People with a desk job

howens1027
howens1027 Posts: 15
in Health and Weight Loss
I work your typical 9-5 during the day and usually do not leave my desk, not even for lunch. What do you 9-5ers do to exercise at your desk???
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  • nxd10
    nxd10 Posts: 4,570 Member
    I have a standing desk because I am there all day.

    I also walk up and down stairs a lot.
  • gdelp
    gdelp Posts: 20 Member
    How long did it take you to get used to your standing desk?
  • alpine1994
    alpine1994 Posts: 1,915 Member
    I work at a desk 7:30am to 5:30 or 6pm and I can't leave my desk for lunch either. :( I just kind of deal with the sedentary-ness of the work day and then work out like crazy as soon as I get home. Usually I will go to the bathroom and do some jumping jacks and stretching. A couple of the girls here have balance balls they sit on instead of chairs that they wiggle around on.
  • moosegt35
    moosegt35 Posts: 1,296 Member
    You can't exercise at your desk unless you have a job where you don't have to actually do work and you can just stand out in the middle and do sit ups and jumping jacks. I would suggest exercising before 9 or after 5.
  • Toxictwist
    Toxictwist Posts: 274
    i work out in the morning before work, only because my area isnt very big to move around in & when i do, the phone rings :s
  • Ajasper83
    Ajasper83 Posts: 107 Member
    I get up once an hour and go walking around, even for just 5 minutes or to the bathroom. We had a yoga instructor come in and show us some work appropriate yoga and that has helped as well.
  • Moxie42
    Moxie42 Posts: 1,400 Member
    I don't take lunch breaks either and work 9-11 hour days, occasionally longer, but I will go for a 10-20 minute walk most days. I got a couple coworkers to join me too and it's a nice chance for us to take a break and vent!
  • howens1027
    howens1027 Posts: 15
    thanks all for the helpful tips!! :wink:
  • slkehl
    slkehl Posts: 3,801 Member
    You don't leave your desk for lunch? Isn't it illegal to make people work without taking a lunch break?
  • Gramps251
    Gramps251 Posts: 738 Member
    No calories burned at my desk but I work out when I get home.
  • quiltingducky
    quiltingducky Posts: 103 Member
    i work a desk job too, but it's in the comfort of my own home. I get up at least once an hour to walk around for 5 minutes. I can ride my stationary bike during my coffee breaks or at lunch time. I would go crazy not being able to leave my desk all day, even at lunch time. I would get very burned out.

    Is it a rule that you can't leave at lunchtime or just your own choosing? At my old job, I would take a quick walk for 15 minutes and then spend the last 15 minutes eating a quick lunch, though that job was not sedentary by any means.
  • CaseyP1207
    CaseyP1207 Posts: 148 Member
    Push ups, wall squats, chair dips and planking.
  • survivor1952
    survivor1952 Posts: 250 Member
    I don't get a lunch break either, I eat at my desk. Legal? Not sure but it is what it is.
  • SoViLicious
    SoViLicious Posts: 2,633 Member
    I exercise constraint by not telling people to **** off!
  • ILoveTheBrowns
    ILoveTheBrowns Posts: 661 Member
    punch myself in the face
  • jallison12
    jallison12 Posts: 83
    Bathroom breaks? Go to the furthest away bathroom by the most convuluted route possible.
    Going up and down the same stairs is OK as well.
  • Deisel1974
    Deisel1974 Posts: 19 Member
    I take two roughly 1 mile walks a day on my breaks. Park as far away as I can in the parking lot.
  • TattedXMomXStace
    TattedXMomXStace Posts: 79
    I work a 9 to 5 with a 30 minute lunch and it doesnt give me enough time to eat sometimes. . . i try to work out in the wierdest of ways. . . i either dance around a bit when i get home. . . do chores while working out " cleaning floors ill do squats, etc". . mainly its on the weekends though, dvd workouts that are short work great too.

    I tend to get up and walk around the shop jsut to keep teh circulation in my legs healthy (im diabetic). . . sitting for too long for anyone can be bad and lead to things like blood clots, restricted veins and circulation, etc.
  • MdmAcolyte
    MdmAcolyte Posts: 382 Member
    This is a low impact workout you can do from your chair from Johnathan Roche of No Excuses.

    http://www.noexcusesworkouts.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/sample-lowimpact1.pdf
  • TattedXMomXStace
    TattedXMomXStace Posts: 79
    punch myself in the face

    Thats hilarious....
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    Start taking a lunch away from your desk. When you go to the restroom take the long route - or if you can go to a different floor and get in a flight of stairs too then do it. Then go to the gym on your way home or later in the evening.

    When I'm waiting for the printer I will walk laps around the file room where the printer is located if no one else is in there.
  • nturner612
    nturner612 Posts: 710 Member
    my boss runs up and down the steps twice every time she goes to the bathroom...
  • samblanken
    samblanken Posts: 369 Member
    I sit on my duff at a desk but I do get to take a lunch break - I walk about 2.5 - 3 miles in 45 minutes. One of my coworkers saw me doing this and stopped to ask if my truck broke down. Nooo.... but that kind of attitude right there is why we have an obesity problem in america!
  • Rocksgirl27
    Rocksgirl27 Posts: 1
    You could park furthest away from the building, take the stairs, take a walk on your lunch or break.
  • Cat52169
    Cat52169 Posts: 277 Member
    I park as far as I can from the building so I can get the extra walk in. I also walk to talk to coworkers instead of emailing. I have a 5lb dumb bell at my desk to do over head arm lift thingies AND I eat popcorn so I pump those muscles too! Wait what?
  • neverstray
    neverstray Posts: 3,845 Member
    I go sleep in my car on my breaks.
  • FitXnX50
    FitXnX50 Posts: 122 Member
    You don't leave your desk for lunch? Isn't it illegal to make people work without taking a lunch break?
    I'm glad someone noticed this. Usually, you're choosing not to take a break. If not, your employer is breaking federal labor law.

    As someone who too often chooses to work through lunch, seated, I get my workout in the commute - biking as much as possible. Planning it at that time makes it hard to avoid!
  • GretchenReine
    GretchenReine Posts: 1,374 Member
    I exercise constraint by not telling people to **** off!

    You are quite the bully today!!! :laugh:
  • Mguilmot
    Mguilmot Posts: 232 Member
    The only exercise I have at work is walk from and to the bathroom. :-)
  • TheNewDodge
    TheNewDodge Posts: 607 Member
    I hold my breath for 5 minutes per hour

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