7 Reasons Why Paying Your Employees to Exercise on the Clock Makes Great Business Sense

The proliferation of desk-bound knowledge work, coupled with a long hours work culture is having a deadly effect on our health. According to the <a href="https://www.healio.com/news/primary-care/20220120/cdc-25-of-us-adults-are-physically-inactive#:~:text=About%20one%20in%20four%20adults,month%2C%20according%20to%20the%20CDC." rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">CDC</a>, one in four adults is physically inactive, meaning they have not participated in any physical activity in the last month. Living a sedentary lifestyle like this contributes to heart disease, diabetes, and premature death. Overall, 8.3% of deaths in US adults are due to inadequate levels of physical activity. Over here in the UK, <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-39457993" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">the figures </a>tell a similar story — roughly a third of the population (more than 20 million people) are physically inactive, and physical inactivity accounts for 1 in 10 premature deaths from coronary heart disease, and 1 in 6 deaths from any cause. The biggest reason people give for not getting in exercise is lack of time, which is understandable when you have to juggle work, family, and social commitments. This is where business leaders can help — we need to find more ways of exercising while undertaking the activity that takes up the majority of each day — work. Not only is this the right thing to do from a moral standpoint, but it also makes good business sense. Here’s why: <a href="https://medium.com/illumination/7-reasons-why-paying-your-employees-to-exercise-on-the-clock-makes-great-business-sense-92254b2e6035">Visit Now</a>