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Hey just curious, how many of you work in an office? Those of you that do, what kind of exorcises do you have going on. I am kind of going crazy here. I am in contact with customers and am in view of the public on a small scale, so i am looking for simple ideas to train while i sit, so to speak.
I recommend a young priest and an old priest ;)
LOL
"Excercize "
"ExOrcize" is the act of casting out demons
I am a snowplow driver in CNY 181" of snow last year.
When I find myself in the truck for 12 hours at a time, I do dynamic tension exercises (flex a muscle as hard as you can for as long as you can) allegedly that is what Bruce Lee did (not while snowplowing) LOL.
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Originally posted by Starchaser107
"Excercize "
"ExOrcize" is the act of casting out demons
LOL oops. No wonder i lost all those spelling bee's
Thats a good idea, so what does a snow plow driver do when its sunny?Quote:
Originally posted by Michaelwalter77
I am a snowplow driver in CNY 181" of snow last year.
When I find myself in the truck for 12 hours at a time, I do dynamic tension exercises (flex a muscle as hard as you can for as long as you can) allegedly that is what Bruce Lee did (not while snowplowing) LOL.
LOL ..good question!
And how does he get to work?Quote:
Originally posted by PangQuan
Thats a good idea, so what does a snow plow driver do when its sunny?
Office exercises:
Horse stance while you file
Dynamic tension as mentioned above
Pelvic floor exercises
Tricep dips/pushups off your chair desk
Regular pushups
Pistols, etc. - all the bodyweight stuff
Run up and down the stairs
Pullups off the fire escape
You can never practice your basic kicks, punches, blocks, and stances enough. I'd say to do these throughout the day or a form depending on how big your office is.
it depends on what you're interested in and what you're not afraid to do at work. My coworkers have got used to me doing odd things in my cube area or in empty conference rooms or halls around the office, most of them martial related :P
I always stretch at work, my goal is to stretch atleast 2-3 times a day at work for about 10 minutes. I usually just focus on a couple of body parts each time.
Body weight exercises are always easy. I often find an empty conference room and do a few sets of pushups, situps, variations of each. Recently I've been doing more capoeira specific stuff but you get the idea.
I also work in a 26 story building so I tend to integrate climbing the steps with other exercises. Recently I've been walking 5-7 floors - 10-14 flights - and doing a set of some body weight type exercise. It's a killer but I get one or two of those in a day and it feels great since it's too cold to be ouside running or doing all the stuff I do in the summer.
Every time you stand up from your chair, use one leg only. Stick the other out so you get a one-legged squat in.
dont forget the glorious finger tip pushups against the office wall. :D
some of my favorites: bike to work if you can, run the stairs, practice slow linear kicks for balance and muscle burn, hand drills, drill basic or new techniques (i often do them slow and visualize a lot), footwork drills, hold low stances, practice focusing eyes and intent on things far and near, breathing, chi gung, stretches, practice forms if you have a back room or can get outside. i used to love practicing forms etc at lunch but not done this much in recent years, should get back into it...
i readily admit doing these things fall into the 'martial arts geek' catagory, but some of us into MA are sort of 'ADHD' anyway, so might as well get the extra practice in, right ;-)
oh, and if you want to get really hard-core (i havent personally done this), a certain 'guru' known to this board has been known to wear a 30 lb weight vest to work, and throughout most of the day, commuting, etc... :eek:
have certainly been in need of 'office exorcises' too from time to time too! :D
martial arts geek or not I have way too much down time at work to not use it when I can.
may as well do something that will serve your fu and you office abilities.
dynamic tension:
Clench and release your muscles. Isolate them and do this throughout the day.
Clench your anus while sitting and tighten your core at the same time. (will ease any back stuff from sitting all day and work your core while tightening up your chute)
wrist rotations (strengthens the wrists and wards off teh old carpel tunnel syndrome)
go for a walk at lunch...don't be a lard ass.
eat right, don't go to the local gulp and blow all the time because it's convenient. It's not that it's convenient, it's that you're lazy, get with it.
ankle rotations while sitting.
stand up/ raise your arms/ lean back at where your lumbar and sacral vertebrae meet. lean over to one side don't bend the stomach or waste, do the same on teh other side.
loosely rotate at the hips.
squat with your feet flat on the floor as far as you can go and raise up again.
save the forms for when you get home. people will just think you're a weirdo if you do them at work. Besides, aren't they secret and all? :p
oh, and get yourself a squeeze ball stressy thing. great for devloping grip strength while reading or mousing.