Recharge
Spring is here and it’s time to ‘Recharge’ with our April Challenge. We want you to push yourself with a streak of consecutive days filled with movement and exercise.
Whether it's a brisk walk in the morning, a lunchtime yoga session, or a weekend cycling adventure, every type of activity counts towards your daily Recharge Streak.
To count towards your daily streak, a day must have one activity of 20 minutes or longer. If you can score a streak of eight days in a row you’ll go into a prize draw to win a £50 M&S voucher.
Push Yourself
"All progress takes place outside the comfort zone."
- Michael John Bobak, artist
March Movers - Closed
31 days. 25 activities. £50 Nike voucher up for grabs! Let's shake off the winter blues and spring forward this March.
For every March activity that’s 20 minutes or longer, you’ll be awarded one March Point. If you can achieve a score of 25 points before the clocks change on the 31 March, you’ll go into our prize draw to win a £50 Nike voucher.
You can join in and score points however you like to move, whether you're a strolling star, cycling cyclone or cardio-crusader.
This is a tough challenge but you've got this! Power up this March and be a March Mover.
April Strava Challenges
🔥 Get moving in April with #MoveWithAviva - Aviva Health UK and Joe Wicks challenge you to 300 mins of movement during April for the chance to win a £5,000 wellbeing break!
🔥 adidas 26.2 Challenge - Run 26.2 miles in April to unlock exclusive adidas rewards.
🔥 April 5K x Brooks Challenge - From first attempts to PRs, chase your best 5K run with Brooks.
🔥 fizik Spring Leadout - Ride to win a dream bike from Standert and prizes from fizik and friends.
Umme Salma Bibi, Peak Performer
Among our recent Peak Performers on Active Teams is Umme Salma Bibi, a Counsellor in training & CYP well-being practitioner at Invictus Wellbeing, a charity which supports and improves the mental health and well-being of children and young people across West Yorkshire.
We asked Umme how she stays so active and if she has any tips and insights on maintaining an active and healthy lifestyle in the workplace.
30 Day Plank Challenge
Did you know that as we age, our bodies naturally begin to lose strength and muscle mass, reducing our ability to perform everyday activities? On average, people can lose about 3% to 5% of their muscle mass each decade after age 30. The good news is that resistance training can greatly reduce the rate of muscle and strength loss with age.
The NHS guidelines advise that we should be doing strengthening activities that work all the major muscle groups on at least 2 days a week. But don't feel you need to join a gym. Check out this plank challenge from Darebee that doesn't require any equipment. You may do a plank hold to strengthen your abs and core but a plank, really, is a whole-body workout. Can you do the whole 30 days?
