What are some exercises that I can do while I am sitting at my desk at work?

Answer 1

Lift your legs and hold them there, tighten your abs for a minute, use some light weights (1-5 lbs) and do many reps of arm curls, sit on an exercise ball instead of a chair (good for the core, and several people in our call center use them), move your chair back and do a few squats, and just tensing/flexing any muscle group for 30 seconds to 5 minutes (depending on how long you can hold them) are all good ways to keep your blood flowing at work. There are lots of options while sitting that can give you a slow cardio workout and many that can build muscle while you're there as well. Good luck!


(edit): Stretching is a good idea either before working your muscles or as part of the "workday workout", but there is SO much more than just stretching you can do.

Answer 2

Stress Ball ;). Run up and down stairs if there are any. Squats, I'm sure you can bring 20lb or 5lb dumbbells to work I've seen a lot of women have them by their desks. If you pick up your dumbbell above your shoulders about at ear level then do squats while you're holding the dumbbells 12-20times and about 3 sets of those, a squat is when you're in standing posture then lower yourself to sitting position and back up to standing position. My friend is an x coastguard and he said hop up and down for five minutes I couldn't do it I had to bail out on the 3rd minute it really works your calf muscles. I don't know how your co workers will accept it but if you are always active I don't think they'll notice a thing. You can do simple bicep curls with small dumbbells or shoulder presses which you take your dumbbells one in each hand align them to your ears with your elbows out to your sides not in front of you then you lift the dumbbells as far up as you can push them then bring it back down that would be one rep do about 12-15 reps of 2-3 sets depending on the weight. Be sure to do proper stretching before any exercise. I personally prefer going to the gym for 1 or 2 hours, they are usually open till 10pm and some very nice gyms are only like 15bucks a month. I hope i helped.

Answer 3

Imagine yourself doing the entire Kama Sutra with a celebrity of your choice, male or female as the case may be! I like to call that "Mental Gymnastics". On a more serious note, try various stretches, bun crunches and tightenings, leg squeezes, bicep resistance pulls (one man arm wrestling), finger twiddling, and grabbing the Boss' *** and the resultant chase around the block, which'll burn off a lot of calories. When I sit at my desk at work, I often invite the Secretary in for some serious exercises that I won't go into here......

Answer 4

I used to get so stir-crazy at a desk!! Bring in an exercise ball and swap it for your chair, it works wonders.

Answer 5

the only way to effectively exercise a muscle is to operate that muscle over it's entire range of motion. this is near impossible to do while seated. to burn any measurable amount of calories large muscles must be used, this means the legs and back which are the 2 biggest in the human body.

Answer 6

Get a nice firm bum while you are sitting down, and no one will notice it :) tense up ur *** muscles at intervals for mins in a row, as long as you like, the longer the better the result.. it makes ur *** look firmer and smaller

Answer 7

I walk with a resistance band in my pocket book and i do shoulder press and bicep curls at work,m a home attendant and i have a lot of time on my hands

Answer 8

i suggest breathing exercise is best in desk this will lessen bp levels and mind gets relaxed eaisly and u get rid of stress . this can b done voluntarily even while working.

Answer 9

you can work on your abs by tightening them for 10 seconds then releasing them for 10 seconds. also if you go to pick something up off the floor instead of just bending down to get it you can do a squat to pick it up. you can also extend you legs in front of you and lift your legs up using your stomach muscles.

Answer 10

Tense your muscles on your legs and buttocks for 30 seconds release and repeat.