Corporate Health

• Over a 10 year period the Canadian Life Assurance Company decreased absenteeism by 23.5% in an employee group exercising 2-3 times per week.
• Teeneco in Canada found employees not in a health & fitness program were 13% less likely to stay with the company.
• In the journal of Occupational Medicine in a 2 year study with 7 companies, 4 companies with a corporate health & fitness program found more positive changes relating to organisational commitment, working conditions, pay and job security.

The best ways to increase productivity levels is to make sure your staff members are all healthy and fit. The Frank Russell Company, in Kent Street, a global investments firm listed 13th in the 2000 Fortune Magazine Top 100 Companies to Work For, finds that staff who train together build strong teamwork skills. Marketing manager Craig Morris says "It's probably the healthiest environment I've worked in," the 36-year old says, and he doesn't just mean physical health. "Stress levels are lower and office politics are virtually non-existent. The fact that we have other things to talk about to one another than just work means it's a friendlier place to work."

Benefits of a Corporate Health and Fitness Program

• Improved productivity and employee effectiveness
• Programs tailored to meet your needs and interests
• Reduction in stress
• Decreased musculoskeletal injuries
• Lower health care costs
• Attract and retain top talent
• Enhance employee satisfaction and morale
• Reduction in absenteeism
• Decreased injury and worker's compensation costs

Our Approach

After completion of an indepth needs analysis Exercise Physiology will:

• Administer staff evaluations including employee health & fitness assessments, dietary habits, personal factors and psychological factors
• Administer staff interest and goal questionnaires tailored to your workplace
• Exercise Physiology will then provide detailed feedback on employee wellbeing, health and interest in a corporate fitness program
• Exercise Physiology will then go about tailoring a suitable health, fitness and stress management program for your company, working within your timeframes and with regular feedback given
• Exercise Physiology can organise staff education sessions on suitable workplace exercises and benefits of correct nutrition to improve workplace efficiency
• Exercise Physiology can organise group exercise classes
• Exercise Physiology can tailor independent programs specific to each employee
• Exercise Physiology can organise inter-staff competitions and co-ordinate sport activities

Profile and History

For over twenty years, Exercise Physiology has prided itself on being able to provide to its corporate and personal clientele a first class health, fitness and stress management approach to each individual's goals.

Upon initial consultation, Exercise Physiology ensures that the programs are specific to employee and employer goals consistent with the company or that individual's direction.

Exercise Physiology is aware that clients work conditions vary and tailor the programs in accordance with the workplace and occupational environment, stress levels, the level of interaction between employees and the specific company's focus.

Exercise Physiology is also aware that corporations are working within a budget and ensures that when working on the establishment or refurbishing of a company gymnasium facility that safety and quality use of equipment is not compromised.

Exercise Physiologoy's focus has been to:

• Create a greater awareness of health and fitness in the workplace and community environment
• Improve employee effectiveness, productivity and efficiency.
• Improve employee strength, workplace capabilities, daily energy and vitality, through staff training and education.
• Decrease injuries, stress levels and sick days.
• Implement personal training systems into health-clubs, companies and sole-traders.
• Ensure all participants undergo a health assessment before commencing any personal training program.

Exercise Physiology is the largest independently owned personal/corporate health and fitness company in Sydney. It is at the forefront of the industry and has the strongest referral network of health professionals in its surrounding areas, along with 10 years of experience in equipment analysis and ability to tailor exercise equipment to client needs.

Services

Overall

• Exercise Physiology provides a complete personal training service for the individual through personal one-on-one, joint or group training tailor-made to meet their individual needs. This is initiated by either the individual or through their company who are looking to improve the health and fitness of their employees.
• Exercise Physiology responds to corporate requests to set up gymnasiums, provide personnel health and fitness assessments, specific training services and seminars, using Exercise Physiology trainers with the goal to motivate and improve employees' health and fitness levels – resulting in a healthier state of both body and mind – providing productivity and social interaction benefits within the company.

Corporate

Ranging from one-on-one customised personal training programs for individual employees, to holding a full needs analysis assessment program for all employees Exercise Physiology qualified trainers are able to tailor specifically a health, fitness and stress management program to be implemented into the company for the individual, providing on-going support and motivation to each individual to achieve their specific goals, resulting in a healthier and happier team of productive employees.

Exercise Physiology can also assist in arranging the necessary facilities to ensure employees can continue with exercise and personal development, by either designing and setting up an onsite gymnasium facility, arranging to hold training sessions at local health club facilities in the area, or supplying a 'mobile' gym to handle the basic training needs of employees.

Specific programs offered are:

• Executive one-on-one personal training.
• Organise group exercise classes in a suitable facility within the company, e.g. boardroom, outdoor areas or at a health club closest to their offices.
• One-off or regular staff fitness assessments and employee evaluation on job effectiveness from a health and fitness point of view.
• Tailor specific training programs to achieve staff goals in accordance with the company direction and budget.
• Provide seminars on increasing employee efficiency and productivity through education on the importance of nutrition and fitness.
• Can organise inter-staff competitions, e.g. sports events, fitness challenges etc.

Exercise Physiology

Individuals with diverse personal health and fitness goals are confidently taken through specific medical/injury screening, blood pressure and resting heart checks, with their goals reviewed and with regular feedback given by Exercise Physiology's trainers, before they ever touch a piece of equipment. They feel safe and secure in the knowledge that they are in the right hands to take on the challenge of improving their health and fitness in a safe and supportive environment.

Specific programs offered are:

• Additional services such as Nutrition analysis and prescription are extended to each client – with a view to enhancing and supporting their physical training program.
• They can receive ongoing support and motivation with goals – by attending regular sessions with Exercise Physiology's qualified personal trainers.
• Postural analysis and the designing of specific strengthening and stretching exercises are also included in the personally designed training program as applicable.
• Special populations – such as diabetes, obesity, injury rehabilitation, asthma, osteoporosis, weight loss, self-defence, sport specific training, work specific environment – can gain benefits from Exercise Physiology trainers who are accredited to perform training services that recognise these specific demographics.
• With the option to have 2-3 sessions per week with a regular Exercise Physiology personal trainer, clients can also be fast-tracked to their personal health and fitness goals, whilst feeling safe and motivated.

Business Partnerships

Exercise Physiology is the first choice of referral work for many health professionals (doctors, physiotherapists, chiropractors and team sport masseurs) as well as insurance-based rehabilitation program companies, as they have every confidence in Exercise Physiology's ability to respond to the specific requirements of their clients, who are going through a process of rehabilitation.

Exercise Physiology is seen as being the practical and supportive next step to working with clients to support and assist them to a back-to-work or full recovery situation, having the necessary qualifications and experience necessary for this level and type of exercise and training.