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three pillars. Participants have the chance
to live a healthier life, improve their sense of
wellbeing, and also, shed a few kilos.
Exercise, nutrition, and mental
alertness
Participants who volunteer receive advice
and support from professionals in three
areas: exercise, nutrition, and mental alert-
ness. Employees can choose their main
priority. Employees have been enthusiastic
about the classes (including Zumba, Nordic
march, strength training, support for quit-
ting smoking, and time management) and
more than one hundred signed up from the
very beginning. The program started with
a medical check-up and a medical-sports
exam performed in collaboration with the
University of Salzburg. All participants were
checked for physical aptitude, body mass
index, levels of cholesterol, weight, the level
of sugar in the blood, and blood pressure.
The health of employees is not merely a
private affair; it is also an important factor
affecting productivity. This is also the opi-
nion of Michael Pichler who, as the mana-
ger of Human Resources, helped to design
this initiative. Companies are increasingly
Johann Dorner at the Ironman goal in Klagenfurt, July 2012.
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