Healthy Living

Today I’m going to give you some great leg exercises that you can do inconspicuously in the office, its like getting paid to get in shape! Lets start with a seated leg press: While seated at your desk, straighten one leg and hold in place for five or more seconds. Make sure you are  tightening your glute (butt) muscle,  then lower the leg back to the ground without letting your foot touch the floor. Alternate legs and repeat. Try this for between 12 and 15 reps with each leg to start. You should feel this in your Quads, Hamstrings, and Gluteus Maximus. Next, let’s try the tap dancer. Do your best Gregory Hines impression by rapidly tapping your toes under your desk. Move your knees up just enough to get your toes off the floor, being careful not to bang them against your desk! Quickly alternate back and forth making sure to let just the tips of your toes hit the ground. Try for one minute at a time, increasing duration as it becomes easier. This exercise will not only work your calves but also give you some much needed cardio when stuck at your desk. Now, let’s move on to what I like to call butt clenches. To get started, frankly, all  you need to do is squeeze your butt muscles together while seated at your desk and hold for 10 seconds at a time. Repeat this motion 20-30 times or until you feel you can no longer hold without your coworkers noticing! Finally, we get to or final super stealth leg exercise. I like to call it the office thigh master! While sitting, place anything from your desk that has weight to it (and isn’t crucial to your morning deadline) between your knees and then press together until you feel your inner thighs burning. Continue squeezing for 30 seconds or more at a time. Take 15-30 seconds in between and repeat for 10-20 minutes. This should get you through till lunch! I hope this first edition of Deskercises has been helpful and be on the look out for more coming at you weekly!