When you work in an office setting for forty hours a week in such a demanding profession like finance, it can sometimes be difficult to get your daily exercise in. Here are some tips and tricks to help you balance your work life, and exercise life!

1. Staying Healthy in the Office: Working in
Finance and Staying Fit
When you work in finance, it’s easy to fall behind on your fitness
goals. After all, you work a stressful job where you’re sitting at a
desk for most of the day. However, just because you work in
finance doesn’t mean that you have to abandon your health,
fitness and wellness goals. Here’s how to work in finance and still
stay fit.

2. Plan Your Days
If you’ve gotten to a point in your career where you’re actually
working in finance, then chances are that you’re a fairly
disciplined person who knows how to stay organized. Yes, it can
often be difficult to translate academic and career discipline into
fitness and health discipline, but it can be done with some
practice.
One of the best ways to stick to your fitness goals is by planning.
Create a workout schedule that you know you can feasibly stick to
without failing. When it comes to your meals, actually plan out
what you’re going to have for meals and snacks. If you’ve created
an actual written plan, it’s easier to stay on track.
Resist Temptation and Make Little Changes
So much of corporate life is centered around eating. Clients are
entertained at restaurants and snacks are provided in the kitchen
to keep up morale. Furthermore, a lot of the corporate world lends
itself well to lethargy. It’s common to take elevators instead of the
stairs and to never have to walk more than a few steps throughout
the day.
Try to resist temptation at work. Again, this is why planning is so
important. If you’ve brought healthy snacks to the office that fit
into your meal plan, you’ll be less likely to snack on the unhealthy
options in the kitchen. Try to take the stairs instead of the elevator
whenever it’s reasonable. These little adjustments can have a big
impact on your overall fitness.
Use The Benefits and Perks Offered To You
So many people working in finance have a whole host of fitness-
related benefits and perks available to them, yet fail to ever take

3. advantage of them. Your company might offer gym access,
personal training or nutrition coaching. Check with HR and see
what sort of fitness perks are at your disposal. Take advantage of
these programs and benefits.
If you follow these tips, you can stay fit, no matter how stressful
your finance job is. Fitness is a commitment, but it’s one that’s
well worth making.
William Doonan is a tax law and legal expert in New York.