Break out the gym: 5 alternative ways to exercise after work

Packing your gym bag with a feeling of dread?  The familiar pilgrimage from desk to treadmill marks the start of another year packed with good intentions.  But by the end of January, over one third of us will have packed in our post-work gym visits altogether.  If you’re looking to make a change this year, read our top five alternative ways to exercise and discover a whole new world of adventure.

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Niko Si Hooping

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December office survival guide

December Office Survival Guide: Secret Santa shopping, office party politics and the frantic rush to meet early deadlines can make December feel like an endurance test. Perpetual darkness, hangovers from hell and energy-sapping festive lattes all take their toll as we crawl towards the holidays. If you’re struggling to get your mojo back in December, read our top tips to keep you fizzing long after the Christmas Party Prosecco bottles have popped.

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Office Breaks Office Christmas decorations

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5 ways to squirrel away your salary for a trip of a lifetime

With the summer holidays already a distant memory, dark winter days
are casting a menacing shadow over our lives.  But what if you had the means
to nip off for a luxury weekend in Dubai or a short break to the sunny south of France?  With these nifty, thrifty tips you could be swapping sarnies at Pret for a Croque
Madame on the Cote D’Azur.

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Gary Knight Grey squirrel perching on a bench while feeding

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Yoga rave after work

Sitting is the new smoking declared the article I idly stumbled across while munching al desko last week. Shifting uncomfortably, I totted up the alarming number of daily hours I spend installed on my office chair and sofa.  Guilt-tripped out of my stationary habits, the prospect of a yoga rave (two words I thought I’d never see together) piqued my interest. Would it inject new life into sombre sun salutations and doleful downward dogs? I went along to find out.

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Indra Kubicek Yoga Rave

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