EP 601 – Get Fit

National Employee Health & Fitness Day was created to promote the benefits of physical activity for individuals through their work site health promotion activities.

There are two types of fitness:

Performance-related fitness - Linked to athletic performance and is tied to speed, reaction time, and coordination.

And Health-related fitness - Linked to fitness components that may lower risks such as high blood pressure, diabetes, or low back pain.

Health-related physical fitness includes:

Aerobic fitness – which is the ability of the heart and lungs to deliver blood to muscles

Muscular strength and endurance – enough to do normal activities easily and protect the low back

Flexibility – which is the ability to move your many joints through their proper range of motion

Body composition – not too much body fat, especially around the waist.

So Here are today’s Hot Tips For Building Resiliency and Promoting National Employee Health And Fitness Day:

As an employer provide and promote opportunities for fitness:

help employees to measure and track their fitness level

co-ordinate lunch hour walking or running groups

offer off-site fitness center discounts

encourage sport team participation

sponsor step by step challenges

promote community fitness groups

and reward fitness involvement

As an individual find an activity that you can get excited about.

With our busy lifestyles it is important that we make the time to take care of ourselves. Make the commitment to do one thing to increase your health-related fitness.

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