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title: Firstbeat Life™ Team Challenge - Task Four
description: Active breaks boost our workdays and effectiveness.
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Walking meetings, workouts, stretching, and switching your working position are good ways to add movement and effectiveness to your workday.

#### Task 4

## Increase movement - reduce fatigue and pain 

**Let's take a break from sitting 

**Especially for office workers, adding physical activity and improving posture during the workday lessen many common problems related to working in a seated position. Alertness and brain performance are also improved by increased activity.

**Choose an activity from the list below

**Take your pick of the active breaks in the list below and follow up on its impact via your Firstbeat Life measurement results.

![Examples of an active break](https://content.firstbeat.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Esimerkkeja%CC%88%20aktiivisesta%20tauosta.jpg?noresize&width=1500&height=900&name=Esimerkkeja%CC%88%20aktiivisesta%20tauosta.jpg)

Physical activity has several benefits during the workday. A workout break boosts your metabolism and ensures your brains get oxygen-rich air to improve your concentration and problem-solving skills.

## Examples of an active break

- Switch working positions roughly every 30 mins 
- Stand up regularly
- Take a short exercise break
- Go on a walking meeting 
- Stretch before work and during
- Walk up stairs instead of taking the lift
- Lift your heartbeat with a workout, e.g. during your lunch break.

 

**Share the benefit!

**Encourage your colleague or a family member from the home office to participate in your break activity - both you and your companion get to share the health benefits!  

General movement tends to suffer especially when working from home - [Read our tips to successfully working from home](https://www.firstbeat.com/en/blog/how-to-make-working-from-home-work-for-you/?hsLang=en)

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