WHEN LIFE GETS BUSY, IS FITNESS THE FIRST THING TO GO?

Thank you for visiting my website. You’ll see that there’s a consistent mission in all I do. In a sentence, it’s to transform the culture of physical activity with a more rounded and positive notion of health and balance.

If that resonates with you, I hope you enjoy exploring this site and find something to get in contact about!

What can you get involved in?

Build adventure into your week

Do the things you’ve always wanted to. Gather your team, stick to personal challenges and take on group ones together. Great for work teams, friends and family as no constraints on location nor fitness level.

Join today on Team-52.com

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FIND OUT MORE about becoming a member of Museum of London. Ambassador for the Young Members (under 40s!) programme.

Trustee - healthier ageing through physical activity

SUPPORT SILVERFIT - The London-based charity promoting healthier ageing through social physical activity.

health & fitness digital columnist

READ FOR TIPS AND IDEAS - 3 years of exploring the world - find out how to relax in the city, to how team sports can help your career, what freediving is like and how to recover from a marathon…amongst other things!

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BOOK ME FOR AN EVENT / COME SEE ME - I love sharing shortcuts I have learnt along the way that make it easier to carve out time for the things you care about. I share stories about the Exerk 52 challenges in 52 weeks, banking, how much we can learn from team sports for our career and how to build an active lifestyle into our weeks.

And obviously there’s a blog too!

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What I would do to be this hot right now! Having spent the last week freezing my nay-nays off, that stunning heat of July in the U.K. feels a distant memory.
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In the name of reflection and powering up for an awesome @team52challenge year in 2019, here’s a throwback from @running_bucky . This particular leg of @thelondonrelay in July - with the main man @danny_bent , sunshine lady @challengesophie , and Welsh toughnut @huwjackbrassington - was one of the highlights of 720 hours (24/7 for 30 days) of non-stop action.
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What an incredible month that was. 1,800 people made the 6,600km Relay possible, smashing the world record (though waiting for verification of official-ness ).
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You guys know my life is defined by the movement I do alongside work so it will come as no surprise that heading up the operations of the London Relay wasn’t enough for me. I wanted to join in and hear our participants’ stories on the go.
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So I took on a challenge to join in on a 10k leg at every hour around the clock, clocking up 240km over the month and seeing London in all its various shades of light.
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Want to rev up your 2019 with some life changing challenges? Join our gang at @team52challenge to commit to your personal challenges!! 🏃🏽‍♀️🚶‍♂️
#relay #friends #run #london #love #running #adventure #team52 #challenge #challengeaccepted

Cold water swimming? Whattt?? YES.

Went to a thought-provoking and highly relevant (to @team52challenge ) talk at @rsa_events today by @farrahstorr on The Discomfort Zone. Here’s the general gist:

The body manifests itself in the same way when you’re excited and nervous (sweaty palms...what, who me?..., beating heart, butterflies). 🦋
So it’s the mind that distinguishes which of the two you feel, right? You can steer yourself away from fear and into a place of challenge and excitement.
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Attention: we only have nano seconds to do this before overwhelm by fear happens.
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Whether it’s public speaking, putting your hand up to ask a question, going coasteering (cliff jumping into water) or clipping into cleats on a bike, @farrahstorr suggests that the best way to get over fear is to expose yourself to situations that shrink your DIScomfort zone. 🕷
What sits in your discomfort zone? 🐍
Can you start small, make that normal, then take a step into the unknown? Make the most of language to steer you towards challenge and excitement away from fear (unless it’s loud noises and falling...apparently they are legitimate survival fears).
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Thanks Josie Warden from the Royal Society of Arts for hosting

#rsacomfort #challenge #excitement #nervous #comfort #discomfort #fear #obstacle #inspiration #motivation #language #NLP #events #positive #mindset

📣 FACEBOOK LIVE! Join us (Georgie and Annie) tomorrow at 2pm. 👭⠀
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We’re going to be chatting about Georgie’s 12 challenges in 12 months and Annie’s 52 challenges in 52 weeks.
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- The reasons behind why did them⠀
- The challenges we chose⠀
- How we got on throughout the year (the highs and the lows!)⠀
- What we learnt and how it can help you⠀
- How Team52 was born and why you want to be involved come January!⠀
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If you’re not already following @team52challenge on Facebook make sure you go and do it now 👉🏻 the link’s in my bio! ⠀

“Float like seaweed. That’s how relaxed I want you to be,” was the bold request made of me, fresh from London, at the beginning of a water treatment at Thermae Bath Spa.
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Some things never change and Bath’s commitment to wellbeing is one of those things. The town’s spa-dom dates back to 863 BC, when the legendary Prince Bladud is said to have taken a dip in one of its hot springs and found afterwards he was cured of leprosy.
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Since then, Celts, Romans, Saxons, Georgians… and now Millennials have visited the city in search of wellness.
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Here, health and fitness columnist, Annie Ross, takes on the spas and a few local adventures to discover why your quest for well-being should take you to Bath....
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TO READ my @eslifeandstyle article, head to my digital Evening Standard column, found by searching “standard Annie Ross”...! 🤓

Featuring cycles, wild swims, spa treatments, soaking in mineral waters and lots of scrumptious eating @thegainsboroughbathspa @thermae_bath_spa @greenparkstation @holburnemuseumbath @danmoonchef @noyaskitchen @greenrocketcafe @beyondthekale @acornrestaurant and @theromanbaths

#wellness #health #spa #bathspa #retreat #relax #mondaymotivation #microadventure #minibreak #adventure #cycle #swim

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"For people who literally don't have time to think! Annie is a complete star and it always feels like I'm having fun (rather than exercising). Couldn't recommend this more!”

WHEN LIFE GETS BUSY, IS FITNESS THE FIRST THING TO GO?

What can you get involved in?

And obviously there’s a blog too!

Practical, positive and bitesize information and tips straight to your inbox every Tuesday - sign up today.

Testimonial from Laura A.

"For people who literally don't have time to think! Annie is a complete star and it always feels like I'm having fun (rather than exercising). Couldn't recommend this more!”

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