Tips to stay active for long chair seater

Everyone is acquainted with the fact that, a lack of physical activity can threaten the overall health, mainly if it is merged with work-related stress. Full of activity schedules often play a huge role in the inability of peoples to stay fit. Nowadays, most of the people spend a lot of time sitting behind a desk in their office. For those people, it may be more challenging to keep themselves active and mobile at work. That is necessarily not good for muscular strength, flexibility and the health of heart and lungs. The long chair sitters at a desk job are at a high risk of obesity, heart disease, diabetes, etc. However, “Work is Worship” for every person and no one can ignore their work. There is no way office workers must spend 8 hours a day on the lone TreadDesk in the office. However, building fitness into your every day office routine can make a huge difference in your mental and physical well-being. Check out few simple steps explained below, and involve them in your routine to stay healthy and in shape at a desk job and to alleviate your boredom.

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Sit in a Perfect Posture

Check your posture and make sure that you sit upright with your neck straight and your shoulder back. Keep your PC screen at your eye-level in order to keep your neck straight. Both your keyboard and mouse would be kept at a distance and at a height from your body, so that you will be able to keep your elbows tight and your wrists straight. Adjust your office chair to get a 90-90-90 posture – by positioning your feet flat on the floor, and your hips and knees bent at 90-degree angles. Avoid bending or at hunching the desk.

Make Use of a Balance Ball instead of a Chair

Avoid that incorrectly positioned office chair and take an advantage of a fitness ball. Just take care that the balance ball is high enough to maintain your posture aligned with the tips above. Sitting on the unsteady surface makes our core muscles active throughout the day so this is an outstanding way for employing our core and back muscles while sitting at desk.

Stretch

There is no need to go for a run miles at your lunch break to skirmish the consequences of sitting too much. You can best utilize your sedentary time by doing many frequent movements for short periods of time. You can do some simple stretches and exercises during a day on your seat in the office.

• Stretch your arms by lifting them above your head.
• Stretch your neck by rolling it from shoulder to shoulder or by looking up, down, right and left.
• Perform the stretches of shoulders, ankles and wrists by rolling them. This will thwart the conditions like the blood clots and carpal tunnel syndrome in the legs.
• Exercise your gluteus and abdomen by holding and then releasing the muscles repeatedly.
• You can even carry out Kegel exercises during the day to reinforce the pelvic muscles.
• There are even several easy yoga poses that you can perform at your desk which will both release tension in back and neck, plus relieve some of the day’s stress.

Take the Stairs

Depart the elevator a few floors early and go up the rest by taking the stairs. Choosing to mount extra 3 to 5 sets of stairs per day rather than taking the elevator can burn adequate calories in a year to counteract the yearly 1 to 2 pound weight gain of average adult.

Walk around

Leave your chair after every 30 minutes, stretch your legs, and walk around the office for a couple of minutes. If you need to talk with a colleagues or co-workers, then take the opportunity to walk by going to their desk for face to face talking instead of sending an email or making a phone call. This will add a minute exercise into your day, get your blood flowing, and let your eyes to take time out from the PC screen.

Walk as much as possible throughout the working day. Park your vehicle a few blocks away from the office entrance or get off the bus few stops early if you use public transportation. This diminutive extra exercise every day can make a great difference.

Walking Meetings

It is not always realistic to do a walking meeting, but there are chances if your coworkers are just as conscious of the threats of sitting too much as you are. This type of extra activity improves alertness and energy, as well spark creativity.