5 Easy Exercises For People Who Work For A Living

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Working for a living means it is difficult for you to find time to workout. Deep down inside, you know that something needs to be done, but at the same time you sit in your chair, while your neck is getting stiff, and your legs and thighs grow in girth.

Having a gym membership does not mean anything if you aren't actively using it. Maybe you get so busy that you aren't even able to make it to the gym like you told yourself.

After getting home from work, you only have a few hours until you have to get up and go to work again.

The only way to get into shape is to do moderate workouts throughout the day while you are at work..

There are very moderate exercises that combine stretching, breathing, and some light aerobics for you. These small workouts should only take up a few minutes of your time and then you can go back to whatever you are doing.

These small mini-workouts will increase your caloric burn and raise it up and in turn increase your metabolism.

1. Neck Rolls

It is almost impossible to avoid a stiff neck at work. Your body is meant to move and being stationary for the entire day.

-Point your head down and roll your neck to the left in a clockwise motion to get your neck a good stretch

-Reverse the direction and go the other direction

-Also, you can look up the ceiling, down to the floor, right and the left to stretch out those tired muscles.

2. Calf Raises

Standing at shoulder width apart, lift your entire body up to give your calves a burn. While you are at it, you can say hi to your co-workers

3. Tricep Dips

Note: have sturdy chair for this one

-Placing your hands on the chair, slide yourself down slowly

-Bend your elbows slowly until you are almost at your own shoulder height

-Drop your hips close to the floor and then push yourself up

-Do this as a set for 10-15 times if you can

4. Door Frame Push

This is basically a push up where your stand about a foot away from a door.

This is how it is done:

-Start tipping yourself forwards

-Place your hands on the door frame to catch yourself

-Push yourself up to standing position again

-Repeat

This is a very good workout for your upper body strength in general. It trains your muscles to be fast and explosive.

5. The abdominal Challenge:

Note: Have a sturdy chair before you start

-Push yourself off your chair using only hands

-While holding yourself up with your arms curl yourself into a ball by having your knees touching your chest as close as possible, this should use a lot of abdominal strength to do so.

Make sure you have strong arms before trying something like this.

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