Some of us can’t help but fall into the office work trap because let’s face it, it pays the bill! It’s however not as straightforward as just quitting your high-pressure office job but this doesn’t mean that you can’t minimise your stress levels with the aid of various work-balance remedies e.g. exercise!

We will now go through some of the key benefits exercise can have on a truly overworked office worker. If you’re one of them, you will fully comprehend with this!

Exercise benefit one: it's a form of stress relief

The truth is, one can be easily stressed out when working in an office environment. It could literally be anything ranging from conflicting opinions with your team members to a boardroom meeting not running as smoothly as you would’ve anticipated. Whatever the case, a swift solid workout can help relieve your daytime acquired stress from the office within minutes! In fact, our office furniture experts here at Calibre are also great advocates of health and fitness and have been following this healthy lifestyle for many years!

Exercise benefit two: allows for some crucial ‘ME’ time

Let’s face it, when you’re working in an office there is hardly any privacy and your chance to have some ‘ME’ time unless you have a luxurious private office with your own designer office desk and set of high-end office chairs for you and your visitors. With this in mind therefore, going for a workout on your own after work can help you switch off from the rest of the world and have that ‘ME’ time you deserve from an immensely hectic workday. Agreed?

Exercise benefit three: can help with new idea generation

We’re confident several would agree that the best ideas can come to us in the most unexpected and extraordinary places and I’m not just talking superb idea generation in the shower! These fantastic ideas can occur to us at the gym too, when we’re in a completely focused yet relaxed state of mind.

Although we encourage you to continue having team brainstorm sessions at work and not rule this out, we would still advise you to still keep an eye out for creative idea generation during your workouts too!  

To summarise:

We have now reached the end of our discussion on how exercise can help an overwhelmed and stressed out office worker. We have personally noticed a positive difference with incorporating exercise into our lives. It has proved to have a great deal of benefits for us including an improvement with staff productivity and overall staff motivation in the workplace so why don’t you try this out too if you haven’t done so already.

On a seperate note....

If you want to lighten your workload and lower your stress levels further then you could also look into appointing an virtual assistant. Online Office Services Ltd are experts in setting up VA services for businesses so get in touch with them if this is something that is of interest to you.

Thank you for your time, we hope you’ve enjoyed reading this article!