5 sporty restaurant-industry lifehacks that keep staff in shape

service trainer and author of the project on increasing profits in restaurants through Restorado service tools

“The restaurant business is like a sport of higher achievements. There is no room for fatigue and bad moods. A waiter’s shift can last up to 18 hours. During this time, he winds up to 20 thousand steps with a tray in his hands, and his face always has a smile on it, and his eyes radiate a sincere desire to help and please the guest. How do they do it? Very simple! The main thing is to know the five sporting lifehacks, which can be adapted to any sphere. Take note!”

Start your morning right

If you have to provide service to more than 100 guests during the day, you should take care of your physical and psychological state from the very morning. To get a charge of vigor and adjust the muscular and nervous system to the working mood perfectly helps complex from yoga Surya Namaskar – “Greetings to the sun”.

Itis proved: this sequence of simple exercises activates almost all muscle groups, stretches the spine, fills the blood with oxygen, restores immunity, gets rid of headaches and muscle tension, helps to cope with depression and pump your stress resistance. The latter is extremely important in the hospitality industry.

Surya Namaskar consists of 12 asanas. The complex should be done slowly and smoothly. No sudden movements! Try to perform each asana with maximum quality and consciousness. The whole practice is built around the inclinations of the spine. It is due to them that the healing effect is achieved.

Pump your back and legs

The most important thing is strong legs and strong arms. Otherwise, carrying trays with dishes of 3-4 kg all day will not work. Therefore, in home training or in the gym, the emphasis should be on exercises to strengthen the back and legs.

Inclines work well. They can be performed both with weight (dumbbells or ordinary plastic water bottles are suitable) and without it. Adjust the number of approaches according to your physical fitness.

There are special asanas in yoga, which pump the back muscles well and develop endurance. For example, “dog face up” or cobra pose.

You can strengthen your legs with squats and lunges.

It is important to build a training regimen so that the muscles have time to rest well before the start of a work shift. Otherwise, you can get the opposite effect and overwork.

Develop neural connections

You can’t do without it nowadays. The ability to perfectly feel your body and consciously manage it will come in handy in the restaurant business (and how else to keep up with everywhere and deftly manage dishes and utensils?), and in any other business. It is not for nothing that psychologists recommend pumping neural connections for both adults and children. The stronger the connection between the nervous and muscular systems, the more harmonious the body looks, the more coherent muscles work and the easier it is to bear long loads.

The simplest workout for forming new neural connections is jumping rope.

For those who have been in sports for a long time, intensive Crossfit training is also suitable. During them develop endurance, flexibility, agility, speed, strength, coordination, cardiovascular performance.

Play in a team

The restaurant business is like soccer. If you do not know how to play in a team – in time to pass the ball, pass, do not pull the blanket on themselves – then you can not dream of a good result. The same principle applies to any other business. Therefore, it is important to develop communication skills, stress resistance and adequate perception of criticism.

Some restaurants are now even introducing a card system of motivation. Almost like in soccer. A red card is a monetary punishment for a flagrant offense, a yellow card is a warning, and a green card is a reward.

Know how to relax

Intensive work, high stress levels, constant contact with employees and guests without quality rest can lead to emotional burnout and depression. That’s why it’s important to know how to relax properly after a busy day at work.

This is where yoga comes to the rescue again. There are several asanas that will reduce muscle tension and balance the emotional state. The simplest exercises are “downward facing dog” pose and stretching pose. Each asana is important to breathe well to feel your body.

Water procedures – swimming in a pool, visiting a sauna or taking a bath with magnesium salt at home – also help to relax. Such baths improve blood circulation, reduce pain in muscles and joints, reduce swelling, normalize hormonal and emotional background.

And, of course, the most important thing: regular and timely sleep. To ensure it, try to adhere to the regime, choose the right pillow, a good mattress and arrange a comfortable sleeping place.