The Importance of Corporate Wellness
- Greg Justice
Article #2 of Corporate Wellness Series
American employers lose over 300 billion dollars of productivity annually due to illness, sick days, absenteeism, and sub-par performance (“presenteeism”).
For every dollar an employer spends on salaries and wages, they spend a minimum of an additional 10 cents on health insurance and workers compensation costs. This is above and beyond the unintentional and often unrecognized costs noted above.
Why is wellness important in the corporate environment? Why should employers be concerned about their employees’ wellness?
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Training the Non-Athlete
- Sara Fleming
>Regardless of what a person does in life, he or she engages in sport. It is not the traditional competitive sport we are all familiar with, but life is sport. So, when I approach fitness training with a new client, the trick is to figure out what form that sport is going to take and how to get my athlete off the bench and into the game.
Our daily activities require us to have power, strength, endurance, and agility. Unfortunately, daily life activities are not ergonomic. They create wear and tear from incorrect lifts, repeat stress injuries, asymmetrical strength and flexibility deficits, and unexpected maximum efforts. By developing functional strength, the strength that comes from performing tasks that closely mimic life activities, you can restore your strength, energy, flexibility, and help resolve chronic pain and fatigue.
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Legal Aspects of Personal Fitness Training
- David L. Herbert, J.D.
What Legal Duty is Owed by Trainers to Clients?
As I mentioned in the first article in this series, the fitness industry has developed standards and guidelines which are designed to provide a pre-established outline of those services which should be provided by trainers to clients. These statements are designed to improve the delivery of such services but do not have the force of law.
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