WeAreTheCity May 2016
Are you getting enough exercise?
Finding the time to exercise and get active during your working week is so important. Especially if you spend much of your day sat at a desk.
We wrote a blog post for WeAreTheCity to mark Workplace Health Week stressing the importance of taking the time to fit physical activity into your working day.
Read the full article
We’re passionate about getting London office workers active and we’re working with London Sport supporting Workplace Health Week (23-27 May) offering you the chance to win a fitness class at your London office.
Staff at London Sport getting active with a lunch break Pilates class
The Prize
One of our fantastic instructors will come along to your workplace to teach one of our classes. All you need is a free meeting room or space in your office and some willing colleagues!
How to enter
There are five classes up for grabs… simply enter your details below to be in with a chance to win one!
You can double your chances of winning by Following us on Twitter and Tweeting
@EITCLondon I’m aiming to reach my 150 mins exercise this week & I’d love a fitness class at my office for @WorkplaceChall #MakeaDeal2016
Competition closes midnight on Sunday 29th May 2016
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About Workplace Health Week
Workplace Health Week is a campaign to raise awareness of the benefits of exercising during the working day. The focus of this year’s campaign is to ‘Make a deal’, encouraging employers to ‘make a deal’ with their employees, colleagues and themselves to introduce physical activity to their lunchtime routine.
Did you know?
40% of people in England do not exercise enough.Lack of exercise contributes to an estimated cost of £14.9 billion to businesses in lost working days.
According to recent research from the British Heart Foundation National Centre for Physical Activity and Health (BHFNC), employees cited that time was the biggest barrier to exercise and commonly said that a working day and a commute left them feeling tired with little time to exercise in the evening.
To overcome this Workplace Health Week is encouraging employers to focus on flexible working and active lunch breaks to help bring physical activity into and around the working day.
Find out more and sign up to the Workplace Challenge by visiting
www.workplacechallenge.org.uk/London
We at Exercise in the City can make it easy for you to keep your ‘get fit’, ‘exercise every week’, ‘be more Active’ New Year’s resolutions for 2016.
Our fantastic team of fitness instructors will bring your choice of exercise class to you at your workplace… so no excuses!
All you need is a free room or space in your office, push any desks and chairs aside and away you go. Classes can be held during your lunch break, before or after work. It’s a convenient way to fit exercise into your working day.
Pilates, Yoga, HIIT, Circuits, Zumba, Boot camp, Abs Blast, lunch break 30-minute express classes and more…
We offer your choice of class and will adapt the session to suit your space.
We’re passionate about getting workplaces active and deliver fun classes for all levels. Whether you’re a complete beginner, or a fitness pro, we’re committed to helping you achieve your fitness and health goals.
Classes from just £5 per person. An easy and time efficient way for busy Londoners to exercise… So no excuses not to get, and stay, active in 2016.
To find out more and book a taster class for your workplace contact us today!
We were delighted to support Teach First’s wellbeing day last week for employees at their London office.
The day kicked off with taster exercise classes for staff. An hour’s Pilates session followed by a high intensity Abs Blast half hour!
The afternoon was a little more relaxing with the lovely Lisabetta and Fabio giving back and shoulder chair massages for staff to enjoy.
Poppy Richards, Programme Coordinator at Teach First said of the day:
“Thank you SO much for yesterday. The day was a real success and I have had so many staff members come up to me to say the same. One colleague said the Pilates was the best Pilates class she has been to, so credit to you!
I thoroughly enjoyed my massage with Fabio, even though it was only 15 minutes it was so relaxing and made all the tension in my shoulders go.“
Organising a wellbeing day for your staff is a great way to show your commitment to your employee’s health and wellbeing. We can help support your day and tailor make a package of options to suit your workplace and objectives.
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The clocks go back; it’s darker earlier, days get colder, you’re finding it harder to motivate yourself to leave the office at lunchtime & an increased desire to go straight home after work and not exercise… Sound familiar?!
Yes it’s that time of year again… and we had such a fabulously long and warm summer, I fear the impending darkness will be sure to hit us Londoners hard! It will be at least 5-6 months before we can enjoy after-work jogs in the sun, lunchtimes spent sat wherever we can find a piece of green, waking up to the sun streaming in through the curtains…. Feeling depressed yet?!
So you know you’re going to find it hard to motivate yourself to keep active right? Not leaving the office for your usual lunch time walk – preferring to microwave some soup and browse the internet instead. And then rushing home from work to stay warm on the sofa and catch up on the latest box set is far more tempting than the gym or an exercise class after work.
Do not fear …. Exercise in the City is here to help!
We bring lunch-time or before/after-work Pilates classes (or any other fitness class of your choice) to you at your London office. It’s easy to organise, low-cost and a great way to keep active during your working day.
Did you know? Melatonin is a hormone that affects sleep. It’s produced by a small gland in your brain (pineal gland). When it’s dark, the pineal gland produces melatonin to make you feel sleepy. So in winter, when we’re exposed to less sunlight, some people produce higher amounts of melatonin. This results in symptoms such as sleepiness & low energy levels *
Physical activity is a great way to keep energised, stay motivated and can also help combat the effects of SAD (Seasonal affective disorder, also known as ‘winter depression’)…. And if we’re coming to office each week…. you’ve no excuses!
Contact Julia at julia@exerciseinthecity.com to find out more and book your first session today.
Huffington Post UK invited Julia, Exercise in the City Founder, into their London office to teach a lunch-time Pilates class for staff last week. This is what they had to say via @HuffPoLifestlye …
Julia from @eitcLondon brings a bit of calm to the HuffPost offices pic.twitter.com/p785g0Rvpx
— HuffPostUK Lifestyle (@HuffPoLifestyle) June 13, 2014
Julia from @eitcLondon brings a bit to calm to the HuffPost offices pic.twitter.com/p785g0Rvpx
— HuffPost UK Life (@HuffPostUKLife) June 13, 2014
Find out more about organising Pilates Classes in your office
Hands up if one of your new years resolutions was ‘do more exercise’ … ‘get fit’… ‘go to the gym more often’... ?
Hands up if by the end of January you’re pretty sure you’ll be back to your old ways?! After all January is wet, cold, grey… the last thing you want to do is go to the gym or for a run after work when it’s dark and rainy.
Exercise in the City makes it easy and affordable to keep your ‘do more exercise’ new years resolution.
I bring Pilates and other fitness classes direct to you at your London office or home. So no need to go to the gym, drag yourself out into the cold and. no excuses!
… at work
All you need is a free room or space in your office and some willing colleagues.
Classes can be held during a lunch break, before or after work.
Find out more about exercise classes in your office
… at home
Private Pilates classes in the comfort of your own home.
First session includes a free postural analysis so I can design your personal workout plan and help you achieve your fitness goals. I am also qualified to teach pre and post natal ladies so can help you stay active whilst pregnant or get your pre-baby body back.
Find out more about private Pilates classes in your home.
Today is the launch of Exercise in the City!
I recently took the plunge and left my full-time Project Manager job to focus on setting up Exercise in the City. Like everyone, I found motivating myself to go to the gym after a tiring day at the office hard. So I make it easier by bringing a range of classes to offices and homes across London.
Bringing fitness to you…
… at work
All you need is a free room or space in your office and some willing colleagues. Classes can be held during a lunch break, before or after work.
Find out more about fitness classes at your office
… at home
Private Pilates classes in the comfort of your own home.
First session includes a postural analysis so I can design your personal workout plan and help you achieve your fitness goals.
Find out more about Pilates classes at your home
For more details or to book your first session contact me at julia@exerciseinthecity.com
I look forward to hearing from you