desk jobs

My job as an IT geek has me at a desk every day. I don't bother trying to be active at work, other than taking the stairs instead of the elevator and that kind of thing. I just get my exercise in at other times.

Walk on your breaks. That's what I do.

My job as a crime scene investigator either has us SUPER active or SUPER sedentary. The last few days I have felt as though I could be doing something as I type reports/read articles, etc.

Any of you try to stay active while at work? My co worker sometimes sits on an exercise ball... anything else?

I'll rock out some push ups, chair dips, wall squats and planks in my office if I'm sitting too long.

Maybe walk on breaks if you get any or at lunch. Try some squats each time before you sit down. IDK. I don't usually do any exercise at my desk job as a bookkeeper.

PS - I think you have the coolest job EVER. I would love to do something like that. lol

If you're at a desk job and you're willing to walk, do it. Even in FL (I live here too) because unless you deal directly with clients/public, nobody cares if you stink. I used to walk the stairs on my break while I would munch on fruit or read and I would end up sweaty(they connected outside) but I carried deodorant and a hairbrush in my purse and nobody could tell (or at least they didn't say anything) that I had been sweaty.

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Hmmm. I sit all day also... I do squats, calf raises, triceps extensions and planks at work... and I walk as much as possible. Hope that helps.

Walk on your breaks. That's what I do.

Same here - when i am real good i even try to bring lunches that i can eat at my desk so that i can wak om every break - which is easier said than done since i work in a call center - cant just be crunching on celery at my desk!

I work in IT. I am sitting in front of a PC most of my shift. Graveyard shift 11pm-7am so I get in walk breaks. I also work weekends and barely anyone is there. I'll come into work wearing workout clothes and take extended breaks. Up to 30 mins and go outside and get a little sweaty. Everyone at my work is supportive and help cover for me if we get busy while I am away. Also hit the water cooler on the 1st floor, taking the stairs, both ways, in the snow. >,>

Living in Florida doesn't allow this in the summer months... after 1 minute out there I'd be a sweaty mess! hahaha I plan on doing this when it cools down, though. I see ladies do this daily.

Ha! Same here in Houston. I'd be a hot mess after even a 5 minute walk outside during the day.

It's been over 100 here for weeks and I still walk every day around 10 am (when it's only 80-85). I sweat, but I don't really care. We don't have the humidity that Florida does though. Short 20 minute walks a couple times a day help keep you moving. My last job was in Seattle where it rained a lot so I went up and down the 13 floors of stairs twice a day. Every little thing adds up. I've also been known to drop to the floor and do pushups (or do them against the desk if you don't want to get on the floor.) They wake you up quick! I also go to the gym on my 30 minute lunch break and again at 5:00.

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LOVE this thing. It's pretty portable too... i can carry it in one hand. I'm sad because mine broke.... ( long story, i brought it home to use while watching during breaks in a concert webcast... while watching the actual concert I didn't have it out of the way enough... I was dancing around, spun in circles, got dizzy, fell over it and knocked it super hard into my OTHER elliptical...a huge clunky thing, and it wound up messing up the one leg... ... tried to fix it to no avail, but it's pretty cheap to get a replacement...;)

I used it under my desk ( turning it backwards for some reason, helped my knees not hit my desk) and then as often as i could, would set up a box to put my keyboard on, and then would do my regular office work while pedaling away per my bodybug, i was burning anywhere from 7-9 cals per minute while on it...not bad for a machine! It also works your core when you are standing on it because you have to learn how to balance...since there are no arms to hold onto... i likes it better that way after awhile actually!

Actually considering selling the big clunky thing and getting one of these for home... it's a lot quieter and VERY compact.

I walk on my breaks, but that's about it. I leave my workout for home because we don't have showers at work to wash off the sweat!

I take what I call "creative loops" around my building (Houston here, too, so I don't dare go outside in work clothes for too long at a time :sick: ).

I take either my phone or pen/paper and walk around (my building actually has a loop and 6.5 times around = 1 mile) - it gives my brain a rest and my body a change of pace and sometimes I even have ideas to write down!

It's kind of like the "sudden cognitive inspiration" in the Shower Principle mentioned by Jack Donaghy on 30 Rock

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