Friday Fit Tips & Fitterisms
There are a lot of “fit tips”, sayings and fitterisms floating around our office. They typically are in the realm of self care and staying healthy. At Fitterfirst we are all on a constant quest for better health, and continual fresh reminders help us keep sight of what is important. We thought it would be ...
Active Office – The Concept Explained
1. Why you need an Active Office “The office of tomorrow will be an active, engaging place that inspires good health and productivity” – Louis Stack The Active Office concept has long been a part of our company philosophy of S.A.M. “Practice STABILITY in everyday living to improve AGILITY at play and maintain MOBILITY for ...
Active Office – Support Articles
Fitterfirst has been promoting the concept of the Active Office for years. Our company philosophy “Practice Stability in your daily living to achieve agility at play and mobility for life” is exactly that. We believe that our workplaces (where we spend the majority of our waking hours) need to support human life through the incorporation ...
Magic Underwear – The Study of Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenisis
Magic Underwear equipped with accelerometers were used in a Mayo Clinic study to demonstrate how lots of little movements throughout the day can battle obesity. The Video: Dr. James Levine of the Mayo Clinic presents the study of Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenisis (NEAT) and discusses some of the solutions explored to increase mobility in every day ...
7 Steps to Activate your Office
Stay active while you work with these 7 simple steps. 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 office – The Active Office approach and encourage all workplaces to follow suit. We understand for most people, the reality ...
“Proprioception” What does it mean?
Proprioception: From brushing your teeth to driving, the body relies on proprioception to effectively complete a range of motor tasks with minimal focus. Here is the definition from Merriam-Webster: Perception of stimuli relating to position, posture, equilibrium, or internal condition. Receptors (nerve endings) in skeletal muscles and on tendons provide constant information on ...
What do Flossing and Posture have in Common?
It’s not the nagging mother of yesteryear bemoaning good posture – it’s us – Fitterfirst. This time it’s not about preventing you from looking like a schlubb, it’s about protecting your spine. We believe proactive health changes are much better than reactive ones, and we like to use the analogy of flossing to describe it. ...
Our Active Office: Fitterfirst Headquarters
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. Presdient Louis Stack says “Most of us spend one-third of our days slouching in front of a computer screen with little ...
Exercise Ball – DO's & DON'Ts
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.
NBC Please Note Canadians Watch TV
NBC seems to feel that including Canadian Athletes on TV is a poor investment of time.
