People with Office Jobs

ladybarometer

I have a 1 hour lunch break, but don't normally eat during that time since I'm not usually hungry yet from breakfast. I've been walking during my break, but it's getting too hot. I don't mind heat, I just don't like coming back to my office all smelly and sweaty. Is there a workout you recommend that I can do in my office during that time? I get so bored during that time - I don't want to waste the opportunity to get moving!

Thanks!

Dday0829

Turn some headphones on and dance away some low pact aerobics.

TR0berts

I sometimes just walk around inside the building, up the stairs, wherever it's cool.

Other than that, I don't know of anything off the top of my head that wouldn't also (probably) get you sweaty.

But, realistically, I just walk for 20-25 minutes (it's a 1.4 mile loop around the corporate park) outside. I don't get that sweaty from it.

mbcieslak87

I keep deodorant, dry shampoo, baby wipes, a brush, and body spray in my gym bag... works wonders!

mbcieslak87

If I can do it in South Texas summer at 105 and 90% humidity, you can do it in Tennessee too...

cwolfman13

I usually cycle during my lunch break. I keep a stick of deodorant at the office along with some baby wipes to towel off with a bit.

Holly_Roman_Empire

Do you have hallways in your office building? I just walk the hallways in the summer time. Or how about stairs? Do a few rounds of stairs (doesn't have to be fast).

Need2Exerc1se

I have several low impact workout DVDs I keep in my office for this very reason (listed below). I still do get kind of sweaty from them. I keep baby wipes and deodorant in my desk for a quick cleanup.

Zumba flat abs (15 min, core focused, not too "dancy" like most Zumba)
Leslie Sansone walk away the pounds.
S.W.A.T. rapid tone and firm - resistance tubing workout
Iron Core Kettlebell - 4 DVD set, very basic without frills, perfect for the office (I keep a small kettlebell in my desk)
Brazil Butt Lift - just the low impact resistance band and dumbell workouts

giantrobot_powerlifting

mbcieslak87 wrote: »

I keep deodorant, dry shampoo, baby wipes, a brush, and body spray in my gym bag... works wonders!

Get some baby wipes too. I keep them in my gym bag. ALDI you can buy a package of 100 for under $5.

jaga13

When it's too cold or raining I walk up each flight of stairs and do a lap around those floors. But in the summer I walk outside no matter how hot it is. You just reminded me that it's probably time to bring deodorant to work for the summer months

ladybarometer

Baby wipes are a great idea, and of course the dry shampoo. I'm limited on body sprays, because my office neighbor HATES them (gives her a headache). I don't mind getting a little sweaty

My office building is actually pretty small; one story, small loop of a hallway that makes it look silly if I'm walking in circles to the people with windows facing that way. I look crazy - which isn't good, because I work at the mental health facility LOL!

kraft_kris

great ideas here!

DoreenaV1975

I bought a stepstool to elevate my feet while sitting... that stepstool now doubles as my "exercise stepper". I try to do at least 10 mins twice a day. More if I can. I also do a lot of running in place. I just use my phone's timer to keep me honest. But basically just try to move as much as possible. As for sweaty, I don't get that sweaty, at least not enough for anyone else to notice, but even if I do, I'm pretty much in my office all day w/out many visitors so I don't really have to worry that much.

yourradimradletshug

You can bring some small dumbbells and do some squats/lunges or bring a step stool and do step ups with the weights as well.

chelsy0587

ladybarometer wrote: »

I work at the mental health facility LOL!

Me too! We have a large building though, with lots of stairs... I still get funny looks but oh well.

jaga13

ladybarometer wrote: »

Baby wipes are a great idea, and of course the dry shampoo. I'm limited on body sprays, because my office neighbor HATES them (gives her a headache). I don't mind getting a little sweaty

My office building is actually pretty small; one story, small loop of a hallway that makes it look silly if I'm walking in circles to the people with windows facing that way. I look crazy - which isn't good, because I work at the mental health facility LOL!

Do you have a store you can drive to nearby? I'm thinking Walmart-type places.

MissKalhan

I run off to yoga if I can actually get away from my office. I find it's just enough work to be considered a workout but not enough to make me gross.

ladybarometer

I wish I had the money for a standing desk - I tried to prop my computer up on boxes one time, and was told to take it down, and that it looked ridiculous (I had a very RUDE boss in the last position I was in).

I don't mind sweat, but the heat just takes the sweaty smell to another level!
I think I'll give dry shampoo a go, since I have a greasy scalp anyway.

dubird

Go up and down the stairs, if your building has them. I park out front so I can take the stairs to my office, since parking in back means I have to use the elevator or walk around the building on the road (there's no sidewalk).

nancyleephillips

Do you work near a mall? When I used to work in an office, I would go to the mall during the summer months and walk inside. It's enough to get you moving, but not so much that you get too sweaty.

ladybarometer

jaga13 wrote: »

ladybarometer wrote: »

Baby wipes are a great idea, and of course the dry shampoo. I'm limited on body sprays, because my office neighbor HATES them (gives her a headache). I don't mind getting a little sweaty

My office building is actually pretty small; one story, small loop of a hallway that makes it look silly if I'm walking in circles to the people with windows facing that way. I look crazy - which isn't good, because I work at the mental health facility LOL!

Do you have a store you can drive to nearby? I'm thinking Walmart-type places.

Yes. I actually use my fitbit in there sometimes and walk for about half an hour around the perimeter. It's always tempting to purchase something, and the employees gave me looks when I was in there for a few days in a row so I stopped.

ladybarometer

nancyleephillips wrote: »

Do you work near a mall? When I used to work in an office, I would go to the mall during the summer months and walk inside. It's enough to get you moving, but not so much that you get too sweaty.

Nah, the mall isn't very close. I mall walk after work when it's raining though - we have an abandoned mall near our home that's just used for a call center basically.

Deena_Bean

I'm fortunate enough that my building is attached to an accelerator ring (photon science) that's about a 3/4 mile loop at a controlled temp of 72 degrees year round. I am a big sweater so I know what you mean. I never do the runs at work that the running club does because I honestly would need a shower. We have showers, I just don't have the extra time it takes to run, then shower within an hour. So I can either run after work or just walk during.

CSARdiver

I do calisthenics in the office throughout the day - pushups, planks, jumping jacks, etc and keep some weights at the desk and take walks up and down the stairs periodically. I keep a pack of baby wipes around and deodorant (and other necessities) in a diddy bag.

deanpearce

nancyleephillips wrote: »

Do you work near a mall? When I used to work in an office, I would go to the mall during the summer months and walk inside. It's enough to get you moving, but not so much that you get too sweaty.

Yes, this is exactly what I do. I work across the way from a mall so I wander over there at lunch and do a couple laps of the mall. Gets me out of the office, keeps me in the cool, and helps burn a few extra calories.

mmd575

mbcieslak87 wrote: »

I keep deodorant, dry shampoo, baby wipes, a brush, and body spray in my gym bag... works wonders!

Same here. Baby wipes are great! Also I have make up remover wipes and I keep an extra bottle of moisturizer/sunscreen at my desk so I can reapply after I've cleaned my face.

kimny72

jaga13 wrote: »

ladybarometer wrote: »

Baby wipes are a great idea, and of course the dry shampoo. I'm limited on body sprays, because my office neighbor HATES them (gives her a headache). I don't mind getting a little sweaty

My office building is actually pretty small; one story, small loop of a hallway that makes it look silly if I'm walking in circles to the people with windows facing that way. I look crazy - which isn't good, because I work at the mental health facility LOL!

Do you have a store you can drive to nearby? I'm thinking Walmart-type places.

I do this once it gets hot. There is a shopping center 5 minutes away with a Walmart and a grocery store. If it's too hot to walk outside I will sometimes drive over, walk into the walmart and walk around the perimeter, then walk over to the supermarket and walk around the perimeter. Otherwise in the summer I try to do most of my exercise in the early AM, I am pretty sensitive to the heat and can get a little light-headed if I do anything that gets my heart-rate up.

BringingSherriBack

I walk here sometimes during my lunch. I just bring clothes to change into for exercising and then change back into my work clothes and freshup a bit with baby wipes and deodorant.
Several girls here use to use one of the conference rooms (with a tv and DVD player) to do workout videos during lunch. Is that a possibility?
We also use to do laps around the inside of the warehouse where I worked. Currently I do several laps a day around the inside of our office building (it's a big loop pretty much with offices on the inside and outside of hallways all the way around the building with hallways on both ends too so perfect for laps). Everytime I need to get a drink or use the restroom I do a lap. I always do each at a different time so I get twice the laps in.

carakirkey

Continue to walk even once it gets hot. I just make sure to bring a change of clothes and deodorant. Yoga is offered at my work place 2 times a week at lunchtime as well. In the past at another job, the company hired a mobile fitness instruction to lead yoga classes in a meeting room at lunch time. The company subsidized it a bit, and participants contributed the rest to her fees. Maybe you could ask your workplace to support a fitness/yoga program? Its in the company's benefit to provide a healthy workplace

aylajane

Check youtube for "youcube"... Its a 3 minute soap opera series about a guy exercising at his cube. pretty funny. Its been a few years since I looked for it, but assuming its still there

ladybarometer

carakirkey wrote: »

Continue to walk even once it gets hot. I just make sure to bring a change of clothes and deodorant. Yoga is offered at my work place 2 times a week at lunchtime as well. In the past at another job, the company hired a mobile fitness instruction to lead yoga classes in a meeting room at lunch time. The company subsidized it a bit, and participants contributed the rest to her fees. Maybe you could ask your workplace to support a fitness/yoga program? Its in the company's benefit to provide a healthy workplace

My work place JUST started a fitness challenge, and gave out perdometers to encourage people to get moving. The perdometers were about $2 and if you shake them, it counts that as steps - hopefully no one else figures that out LOL! We're state funded, so anything extra has been a no - I thought maybe we could at least meet in the afternoons to walk/jog, since we're on such beautiful land.