Fitness for Desk Bound Workers

Homeworkers risk getting even less exercise that office workers who work in large buildings where at least there are long corridors. The following is a list of tips you can use to squeeze in a little more into your daily routine. Spread out exercise can be more valuable than occasional intense exercise in a gym.

• When you go to the restroom as we all do during the day, take the ‘long’ route. Go to another floor using the stairs, or to the building next door. You can even be brave enough to walk around the building and back in. You can walk several flights of stairs up to the restroom.
• Likewise, when you go to a meeting or to lunch, find a route that gives you more walking time. Every step helps.
• Of course, there is still the old trick of parking a couple blocks away to walk to work. Or take a more distant subway or bus stop and walk from there to work.
• Keep hand weights handy at your desk. When you are waiting for a program to come up or finish executing, pick up your weights; do some arm lifts.
• Put weight bands on your ankles and lift your legs up straight from time to time. Hold them straight once in a while.
• Instead of rolling your chair back and forth to the different machines (printer, fax, etc), stand up and walk over to it and back. Just standing up and sitting down is activity.

Adapted from a post at http://guru-sites.com/exercise-to-fitness