XP: Work out ideas?

hlvonb

I sit in an office 8 hours a day watching cameras. Any ideas as to what I can do for workouts while in the office?

misssunshine17

Pinterest has a ton of gym-less workouts. 

WinstonsGirl

Tabata.  Lots of stuff you could do beside your desk, but it's basically 20 sec of an exercise (ex. pushups) then a 10sec break.  Repeat 8 times, then do another activity.  You should find it online.  Also google desk workouts, as I think there's a lot online

JCbride2015

Planks!

Senecaf

Calf raises?

hlvonb

misssunshine17 said:

Pinterest has a ton of gym-less workouts. 

@misssunshine17

Pinterest is an enemy to my working out. I get distracted by other things. Lol

hlvonb

WinstonsGirl said:

Tabata.  Lots of stuff you could do beside your desk, but it's basically 20 sec of an exercise (ex. pushups) then a 10sec break.  Repeat 8 times, then do another activity.  You should find it online.  Also google desk workouts, as I think there's a lot online

@WinstonsGirl

Thanks! I will have to Google Tabata since I have no idea what it is. Lol

hlvonb

Senecaf said:

Calf raises?

@Senecaf

I started doing these today. Lol

hlvonb

Also, if you know anything good for the belly area too since that's what I really want to work on as well as other areas in general.

HaileyDancingbear

Would you be allowed to have a yoga ball instead of a chair?  It requires more balance which means you'd be using your stomach muscles more often.  If not, Planks are a nice way to work out your stomach, but my favorite ab exercise (You'd have to be on break I assume) is to lay on your back, lift your legs, and draw circles with them.  You feel the burn pretty quickly, I find them to be really effective. (Maybe bring a towel to work or something to lay on the floor so you're not just laying right on the floor) squats are also pretty effective, and I'd recommend push-ups too.  

Senecaf

Well you can't target workout. It truly doesn't work. That being said, if you have something heavy you can do side bends, that works obliques. http://www.bodybuilding.com/exercises/detail/view/name/dumbbell-side-bend

hlvonb

HaileyDancingbear said:

Would you be allowed to have a yoga ball instead of a chair?  It requires more balance which means you'd be using your stomach muscles more often.  If not, Planks are a nice way to work out your stomach, but my favorite ab exercise (You'd have to be on break I assume) is to lay on your back, lift your legs, and draw circles with them.  You feel the burn pretty quickly, I find them to be really effective. (Maybe bring a towel to work or something to lay on the floor so you're not just laying right on the floor) squats are also pretty effective, and I'd recommend push-ups too.  

@HaileyDancingbear

No I can't bring a yoga ball instead. We don't get breaks either. At least nothing scheduled. I am in the office by myself 90% of the day so I might be able to do the lay on my back part. Would I lift my legs at like a 45 degree angle or 90?

hlvonb

Senecaf said:

Well you can't target workout. It truly doesn't work. That being said, if you have something heavy you can do side bends, that works obliques. http://www.bodybuilding.com/exercises/detail/view/name/dumbbell-side-bend

@Senecaf

I know I can't target workout but I also wanted to know what types of things I could do in the office that help the stomach area as well as everything else or that maybe work the stomach area just a little bit more. Hope that made sense

Senecaf

Yeah I get it. I think the side bends and some Russian twists might be easy to do at work. And if some one walks in you can play them off easily lol

HaileyDancingbear

hlvonb said:

HaileyDancingbear said:

Would you be allowed to have a yoga ball instead of a chair?  It requires more balance which means you'd be using your stomach muscles more often.  If not, Planks are a nice way to work out your stomach, but my favorite ab exercise (You'd have to be on break I assume) is to lay on your back, lift your legs, and draw circles with them.  You feel the burn pretty quickly, I find them to be really effective. (Maybe bring a towel to work or something to lay on the floor so you're not just laying right on the floor) squats are also pretty effective, and I'd recommend push-ups too.  

@HaileyDancingbear

No I can't bring a yoga ball instead. We don't get breaks either. At least nothing scheduled. I am in the office by myself 90% of the day so I might be able to do the lay on my back part. Would I lift my legs at like a 45 degree angle or 90?

I go up to 45 degrees then move them in a big circle

hlvonb

Senecaf said:

Yeah I get it. I think the side bends and some Russian twists might be easy to do at work. And if some one walks in you can play them off easily lol

@Senecaf

Russian twists??

hlvonb

HaileyDancingbear said:

hlvonb said:

HaileyDancingbear said:

Would you be allowed to have a yoga ball instead of a chair?  It requires more balance which means you'd be using your stomach muscles more often.  If not, Planks are a nice way to work out your stomach, but my favorite ab exercise (You'd have to be on break I assume) is to lay on your back, lift your legs, and draw circles with them.  You feel the burn pretty quickly, I find them to be really effective. (Maybe bring a towel to work or something to lay on the floor so you're not just laying right on the floor) squats are also pretty effective, and I'd recommend push-ups too.  

@HaileyDancingbear

No I can't bring a yoga ball instead. We don't get breaks either. At least nothing scheduled. I am in the office by myself 90% of the day so I might be able to do the lay on my back part. Would I lift my legs at like a 45 degree angle or 90?

I go up to 45 degrees then move them in a big circle

@HaileyDancingbear

Thanks!

RobAmyS

lunges & squats

Senecaf

Russian twists (probably not the proper name) are often done sitIning on the ground leaning back at a 45 with knees bent and feet off the ground then with a medicine ball or weight plate you twist side to side.


This could be modified to be done sitting in an office chair with a phone book or something moderately heavy, again so you can play it off easy.