How sedentary is your day?
Our bodies weren’t designed to sit all day, but it’s become the norm.
Movement matters. But if your job keeps you glued to a desk, finding the time (and the energy) to move can feel impossible.
In today’s digital world, we’ve trained ourselves to sit for long hours, through meetings, emails, deadlines, even lunch.
The Problem: sitting for too long is taking a toll on our health.
Nearly 1 in 3 adults worldwide aren’t getting enough physical activity to meet even the minimum recommended levels for health.
Sitting and physical inactivity increase your risk of chronic illness, depression, and even early death by 30–50%.
The Solution: five-minute active breaks every hour to move more to protect your health. A quiet rebellion against burnout, backpain, and being “always on”.
To Help you Move More & Break the Sitting Habit
Sitting less sounds simple. But changing our habits, especially during the workday, isn’t always easy.
That’s why we created the ACTIVE BREAK Method: a practical, flexible approach to adding movement into your day, grounded in behavioural science and built for real life.
The ACTIVE BREAK Method is the foundation for our challenges, online course, and coaching. It’s how we help you build on the routines you already have, experiment with small shifts, and find strategies that work for you.
Giving you the tools you need to move more, stress less, and take better care of your long-term health, starting with the workday, because that’s where many of us spend most of our time.
At its core, the ACTIVE BREAK Method is about taking regular 5-minute movement breaks throughout the workday, because being active shouldn’t be an optional extra, it should be woven into how we work, live and take care of ourselves.
Where to Start with Active Breaks
Feeling stuck and looking for inspiration?
Join us on Instagram for a playful, honest and quietly rebellious glimpse into Fiona’s story, a character who wrestles with weight gain, love-hate relationship with the gym and an overwhelming workload. Just like the rest of us.
Perfect if: you’ve realised your days are more sedentary than you’d like, but are not sure where to start making a change.
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Not sure if Active Breaks actually work?
Don’t take our word for it. Pick one of our Challenges and try it for yourself. These quick, practical strategies will help you test the idea of moving more as an intentional part of your day.
Perfect if: you want to start experimenting with integrating more movement in your day.
Try a 5-minute Challenge
Ready to be more active?
Start the Active Break course, a self-paced, science-backed programme designed to help you move more, sit less, and feel better at work. You’ll learn the tools, strategies, and mindset shifts needed to build lasting habits in just 5 minutes at a time.
Perfect if: you want to a quick way to start making a change today.
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Perfect if: you're building consistency and want regular nudges to move more.
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Looking for personal support?
Let’s talk. We offer coaching for individuals and teams who want to build more sustainable movement into their workday. Whether it’s accountability, custom planning, or wellbeing strategy, we’ll help you find what works.
Perfect if: you're looking for more tailored, hands-on support.