I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how to stabilize shoulders so that they can best serve you at your desk. The rolled-forward posture that typically accompanies desk work leads to pain between the shoulder blades, sore necks, headaches, and other afflictions. Tucking your shoulders back and getting them to lie down on your torso [...]
Exercise for Office Workers
Sitting is as deadly as smoking. Research on sedentary behavior shows that we office workers face serious health risks from sitting all day, regardless of how thin we are, how fit we are, or how active we are outside of work. We have to figure out how to add routine movement to our office workday or risk early death. We have to stay fit at work.
We should also do exercises to counteract desk posture and to maintain a good level of overall fitness. We have to stay fit for work.
The articles listed below will help you incorporate exercise into your work day and give you ideas about how to tailor your workouts at the gym and at home to address the postural and other issues raised by an office job.