Low Impact Office Workout

If you’ve been trying all week to get started on a workout regime but life keeps getting in the way here are some quick low impact office workouts you can try at your desk. You can do this circuit 4 times for an effective lunchtime burn without leaving the office or ruining your hair and makeup!

1. Squat

• Stand with your feet hip-width apart.
• Your toes, knees and hips should all be facing forward.
• Bend your knees and push your hips backwards as if you were going to sit on a chair.
• Make sure you keep the weight on the heels of your feet.
• Return to a standing position.

2. Office Chair Knee Tuck

• Starting in a push-up position, have your feet on the chair.
• Make sure you brace your core and slide your knees towards your chest, slide the chair towards your body.
• Make sure your core is always activated.
• Slide back to start position and repeat.
• Slide and glide 20 times.

3. Desk Push-Ups

• Stand facing your desk.
• Position your hands on the edge of the desk, slightly wider than shoulder-width apart.
• Perform a normal push-up movement.
• Ensure that your body is completely straight at all times throughout the movement.

4. Static desk bicep contraction

• Sitting at your desk, put your hands under the desk, as if you were to lift the desk with the palms of your hands.
• Keep your elbows as close to 90 degrees as you can.
• Perform a static contraction (make your biceps contract without moving your elbow) as hard as you can with good posture for 30 seconds.

5. Controlled Desk Dips

• Place your hands on your chair and slowly lower yourself up and down
• Make sure to only lightly brush the chair with your back as you move.
• Keep this one up for 20 reps.