As Fives, we tend to think of rest as stillness.

Quiet. Calm. Motionless.

But stillness doesn’t always equal rest.

Often, it’s just stagnation disguised as recovery.

For the past few weeks inside the Fully Five Accelerator, we’ve been running group Pomodoro sessions. Twenty-five minutes of deep work, five minutes of break. Repeat. Simple, but effective.

At first, I didn’t want to stop for the break.

When I’m in flow, any interruption feels like a threat. I was sure that if I stood up mid-session, I’d lose my rhythm and spend the next round trying to claw my way back into focus.

But I did it anyway.

And here’s what surprised me: when I spent those five-minute breaks moving my body (doing flow rope, rebounding trampoline, or even a few stretches) I came back sharper. More focused. More energized.

I didn’t lose momentum. I built it.

It was a pleasant reminder that sitting still for hours doesn’t preserve energy. It kills it.

Today we’re talking about why physical movement builds energy and how to weave more movement into your daily life as a Five.

Stillness isn’t saving you

As Fives, we’re masters at mental energy management.

We optimize. We conserve. We analyze what drains us and build systems to protect against it.

But when it comes to physical energy, most of us rely on outdated logic.

We assume stillness means rest, and movement means depletion.

In reality, it’s usually the opposite.

Your body isn’t a battery that runs down when you use it. It’s a river that flows when you move.

When you sit for hours, your circulation slows, your nervous system stalls out, and your brain starts running in low-power mode. You think you’re conserving energy, but you’re actually trapping it.

That trapped energy becomes fatigue.

And the more you try to push through it with focus and willpower, the worse it gets.

Movement creates clarity

You’ve probably felt it before:

• Sitting at your desk for too long and feeling foggy.
• Forcing yourself to focus when your brain’s gone numb.
• Resisting the urge to move because you “don’t have time.”

Then, finally, you take a short walk. Or stretch. Or just stand up. And five minutes later, everything feels different.

That’s not just mental.

It’s physiological.

Movement increases blood flow and oxygen to your brain. It wakes up your nervous system. It tells your body, “We’re alive. Let’s move.”

And suddenly, you have more focus, creativity, and patience than you did before.

You didn’t drain energy. You generated it.

Why Fives resist movement

But, here’s the tricky part... For Fives, stillness feels safe.

It keeps us in control. It keeps the world predictable. The body, on the other hand, feels unpredictable, full of sensations and needs that don’t always make logical sense.

So we disconnect.

We stay in our heads, where things feel manageable.

But, that safety comes at a cost. When we stop engaging the body, we lose access to the very energy that fuels the mind.

Your experiment this week

Let’s turn this into data.

For the next seven days, run a small experiment to see what happens when you intentionally move more often.

1. Start simple. Set a timer for your work sessions. When it goes off, take a five-minute break to move your body. Walk, stretch, flow rope, or just stand up and shake it out.
2. Track your energy. Each time you return to work, note how your energy feels on a scale of 1–10. Do you feel more awake, focused, or creative?
3. Notice resistance. Pay attention to the moments when you don’t want to move. What story pops up? (“I don’t have time,” “I’ll lose focus,” “This is pointless.”) Write it down.
4. Gather data. By the end of the week, review what you noticed. Did movement drain you, or did it create more energy than you expected?

Let yourself stay curious about what you discover. Remember, you're not trying to come a gym bro. You're simply increasing your awareness and testing your assumptions.

Because the next time you feel drained, you may not need more rest.

Instead, you may just need to move.