Exercise to de-stress: 10 exercises you can do at the office

Exercise to de-stress: 10 exercises you can do at the office

Exercises for which you will only need an office chair.

Millions of people around the world lead a sedentary lifestyle. They often don’t have the energy to go to the gym or even work out at home. If you live a work-at-home-at-home-at-work lifestyle, that’s no excuse. You can keep yourself in shape even in the office. It takes literally 10-15 minutes, and colleagues may not even notice your increased activity in the workplace.

Tilting your head from side to side (you can add left and right head rotation).
This good old exercise, familiar from school days, helps to improve blood circulation and stretch the tired cervical region. We do bends 8-12 times.

Stretching the back and shoulders while sitting

Fold your hands in a lock in front of your chest and stretch forward. The back is rounded and the head is lowered forward. Relax the tense back for a few seconds.

Stretching of the back, shoulders and thoracic region

Again fold your hands in a lock, but this time behind your back. Pull the arms back and the chest forward, looking up. Sit in this position for a few seconds.

Exercise for pectoral muscles

Fold your hands in front of your chest with palms facing each other. Squeeze your hands as hard as possible, then relax. You can place a hard object between your palms. Repeat 8-10 times.

Reverse push-ups from a chair

Put your arms, bent at an angle of 90 degrees, on the edge of a chair, table or any stable surface. Then straighten your arms. Repeat 10-12 times. This exercise will help to keep your arm muscles toned.

Side bends

This exercise can be performed by placing your hands behind your head. This will serve as a warm-up for the spine and oblique abdominal muscles. 10-12 repetitions.

Exercise for the abdominal muscles

Sit on the edge of a chair, put your hands behind you. Pull your legs up to your chest 10-20 times. It is not necessary to touch the chest with your knees.

Stretching the back of the thigh

Sitting in place, alternately pull the knee to the chest, holding the leg with the hand. Raising the leg, slowly lower the head to the knee. This is good for relaxing the lower back and hips. Do 6-8 repetitions.
If you lift your legs at a faster pace and help less with your hands, this exercise will also help activate your abdominal muscles.

Exercise to restore blood circulation

Sitting in place, lift the straight leg to 90 degrees and make rotations with the foot. Repeat the same with the other leg.

Open the hip joint.

Place one leg over the other so that the foot rests on the knee. You can press lightly on the “top” leg and on exhalation lower the body down.

This is a list of 10 uncomplicated, but at the same time effective exercises that will help keep your body toned. You can check out other variations as well:

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