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Work It Out! Being stuck at your desk is no excuse to miss your exercise for the day. Here are some exercise tips for those long days at the office 
If you're a workaholic, you know how hard it can be to find time to work out. The experts recommend at least half an hour of exercise a day, but between travel time to and from the gym, shower time and all those side conversations from other gym rats wondering where you've been, the trip can take more than double that. But doctors at the Loyola Center for Fitness, Maywood, Ill., say that if you can't steal time to go the gym, bring the gym to the office. While working up a sweat probably isn't an option, some basic maneuvers can be completed at or near your desk to improve your fitness. Take the stairs whenever possible. Five trips up and down a few flights a day is a good goal. Stand whenever possible. Standing opens up your hips and keeps you from getting stiff. Find a chair without wheels and use your arms to lift your torso off the chair and back down. Complete 15 repetitions. Squeeze your shoulder blades towards your back for three seconds to loosen. Complete 15 repetitions. Then lower one arm at a time and stretch your head for 15 seconds in the opposite direction. This will help bust tension in your neck. Sit in a chair and reach both arms overhead, stretching them back. Hold for 10 seconds. Grab your right wrist with left hand and stretch deeper through your right side. Hold for 10 seconds, repeat opposite side. |
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