Mother & Baby Magazine August 2019
Our Founder Julia featured in Mother & Baby Magazine this month. Read the full article to find out how she’s been running Exercise in the City since having her little one! 
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Top Santé Magazine – Tips for toned arms
Top Santé Magazine December 2017
Check out the Christmas issue featuring our Founder Julia’s easy arm toning tips and exercises.
Practice 1 and 3 at your desk… and easy way to get moving more during the working day!
Top Santé Magazine – Fit tip of the month
Top Santé Magazine November 2017
Our Founder Julia featured in Top Santé Magazine this month with her fit tip for keeping more active in the workplace during the festive season.
Team lunches, office parties, chocolate everywhere!… with so many temptations in the workplace, it can be hard to find the time and motivation to exercise in December. Find easy ways to be more active during your working day. Anything that gets your heart beating a little faster will help; An active commute – walk, run or cycle to work. Use your lunch break – organise a workplace fitness class or go for a brisk walk with colleagues. Take to the stairs – 15 minutes up and down your office stairwell will burn a few extra calories. Or park further away from work – you’ll be amazed how many more steps you’ll achieve.
Sky News – Top tips for getting active in the workplace
Our Founder Julia Scodie featured on Sky News yesterday with her top tips for getting active in the workplace.
Julia was asked to comment following Public Health England’s (PHE) shocking statement that six million adults in England are so physically inactive that they are not even doing ‘a monthly brisk 10-minute walk’.
According to PHE the severity of the current physical inactivity epidemic amongst adults contributes to 1 in 6 deaths in the UK and is costing the NHS over £0.9 billion per year.
You’ll be able to view the full Sky News interview here shortly. In the meantime here are Julia’s top tips to help you get more active during the working week.
Add a brisk walk to your commute
By simply getting off the tube or bus a stop earlier or parking a little further away from your office or station, if you drive, you can easily increase the amount of physical activity you’re doing each day.
Quick & easy stretch you can do at your desk
Deskercise
Every hour or so try some simple stretches and exercises you can do seated or standing at your desk. Great for improving posture too rather then sitting slumped at your computer all day.
Use your lunch break
Get into the habit of leaving your desk and making the most of your lunch break. Take a walk or even organise a fitness class at your office for you and your colleagues. We can help with that!
Create an active culture in your team
If you struggle to motivate yourself, encourage your colleagues to join you too. Why not think about organising a weekly walking session with your team? Make it part of your routine. Or even planning ‘walking meetings’ – much better than being sat in a stuffy meeting room!
Sky News interview
Get your arms moving – simple exercise you can do at your desk!
Public Health England Report: 6 million adults do not do a monthly brisk 10 minute walk
Sky News article: Millions fail to walk briskly for 10 minutes a month
office* show round-up
We had a fantastic two days at the office* show at London Olympia last week.
Our founder, Julia Scodie, chaired a Workplace Health and Wellbeing panel discussion in the Keynote Theatre. Thank you to Femina Makkar, London Sport lead for the Workplace Challenge and Xenia Koumi, Project officer for Business Healthy, who joined the panel.
It was great to chat to so many of you over at our stand where we were giving taster Workplace Stretch Sessions throughout the show.
If you missed us there, please do feel free get in touch. Find out more about our workplace Pilates, Yoga and fitness classes and tips and advice for championing Health and Wellbeing in your office. Email julia@exerciseinthecity.com
Workplace Stretch with our Leading Yoga instructor Meg
Thanks to all to came along to our Health and Wellbeing talk at the office* show
About the office* show
The largest event of its kind, office*connects PAs, EAs, VAs and Office Managers with a host of exhibitors. Education & experience is at the core of the show; with its keynote theatre and seminars offering seminars, workshops, panel discussions and presentations.
The Guardian – How to be more healthy at work in 2017
The Guardian Online January 2017
How to be more Healthy at Work in 2017
After the festive over-indulgence, experts shared their tips for keeping fit and healthy in the workplace. Our Founder Julia featured with her top tip for an active lunch break!
Healthy Workplace Charter Awards
A fantastic initiative backed by the London Mayor, the Healthy Workplace Charter provides clear and easy steps for employers to make their workplaces healthier and happier.
Our Founder Julia Scodie was invited to speak at the Awards ceremony held at City Hall last month.
The ceremony recognised and celebrated organisations dedicated to creating healthier working environments for their staff. It was such an honour to be invited to speak and to meet so many employers who are passionate about their staff Health and Wellbeing.
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bout the London Healthy Workplace Charter
The Charter provides a framework for action to help employers build good practice in health and work in their organisation. It’s essentially a set of standards that organisations must meet in order to receive an official accreditation (and award).
Standards include: Physical activity, healthy eating and mental health and wellbeing. To date over 140 organsations have been accredited with more than 260,000 employees benefitting. The Charter is open to all employers; private, public, big, small and across industries.
Find out more about the Health Workplace Charter and register your interest
Did you know?
Almost 14 million working days a year are lost to sickness absence in London.
An average London firm of 250 employees can lose up to £250,000 a year, or £4,800 per week,
due to sickness absence.
Physically active workers take 27% fewer sick days than non-physically active counterparts and happier workers are 12% more productive than average, with unhappy workers 10%productive.
The Guardian – Wellbeing at Work
The Guardian Online November 2016
Tips on staying healthy in the Workplace
Our founder Julia featured on the expert panel for this live Q&A.
Health Club Management Magazine
Rooftop roundup… our season at Coq D’Argent
We took our workplace Pilates classes out the office to the fabulous roof terrace at Coq D’Argent. It was so great to wake up with the City and teach in this beautiful setting. Feedback from everyone who came was fantastic.
Staff from; The City of London Police, Goodman Masson, CBRE Global Investors, Schroders, London Sport, Janikin Rooke, Grey London, Standard Charter (..to name a few) joined us on the roof. 
Pixxie Lott even came along to a class!
We were so lucky with the weather and ran the classes through August to the end of October. Classes were taught by our Founder Julia. Read on for some rather lovely reviews and photo highlights
“I’ve been to Pilates with Julia before at London Sport HQ, so when I heard about the morning rooftop classes, it was an offer I couldn’t refuse! Julia’s a fantastic teacher and very inspirational. Her enthusiasm set again the backdrop of a sunrise against London skyline is one of the best ways to start a Friday morning. 
I was utterly hooked. I’m really upset it’s winter now, so we aren’t able to do it anymore – I’ll definitely be back with the sun next year!” Lizzie Stanton, Funding Manger – London Sport
“I just wanted to thank you for the class this morning, we all really enjoyed it – what a great way to start the day!” Natasha Brady, Project Coordinator –
City of London Police
“What better way to start the day than with a Pilates class on the roof of Coq d’Argent?! When Julia first approached me with the idea I thought it was just great, and the team agreed. We booked out an entire session. It was such a success that we rebooked a few weeks later. Everyone loved the class and raved about Julia’s teaching style. A thoroughly enjoyable and recommended class.”
Louise Goddard, EA – Goodman Masson
“Initially I thought the early mornings would be difficult to take. But, once I’d got myself to the Coq d’Argent rooftop on a warm summer’s morning, I wished I could do Pilates with Julia up there every day! A true escape from London’s morning chaos, I almost skipped to work after every class. Can’t wait for next year.”
Ana Saffer, Account Manager – Grey London
“Early morning Pilates on the roof at Coq D’Argent was definitely worth getting up for! The setting was fabulous and Julia was excellent at making the class work really well for all levels of abilities. We rewarded ourselves with a work breakfast after the session and got to work buzzing and energized”.
Janikin Rooke staff
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