The Gym is transferred to the office
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Physical activity, especially that occurred in groups, not only affects your ability to work, it strengthens the relationship between the components of your business, better working environment, strengthen the commitment to organizational goals and consequently reduce the level of absenteeism and the transfer of staff.
But how to practice if your workload make you do not have time to go to GYM? There was a tendency in the organization that offers employees a variety of programs for physical activity during or outside working hours and within budget. One of these proposals come SportWorks, a company engaged in the field of health, sport and recreation. Its directors, Sebastian Molinari, a graduate of Industrial Relations and Pablo Gonzalez, National Professor of Physical Education, tell us about the importance of devoting time for physical activity.
What are the health risks faced by office workers to spend more time at work?
Today, more people spend more time at work than at home, so it is important to take into account factors that are associated with each activity account. Some of the long working hours are detrimental to employees subject to the demands of the workload for the development of poor posture and improper movement. Bring the following terms of physical fatigue and musculoskeletal injuries such as various levels of neck tension, fatigue, shoulder pain caused by poor posture causes muscle tension, back and leg injuries, vision problems and stress.
How do you connect the employee’s performance and physical activity?
Remember the famous phrase, “healthy mind in healthy body” to ensure that performance of someone who practice regular physical activity, will be greater than settle. For example, a proper development of strength and flexibility, especially in the middle, a favorable impact on the position and absorptive capacity of the tension, especially in the cervical region. If we add a cardiovascular workout that provides general resistance, we will have a strong employee.
Is there a program?
Some are associated with postural gymnastics and massage to your desktop, or skilled personnel are also to carry out activities with the entire body, as supermarkets Repositor or construction personnel. There are also more sophisticated programs such as gym classes and fitness facilities at the company. Finally, there was that cover all types of sports activities such as running, tennis and soccer.
For those who spend their time sitting at computers in the office, what kind of food should take?
One important factor to consider is having a good nutritional advice for dealing with work days, such as poor diet and physical performance affects our performance. Light lunch, such as salad greens combined with grilled chicken breasts, yogurt as a snack or a juice with an ideal natural fiber.
Tips to achieve a good position in the workplace
- Feeling good: if hard, you can use a pillow on the seat or back.
- True placement computer monitor and keyboard to reduce fatigue on the eyes, arms, shoulders and neck. The top of the screen should be at eye level or just below. Your eyes should look slightly downward when viewing the center of the screen.
- Place the monitor at an appropriate distance from their eyes, an easy reference is to take the long arm.
- Adjust the position of the screen to eliminate glare from windows and ceiling lights.
- Using the keyboard, it is suggested that this is the central point at the same level with the elbow. Tilt so that your wrists flat.
- Bending over to lift boxes or objects, the lower legs and keep your back straight.