Tuesday

190514

Workout of the Day

Warm up for 20 minutes with scales, L-sits, inversion (handstands), planks, and stretching (SLIPS).

Run or row 5,000 meters.

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A Reason to Be Skeptical of the Workplace Wellness Industry

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The workplace wellness industry has more than quadrupled since 2011, drawing in $8 billion in annual revenue and covering almost one in three American workers. Unfortunately, as Scientific American concludes, it didn’t change employees’ behavior or health care costs in the first year. Employees who took part didn’t become healthier or more productive, and were not more likely to go to the gym or run in a local race. Total health care costs didn’t drop, either.

Read the article A Reason to Be Skeptical of the Workplace Wellness Industry