Team Training for Companies
Athletic training for the office worker.
One coached hour a week at Hafnia-Hallen for up to 10 people, run the way we run it for professional athletes and scaled to people who sit all day. Every session is tracked. Every month has a challenge, and the top 3 for showing up and for progress get named. You get the summary.
The problem
Your staff lacks cohesion, a shared culture and a challenge to rally around. Groups that overcome something hard together are tighter.
For whom
The person who runs the office and wants to invest in culture and health, not another afternoon out.
How we do it
One coached hour a week. Every session tracked, a challenge every monthly block, the top 3 in each category published to the team, and a summary for you.
The problem
What the Friday bar does not fix.
A team that only meets in meetings.
People share a calendar and a coffee machine. They have never done anything hard side by side.
A wellbeing budget that buys gym cards.
Paid for, forgotten. No coach, no plan, no reason to go on a Tuesday.
Team events that are fun once and change nothing.
A padel afternoon is a good day out. It is not a challenge, and nobody gets better at it.
A shared challenge with a scoreboard is the thing people come back to.
The program
A challenge every month. A top 3 the whole office sees.
Confidence is built by doing a hard thing and seeing the result. That is how we build athletes, and it is how we build a team. So the program runs on challenges, and the board rewards the two things a team needs most: turning up and getting better.
A challenge every block
Each monthly block has a focus: a lift, a sprint, a carry, a conditioning test. Everyone trains it. Everyone is tracked.
Every session tracked
Loads, times and attendance go into the app during the session. No spreadsheets, no guessing.
Top 3, published
At the end of the block we publish the top 3 in every category we focused on. The team sees who did it.
Rewards for showing up and improving
Attendance is a category. Progress is a category. The biggest improvement wins, not the biggest lift, so the person starting from zero can beat the gym regular.
Cohesion, not competition. Nobody is ranked on how strong they walked in.
Evidence
What the research says.
The studies behind the offer, with the sample sizes. Read them before the call.
Adults who exercised reported 43.2% fewer days of poor mental health a month than those who did not. Team sports had the largest association of any activity.
Chekroud et al., 2018, The Lancet Psychiatry, n = 1.2 million
People who trained in a group cut perceived stress by 26.2% and improved physical, mental and emotional quality of life. Those who trained alone saw smaller gains.
Yorks, Frothingham and Schuenke, 2017, Journal of the American Osteopathic Association, n = 69
Staff given 2.5 hours a week to train during work hours kept or raised their productivity and had lower sickness absence than the control group.
von Thiele Schwarz and Hasson, 2011, Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, n = 177
On the days employees trained at work they rated their mood, time management and output higher than on the days they did not.
Coulson, McKenna and Field, 2008, International Journal of Workplace Health Management, n = 200
A meta-analysis of workplace physical activity programmes found better fitness (d = 0.57), lower job stress (d = 0.33) and better attendance (d = 0.19).
Conn et al., 2009, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 38,231 participants
Two meta-analyses of resistance training found lower depressive symptoms (effect 0.66, about 1 in 4 people helped) and lower anxiety (effect 0.31), whatever the starting fitness.
Gordon et al., 2018, JAMA Psychiatry; Gordon et al., 2017, Sports Medicine
What you get
The same system the athletes get.
Set up
Everyone gets the app, a 10-minute baseline and the first challenge. Loads are set per person.
Plan
Monthly blocks, one focus each. Progressive, and scaled to each person.
Coach
The same coach every week, on the floor with the team.
Monthly summary
Attendance, progress, the top 3 in every category, and what comes next. Sent to you.
Formats
Two ways to run it.
Team session
- 1 coached 60-minute session a week
- Up to 10 people
- App tracking, a challenge every block, the top 3 board, monthly summary
- Weekdays at Hafnia-Hallen, time agreed on the call
Team session plus app
- Everything in the team session
- The app program for the other days, for every participant
- Coach messaging inside the app
3-month minimum. Invoiced monthly. The taster session is free.
“As American football grows in Europe, Euro Athletes Academy enhances players’ performance and prevents injuries through tailored conditioning.”
John Booker, GM, Paris Musketeers
Your team is coached by the strength and conditioning coach of a professional American football club in Copenhagen. The session is the same. The loads are yours.
Questions
What the office asks first.
How many people can join?
Up to 10 people a session. That is the number one coach can score and correct in an hour.
What if someone has never trained?
Everyone trains the same session at their own loads. Progress is measured against your own start, so the beginner can top the board.
Is it a competition?
It is a team challenge. The board rewards turning up and improving, so nobody is ranked on how fit they were on day one.
Is it safe for people who sit all day?
Yes. Loads are set per person, the coach is on the floor for every rep, and the first session sets each person's baseline. The same rules we use with professional athletes.
How do I know it is working?
You get a monthly summary: attendance, each person's progress, the top 3 in every category, and what comes next.
Where and when?
Hafnia-Hallen, Copenhagen SV, on weekdays. Mornings suit us best, and we agree the time on the call. 10 minutes from Teglholmen and Sluseholmen.
What does it cost?
It depends on the team size and whether you add the app program. You get a quote on the call, before the taster session.
The first step
A 15-minute call, then a free taster session.
A call with whoever runs the office, then a free taster session for the team. If it is not for you, it cost an hour.
Book a callPrefer email? william@euroathletes.academy