There are 120 hours in a five-day workweek. If you spend 40 hours at work each week, that’s one-third of your time — and 2,080 hours total per year. How much of this time do you spend sitting at your workstation? Could you be using more of it to improve your quality of life as well as your work efficiency?

Prolonged sitting can lead to various health conditions. Two immediate effects include weight gain and high blood pressure, which are risk factors for chronic illnesses like cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. Not to mention, prolonged sitting leads to back, neck and shoulder pain. Eventually, in addition to putting you at risk for chronic illness, this unhealthy habit will affect your work performance, productivity, happiness and wellness in the workplace.

In order to combat these adverse effects and keep yourself in prehab, it’s crucial that you break up periods of sitting with sporadic movement. You can do so by standing up, taking a short walk or stretching throughout your day.

The Move More initiative aims to create awareness and promote movement to break up periods of sitting throughout the workday. This initiative is something that is important to not only the physical and mental health of our community members, but also the long-term productivity and efficiency of our teams.

Want to learn more? Check out our Move More resources page for more tips and printable handouts.