Corporate fitness that fits the working day.

01

Give employees a useful place to start.

A corporate fitness programme has to work for the people who actually turn up. Some employees already train regularly. Others spend most of their day at a desk and may feel unsure about joining an exercise session with colleagues. The starting point is a format that makes participation approachable, with clear coaching and room for different levels of experience.

Inner Athlete brings the principles of strength and conditioning into that setting: understand the person, choose a manageable starting point and build from there. The workplace version focuses on practical movement, posture awareness and simple physical tasks. It gives your team something they can practise in their own environment, with a coach explaining what to do and why.

02

What workplace fitness can look like.

The session is planned around your space and working patterns. A meeting room may suit a coached movement session; a desk-based team may benefit from routines that fit between calls. Where space is limited, the exercise selection needs to reflect that. You do not need to create an office gym before you can offer useful physical activity at work.

A programme can include posture resets, movement for hips and shoulders, simple strength exercises and repeatable movement breaks. The exact combination is agreed after discussing your team. An introductory session provides a shared starting point, while a regular weekly or monthly slot gives people more opportunities to practise and ask questions as they build confidence.

This is a practical part of a wider employee wellbeing offer. It can sit alongside existing benefits, internal wellbeing activities or a company gym membership. The distinction is the coaching: your employees have support to understand the movements and find ways to use them during their own working day.

03

Plan around participation, space and time.

Before choosing a format, consider who you want to reach. A single department, several shifts and a hybrid workforce have different access needs. Tell us how many people are likely to participate, when they can step away from work and whether everyone will be in the same place. Those details are more useful than choosing a session simply because it sounds demanding.

Discuss clothing, floor space and equipment early. Sessions can be designed for work clothes and without specialist kit. If a particular room or activity would make participation difficult, raise it during planning so the proposal reflects the team. Employees should know what to expect before joining, including the level of activity and any preparation needed.

For Yorkshire workplaces, in-person delivery brings the coach into your space. For businesses elsewhere in the UK, online delivery makes it possible to include employees across locations. A hybrid organisation can discuss how the same movement principles will work for colleagues at home and in the office, with clear instructions for each setting.

04

Make the programme worth continuing.

Agree what a useful first block would look like before it begins. That might mean reaching people who have not joined previous wellbeing activities, helping a team establish regular movement breaks or finding a session time that employees can actually attend. These are concrete starting points for a review, without assuming that one session will transform the business.

Attendance, participant feedback and whether people repeat the routines are practical things to discuss at follow-up. Ask what employees found useful, what made joining difficult and which movements they feel confident doing independently. That feedback can inform the next block, its frequency and the guidance your team keeps afterwards. Business outcomes such as absence or retention should not be attributed to fitness sessions without evidence.

05

Request a corporate fitness proposal.

Send your business name, approximate team size, location and preferred delivery format. Include any dates you are considering and whether you want a one-off introduction or ongoing support. If you already run wellbeing activities, explain where practical movement coaching would fit and which employees you want it to reach.

Jack Daysley, Inner Athlete’s founder and head coach, holds a BSc (Hons) in Strength and Conditioning from York St John University. The corporate offer applies that coaching background to everyday workplace movement. Pricing depends on the scope, location and frequency, so the next step is a conversation followed by a proposal for your team.

Common questions.