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" In summer, when everyone around you is half-naked, you want to wear shorts and look human. "

-- Micaela Stavrinos, an administrative assistant at the executive office of University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Some workplaces make exercise convenient and a bonding activity, particularly during summer when the work pace slows.

At Kip Hunter Marketing in Fort Lauderdale, the account executives engage in friendly exercise competition using Fitbits and compare their steps weekly.

At MBAF, an accounting firm, employees in the Coral Gables office go from their desks to bootcamp in the conference room on Monday nights. Attendance is up in summer. “We all encourage each other to go. It’s fun and easy,” says MBAF Marketing Director Wolfgang Pinther.

Read more at the Miami Herald.