As an inevitable consequence of the pandemic, remote working is more popular than ever with professionals across most industries. As for physical activity, it is already widely known to be linked to numerous benefits on health, productivity and stress management.

By offering its members flexible coworking spaces, meeting rooms and an events programme fostering networking set within a wellbeing space, Aspria connects two concepts that provide added value to members’ lifestyles.

Isaac González Garcia comes to work several days a week at Aspria Royal La Rasante to enjoy a quiet environment where he can combine a few hours of concentration and calm with his cycling class and lunch at the club's restaurant. This new freedom gives him a better balance in his life.

Isaac González Garcia: After the successive covid-related lockdowns, I started going to the office again - I work for the European institutions. At first, after the first lockdown, I would go once a week. Now I do so twice a week. At home, I don't have my own quiet space to work, and there are the children too. Which I think is the case for many people! It's great here, because the four cabins are soundproofed, three of them are individual and the last one allows two people to meet. There is also a work area with two more open workstations. For a larger meeting, rooms are also available.

I normally work out three times a week. When I come to work remotely from here, as soon as I have a free slot, I can go work out, take a shower and then get back to work. In the city you can be lazy and then there's always something to do... Here, there's no excuse! The Aspria Works combines a number of advantages: getting out of the house, exercising, relaxing in the sauna and even having a drink on the terrace. It's not a place to work eight hours a day, five days a week, but it's the perfect complement to the office and home. A real breath of fresh air!

It's not so much a question of productivity as flexibility. Coworking has clearly come to stay. Open spaces are becoming more and more common but they are still noisy and tiring. Going to work twice a week obviously allows you to meet up with colleagues and share ideas and projects, but it's another matter to concentrate. Remote working saves time because you don't have to travel to the office in town. But then you become isolated and lose a lot of social contacts. At Aspria, I'm in a little bubble, I can concentrate on the substance of the files in progress while having the opportunity to chat with other members, to meet my wife who is coming to take a course and even to meet new professional partners. Even before I start my day, between two slots, or after my day, I can work out. I can organise my day as I like and in the end I enjoy total flexibility!

At home, we tend to work longer hours: we stop later, if at all! I used to try to set limits for myself, but there was no longer any separation between private and professional life. At Aspria, I find a better balance. My little trick to stop working on time is to sign up for a group class such as cycling at 6pm. It's impossible to do that from home! Here I am calm and concentrated, without having to force my children to leave me their room or stay quiet in the living room. I have my own space where I am not disturbed, which calms me down. I have finally found a way to reconcile my personal wellbeing with that of my family.

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