On-Site Fitness Centers: Too Heavy of a Lift? While coffee bars, electric-vehicle charging stations and dry cleaning services make great perks in a workplace, few building amenities pack as much of a punch as the on-site fitness center. Offering numerous and tangible benefits to a building’s occupants and landlords alike,
New Opportunities for Personalized Wellness When it’s possible to get our coffee, daily newsfeed and even the music we listen to tailored to our individual needs and preferences, why should consumers expect anything less when it comes to wellness products and programming? We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it
Get the Most Out of Group Fitness With countless group fitness options at consumers’ disposal, how does your center get its classes to stand out from the crowd … in order to keep drawing one? The bread and butter of many health and wellness centers, group fitness appeals to a
Workplace Design With Wellness in Mind If, as the saying goes, we are products of our environment, then it stands to reason that an office setting can largely influence a worker’s health, productivity and well-being. Designing a workplace that lends itself to optimal performance goes far beyond providing each employee
Does your gym run hot and cold? Perhaps your fitness center turned up the heat years ago with a sauna, hot tub and, maybe even more recently, hot yoga. The benefits of heat therapy are far-reaching and numerous: increased blood flow and circulation; looser muscles; better sleep; stress management; and
Amenities That Work in Today’s Office Environment These days, the sky’s the limit for office amenities – a phrase that rings especially true in workplaces where rock-climbing walls allow employees to reach new heights, literally. To draw more bodies back into buildings, landlords and employers are going to great lengths
Do You Need a Mental Health Day? When it comes to mental health days, maybe, like Nike, we should all just do it. Granted, not every business has the luxury of closing for a week at a time to allow their employees to rest and recover, but perhaps it’s appropriate
How Financial Health Factors Into Employee Wellness We know all too well the role diet and exercise play in health and wellness, but let’s not forget that money matters too. Because there’s no greater stress or drain on quality of life than struggling to manage bills and expenses, pay debts,
Wide Open Spaces Gain Ground in the Gym If you’re striving to increase usage of your fitness center, it might be time to clear out some equipment. Sound counterintuitive? It’s really not. Because with exercise looking different for many gym goers these days, fitness facilities now find that they can
Wellness at Work Is on the Rise In what comes as no surprise to us here at Aquila, “workplace wellness” is poised to gain some serious ground this year. No longer just a buzzword, it’s become a normal part of doing business.But don’t just take our word for it. The American College
