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Whipping your employees into improved physical shape doesn\u2019t have to involve a whip at all. In fact, a few fun <\/span>office exercise challenges<\/span> can be engaging enough that the spirit of competition and an awesome certificate of achievement will do. The key is to ensure you keep the office exercise challenges\u00a0<\/span>easy to track<\/span><\/a>, amusing to complete and at a level that ensures all can participate. Oh yeah, you\u2019ll also need a few good ideas. Here come five of them.<\/span><\/p>\n Office building got an elevator? Have employees avoid it like the plague. Set up a contest to see who can refrain from taking the elevator for a set number of days. Start with a day or two of taking the stairs only, and then extend the length to a week or entire month. Employees who can go the greatest number of days without setting foot on the elevator win. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Reward employees who successfully walk a mile every day during lunch for a month. If your crew is already high endurance, you can up the stakes by making it a 2 or 3 mile lunchtime walk \u2013 or even a mile-plus lunchtime run.<\/span><\/p>\n If your company can help employees obtain fitness trackers or pedometers, keeping track of total steps throughout the day is a great way to prompt a steady stream of movement. Employees get credit for walking to work, at work, during lunch and at home, whenever and wherever they can pick up steps.<\/span><\/p>\n Tally each employee\u2019s steps at the end of a week or month, rewarding things like the highest overall step count, the highest number of steps in a single day or even the biggest improvement in movement.<\/span><\/p>\n Create a booklet packed with easy yet effective stretches employees can do right at their desks, and then reward those who make a habit of it every day for a week, month or even longer. Some<\/span> simple examples<\/span><\/a> include the:<\/span><\/p>\n Call employees together and then randomly choose a fitness-related challenge they can try right on the spot. Ideas include:<\/span><\/p>\nThe Elevator Plague<\/b><\/h2>\n
The Lunchtime Mile<\/b><\/h2>\n
The Total Steps Tally<\/b><\/h2>\n
The Super Stretcher<\/b><\/h2>\n
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The Impromptu Challenge<\/b><\/h2>\n
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