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xbootykickinx
xbootykickinx Posts: 48 Member
edited November 17 in Fitness and Exercise
What do you do to stay active when you work at an office job at 90% of your time is at a desk?

I try to get up and walk around while I'm in the office so I'm not always sitting down, but I'm trying to figure out little things I can do I'm at the desk to keep me active.

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  • Ironandwine69
    Ironandwine69 Posts: 2,432 Member
    I usually am too busy to worry about being active at my desk. But I always take stairs.
    And the lady's room trips from all the water I drink are plenty lol
  • ocrXfitter
    ocrXfitter Posts: 123 Member
    Ironandwine69 wrote: »
    I usually am too busy to worry about being active at my desk. But I always take stairs.
    And the lady's room trips from all the water I drink are plenty lol

    I do all of these things also. In addition, I take a 30 min walk at lunch every day, even in snow, reason, wind, or a heatwave.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    Nothing... I work out 5 x a week so I get my exercise that way.
  • ocrXfitter
    ocrXfitter Posts: 123 Member
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    Nothing... I work out 5 x a week so I get my exercise that way.

    So do I, but being at a desk for 8 hours a day still isn't healthy.
  • qweck3
    qweck3 Posts: 346 Member
    I stand for part of the day and do small marches in place when no one is paying attention. Once an hour I take a walk to the bathroom and back.
  • DancingMoosie
    DancingMoosie Posts: 8,619 Member
    Can you get and use a standing desk? Otherwise, just workout before and after work.
  • DietPrada
    DietPrada Posts: 1,171 Member
    I'm lucky I have a fair walk to and from the bus (about 10,000 steps a day) plus I tend to spend a couple of hours a day at a standing desk.
  • bscroggins05
    bscroggins05 Posts: 65 Member
    I take the stairs any time I go to the restoom. And i make sure to get up and move a lot, whether it's making copies, asking my boss questions, or going to get a drink.
  • xbootykickinx
    xbootykickinx Posts: 48 Member
    DancingMoosie wrote: »
    Can you get and use a standing desk? Otherwise, just workout before and after work.

    @DancingMoosie i try to stand as much as possible I take the stairs not the elevator, and when I get antsy I walk around the office. I'd love a stand up desk!

  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,488 Member
    edited April 2017
    Not much I can do especially attached to a headset almost all day and almost correspondence is through email with little walking in the office. You could look into exercise equipment made to go under your desk or perhaps a stand up desk.

    All you can do is park further from entrances, take purposeful walks perhaps on a break or lunch time, take stairs if you have them, go to the furthest bathrooms, etc.

    I work out every day of the week but my NEAT is just not very high during the week at all.

  • beaglady
    beaglady Posts: 1,362 Member
    I have the same issue. I recently changed my settings to log negative calories, and discovered that I wasn't moving enough on most work days to even be considered sedentary. I've started using the upstairs rest room, and walking a mile on the treadmill at lunchtime, just to have enough steps to be considered sedentary.
  • crossfitandlipstick
    crossfitandlipstick Posts: 8 Member
    xbootykickinx wrote: »
    DancingMoosie wrote: »
    Can you get and use a standing desk? Otherwise, just workout before and after work.

    @DancingMoosie i try to stand as much as possible I take the stairs not the elevator, and when I get antsy I walk around the office. I'd love a stand up desk!

    If you get a note from your doctor saying you need one you shouldn't have any problems. (And doctors love when people ask for one) My sit/stand desk is getting installed this week. I can't wait!
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,630 Member
    I walk as part of my commute
    I walk at lunch
    I climb stairs on breaks
    I stand during meetings
    I walk or cycle after work
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    ocrXfitter wrote: »
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    Nothing... I work out 5 x a week so I get my exercise that way.

    So do I, but being at a desk for 8 hours a day still isn't healthy.

    ah well....
  • Keapix
    Keapix Posts: 92 Member
    My Fitbit buzzes at me every hour - if I haven't done enough steps during that hour - so that reminds me to get up for a wander (I do a circuit round my building); it was the reason I got a fitness tracker to begin with.
  • Therealobi1
    Therealobi1 Posts: 3,262 Member
    ocrXfitter wrote: »
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    Nothing... I work out 5 x a week so I get my exercise that way.

    So do I, but being at a desk for 8 hours a day still isn't healthy.

    I know what you mean it's playing havoc with my eyes.
    I try and exercise before work
    Use stairs instead of lift that's about it
  • stanmann571
    stanmann571 Posts: 5,727 Member
    bscroggins05 wrote: »
    I take the stairs any time I go to the restoom. And i make sure to get up and move a lot, whether it's making copies, asking my boss questions, or going to get a drink.

    As much as possible this.

    Not to the point of malingering or wasting time excessively
  • RachelElser
    RachelElser Posts: 1,049 Member
    For Christmas I got a little under the desk pedal thingy.
  • trigden1991
    trigden1991 Posts: 4,658 Member
    Walk round the office as much as possible during the day, walk at lunch, exercise in the evenings.

    I work in an office but manage to hit a minimum of 10k steps a day and lift weights 4 days a week.
  • tagmeout
    tagmeout Posts: 2 Member
    I work in a large building, so I make it appoint not to use the restroom near my office.
    I pick one that is far away; however I have to make sure that I don't wait last minute, so
    that I am in a tight trying to get there in time. :D
  • Lift_Run_Eat
    Lift_Run_Eat Posts: 986 Member
    I walk at lunch. My other jobs had long hallways or tunnels I could walk in; this one does not so I go to a nearby neighborhood park. Sometimes I even shut my office door and do workout videos. I have a small office, but there is still enough space to do some things. (My old job, we had a printer room I could go in and shut the door at lunch and workout.)
  • midlomel1971
    midlomel1971 Posts: 1,283 Member
    I've read that standing desks really don't do much for you other than cause back issues. They say it's better to build breaks into your day to walk around or do some exercises. And try to get up more...like go to the printer, etc.
  • xbootykickinx
    xbootykickinx Posts: 48 Member
    Thanks everyone, I'm gonna try even more to get in walks at lunch. It gets hard because we're in a busy medical office I'm lucky to get a full lunch most days.
  • Packerjohn
    Packerjohn Posts: 4,855 Member
    midlomel1971 wrote: »
    I've read that standing desks really don't do much for you other than cause back issues. They say it's better to build breaks into your day to walk around or do some exercises. And try to get up more...like go to the printer, etc.

    Would be interested where you read that. Anything that I've read and personally heard from several well respected physical therapists and orthopedic surgeons says they are great for back issues.

    Key is to alternate standing and sitting, taking walking breaks as suggested. The body doesn't like too much of any one position. An adjustable desk allows one to build more movement patterns into their day.
  • Jillian130
    Jillian130 Posts: 174 Member
    I often will alternate between doing wall pushups, squats, lunges, or jumping jacks each time I take a bathroom break. It's better than nothing. I also do a complete workout after work at home to top off the day. Every little bit adds up.
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