Don’t become a cube potato: Get out of your chair and get healthy

Article Post: IT World.com

Gadgets, apps, and sneaky tricks for a healthy lifestyle

Gadgets can also help incite (literally) healthy rivalry among formerly sedentary co-workers. “Investing in an inexpensive pedometer to track the number of steps you take in your workday and challenging your department or company makes for a great competition,” says Keri Cawthorne, owner of Iron Mountain Movement. “Employees taking in the challenge would have to find creative ways to add exercise to their day, encouraging them to take the stairs, take the long way around if they were on an interoffice errand, or getting out and about at lunch.” And if you don’t want to shell out for another doodad to carry around, you can always download one of the many available iPhone pedometer apps. read entire article

By Josh Fruhlinge