Fitness for Business
Decrease absence and increase efficiency of your employees. Thanks to our healthy gift card you will motivate employees to a healthy and active life.
How physical activity affects employees?
More employers are offering health care packages, seeing an opportunity to minimize the costs associated with sickness absence of employees. It is equally important to encourage employees into physical activity. Recent research indicates it’s key role in the prevention of the most common diseases affecting the British workforce.
In 2017, companies paid over 6 billion for short absences sickness. In addition to the costs associated with the organization of cover, failure to meet deadlines or the payment of overtime for other employees.
Meanwhile, physical activity is still an underestimated form of disease prevention. Healthy Gift Cards for many employees are a very desirable benefit, and for some they can be a motivator to take care of their own health. Today it is already known that physical effort prevents not only heart attacks, strokes and diabetes, but also the most common cause of slowing diseases of the osteoarticular system, as well as cancer, neurosis and depression.
Benefits of regular physical activity
Reduced risk of a heart attack
Weight managed better
Lower blood cholesterol level
Lower risk of type 2 diabetes and some cancers
Lower blood pressure
Stronger bones, muscles, joints and lower risk of developing osteoporosis
Lower risk of falls
Recover better from periods of hospitalization or bed rest
Feel better – more relaxed and sleep better.
A healthier state of mind
Exercise may block negative thoughts or distract from daily worries.
Exercising with others provides an opportunity for increased social contact.
Increased fitness may lift mood and improve sleep patterns.
Exercise may also change levels of chemicals in brain, such as serotonin, endorphins and stress hormones.
The heart needs exercise
People who do not exercise several times a week increase their risk of heart disease by 5-6 times. Cardiologists have no doubt, our hearts need regular stimulation. To most effectively prevent a heart disease, we need to participate in regular exercise almost every day. A walk even after forty is not enough. To protect your hart exercise lasting from 30 - 90 minutes, with heart rate reaching 65% - 85% of the maximum heart rate.
The most basic and easiest way to calculate this is by subtracting your age from 220bpm [beats per minute].
From this number you need calculate 80% to find your optimal heart rate training zone
(220 - your age) x 80% = optimal heart rate training zone.
For example, if someone is 30 years old, then 220 subtracts 30 = 190 calculates 80% from this result, which gives us the optimal heart rate value of 152bpm.
You need to put in this much effort at least three times a week. Exercise and diet change can regulate blood pressure and cholesterol levels without medications.
Diabetes doesn't like fitness – healthy weight people do not get type 2 diabetes.
Proper exercise not only heals but also provides prevention of many diseases, including diabetes. It has been proven that undertaking physical activity at least once a week significantly reduces the risk of developing type 2 diabetes. A 40-minute workout three times per week, results in a 6% reduction in the chance of developing type 2 diabetes. Exercise also allows you to maintain a healthy weight or even reduce it, which is of great importance in preventing the development of diabetes. In addition, obesity causes general inflammation of the body, reduces immunity, increases the risk of many cancers. Regular exercise in diabetics reduces tissue insulin resistance, which means that our body's cells become more susceptible to insulin. This has a positive effect on reducing blood glucose. As a result, it allows you to reduce the dose of your blood glucose lowering drugs or the number of units you inject.
Exercises for joints
We 'work' for joint diseases all our lives. A sedentary lifestyle and lack of movement are conducive to them. All this leads to being overweight causing excessive joint overload, muscle weakness and faster joint wear. Systematic physical effort strengthens the muscles and thus stabilizes the joints, which provides them with flexibility and protection. Movement is also important for healthy articular cartilage. When it is well hydrated, it becomes resistant to overload and injury. Exercise also strengthens bones. Ostrogenic cells are activated when loaded. When choosing physical, it is worth adjusting it to your age and fitness level. If there are problems with the joints, choose low impact exercise: mobility exercises and stretching.
Stress stays on the treadmill
Too much stress for too long is harmful. The list of conditions that it can contribute to is alarmingly long. It includes heart, stomach, intestinal, skin, muscular and skeletal diseases as well as cancer. Long-term stress also impairs memory and concentration. Through evolution, to survive, he developed a reaction called "fight or run", i.e. activating the release of hormones that increase strength. Today we don't have to fight wild animals or run away from enemies. We are stressed by the struggle for promotion, raise or meeting deadlines. However, solving these problems does not require physical strength. Meanwhile, stress causes an outburst of hormones that give energy that we are not able to use. Animals after a stressful situation must discharge physically. The hunted hare, when it is safe, runs for a long time to get rid of the tension. Scientific research shows that people should also discharge stress almost on a regular basis. If this does not happen, there is a dramatic decrease in the efficiency and immunity of the body, manifesting itself, among others particularly susceptible to many diseases. Many people try to manage stress with alcohol, which can lead to addiction. According to specialists, sport is the best to discharge tension. Exercise allows you to get rid of stress hormones.
Scientific research shows that people should discharge stress on a regular basis.
Seasonal depression can be overcome
Endorphins produced by our brain, which work similarly to morphine, can help fight seasonal depression. They evoke well-being and suppress pain. When the body is overtired, e.g. by running, exercising, playing badminton, then the brain releases endorphins, which are distributed throughout the body through the blood. Many studies suggest that endorphin levels increase when we keep our heart rate between 70 and 80 percent. its maximum value for at least half an hour. And this is the heart rate recommended during exercise. Some studies show that such an effort will increase endorphin production by five to seven times within an hour. In the autumn-winter period, when due to the lack of sun, seasonal depression hits us, endorphins released during exercise work as antidepressants.
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What makes us different?
We are not a giant network, we have local services with five possibilities for companies:
1. 3 locations: Coalville, Measham and Ibstock - for those who prefer to exercise using professional equipment.
2. In your employees' home using our own equipment for effective training - if they prefer to exercise in private or comfortable environment .
3. Getting to the company and conducting a series of short exercises “right at the desks” to improve the circulatory system and brain oxygenation, which increases satisfaction, sharp brain and efficiency. It can relief from lower back, neck and feet pains caused by sedentary work.
4. Organizing group classes
Circuit - All levels - 60 min
A fast pace exercise class in which you do an exercise for around a minute. This class is great for toning, endurance, strength endurance, coordination, balance and much more. The class can cater for all levels of fitness. Instruction on correct exercise form.
Tabata - High intensity (30 min)
Tabata is interval metabolic training, which evenly engages as most of our body's muscles. Thanks to this, it "turns up" the metabolism and accelerates fat burning.
Bums & Tums - All levels (60 min)
Bums and tums is a focused workout that aims to tone up those flabby areas of your thighs, bum and stomach, great for those who want to lose weight or even for those who simply want to improve their fitness levels. Build up glute muscles to improve your figure giving you the hourglass shape you desire.
Mobility & Flexibility - Low intensity (30 min)
Flexibility is the ability of a muscle(s) to lengthen.
Mobility is the ability of a joint to move actively through a range of motion.
In this low intensity class we combine various methods to help develop maximal body control, flexibility, and usable ranges of motion. Leading to more resilient joints, improved performance while reducing the risk of injury.
Strength Endurance - Medium to high intensity (60 min)
Very much like a circuit class except with the difficultly turned up. Exercised will have more of a resistance emphasis.
HIIT - High intensity (45 min)
HIIT stands for High Intensity Interval Training, is an exercise program designed for people who want to quickly burn fat and improve their condition. HIIT training gives three times better results in slimming than cardio exercises, and its implementation takes much less time.
5. Organizing integration physical activities or company competitions.