248|What's in Your Wingspan?

Remove the Guesswork: Health, Fitness and Wellbeing for Busy Professionals

If you stand up in your working environment and stretch out your arms, what is within your reach? Chances are, they are most of the things you need to get on with your working life. Find out how you can hack things a little bit to get more movement into your day.

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Topics Discussed in this Episode:

• Looking at what's in your wingspan

• The importance of movement

• Movement snacking

• FAYG (Fitness As You Go)

Key Takeaways:

• Pretty much everything you need to go about your daily business is right there in your wingspan.

• The more we move up to a point, the more energized we feel. Every time we get up and down a desk chair, we're performing a squat. And every time we get up and move about, we're sending fresh oxygenated blood into the brain and to the body.

• The simple thing to do to get a little bit more movement into your day is to force yourself to move more by getting the things you need from another part of the room.

• Scientific research shows that daydreaming is important to give the brain a break, to get away from our screens, and to let the mind wander a little bit.

Action Steps:

• Get a movement snack every hour.

• Make standing your default. Rather than sitting with occasional standing, get yourself a standing workstation or hack one.

• Look at what's in your wingspan in your workspace and move some of the things away. Force yourself to move more by having to get these things from another part of the room.

• Consider working in a different location.

• Try to get as much out of your exercise sessions as you can so they don't take as much time.

• Don't miss the little opportunities to get some movement into your day or to do something positive for your health. Then you might find that the exercise session you planned at the end of the day becomes optional.

Leanne said:

“I think intellectually we all know the importance of movement."

"I think one of the most underappreciated aspects of wellbeing is variety."

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Links to things mentioned in the episode:

• Wellbeing at Work Scorecard - https://wellbeing-at-work.scoreapp.com/

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