Office Workers: What do you do during the day to keep acive?

Depending on weather, I get up an hour early to work out at the gym. However since this is winter and mother nature has not been too nice to us, I usually walk during my lunch. I walk to the fax machine & the bathroom the long way. I park at the back of the parking lot to log in more steps.

katherineclarkson wrote: »

Hi I'm Katherine,
I work in an office environment that involes a lot of sitting. I am walking inbetween to offices 3 to 4 times a day. Does anyone have any tips for activity at your desk?

i get an hour lunch and i'm lucky enough to have a small gym at the office so i use that during my lunch hour. if it's nice outside i go for a run at lunch.

We have a lower level in our building that isn't used much, so I walk laps in there for ten minutes in the morning, ten minutes in the afternoon, and for a half hour at lunch if I have time. I can't wait for the weather to get nicer so I can just do 45 minutes outside at lunch!

krissyrey wrote: »

Everytime I go to the bathroom which is often since I drink a lot of water, I do about 20-30 squats in my heels. I sink my butt low down, and I feel the burn

oh my gosh i do the same thing! i always think 'oh god if anybody saw me right now they'd think i'm a nut' -___- haha

I work in several different locations but my job does involve lots of sitting all day. I try to park in the farthest spot away from the door. In the places that have stairs I might find some excuses to go up and down them a few times a day. My buildings are all small so I can't walk around too much but I do try- lots of trips to the bathroom, lots of trips to the front office. I usually work over lunch so no walking for me.

Do 4 sets of 25 squats in the shower before work . Try to run at work 3 to 4 days out of 5.

sofaking6 wrote: »

Bang my head on the desk over and over and over and over. The concussion really helps my appetite, too.

I always wondered how many calories it would burn before I ended up with a concussion.

I have a sit down, stand up box which is very helpful. I also lobbied successfully for workout room. I spent Saturday working overtime to get it all set up. We also have scheduled stretch breaks every morning and afternoon. Occasionally, I get up and take laps around our stockroom. Really anything that gets me up and moving helps.

I sit on my *kitten* at a desk for 8+ hours a day and don't incorporate any type of activity and don't have an issue...as long as you are exercising optimally at other times of the day it shouldn't matter if you aren't doing something during that time.
However, if it is because you WANT to try to incorporate something then see the above replies because (I personally) focus on work at work and have enough to deal with for that.

glassyo wrote: »

And, if I'm alone in the office, I say screw it to work and pace back and forth until I'm no longer alone.

Bahahahaha!!! I'm glad I'm not the only one who does this. I work in a small office of around 10 people. Most of the time its just me and the boss man. He'd never let me out of this chair if he had a say. So when they are gone, I pace my small hallway (our building is a whopping 900 sq ft single level). I wish the bathroom trips worked for me. If I had an umbrella, I could hit the bathroom door with it from my chair. LOL. I try to stand at my desk when I can and try to move around at lunch. I go home on my lunch hour so I usually clean something while at home.

Edited to add: I do focus on work as well. I'm not so lucky as to get structured 15 minute breaks twice a day. So my feet can go numb from sitting for a 5 hour span if I don't get up consciously and move myself. Mainly I walk the building when no one is here so I don't distract anyone. I doubt my boss would get seriously upset if he knew I took 5 minutes here and there to stretch my legs. At least he better not. LOL!

There are YouTube workout videos for office workers (type in 'office workout' and you'll get a bunch of videos. There are a lot of isometric exercises that can be done at your desk. Personally, I like just getting up and taking a walk around the building and taking the stairs when I can.

Outside of a regular exercise program, while at work, you could try running stairs at work.