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.
Outdoor Workouts: Too (Hot? Cold? Embarrassed?) for an Outdoor Workout?
Think again. The Benefits are Tremendous!
COVID-19 has brought many challenges to both the fitness industry and fitness consumer alike. Before COVID, Americans largely associated exercise with a trip...
Small Healthy Habit Hack: 11-Minute Exercise Routine
[New Research on Sitting]
A 2020 study from global researchers, relying on movement tracking data from tens of thousands of people worldwide, found that people who were the most sedentary were signif...
The Diabetes-Desk Connection
~Another reason to move more and sit less during the work day
The Harvard School of Public Health says that 9 out of 10 cases of type 2 diabetes could be prevented by not being overweight, not smokin...
Boosting Immunity: Sifting Fact From Fiction
Should I take supplements? Should I be eating oysters? Greek yogurt? Berries? How about herbs—should I eat them? grow them? Should I be running? Walking? Sleeping? What about Kombucha?
As worries abo...
[Blog FAST Read] The FACTS About Boosting Immunity
The contagion of COVID-19 has caused many to re-evaluate their first line of defense against the illness--their immune system. However, a simple internet search on “how to boost your immunity” reveals...
Short and Effective Work Breaks to Increase Productivity
The Centers for Disease Control supports research advocating the use of work breaks to increase productivity. Researchers explain that strategically disengaging during the day, particularly when we ar...
3 Easy Ways to Move More at Work
If your work-life is sedentary—whether you’ve been inactive for a while or you’re a FITness fanatic—consider making 2020 your year to MOVE MORE during your work day.
In consideration of recent resear...
Stressed at Work? Try this Deep Breathing Technique and Calm Yourself in Seconds
[Workplace stress is on the rise with 83% of Americans frazzled by something at work]
Most of us don’t need a study to show that we (8 out of 10 of us) are stressed, particularly at work (1). And we ...
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...
