Financial Fitness Bootcamp Challenge:

Week 1 – Box Fit 

• Exercise: “Box Your Way Out Of The Boxing Day Sales”
• Duration: 10x minutes
• Description: With many Boxing Day sales now running throughout the whole of January, take 10 minutes to complete some crossbody jabs in a bid to outmanoeuvre any impulse spending triggers you might live to regret later along the line. Use this time to step away from temptation, improve your heart health, and bank balance by assessing whether you actually need to get sucked into that so-called sales “deal” before making a purchase in the heat of the moment.

Week 2 – Budget Balance 

• Exercise: “Budget Balance Workout”
• Duration: 10x minutes
• Description: Each day, perform a balancing yoga exercise, such as standing on one foot or doing a yoga tree pose. While balancing, review one aspect of your budget you’d like to improve on in your mind’s third eye. The goal is to hold the pose for a longer period each day, symbolising the strengthening of your financial stability.

Week 3 – The Savings Step Up

• Exercise: “Savings Step-Up”
• Duration: 10x minutes
• Description: Use some stairs for this exercise. Each step-up represents a small, manageable amount to save (e.g., 10p or 20p). Set a daily target for step-ups within a 10 minute time frame and match this with the same amount in savings. As the week progresses, aim to increase your daily step-ups and savings amount, encouraging gradual financial growth.

Week 4 – Pay Rise Push Ups

• Exercise: “Push Ups for a Payrise”
• Duration: 10x minutes
• Description: Get yourself into a pay rise mentality by stimulating the blood flow to your brain and challenging yourself to do as many push ups as possible. Use your time during push ups to prepare yourself mentally for a much needed meeting with your boss or client, listing all the reasons as to why you deserve a raise then go for it! What do you have to lose?

Week 5 – The Supermarket Sprint 

• Exercise: “Sprint for Supermarket Own Brands”
• Duration: 10x minutes
• Description: Before leaving the house to complete that all important food shop, jog or sprint on the spot while going through your shopping list. Make a list of all the items you could switch out for supermarket own brands (I can vouch for Aldi’s Bramwells Beans. Peng!) and make a sprint for it. This is a great way to save money on your food shop as own brands will often save you at least a third of the cost in comparison to other leading brand names.
  ​​Sammie Ellard-King, Up The Gains Founder comments: “Brits are really feeling the pinch right now and it’s important that people understand how crucial it is, now more than ever, to look after their money and look for ways to ensure their money is looking after them. Whether it’s sprinting for supermarket own brands or motivating yourself through push ups to ask for that all important payrise, you can use this January to work on getting yourself both physically and financially fit.”