| Walking for fitness. Selling your boss |  |
And I don't mean selling your boss at the local flea market
next Saturday morning. The focus of this article is trying
to get a walking program started at the office or
workplace.
With winter finally finishing and warmer temperatures
returning, you find yourself getting an itch to be outside
instead of sitting in the office or workplace. Hopefully
you have an outside window to at least view the great
outdoors.
Wouldn't it be nice to be able to walk half hour three days
per week? Wouldn't it be also nice to do this halfway
through your workday? It would be great if your boss says yes you
can do that? No problem. The difficulty is you only have a
half-hour for lunch. Trying to fit a half-hour walking
program and also eating your lunch all in that time can be
quite challenging. Now it would be awesome if you and your boss
can work out someway to get it all done.
The first thing your boss will say is why should I bend for
you and your co-workers? At that time you can list these
benefits for them and their company.
Increase productivity:
Decreases of the abuse of sick days taken. How? Because you
are letting the employees enjoy some of the nice outside
weather, it will deter skipping work. It will also help
deepen the employee/boss relationship.
The exercise will stimulate your senses, give you energy and
revitalize your body for the 2nd half of the workday.
It will help make you relax and relieve stress that has
accumulated during the earlier part of the workday. This
will help you focus more intently on the later projects at
hand.
It will make the employee feel good. This will help create
a positive attitude in the workplace.
Overall, with all the pluses, the company and the employee
will both actually gain from the walking program.
The next thing your boss will say, "what is this going to
cost me?"
Taking in consideration it takes about 10 to 15 minutes to
eat lunch if the break time can be extended for 45 to 50
minutes on those three days and only for those that are in
the walking program.
In Summary: You could check with your health insurance
carrier if your company provides coverage and find out what
they think about the company you work for introducing a
walking program for their employees. They might be able to
"help sell" the program. The healthier the employees are,
the less likely they will require medical attention and
mounting medical bills. Doing your research before going in
front of the boss will show a diligent preparation effort.
Good luck on your pursuit. Remember the worst they can say
is no.
Author Bio:
Kevin Doberstein is a natural bodybuilder for the past 25
years. 15 years as a gym owner in Northern Wisconsin. In
reference to the book "Men are from Mars and Women are from
Venus" Kevin's better half claims he is from Pluto. You can
visit his site and join the newsletter at
http://www.nature-boy-bodybuilding.com. You can contact him about
articles or bodybuilding at
natureboy_bodybuilding@hotmail.com.
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