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Finding the time, energy and motivation to exercise is one of the great challenges faced by the busy office worker. I've found that juggling work, family and social commitments with your health goals requires dedication, planning and preparation. I haven't discovered a 25th hour in the day but there are some simple tactics that I employ to find the time to exercise during my working week.

Workplace Wellness, Office Wellbeing, Morning RoutineBrian2 August 2018exercise, health, fitness, workplace wellness, corporate healthComment

Common Office Health Problems and What HR Can Do to Help

For office workers, the danger isn’t lifting heavy objects or working hard in the sun all day, it’s conditions like carpal tunnel and computer vision syndrome. While workers are far less likely to throw a back out or herniate a disk at their desks, they’re still vulnerable to a wide array of health issues and injury risks.

We know that sitting at a desk and staring at a computer screen all day can take its toll, but what can Human Resources do about it? Let’s look at how HR and the management team can take better care of their workers in the office.

Healthy New Year Resolutions

Happy New Year to all my followers! I hope you've all had a productive year and have achieved the goals that you set for yourselves throughout 2015 and are enjoying the time off with family and friends.

Exercise and Nutrition, Health Accountability, New Year ResolutionBrian30 December 2015health, fitness goals, nutrition goalsComment

New Year New Me

As the year draws to a close, once the merriment and revelry has died down, our thoughts and attention will turn to New Year resolutions. How many of us will have a health and fitness related resolution this time? How many of us will stick to it? I'm a big believer in making your exercises goals public and holding yourself accountable to them. It’s worked for me in the past and it has too for other guest posters on Office Worker Health. This week my colleague Mark Hillen is going public with his exercise goals for the New Year. Can you do the same?

New Year Resolution, Health AccountabilityBrian16 December 2015health, wellbeing, fitness goals, work life balanceComment

Rio de Janeiro Life

It’s been four weeks since we arrived in Rio de Janeiro at the commencement of my parental leave. Upon our arrival I committed to staying as fit as possible while here and not falling into the same unhealthy traps as I had on previous visits to Brazil. So how has it been going? Well not too bad actually. Take a look at these before and after photos for starters:

Going Loco Down in Copacabana

Office Worker Health has gone international. I have taken a four month leave of absence from my employer in Ireland (parental leave) to spend some quality time with my daughter and partner and visit her family in Brazil! We flew out last Tuesday and have made Rio De Janeiro our home for the next six weeks. After that we’ll head down south to Florianopolis to see the in-laws in time for Christmas and New Year.

Anyone for Tennis?

I’ve written about resistance training and running quite a bit on Office Worker Health but I haven’t really gone into too much detail on other sports and activities. That’s all about to change this week as Vanessa Boschetti discusses her passion for tennis. Vanessa has a really busy office job so I loved reading about how big a role tennis now plays in her life outside of work, both from an exercise perspective and socially. It’s clear from this article how passionate Vanessa is about tennis and I’m sure her enthusiasm will have many of you picking up a racket very soon.

Office FitnessBrian7 October 2015tennis, office exercise, health, find exercise time, plan your exercise, couple exercisingComment

How Fit Are You?

Do you know if you’re physically fit? It’s not a trick question but one that a lot of people might not be too sure about. We’d probably all like to think we are fit and healthy but how can we be sure? For a full health screening be sure to see your doctor however for a test of general fitness there are a few measures that we can conduct ourselves to get an indication of our physical fitness level.

Finding the Time to Exercise – Part 2

When my baby daughter arrived in July of last year, I had to completely reconsider how I exercised and when I could schedule it. It got me thinking, what times of the day can an office worker (with a young baby!) realistically work out at? Weekends are often family time so let’s assume we’re talking about Monday to Friday. I give myself 3 potential windows of opportunity for exercise each day: Morning, Lunch and Evening.

Finding the Time to Exercise – Part 1

For the busy office worker, this can be the most difficult question of all. Do you feel like you don’t have enough time in the day to exercise? Are the long hours in work and the dark evenings putting you off exercising when you get home? Maybe you feel you can’t find time due to family or social commitments?