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Your HR department and the big cheeses\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ein the C-suite want to do something good for you, but sending you to do the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecorporate workout (The Workout) is not good for them, you, or your company.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe truth is that many successful Americans get physical activity, but\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethey don’t get the right kind of physical activity. One in four Americans\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edoes absolutely no exercise. Yet, “exercise is the single best thing” a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eprofessional like you can do for mood and memory, according to Business\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInsider. 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The Workout takes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eplace in a room filled with free weights, weight machines, and TVs to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etake your mind off the drudgery of whatever exercise you’re performing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere’s also spinning, treadmills, benches, inclining sit-up boards, and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emirrors. Lots of mirrors. Got to have those mirrors to admire yourself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Workout takes an hour to complete, usually more, and that’s Problem\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e#1. Be honest with yourself: do you really have this kind of time to spend\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eon a workout? With your schedule? With your deadlines? With all that’s\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eexpected of you? At work? 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You’ve sat to do curls with free weights, you’ve sat\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto do leg presses, you’ve sat to do lat pulls, you’ve sat during spin class—\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eyou’ve been on your butt during the entire workout!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen, to top it off, you’ve been on your back and sat up 25 times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eperforming “crunches,” as sit-ups are known to members of that secret\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esociety that makes up Corporate Workout World.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou might be saying that The Workout is better than nothing. But no,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eyou’re wrong. Only walking is better than nothing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll that sitting, as you know by now, is killing you. 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