Forget Happy Hour & Lunch Hour; Introducing 'Exercise Hour'

Move over, lunch hour. Step aside, happy hour. There’s a new hour in town. Check that, exercise hour.

At Overit Media, it’s become the norm. Managing director Jen Graybeal told FastCompany, “It kind of started off more as a joke.”

She announced, “Listen, ladies and gentlemen. We’re gonna do some exercising.” And thus, a power walk during lunch time was born which evolved into a full on exercise program. In fact, now it’s part of the company culture. 

Calling their program “OverFit,” every hour Overit’s Albany-based employees are invited to take a quick exercise break every hour on the hour for only two minutes.

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