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Meeting Formats That Move You: 25+ Ways to Build Movement Into Your Meetings

What if meetings didn’t just drain your energy but gave it back? This guide offers 25+ creative ways to integrate movement into meetings, from walking 1:1s to stretch breaks and standing bingo. Designed for real teams (and real calendars), these formats energise without adding friction. Whether you’re leading, hosting, or barely surviving back-to-back Zooms, there’s a smarter, more dynamic way to meet.

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How Much Exercise Do I Need to Do?

You don’t need the gym, gruelling spin classes, or endless hours to meet the physical activity guidelines for good health. Find out what counts as exercise and how you can turn your workday into a workout, without making it weird.

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How Long Should a Meeting Be?

Are your meetings dragging on longer than they need to?  Dive into the strategy behind smarter, shorter meetings. Learn why most sessions don’t need a full hour, how to match meeting length to purpose, and what five extra minutes can do for your brain, body, and to-do list. Start strong, end early, and take your time back.

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Do You Really Need Another Meeting?

Back-to-back calls. Vague agendas. Calendar clutter that eats your day before you’ve even started. In a world full of Zoom fatigue, we don’t just need fewer meetings, we need better ones. Let’s rethink when to meet, saying no, and reclaim your schedule for the things that matter: deep work, meaningful movement, and decisions that don’t require another “quick catch-up.”

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42 Top Tips to Keep Your Meetings Short and Productive

Back-to-back meetings. Vague agendas. Too many people, not enough decisions. Sound familiar? This practical guide helps you rethink your meetings, from purpose to follow-through, to reclaim time, protect focus, and make space for real work (and movement). Whether you're a team lead, calendar-weary remote worker, or someone just trying to stand up between Zoom calls, these tips will help you run meetings that energise instead of exhaust.

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Movement by Design: Managing Meetings for Focus, Energy and Flow

Back-to-back Zoom calls. No time to move. Sound familiar? In today’s meeting-heavy world, we’ve traded our five-minute sprints across the office for digital fatigue. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Making sessions shorter, more focused, and better structured can free up time for movement, reduce cognitive strain, and boost your team’s energy. With science-backed benefits and practical tips, this isn’t just a guide to better meetings, it’s a movement strategy in disguise. 

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Turn Your Chores Into Cardio: 31 Domestic Tasks That Count towards your Fitness Goals (Yes, Really)

Think scrubbing the floor doesn’t count as exercise? Think again. From vacuum lunges to compost cardio, this science-backed guide shows how housework can boost your health, break up sedentary time, and actually count as fitness. With 31 chore-based activities, expert insight, and playful tips, you’ll see your to-do list in a whole new (more active) light.

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Reimagining Exercise: Movement That Fits Your Life

Feeling stuck when it comes to exercise? You’re not alone. For many women in their 40s, fitness feels like a never-ending to-do list or something we “should” be doing. But what if movement wasn’t a chore but a choice? Let’s rethink what fitness really means and explore how to build everyday, flexible habits that fit your real life so you can do everything you want.

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Boosting Productivity: How Movement Can Augment Performance

Sitting for extended periods can reduce productivity and wellbeing. Explore the effects of prolonged sitting on cognitive function and discover strategies for incorporating regular movement breaks to boost focus, energy, and work performance.

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Introducing the Active Break Intervention

Explore the "Active Break" intervention designed to combat sedentary behaviour in the workplace. Understand how behaviour change theory can boost health, productivity, and overall wellbeing to make movement a regular part of your daily work routine.

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