subject: 7 Office Exercises You Can Do Right From Your Desk At Your Cubicle [print this page] Desk exercises are important to improving your office health. Doing so will gets your blood flowing in your body, improving blood circulation. It will make you feel better and be more productive at work. These exercises are easy to do and surprisingly effective.
So let's get into them:
1. The Desk and Door Frame Push up
From standing, lean over your desk at an angle and use it for leverage to do your push ups. This will definitely help you tone your arms and chest. You can also apply this same push up strategy when you are at a door. When you walk into a room, use the frame of the door and do a push up with that while you are standing. This will also help you tone your arms.
2. The Desk Push
In a seated position, lean over your desk and place your hands over the table. Press your hands hard against the table as if you are trying to push yourself up from it. Hold that position for 30 seconds and repeat.
3. The bicycle kick
Seated in a chair lift your feet up and kick your feet in circles as if you are pedaling on a bike. This will definitely burn your legs. To do this for a minute a time and then repeat
4. The Arm Chair Press
Use are arms to firmly press on your arm chair rest as if you are going to get up, but do not lean your weight forward. Kick your feet out a little bit if you have to. This will definitely work out your arms and give them a burn. Hold this for 30 seconds our so and then repeat
5. The Stiff Leg Approach
Instead of kicking your leg kick your legs out and keep them straight. Hold your legs up will definitely make you work. Tighten your leg muscles as tight as you can and give them a workout.
6. Punches in the Air
This is done traditionally in the "horse stance" in karate. Sit up straight and have your arms by your hips. Punch straight forward as if there is an invisible opponent in front of you. Change the pace so you can get a burn. Punch fast to get the blood flowing and punch hard and slow to really make your punches count.
7. The Abdominal Crunch
When sitting at your desk, first take a deep breath and tighten up your stomach muscles. Hold it for approximately 30 seconds are so and then release. Do this 3-4 times and you will definitely work out your abdominal muscles.
I hope you feel the burn with these workouts and use these when you have the opportunity at work get your office fitness up.
