Physical Activity & Desk Health: Some Is Good, More Is Better
Included with TrainMeUK — no separate course purchase required.
Know the UK activity guidelines, break up sitting, build movement into the working day, and agree team habits that make it normal.
- Assign to
- Everyone, especially people who sit for long periods
- Duration
- 28 minutes
- Evidence
- 12-question quiz
- Your version
- Editable
What they will be able to do
- State the UK activity guidelines for adults.
- Reduce long periods of sitting during the working day.
- Fit activity into a busy day, starting small.
- Suggest team habits that make moving normal.
The course
- 01The guidelines
- 02Breaking up sitting
- 03Building it in
- 04Making it normal at work
The decision they practise
In the main activity, “Rewrite Pete’s Tuesday”, learners rewrite a realistic document line by line and see the effect of each choice. In “It looks like slacking”, a face-to-face conversation, learners practise what to say and do when the other person pushes back. The wrong options are things a well-meaning person might genuinely say, and the feedback explains why each one is tempting. Short animations show “Pete’s sitting day” and “Small swaps”.
How you know they finished
The 12-question quiz mixes multiple choice and matching questions and returns to the opening story.
Relevant legislation and guidance
The course draws on these. Which ones apply depends on the organisation and the role. Finishing the course is a training record.
- Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
- Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992 (as amended)
How this course is built
Interactive activity
Learners practise the decision in the course, including what to say when someone pushes back.
Edit it in the builder
On Growth and above, adapt the scenarios and wording to your own workplace, policies and reporting procedures.
A record they finished
The 12-question quiz closes the course, so you can show who completed it.
Related courses
TrainMeUK course library
Ready to make Physical Activity & Desk Health easier?
Give your team access to practical, interactive training, with automated assignments, reminders and completion records managed in one place.