One of my new goals is to use my lunch time more effectively. Rather than sitting at my desk browsing the internet or just messing around, I am going to use it to be productive. I have decided I am either going to get in a short workout or get in some studying.
Yesterday I did a quick stair workout. I am in recovery mode from the New Years Double and rest mode for Goofy, but I wanted to test it out and see how it worked. I work on the 8th floor of the building. So I went to the stair well and walked down all 8 floors and turned around and walked up 11, then back down to ground level. You cannot get into our floor from the stair well (security measures) so I had to take the elevator back up. I was not being lazy! After that, I did a little bit of internet research on how many calories that would burn. Each floor had 22 steps. So 176 steps down, 242 steps up, 242 steps down for a total of 660 steps. There were a lot of opinions on how many calories that would burn, but I picked the method that seemed conservative and most in depth. For the up portion it is 0.11 per stair and for the down portion it is 0.05 calorie per stair. My grand total was 47.52 calories. I know that doesn’t sound like a lot, but I am going to take it. I plan on doing this 2-3 times a week and once Goofy is over, I will be making it more flights of stairs. If I can burn between 100-200 calories on my lunch break, while getting away from the desk for awhile, it will definitely make a difference physically and mentally!
I am also going to try and incorporate some desk workouts. A volleyball friend of mine, who is a personal trainer, came up with a desk workout for one of her clients. You can do the exercises throughout the day, in any order, in any denomination just get them all in by the end of the day. I modified it slightly for my own benefit. I also keep a post-it note with a running total on my desk so I know how many I accomplished.
-100 desk push ups
-100 desk triceps dips
-100 squats
-100 lunges
Even with an office job you can find a way to incorporate little ‘bouts of exercise.
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