Wellbeing webinars by Hussle
Discover our upcoming and previous live webinar sessions, exploring a full variety of employee health and wellbeing topics.
Access the latest recordings from our previous live webinars
Unlocking Mental Wellness: Understanding the Brain, Body and Balance
In the UK, 1 in 4 people will face a mental health challenge each year, often triggered by biological, socio-economic, and modern lifestyle pressures. Engagement in regular exercise is one of many lifestyle adaptations that we can make to help improve our mental wellbeing. In this episode of the Hussle Wellbeing Webinar series we welcome Colin Campbell, a mental health and fitness expert, for a dynamic session breaking down the science of mental health and explained how fitness can make a huge difference towards a healthier, happier workforce.
Attendees gained a better understanding of:
- The DOSE Model: How dopamine, oxytocin, serotonin, and endorphins impact your mood.
- Natural Mood Boosters: How group exercise and other simple activities can naturally elevate your mental health.
- Why We Feel This Way: The reasons behind modern mental health challenges, supported by real-life case studies from our sporting heroes.
- Holistic Mental Health Solutions: How medication, therapy, and lifestyle changes all play a role in boosting wellbeing.
- Fitness & Mental Health: The powerful link between fitness and mental health, and why it’s so hard to stay active when you’re feeling low.
- Survival Mode: Why our brains are wired to keep us alive, not happy—and how we can work around this to thrive.
Managing healthy cholesterol levels and heart health through exercise
High cholesterol affects almost 1 in every 2 adults, and is closely linked to increased chances of heart attack, stroke and vascular dementia. Engagement in regular exercise is one of many lifestyle adaptations that we can make to help look after our cholesterol levels and keep our hearts healthy. In this, the latest episode in the Hussle wellbeing webinar series, we are looking forward to welcoming HEART UK - The Cholesterol Charity to explore how we can support our employees with these areas of their wellbeing.
Attendees gained a better understanding of:
- What cholesterol is, and how it functions in our bodies
- Why it is important to be aware of our cholesterol levels
- The benefits of fitness on cholesterol levels and heart health
- How to encourage our employees to adapt their lifestyles to maintain healthy levels of cholesterol
Employee fitness benefits: Breaking down the barriers to entry
Fitness has the potential to transform our lives, from boosting mental and physical wellbeing, to reducing stress, and enhancing productivity across a full range of life tasks, the benefits are profound. Welcoming Tom Ward, Business Manager at Topnotch Gyms, Soho; this webinar provided a full range of tips for employers who are looking to support their staff members in becoming more active.
Attendees gained a better understanding of:
- How exercise can help prevent and alleviate common workplace health concerns such as stress and musculoskeletal injuries
- How to encourage employees to engage in fitness activities
- What we can do to support individuals in going to the gym for the first time
- Specific steps we can take to stay active safely during the warmer summer months
The link between sleep, exercise and employee wellbeing
Sleep and wellbeing are closely related. Research shows that engagement in exercise can help us to sleep better, but we must be conscious of the times of day that we are active, and types of activity that we engage in closer to bedtime. In this episode of our wellbeing webinar series, we were very lucky to speak with Lisa Artis, Deputy CEO at The Sleep Charity to explore the close links between good sleep, exercise and workplace wellbeing.
Attendees gained a better understanding of:
- What happens when we sleep, and why?
- The common causes of insomnia
- The link between exercise and sleep
- How to support employees in developing healthy sleeping patterns
- The business case for workplace fitness incentives
Fitness and peer support for mental wellbeing
As many as 1 in 4 of us will experience a mental health problem of some kind each year in England. The symptoms of these conditions pose a huge challenge for both individuals and businesses. When it comes to tackling such difficulties, some of the most effective tools can be exercise and talking therapies. During 2024’s Mental Health Awareness Week, we were delighted to welcome mental health peer support group, Andy’s Man Club as our guest speaker, to discuss the combined benefits of fitness and talking therapies on employee wellbeing.
Attendees gained a better understanding of:
- How fitness can support employee wellbeing
- Top tips for staying active
- Why men, in particular find it difficult to talk about their mental health
- The wonderful work that Andy’s Man Club do
- The role played by women in supporting men’s mental health at work
- The substantial ROI that employee fitness benefits can deliver to a business
Nutrition for enhanced fitness and wellbeing
As fitness professionals, we often talk about the importance of good nutrition to help support our activity goals. We all have different daily diets and food preferences, but what we eat can have a tremendous impact on both our physical and mental wellbeing. In this webinar, we welcomed nutritional expert, Andrea Bremner, to explore the widespread benefits that nutrition and physical activity can have on our wellbeing and workplace performance.
Attendees gained a better understanding of:
- The link between what we eat, and how we feel, mentally
- How our diet can support our fitness goals
- The fascinating science behind the gut-brain-axis
- How a healthy diet can bring benefits to employees and businesses
- The steps that your organisation can take to support your employees in engaging in healthier lifestyles
Bringing the benefits of fitness to work
Fitness can, of course, make us happier and healthier, but did you know that it can also increase chances of career success, mitigate the physical effects of ageing, and foster productivity and creativity in the workplace? In this, Hussle’s FIRST EVER webinar, we welcomed Barbara Solis, HR Manager at Huntsman Savile Row, to discuss the widespread benefits that employee fitness benefits have had within her organisation.
Attendees gained a better understanding of:
- How exercise impacts the body and mind.
- The impacts of stress in the workplace
- Fitness as a stress-conquering tool
- Productivity, creativity and career success: the widespread benefits of fitness at work
- How to encourage participation in workplace fitness incentives
Hosts
Matt Giblin
B2B Marketing Manager at Hussle
Having recently joined Hussle as B2B Marketing Manager, Matt is focused on enabling as many organisations as possible across the UK to provide their employees with access to fitness as a wellbeing initiative. As an active runner, gym user, climber and cricketer, Matt is an advocate for the tremendous benefits that exercise can have upon our health, wellness and work performance.
Lawrence King
Director of Partnerships at Hussle
Lawrence has worked with Hussle since 2019, joining us as Head of Commercial Partnerships, and since progressing to Director of Partnerships. Using his experience spanning over a decade working in the loyalty and partnerships space, Lawrence has an expert insight into how brands can use rewards and incentives to influence a positive change in consumer behaviour.
