The Healthy Desk Jockey Blog
You've reached your source for thought leadership on sedentary solutions for the desk-bound--from our analysis of at-work movement and stress management strategies to our take on recent industry happenings to fun FIT tips for a healthy work-lifestyle.
PLOGGING: The Latest FITness Craze for People who Want to Save the Earth!
Plogging. It started in Sweden. Spread through parts of Europe. It’s now emerging in the U.S. It’s exercising with a conscious---and it doesn’t cost a thing!
[So, What IS Plogging?]
Plogging is a co...
5 Things Your Employees Should Know about Cholesterol
We’re pretty sure not too many companies get excited about September being Cholesterol Education Month. But—we are!
FIT2order whole-heartedly believes in the power of awareness to bring knowledge, to...
How Will YOUR Company Celebrate Breast Cancer Warriors this October?
Every 2 minutes, a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer.
Chances are you, your employees, or their families have been impacted by breast cancer. Breast Cancer Awareness Month will be in full swing i...
3 Easy Wellness Hacks for the Desk Jockey
Back pain and eye strain and stress, Oh My!
Whether or not your body is registering the negative effects of a sedentary work life, youcan take control of your wellbeing by making small changes to you...
[UN]Wellness At Work is Costly
What would it be like if you came to work every day feeling healthy and upbeat, took care of your physical and emotional needs during the work day, and left at the end of the day feeling even more wel...
Is YOUR work-lifestyle sedentary? What you need to know about the Hazards of Sedentary Occupations
[Are you sitting down for this?]
The CDC calls it “Occupational Sitting.” The medical community calls it “Sitting Disease.” Others refer to “The Desk Sentence,” “The Desk Jockey,” and “Sitting is the...
Dead Butt Syndrome=What’s Happening Down There?
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Have you ever sat so long at work, engrossed in your latest project, that your butt literally falls asleep? Goes numb? Known as Dead Butt Syndrome or “gluteal amnesia,” the condition indicates that...
Standing Desks: Where Does The Research Stand?
A few generations back, most workers did not worry about the job hazards of developing eye strain, slouched shoulders or dead butt syndrome (it’s a “thing”*). They didn’t worry about tracking their da...
Are your desk-bound employees wearing the weight of the world on their rounded shoulders?
Are your desk-bound employees wearing the weight of the world on their rounded shoulders?
Learn how to reverse computer posture with corrective work breaks.
Baseball players are known for developing...
Meet Betty, the Driver Behind the Evolution of FIT2order's Wellness Programs
For 11 years, FIT2order has provided corporate wellness programs that engage employees in healthy behaviors—fitness classes, nutrition seminars, weight loss challenges. Participation rates are the sta...
