Tips for working out at Work

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  • tfleischer
    tfleischer Posts: 199 Member
    One question?
    When do you people frickin work?
    Get back to work!
    Sincerely,
    THE BOSS
  • heatbreakerr
    heatbreakerr Posts: 18
    One question?
    When do you people frickin work?
    Get back to work!
    Sincerely,
    THE BOSS

    Dear Boss,

    Employee health is more important than working...

    Wanna know why?

    It's simple...

    Because if your employees are not healthy - they will be less productive
    When they are less productive.. you will lose money
    When you lose money.. you will get a headache
    When you get a headache... you will make bad financial decisions..
    When you make bad financial decisions.. the company stock will decline..
    When the stock declines.. the stock holders will formulate an angry mob...
    When the stock holders formulate the angry mob.. you try to hide under your desk..

    So if you don't wanna hide under your desk, in hopes that the angry mob doesn't storm your office -care about your employee's health... K?

    Signed
    Best Wishes!
    Your Employee

    P.S: Lol
  • hittingitonemoretime
    hittingitonemoretime Posts: 7,615 Member
    hahaha @studly

    I have a desk job, I also have an hour commute to work. I am forunate enough to have a gym in the same building where I work. So I weight train in the mornings and get ready for work, and then at lunch, I go back and do my cardio, freshen up. There are some girls I work with who will find an open office at lunch and do yoga, or put an exercise dvd. Just to do something.
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    Not "working out" but getting a little more activity...if you have a sedentary desk job, try making things a little harder on yourself.

    Instead of thinking like "oh I need to take that report to Pam's office but I'll wait until I deliver these checks to Joe", make many trips every day all around your office. If someone needs to be shown to another area of the building, be that person who will take them (if your schedule allows).

    There are many little opportunities in most office jobs I've held, to get slightly more activity. At my current job I have reason to move around and lift boxes a few times a day and I welcome that activity, since much of my day is spent sitting at a desk typing.

    I walk to and from the kitchen on the opposite side of the building to fill and refill my large water container. Purposely keep some office supplies in the supply room instead of stocking my desk. Stuff like that. Granted, I'm fortunate to have ample down time and have been in positions that did not allow for such things!

    I know it doesn't sound like much but it does add up as others have said.
  • gkauf744
    gkauf744 Posts: 128 Member
    Yeah i take the two flights of stairs, can't park any farther and still be in the lot. I don't know how to do a Kegel or what that is really. But i can work with some of the other ideas.

    Thanks

    Guys can't do kegels.
  • davadoto
    davadoto Posts: 105 Member
    I had the same question cause I have the same hectic schedule -that said, let me say of the bat that I do complete workouts, on relatively less busy days and week-ends- so I looked it up on the Web, and here is my routine.

    It doesn't take me a full hour to actually eat lunch, so I use the extra time to do more intensive workouts: lunges, wall push ups, quick run. I do more "discreet " exercise behind my desk while I sort my mail or am standing by the copy machine or talking on the phone with a handset: some stretching, clenching, even cardio. Here are the tips that I have found more useful

    - stretching/ warm ups/cool down : http://health.howstuffworks.com/wellness/diet-fitness/exercise-at-work/10-office-exercises-you-can-do-secretly1.htm . ( 10 min) Will save you time before you start your work out or after.
    - Low to high intensity aerobics, including cool down: http://www.goodhealth.com/articles/2008/10/02/aerobic_exercise_at_your_desk (10 min)

    I use a stop watch on my cell so I can keep track of the time I am actually working out. I don't include all my "extra movements/activities" like walking to another office, parking further, into my exercise log, just to be sure I'm not over estimating the calories I burn.

    These exercises may seem easy- some I thought were a joke before trying them out :noway: - but you get a decent workout if you do them right (I have my sore legs to testify to that!!! ). There are plenty more sites with tips like these on the web + all the good advice the others have already posted. With a sedentary job, every minute you can squeeze in counts! Good luck!

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