A healthy workforce = a healthy society
As
recently as 2012, absence from work due to illness was still at
problem levels (7.7 days per year)
in the United Kingdom. Estimated costs to the economy ranged from £13.2
billion to £32 billion every year.
What does this have
to do with Nordic walking? If we review the benefits of Nordic walking posted
in this blog and on Facebook at Nordic Walking Guy, we'll
see how this all around activity improves people's health. Here are some
additional thoughts about the workplace:
- Workers may be constrained by time. Nordic walking can be very time efficient because its full body nature activates more muscles at the same time. This can provide great returns from a lunch time walk.
- Sometimes people need some break or down time to socialize with colleagues. Since the pace of Nordic walking makes conversation, colleagues can set out on a walk together.
- Step counting is becoming popular in the workplace. I have many colleagues who use some kind of fitness monitor to count their steps. However, workers may want some of those steps to be at a higher intensity. Nordic walking can increase that intensity.
