Working Out With Your Co-Workers Is as Bad as You Think

On a recent Thursday afternoon at Euromoney Institutional Investor's Manhattan offices, workers trickle into a conference room toting yoga mats and wearing workout gear. The furniture is shoved into corners, opening up the beige industrial carpet for a dozen people to take a vinyasa class. Midway through the series of sun salutations and warrior poses, everyone is sweaty—especially the guy who didn't change out of his work outfit, and is now suffering the indignity of a lavender button-down clinging to his torso. After an hour of flow, the group collapses onto the floor for Corpse Pose. Lying on their backs, arms and legs flopped alongside their bodies, they look like a napping kindergarten class.

Euromoney holds on-site yoga for its 500 New York-based employees twice a week as part of its corporate wellness program. The class, subsidized by the company, costs $5 to attend, and participants earn points that help them save up to $360 a year on their health insurance premiums.