We’ve spent a lot of time in Manchester over the last 18 months being a part of the business accelerator program – Entrepreneurial Spark. Manchester is an exciting and forward thinking UK city, perfect to test active working with our EIGER Pro standing desk. So we’re now rolling out an offer to all Manchester based […]
Denise Lewis is a UK Olympic Gold medallist and a full time mother. Her household is extremely active (as you may have guessed!) but she understands they are not the norm. Just 23 per cent of boys and 20 per cent of girls meet the national recommended level of activity, according to a survey by […]
Five years ago the London Olympic Games came to a close. They were inspirational and the UK was fixated. At the time, the country was promised that the end of the Games would not mean the end of the success story, that there would be a lasting legacy for sport participation. But it hasn’t happened. […]
Ex England rugby captain Lawrence Dallaglio wants Ofsted to focus on physical activity as much as academic achievement. Assessing how physically active pupils are as part of a school’s performance would have a positive impact on the childhood obesity problem. One in three UK children leave primary school overweight or obese. Research suggests that without […]
UKactive Chair Tanni Grey-Thompson appeared on international news network CNBC to urge the Government to tackle the ‘toxic’ toll of sedentary working cultures by incentivising employees to be active. The legendary Paralympian and cross-bench peer noted that ‘physical inactivity costs the UK £20bn each year and is the cause of 37,000 premature deaths’ with desk-bound office […]
Today we spent the morning with Alex De Palma shooting the all new EIGER Pro Standing Desk in a white screen studio. It’s a highly organised affair. Lighting, positioning and a detailed schedule of all the shots we need to showcase the product effectively. We can’t wait to see the results and get them on the […]
Your spine is practically begging you to stand. An upright position puts the discs in your lower back in proper alignment and minimizes the pressure they endure. Sitting, on the other hand, forces the vertebrae to crunch down onto each other and put a lot more force, increasing the risk of chronic lower back pain. When you’re […]
There is no louder wake up call than hitting middle age. Turning 40 is when most of us begin to question our mortality and take stock of our sedentary, desk-bound lives – and with good reason. In our fourth decade we put on weight more easily, get bigger hangovers, take longer to get fit and […]
The number of children doing an hour of exercise a day falls by nearly 40% between the ages of five and twelve. Figures suggest that by the final year of primary school, just 17% of pupils are doing the recommended 60 minutes of physical activity every day and more than a third of children in […]
UK Active have released new information on how Summer holidays have a negative effect on children’s health. They found that, on average, British school children lose 80 per cent of the fitness they build up during term time through “lazy” time off, with activities such as summer camps and sports clubs out of financial reach […]
