Ask HN: exercise at desk

[thewhitewizzard]

I used to work form home, and exercise quite a bit. Now I have an on location job, so getting up in the middle of the day and exercising is out of the question. How does everyone here exercise at their desk?

[wazoox]

> getting up in the middle of the day and exercising is out of the question.

Why is that? I see many people running, cycling, etc. at lunch time.

> How does everyone here exercise at their desk?

If you're looking for exercises you can do in your office/cubicle, see those proposed for the hacker diet :http://www.fourmilab.ch/hackdiet/www/hackdiet.html

[thewhitewizzard]

I do exercise during lunch, the issue is it is not healthy to sit down all day. I normally would have a war bike or a treadmill to keep moving but the place I work likes the appearance of being professional. Thank you for the link

[wazoox]

Get one of those stand-up desk, then. Simply standing and getting up your toes can be quite active. There were quite a lot of discussion about these recently on reddit.

[pedalpete]

I am on the stand-up desk program and really like it. Though it isn't excercise from a cardio perspective, it can improve your posture (though like anything, you can still slouch at a stand-up desk).

I also sometimes stand on a balance board to make things a bit more interesting and engage core muscles while at my desk - though the second you touch your keyboard or mouse, you'd be amazed how much less you use your core for balance.

[thewhitewizzard]

would love to, but part of the professionalism at the company I would for is identical desks ( I have asked if I could bring in my own desk, was told no, it would encourage people to be unprofessional)

[wazoox]

Look like a particularly un-funny place... :( Are you allowed to laugh sometimes, or is it too "unprofessional"?

[thewhitewizzard]

only on Fridays, casual day, where you can wear anything, if it fits a list of two page requirements :(