exercise at work

amyniceneasy

I've been keeping a set of 10lb hand weights at work and every so often I'll do a set of one exercise or another. Do I lose the benefit if I'm not doing sets consecutively or will I still see progress from this broken up way of fitting exercise in? I also take breaks to pace the hall and walk up and down stairs.

I've been doing this primarily because of a time crunch at home trying to fit in a chunk of time to exercise.

Thoughts? Am I just wasting my time?

tacguy

Exercise is never a waste of time IMHO. It's sure beats doing NOTHING!
Good job!

Joe

rduhlir

I would try to do at least the muscle group sets consecutively. For example, if you do bicep curls with them, do a full set then rest a minute and then do another set.

lindaw66

Im a switchboard operator and only get two ten minute breaks during the day, so I do 20 squats every hour to get moving and get my heart pumping. I can feel the burn! Any time you can fit in exercise is good. You can google office exercises if you want more ideas.

jennifer_417

I've been thinking about keep some handweights at work, too. All I have are 3-lb ones, but that's better than nothing, I suppose. I also walk for exercise at work. I think it all counts. It may not get your heart rate up as much as if you were doing a bunch of sets at once, but it's way better than nothing!

Iron_Feline

Can I ask what you are trying to achieve? Is it just to burn some extra calories?

amyniceneasy

Honestly I'm trying to maintain my muscle and take off the last 10lbs. I try to fit in 2 or 3 30min workouts with weights at home. I use weights for those workouts that are 10 ,12, 15, or 20lbs depending on the exercise. Once I'm at goal or close to it I plan on switching to maintenance and try to build some additional muscle.

The end result...I want to be strong and firm and hopefully get enough muscle to burn a few more calories. I'm only 5'3" and I'm almost 39...and I love to eat. I'd love to hit goal and not have to eat like a bird to maintain it. I've never done the 1200calorie thing...and I don't want to ever have to! I'd rather build muscle and EAT.

Iron_Feline

In that case you might like to join this group and ask for some advice:

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/10118-eat-train-progress

They are very knowledgeable and will give you some great advice. You may want to start lifting heavy now as you are so close to your goal - congrats btw - and start focusing on body recomposition :flowerforyou:

I'm in a similar position at 5'2 and 33, I've got about 20lbs to lose but I've just started New rules of lifting for women - I too want to maintain muscle while losing fat and not eat 1200cal doing it.