Employee Wellness Program For a Small Business Joe McKenna
Goal O To make employees aware and understand the equipment and software available to them to help them live a happy, healthy, and active lifestyle. This will lead to more success in the workplace.
Why? O Wellness programs will help employees stay or become healthier. O When a person in healthier, a person is more likely to be happy. O When a person is happy it rubs off on others. O A happy workplace=a successful workplace
Benefits of a Wellness Program O Expenses on health care will go down. O Less employees out sick which leads to more work getting done. O Employees will be and feel more healthy.
Heart Disease O People are not getting the cardiovascular fitness that they should be getting. O By 2020 heart disease will be the leading cause of death throughout the world. O This year 920,000 people will suffer a heart attack. O 250,000 people die annually of Sudden Cardiac Death.
Obesity O More than 1 in 3 adults are considered obese. O 1 in 20 adults are considered to have extreme obesity. O 2 in 3 adults are considered to be overweight or obese.
Equipment/Software to Help O Treadmill O Rowing Machine O StepMill O King Calorie O Pedometer
Treadmill O ProForm ZT10 O 3.0 CHP Drive System with 32 built-in workouts. O Purpose: Cardio machine that can be used for walking, running, jogging, and can also be used on an incline.
Treadmill O Use/Value: Improves employee’s cardiovascular fitness training. O Cost: $ O Source: Treadmill/
Rowing Machine O Bodycraft Fitness VR100 Rower Exercise Machine O Multifunctional fitness monitor showing speed, distance, stroke count, and calories burned. O Purpose: Burns calories and works on different upper body and lower body muscles.
Rowing Machine O Use/Value: Helps employees gain cardiovascular strength and endurance. O Cost: $ O Source: fitness-vr100-rower-exercise-machine
StepMill O StairMaster 7000PT StepMill O Each step is 8” high to make stepping up each stair more realistic. O Purpose: A Stationary stair machine that you can run or walk up.
StepMill O Use/Value: Employees will build strength in their lower body while working our their cardiovascular fitness. O Cost: $ O Source:
CalorieKing O Online diet, calorie, and fitness tracker. O Can be used on your Smart Phone. O Purpose: To track the amount of calories and types of foods you should be consuming while factoring in your workout for that day.
CalorieKing O Use/Value: Employees will now know what and how much they should be eating compared to how they are working out. O Cost: $49 per year O Source:
Pedometers O FitBit Pedometers O Employees clip them on their waistband or pockets. O Purpose: To track the amount of steps and physical activity employees are getting a day. O Results can be uploaded to a database on Smart Phones.
Pedometers O Use/Value: Employees can track their physical activity results during the day by only having to clip the pedometer on their waistband/pocket. O Cost: $99.99 O Source: