Why Group Personal Fitness Training Sessions Can Benefit Your Business Big Time. Read on to find out how your business can entice workers back to the office cost effectively.
Why Personal Fitness Training Can Get London Workers Flocking Back To The Office
This post-pandemic world of home working, hybrid working, and going into the office less than we need to suits most of us down to the ground.
Staff are now going into the office an average of 1.4 days a week here in the UK – compared to 3.8 days a week pre-pandemic.
But another big upside to this extra flexibility is that most companies in Britain have really upped their game when it comes to looking after the health and wellness of their employees.
More firms have been investing in gyms within their headquarters, reconfiguring offices to create space for fitness and yoga classes…and this now appears to be playing a part in more employees flocking back to the office.
The percentage working exclusively from home has fallen from 22% in February this year to 14% by May, according to data from the Opinions and Lifestyle Survey (OPN).
Is your London business looking for a way to get more people back in the office working and socialising again – whilst also looking after their health and wellbeing as a caring employer?
We’ve got the answer: group personal fitness training sessions.
Why Group Personal Fitness Training Sessions Can Benefit Your Business Big Time
A healthy workforce is a happy workforce, and investment in health and wellbeing programs go a long way when it comes to motivating and supporting your employees.
That’s why big tech firms like Google and Apple have had company gyms in place forever, while elsewhere subsidised health club memberships have become a familiar employee benefit.
But we’re guessing your firm doesn’t quite have the same budget as Google, and the gym is definitely not for everybody.
A much simpler option is a variety of group fitness sessions that cater to everybody – and can be delivered at your workplace by a team of personal trainers.
This means no huge investment in a fancy new gym or costly equipment for you. It also brings staff together, builds the team, boosts the mood of your employees, increases productivity – and ultimately shows you really care for their wellbeing.
In an interview with WorkLife News about work fitness programs, Robert S Montgomery-Rice, president and CEO of Bangor Savings Bank in the US, said: “Anything we can do to help employees stay healthy is a win for everyone. It means they are more productive employees — more engaged with their teammates and our clients.”
The Answer To Corporate Health And Wellness In London
Here at The Fitness Guru London, our expert personal trainers supplement your corporate health and wellness programs with group personal training sessions for your employees.
We run these for up to 10 colleagues at a time, and each personal fitness training session with the group is structured as follows:
- Warm-up
- Balanced workouts
- Cool down
- Flexibility and stretching
The workouts are personalised and tailored for the group. This is not a ‘one size fits all’ approach and is not ‘a class’. Your team gets access to a qualified and professional personal fitness trainer that delivers an energetic, enjoyable experience.
It doesn’t matter whether your employees consider themselves unfit, or haven’t worked out in years because the personal fitness trainer will adapt the session to accommodate differing fitness levels, needs and capabilities.
Participants don’t need to worry about being prepared or fully informed, we fully introduce and explain each exercise and its benefits.
There’s always plenty of variety and a choice of the following type of workouts: core and stability, weight loss, strength and conditioning, toning, flexibility, muscle building, and mobility.
Why Personal Fitness Training Sessions Are A Winner For Everyone
There are so many benefits to introducing personal fitness training sessions into your London office/workplace that we might be here a while discussing them.
But here are some of the key upsides for your business, as well as the employees working within your company.
Employer Benefits:
- Boost morale and wellness
- Helps manage stress, anxiety, and fights depression
- Reduced insurance and health-related costs
- Improved performance and attendance of employees
- Reduced abuse of sick leave
- Visible focus on staff welfare
- Can help Improve recruitment and retention
- Powerful tool for team building
engagement
Employee Benefits:
- Fitness in wellness programs improves the health of the employees, research shows
- Promotes healthy habits at work
- Decrease absenteeism
- Positive behavioural change
- Increased motivation in the workplace
- Improved mood and mental wellbeing
- Regular physical activity boosts creative thinking
- Better interpersonal relations with colleagues
With all of these upsides and more employers introducing fitness options as part of their corporate health and wellbeing program, it’s no surprise that fewer people are choosing to work at home exclusively.
An energising workout at lunchtime or after work sounds like the perfect excuse to get off the couch and get mingling with your colleagues again in a fun fitness session.
If your business in based in London and you’d like us to kick some life into your corporate health and wellness programme with group personal fitness training sessions, then please email: contact@thefitnessguru.london
REFERENCES
The Guardian: UK workers going into office less than 1.5 days a week
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/aug/15/uk-workers-office-home
Office For National Statistics: is hybrid working here to stay?
Worklife News: more companies push fitness programs as the hybrid return to the office begins
