According to a growing body of research, long periods of physical inactivity raise your risk of developing diabetes,

heart disease, cancer and obesity. In fact, the strangest thing in the world is that people spend all day clamped in a chair. It’s a form of physical entrapment. Here are some ways to help you sneak in some on-your-feet time in an otherwise deskbound day.

Positive Approach & Small Efforts

• With small goals get moving more often.
• Have an approach to physical activity throughout the day.
• Avoid being a couch potato.
• According to research, the longer you sit watching television, the greater will be your waist size and higher the risk of dying from cardiovascular disease.
• Try to get up early and exercise a little before getting ready for office.

A Little Workout Is Not That Bad

• Stretch out your entire body with all the muscles that are cramped. Do it for about 6 or 7 times a day, you’ll soon start to notice the difference.
• Take out your dust-covered treadmill out of the storeroom, place it in front of the television. Allow yourself to watch only when you are walking on it like an intensive.
• Tidy the room or March in place in case there is no exercise equipment.

Travelling Tips to Help You

• If you take a train or a bus to work, you can stand up while on your journey.
• Walk a block by choosing to get off a stop early.
• Find a distant parking spot so that you can walk for a few minutes before or after work if mass transit isn’t an option.

To-do Activities at Work

• Instead of the elevator use the stairs.
• A constant physical activity should be done and avoid staring at the screen for too long.
• You can involve yourself in desk exercises like clenching and relax your muscles.
• Relocate the water coolers by the side of the windows so that people will move out of their cubicle.
• Standing uses more muscles and burns more calories than sitting. So, train yourself to stand whenever you are on the telephone. Stand up during a meeting or maybe a power point presentation.
• Go for a stroll post lunch instead of chatting and gossiping.
• The walk-and-talk meetings with your co-workers can be of real help.
• Take a brisk, 10 to 15-minute walk in the afternoon or in the evening, you’ll be far more productive in your last 3 hours instead of drooling with tiredness.
• Help your company to encourage its employees to be more physically active.

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