Desk Exercises To Boost Your Work Energy
Exercises at your desk may cause mirth in your work-mates, but once they see the benefits they’ll be doing it too. Start a trend in the office and do a desk workout today – includes an abdominal desk exercise! | |||
Desk Exercise 1– the “yes-sir” stretch Clasp your arms behind your neck and gently move your head forward and back, ensuring you support the weight of your head. Repeat 7 to 10 times and gently release tension in your nodding, yes-sir muscles. |
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Desk Exercise 2– the head tilt Take one hand and place it over your ear, and gently move your head over to the opposite shoulder. Repeat the exercise on the side – you wouldn’t want to be lop-sided would you! Stretch both sides 7 to 10 times, and feel the muscles melt into a more relaxed mode. |
Abdominal Desk Exercise 3 – feel the floor Before
you start this abdominal desk exercise, first make sure your chair
is not going to slide around, otherwise you’ll have a tricky
conversation with your health and safety representative. Stretch your
arms out above your head, palms facing in toward each other, lifting
your torso up out of your hips. Keeping your back long, gently bend
from the hips forward to place your hands on the floor. Reverse movement
and come back up to sitting. Repeat the exercise 5 to 7 times.
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the index finger on the eyebrow, and middle finger lightly on the eyelid.
In a slow circular motion, gently massage the eyeball and eye socket.
Be careful to place no pressure on the eyeball, and if you use contact
lenses, only massage the eye socket. It’s important to remember
your eyes in your desk workout, as they spend many hours at a fixed
focal length, straining your delicate eye muscles. |
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two of your trusted work colleagues to help you with this exercise.
Ask them to hold your wrists and gently shake and vibrate your arms
for about 15 seconds. Repeat the shake 3 to 5 times. As the blood flow
increases through your shoulders to your arms and wrists, the feeling
and warmth will return to your limbs. This desk exercise is particularly
good for minimising the effects of repetitive strain injury, a common
complaint of office workers. |
Desk workouts are the new aerobics! Start a trend today and do desk exercises to burn calories, boost energy and improve concentration.
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Owner,
Management for the Rest of Us www.mftrou.com |
By
Lyndsay Swinton
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