ff Venture Capital was recently profiled in The Roger, an online magazine that profiles creative workspaces. The feature, titled “Fitness Financed: Motion, Margin, Risk & Reward,” offers an inside look into ff VC’s 5,000 square-foot “fitness office”. The twelve-page spread has beautiful photos of some of our “healthy office” practices, including Pilates balls to replace traditional chairs,...
[Continue Reading]Personal Training in Your Hallways
Personal trainer Jake Koenig reached out to us to request to run a minimum viable product trial of his in-office fitness training service. We’re always glad to help entrepreneurs, and we are a bit obsessed with making our fitness office even more effective, so more than half of our office volunteered to be beta clients....
[Continue Reading]Reinventing the Office: How to Lose Fat and Increase Productivity at Work
Fitness/life guru Tim Ferriss just posted my guest article on ff Venture Capital’s approach to building a fitness office. (Thanks Tim!) I’ve attached below my original, much more detailed blog post about the details of how we’ve designed our office to help people stay healthy and be as productive as possible. (UPDATE: ff Venture Capital...
[Continue Reading]Ultimate Office for Fitness, Post #2—Photos and Coverage
We’ve received a very positive response to our post about creating a fitness-friendly office. Daily Burn posted some photos, and we thought some additional ones would be interesting. Our intern Matt Fairbank took the photos below. When visitors enter the office, the first thing they see is our portfolio: Though most of the office is...
[Continue Reading]The Ultimate Office for Athletes and People Seeking a Healthier Lifestyle
When Arnold Schwarzenegger first came to America and started becoming the world’s most successful bodybuilder, he and fellow bodybuilder Franco Columbu worked during the day as bricklayers. Effectively, their work was their workout. Plus, of course, they hit the gym hard and heavy. Unfortunately, most people are not that lucky — we work hunched over...
[Continue Reading]Can You Get Fit in Six Minutes a Week?
(Image via Wikipedia) The NY Times has a piece on Can You Get Fit in Six Minutes a Week?. For more on efficient exercises techniques, see the Tabata Protocol, which I learned about from Charles Staley. Of course, there is also a scientifically proven method to become more fit and lose weight without changing your...
[Continue Reading]Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.
Michael Pollan has a lengthy, excellent article in the NY Times on “Nutritionism“: how modern technology can make your food less healthy. I strongly recommend it, particularly for people sensitive to their health and their weight. The bullet points at the end are critical, and will save you a lot of money buying diet books...
[Continue Reading]Sports and entrepreneurship
“For CEOs and CEOs-to-be, sports may be a more effective training ground than any business school, according to both psychologists and entrepreneur athletes themselves.” http://trax.inc.com/k/w/mailman/inc_leading/20070117/athletes...
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