stuck on my butt in an office alllll day

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  • fitpiglet24
    fitpiglet24 Posts: 44 Member
    No you're not! Get up and do squats at your desk. Chair lifts, lunges. I do this all at work :)

    i share a tiiiiiiny office with someone who is anti-working out, pro-candy so i'm sure i'd get some looks if i did squats and different routines at my desk but oh well.. i think i'm gonna bust a few out right now! i'll letcha know what she says;)

    Shoot, let them give you looks! Maybe it'll make them uncomfortable enough to change some bad habits of their own? Are you able to switch out your chair for an exercise ball? They're quite comfortable to sit on and you can bounce or do crunches, plus sitting up straight really encourages core stability. It wouldn't hurt to ask-I sit at a triage desk all night, and my boss was more than happy to say yes to my request for using an exercise ball in the office.

    good idea, i have one at home that i can bring in and try out. (i don't think her habits are going to change anytime soon; she seems quite content with her little stash of candy) ;)
  • mlauraa
    mlauraa Posts: 166 Member
    I try to go for a walk on my lunch break occasionally. I also don't care if people give me a weird look when I'm doing lunges in the breakroom while waiting for my lunch to heat up. Maybe ask some coworkers if they would like to join you for a desk work-out challenge and they will all be doing squats at their desk? lol

    I will be trying this with my coworker tomorrow, hopefully she joins lol
  • snowbear1005
    snowbear1005 Posts: 79 Member
    Yes. I will do exercises I learend from a ballet/yoga dvd while I'm waiting at the copy machine. Standing leg lifts to the side or stretch my leg out back of raise and lower my foot. Nobody has given me any strange looks yet.

    I also do calf raises at my desk and sometimes sit in a modified yoga pose to stretch.
  • happysherri
    happysherri Posts: 1,360 Member
    Yes, this is my first day back in a week and half, UGH! We have a treadmill desk -you can walk while you work, but I would fall on my aze! We have a production we have to meet with apps, that would slow me down.

    I do get up and stretch a lot.
  • FiftyandGettingBetter
    FiftyandGettingBetter Posts: 611 Member
    Yes, this is my first day back in a week and half, UGH! We have a treadmill desk -you can walk while you work, but I would fall on my aze! We have a production we have to meet with apps, that would slow me down.

    I do get up and stretch a lot.

    I'm in need of more of that.... strecthing. I try to strecth at my desk when I remember. I need to set an alarm to remind me. anyone have any other suggestions?
  • morethanthis0
    morethanthis0 Posts: 260 Member
    yep! not only am I on my butt all day at work but I also am on my butt for about hour and a half with driving to and from work and on my butt sitting in classes all day! its quite sad. At work I try taking a 15 min walk around, luckily I work on a hill next to the beach/coast so its always a nice walk. Its not much but its nice to get a little walk in
  • Leisalynn84
    Leisalynn84 Posts: 113 Member
    Another thing you can do is, if you have a chair that rolls you can work your hamstrings & calves by 1)Almost completly starighten your legs 2) Heels are on the ground, toes are staright up. 3) Pull yourself forward to where knees bend(basically to normal seating position ) 4) Repeat maybe 2 sets of 15....if you want to make it more challenging use just 1 leg to pull yourself forward.


    great idea, thanks!
  • myfrogs11
    myfrogs11 Posts: 53 Member
    I've just started this week, I set an alarm on my email to go off at 9 that tells me to get up. Once it goes off, I snooze it for an hour, then get up and walk around the interior of our building for two laps. Just got a fitbit so I'm trying to start making small changes to things. In an hour, the snooze goes off again, so rinse and repeat.

    I do like the idea of squats in the bathroom too!! I'm gonna start doing that!
  • AZ_Gato
    AZ_Gato Posts: 1,270 Member
    IMAG08732_zps05c129f9.jpg

    WHOA...big picture is big. Anyway, I got one of these and I've put about four inches on each arm since then. True story.
  • myfrogs11
    myfrogs11 Posts: 53 Member
    IMAG08732_zps05c129f9.jpg

    WHOA...big picture is big. Anyway, I got one of these and I've put about four inches on each arm since then. True story.

    This guy at work actually bought one of those just so he could check out in Sporting Goods section....
  • lilRicki
    lilRicki Posts: 4,555 Member
    I have no problem sitting at my desk, sometimes it gets boring and I go to the kitchen for a tea, I do have to move about 10 feet to go to the photocopier, and I might have to run downstairs once a week, but other then that, I'm at my desk. But I'm lazy, and I hate exercise. I do however, work out at night. That's when I bust my *kitten*. Other than that, I'm a pretty sedintary person. All my hobbies are sedintary too.

    Edit to add: Today i'm grateful that I don't have to move around to much, because day 2 of DOMS is killing me.
  • srsly_sarah
    srsly_sarah Posts: 42 Member
    I know how you feel! While I get to walk around as much as I want, I have no where to go. I have a jawbone, so I have been more motivated to try to get in a few thousand steps during the day--the vibration when I don't move after 30 minutes are also super helpful!

    I like all the desk exercises ideas!!
  • brdnw
    brdnw Posts: 565 Member
    this isn't helpful, but i live and work downtown, so on my lunch i walk home (2 minute walk), run a quick mile while my lunch is cooking, shower and then eat. moving near my work has been the best thing ever for my workouts. yea sorry this isn't helpful at all.
  • fitpiglet24
    fitpiglet24 Posts: 44 Member
    this isn't helpful, but i live and work downtown, so on my lunch i walk home (2 minute walk), run a quick mile while my lunch is cooking, shower and then eat. moving near my work has been the best thing ever for my workouts. yea sorry this isn't helpful at all.

    haha ya, thats not very helpful but thats okay. thats great that you can fit in a workout AND a shower AND a homecooked meal on your break. jealoussssss!
  • superfox12082
    superfox12082 Posts: 512 Member
    Same. I walk on my breaks, weather permitting. Today's the first day we have seen temps above zero in days, so I feel like a caged animal!! Also in the wrong field.... :ohwell:
  • latewinterwolf
    latewinterwolf Posts: 79
    Treadmill desk granted they cost about £1500 lol
  • wrk2hrd
    wrk2hrd Posts: 28
    My company spent roughly 1k-1.5k/per ergonomic chair x 40,000 employees and they are horrible!

    So many overweight people due to seditary work/home life, they should have spent 1/2 that, and purchased walking treadmills.
  • elainecroft
    elainecroft Posts: 595 Member
    I have a standing desk and I love it. I bought it myself - cost as much as a gym membership but totally worth it.

    Check out http://www.ergodesktop.com/ if you are interested - they go on top of a normal desk and can adapt to a number of different computer setups.
  • missomgitsica
    missomgitsica Posts: 496 Member
    Work out on your lunch break. If there isn't a gym nearby just go jor a run.

    I work an office job too (medical billing) and even though I'm at my desk a lot, I still manage to walk about two miles every day just at work, between going to the bathroom or the break room or up to the front of the office. My work co-owns a gym that's right across the street from us, which is awesome, so sometimes I'll hit the gym on my lunch break.

    I like having a job where I get to mostly relax, though. I feel like it motivates me to work even harder in the evenings when I do work out. That's just me, though.
  • newjojie
    newjojie Posts: 292 Member
    Me too! I walk a mile on my 15. If you have a swivel chair at your desk do this: hold on to desk, raise feet and use your abs to swivel the chair. I also do squats in the bathroom, I've gotten some weird looks but oh well...lol.
  • fitpiglet24
    fitpiglet24 Posts: 44 Member
    desk treadmills would be great!
  • thatATLgirl
    thatATLgirl Posts: 60 Member
    Sitting all day is AWFUL! I just try to get up and stretch as much as possible; and even 1 hour of exercise a day helps IMMENSELY.
  • caitypants86
    caitypants86 Posts: 278 Member
    Lol... OP made me laugh. I agree, sitting in an office for 8 hours (and then in my car for over an hour each way to and from work) is absolutely painful...and I'm convinced it's taking years off my life and making me feel old and stiff (I'm only 27...that's not right!). I actually CRAVE exercise when I get home at night. The only upside is that I have to climb 6 flights of stairs to get up to my office, but obviously that just isn't enough. I've actually never thought of doing squats and push ups in the bathroom but I'm going to do that from now on. I love the idea of the swivel chair exercises as well but my chair so squeaky and loud ...especially on a hardwood floor....
  • train_01
    train_01 Posts: 135 Member
    I too am a desk jockey (which I believe contributed to my 30 lb gain in the last year). I usually go on walks during my 15 minute breaks. Luckily, my office building is connected to several other buildings through over-the-street "bridges" which are covered. There is a hotel/conference center connected about 3 blocks away which has TONS of stairs. My hubby and I usually walk to the hotel, walk ALL the stairs in it (about 10 flights in all), then walk back to the office. It is definately a workout!
  • LuLuChick78
    LuLuChick78 Posts: 439 Member
    I take two 15 minute walk breaks and also we have a anytime fitness downstairs at my workplace. So instead of going to lunch I go workout. I'm sure im very fortunate to have a gym at my work place.

    I also go to the gym instead of lunch. I eat (my protein packed lunch, lol) at my desk when I return from the gym!
    ETA: I also sit on my *kitten* 8-9 hours per day at my desk and have a 1 hour commute to work so that totals about 11 hours of sitting per day, argh!!!
  • chopper_pilot
    chopper_pilot Posts: 191 Member
    how far is your job from your house?

    can you walk or bike the commute?
  • fitpiglet24
    fitpiglet24 Posts: 44 Member
    I too am a desk jockey (which I believe contributed to my 30 lb gain in the last year). I usually go on walks during my 15 minute breaks. Luckily, my office building is connected to several other buildings through over-the-street "bridges" which are covered. There is a hotel/conference center connected about 3 blocks away which has TONS of stairs. My hubby and I usually walk to the hotel, walk ALL the stairs in it (about 10 flights in all), then walk back to the office. It is definately a workout!

    that's an awesome resource to have! stairs make for a great little workout, especially when there are 10 flights of them!
  • fitpiglet24
    fitpiglet24 Posts: 44 Member
    how far is your job from your house?

    can you walk or bike the commute?

    its about 10ish miles. not very far but the rd i have to take is crazy busy and i have to jump on the highway for a few exits. is it illegal to ride a bicycle on the highway? hmmm. (in the breakdown lane of course) ;)
  • fitpiglet24
    fitpiglet24 Posts: 44 Member
    Lol... OP made me laugh. I agree, sitting in an office for 8 hours (and then in my car for over an hour each way to and from work) is absolutely painful...and I'm convinced it's taking years off my life and making me feel old and stiff (I'm only 27...that's not right!). I actually CRAVE exercise when I get home at night. The only upside is that I have to climb 6 flights of stairs to get up to my office, but obviously that just isn't enough. I've actually never thought of doing squats and push ups in the bathroom but I'm going to do that from now on. I love the idea of the swivel chair exercises as well but my chair so squeaky and loud ...especially on a hardwood floor....

    i actually read an article about how sitting for the majority of your day can decrease your lifespan. yikes! even if you workout and squat your little heart out in the bathroom. i'd like to think that'll give me an extra year :p

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