Tag Archive for health and wellness

One global study found that employees get interrupted every 11 minutes — and require another 23 minutes to get back into the flow.

3 Exercises That Will Make You a Better Entrepreneur

by Mike Taylor • September 2, 2016 • 0 Comments

If getting in a morning run meant you’d be more successful, would you do it?

When This Boss Walks 10 Miles a Day, She Leads a Much Healthier Team

by Beth Mock LeBlanc • May 26, 2016 • 0 Comments

Leading by example is important for every business owner looking to improve his or her team’s health.

Are the Famous Valley Perks Undermining Employee Health?

by Jeff Ruby • March 29, 2016 • 0 Comments

Hyper-personalization of wellness perks are necessary to improve the health of employees in Silicon Valley.

What You Need to Know About Employee Health Scorecards

by Matt Straz • January 28, 2016 • 0 Comments

Some companies, persuaded by data linking better employee health and better company performance, will report on workforce health just as they do financials.

4 Important Ways to Look at Employee Well-Being 'Holistically'

by Matt Straz • December 14, 2015 • 0 Comments

Employee well-being is so much more than just nutrition and sick days, and management is taking note.

Herbalife Kicks Off Triathlon Season With Sponsorships

by Tina Williams • September 14, 2015 • 0 Comments

Global nutrition company Herbalife(HLF) kicked off a busy triathlon season this past weekend as part of a larger year-long sponsorship of major endurance events across the United States.

“We are excited to once again be involved in the sponsorship of triathlons across the country,” said Michael Johnson, chairman and CEO, Herbalife. “The endurance community is one we have a longstanding relationship with, both through the events we are involved with around the world, and the successful athletes who benefit from our sports nutrition products.”

For the eighth straight year, Herbalife was a sponsor of the LA Triathlon at Torrance Beach. As this year’s “Official Fluid Replacement” provider for the LA Triathlon, Herbalife provided its recovery and hydration products to athletes to ensure participants received the nutrition needed to complete the triathlon. More than a thousand triathletes and approximately

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Former Pro Football Player Puts Skin In The Visalus Weight-Loss Game

by Tina Williams • September 4, 2015 • 0 Comments

At 46, John Robinson weighed in at 531 lbs. ABC’s Extreme Weight Loss gave him the opportunity to set and achieve major weight-loss goals. Read on to learn how he became a member of the 200-lb. Club.
A Dream Deferred
John was in the best shape of his life while he was part of the military and later during college. His weight gain started after he was injured playing professional football.

“I lost my dream at that point,” says John. “My main focus in life was to become a professional athlete and I got that chance, briefly, but after my injury I stopped going to the gym. Depression set in.”

John went on to become a surgical ICU nurse and now works with post op open heart patients at the VA hospital in Washington D.C. Despite