental health.
While you are no doubt aware of this problem, you might be uncertain as to what you can do to fight it.
After all, you aren’t going suddenly install treadmills at each desk.
So, what can you do?
Our suggestion is to take a little inspiration from the world of education.
While your employees are adults, many of the problems students struggle with are shared with people of all ages; they are born out of human nature, not immaturity.
Students, like office employees, tend to spend much of their day seated.
This leads to restlessness, lack of energy, and lowered productivity. So, what do teachers do?
More and more, they are turning to something called brain breaks.
This means that they take 1-5 minutes each lesson to get their students out of their seats and moving.
There are entire websites devoted to brain-break videos that lead children of various ages in songs, dances, and exercises.
When it is time for the brain break, the students get up and get moving.
When it is over, they are more alert but less restless and ready to work again.
So, how does this translate to the office environment?
There are certain modifications to be made.
The exercises and activities done by children are neither interesting nor appropriate for adults.
Additionally, in the classroom environment, these breaks take place about once every 60 minutes, which might be too disruptive to the environment.
However, this doesn’t mean you cannot make this work.
The ideal solution is the Lunchtime Lift!
This means that you tack on an extra 10-15 minutes to your employees’ lunch period to be used for some exercise.
This can be done all together in the office or you can simply encourage your employees to get outside and move.
Perhaps you would like to bring in a trainer to lead your employees in the exercise, or maybe a different group of employees can lead the exercise each week.
Try to change things up; go for aerobic activity one day and then yoga or Pilates the next.
You can choose whatever option or combination works best for the environment.
The end result of this program? Employees who are healthier both mentally and physically, result in a happier and more productive workforce.
It benefits you, your business, and your employees. What could be better than that?
Going hand-in-hand with this is, of course, a healthy eating diet which plays an important role in maintaining overall well-being and good health.
Knowing the right food choices, consuming the right combination of food and learning the right techniques to preserve the nutrients of natural foods contributes can help to protect you from diseases and obesity.
The bottom line is, a healthy workforce enhances productivity in the team and fosters a culture of good morals for your business.
Find out how to Keep your Team Healthy through a Corporate Wellness Program for your company.
This can be a corporate cooking, baking class, healthy juicing workshop or event a Lunchtime Lift Cooking Demo Class that provides your staff with cooking tips and knowledge to create healthy and delicious meals.
What’s more, these events are also great team building events for your staff.
At Cooking Class Singapore, our program manager and chef instructors can cater a customized event with your choice of cuisine for you!
Let us help you with your next Corporate Wellness Event! Contact us today!