From the category archives:

ACTIVE OFFICE

Our Active Office – 4 workplace habits from Fitterfirst

May 3, 2010

Long gone are the days of stale workplaces that don’t support human life…or so we would hope. At Fitterfirst we strive to create an ergonomically sensible workplace, and  encourage all workplaces to follow suit. President and CEO Louis Stack says  “Most of us spend one-third of our days slouching in front of a computer screen [...]

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Exercise Ball – DO's & DON'Ts

March 23, 2010
Stay on the ball with ball safety

One of our staff had decided to try to patch a ball with a leak in it and I unfortunately decided to sit on it. It lasted about 5 minutes before the patch failed and the ball blew into 2 pieces.

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NBC Please Note Canadians Watch TV

February 20, 2010

NBC seems to feel that including Canadian Athletes on TV is a poor investment of time.

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Day 5 and 6 at the 2010 Olympic games

February 18, 2010

Speed skating, Lindsey Vonn, Chek Institute, Anastasia Bucsis

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Day 3 – 2010 Olympics – Stack Experience

February 16, 2010

We had a great time watching the Biathlon at the Whistler Olympic Park on Sunday.

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Reviving our 9 to 5 2009 Style

January 15, 2009
Active sitting on Swopper

When I was racing for Canada I was not concerned about aging or health as I felt I was bullet proof. But by 23 years old, I had undergone one knee and two serious foot operations followed by months on crutches, painful walking and 2 years off skis. I learned the hard way that balance and mobility….

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Mr. Fitter on YouTube, Facebook and looks back at the past.

September 1, 2008

The world is changing very fast, I am sitting on a ball at watching.

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enjoy the ride entrepreneur rollercoasters

April 25, 2008

I have experienced many ups and downs as an entrepreneur during the past 20 years, but the most memorable “roller coaster” occurred in 1991.
At that time, Fitter International, Inc <http://www.fitter1.com/> ., had been operating in starvation mode for six years. Cash wasn’t flowing, and consumers were only beginning to realize the importance of balance products. [...]

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Fitter's First Ride on the Closed Chain Train

December 5, 2007

Flying home from APTA PPS (Private Practice Physical Therapist) I chose to review some of my past notes to see what might trigger my interests for a blog entry. I came across a piece I wrote that links my current trip to a similar trip in the late 1980’s, returning from another APTA meeting (I figure I have attended over 50 PT meetings, including World Congresses; London 1991, Vancouver 2007).

It

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How did Fitter come to be?

November 8, 2007

I grew up as a bit of a balance freak as I like to skate board, ski and do other dynamic and some say risky sports. In 1979 I had a knee operation to remove a bucket handle tear on my meniscus. In 1982 I had 4 incisions on my feet to remove large bone spurs from my heels and hammer bones from both my big toes (a knife-happy

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