Quick Workouts on an office chair

Do you spend one-third of your day stuck to your office chair, unable to venture out of your seat? If yes, you might be staring at problems like excess fat, neck and back problems, weakened muscles and joint pains.

If too much work is preventing you from spending some time in exercise and physical activity, make your office chair your workout area. HealthyDunia.com finds out a few quick-do exercises that you can practice within your cubical with the help of your desk and chair.

1.       Lift the desk: Heavy and stacked, your office desk can help you end the weariness of your hands. Strain your one hand on the downward edge of the table and try to lift it up. It will exert pressure on your muscles and revitalize them. Once your hand gets tired, repeat the same with the other hand.

2.       Press the desk: Put one hand palm down on the upper side of the desk and exert pressure on it as you press it downward. Keep the strain as long as you can. Repeat with other hand.

3.       Press your knee Put your right hand on the side of your right knee and hold your leg tight as you pressurize it with your hand. Repeat this with other hand and leg.

4.       Palms on the desk: Position one hand palm down on top of the desk and other on the lower side of the table palm up. Exert pressure with both hands as if you are trying to upturn the desk.

5.       Interlock your Legs: This is one of the easiest exercises which one can perform even when he or she is working. Raise your feet around 3 inches above the floor, interlock them together and pull both legs in the opposite direction till the muscles get tired.

 

6.       Fist against palm: Push the fist of one hand against the palm of another. Keep pushing the two hand formations against each other till your muscles get tired.

7.   Put your hands together to make an upturned Namaste-like gesture – with fingers pointing down to your knees and elbows bent at apround 120 degree.  Press your palms against each other as hard as you can. Repeat the same with fingers pointing up.

8.   Hold your Wrist: Use one hand to hold the writst of the other tightly, and pull the two hands away from each other. Interchange your hand when your muscles get tired.

9.       Enact riding a bicycle: Cycling has many benefits but in today’s pacy and hectic life, there is little time to actually go out cycling. You can enact riding a bicycle with the help of your office chair. Sit on the edge of your seat and support your upper body with armrests. Now, pedal smoothly in the air, bringing each knee near your chest as you pedal. Enacting like you are riding a bicycle can be a good workout for the exercise starved.

10.      Stretch your hands: Sit straight, look straight, interlock your fingers and stretch your hands in front of yourself. Hold on for at least 10 seconds and repeat it.