Keeping active in your own home
Keeping active is vitally important to staying both physically and mentally fit.
You’re recommended to get at least 150 minutes of moderate exercise a week, thats around 20 – 30 minutes a day.
Being active can help to enhance your mood and wellbeing by reducing stress, anxiety and increasing energy levels.
Any amount of physical activity, however small, is good for you. Enjoying short local walks, jogs or cycles is a great way to clear your head and stay active. You can also stay active at home, by walking up and down stairs, dancing, gardening or taking part in a virtual fitness class. It doesn’t matter what you do, as long as you do something that you enjoy and keep moving as the video emphasises.
free NL Leisure online fitness classes
NL Leisure’s brilliant team of instructors have been running a huge variery of live fitness workouts on facebook – missed your favourite class ? all the live fitness sessions are available for play back also 🙂
free on demand conent and apps
A selection of free online exercise platforms with on demand fitness content and apps providers who either provide free access or free extended trials
NHS guides and videos on fitness activities you can do in your home
instructor-led fitness studio exercise videos across our aerobics exercise, strength and resistance, and pilates and yoga categories
Cycle2work is a salary sacrifice scheme. The discount comes from paying off the bike cost straight from your salary. This means you save on tax and national insurance with the bike cost going through as a non cash benefit.
The mylifestyle portal provides colleagues access to wide variety of savings all in one place.
Got a query or a question then check out the supports that are available:
By the end of the 90-minute session you will:
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Hundreds of NLC colleagues are riding bikes they initially got through Cycle2work. In the video Claire Grierson from the Craigneuk Family Learning Centre shares her experience of getting a bike through Cycle2work and on the right Mairi MacVicar a Active School Co-ordinator also shares her experiences.
Clients will be required to arrive at their designated appointment time. There are no waiting areas open.
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With modern technical clothing, staying warm and dry on the bike, no matter how bad the weather, has never been easier. Below British Cycling provides you advice on choosing the correct clothes, getting your layering right and other practical tips for staying warm through the worst of the British winter.
Non-vented aero style road helmets can keep your head warmer, especially when paired with a windproof skullcap or traditional Belgian style winter hat.
Put your trainers on and catch up with a colleague for a walking meeting following socially distancing guidelines. Even if you aren’t working close to colleagues geographically just plug your headphones into your phone and you can get walking and talking 🙂
Agree a lunch date with the team and have a blast with a virtual team lunch cook along. Take your digital device into the kitchen to enjoy everyone’s company over lunch whilst you cook up and eat in the comfort of your own home!
Many colleagues now working remotely have really missed the chance office encounters with team colleagues they maybe didn’t directly work with. That’s those brilliant brief conversations with team members who you hot desked next to or had a chance discussion with in the lift or at the water cooler.
Whether you have the voice of a songbird or sound like some ball-bearings in a blender, singing can have some remarkably positive effects.
Can I keep using reloadable discount cards I have with the previous shopping discounts platform?
There are four different ways you can get a discount depending on the retailer:
eGift cards
Online codes – instant discounts
Discounted retailer websites
