Wellness: Arrival of the Fitness
From June 2007
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"In the era we are in with rising healthcare (costs)," Granger says, "we've seen that employers are taking a big interest in fitness in the workplace."
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Tammy Fields, a 37-year-old service specialist at USAA in Sacramento, is indebted to the company's fitness program.
She enjoys the convenience of leaving her work station and in minutes being aboard a stationary bicycle or bending deep during an aerobics class.
For years, Fields suffered from high blood pressure, which she controlled by ingesting prescription medication. She devoted herself to exercise and weaned herself off the prescriptions, and for the last three years, she says, her blood pressure has been normal.
"The fact that I have a gym to go to is what did it," she says. "If it wasn't here at USAA, I wouldn't be exercising at all."
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