Desk Exercises for WFH

Feel tired and exhausted from working at your desk everyday at home? Well, there is a solution. You can practice these exercises which can strengthen your body while sitting at your desk. These are designed specifically for you if you have a 9-5 desk job which became 9-midnight due to WFH!

Here are our best suggestions. 

• Neck-Stretch - First, rotate your neck from side to side, forward and backward. Then, look left and right. Take care not to roll your neck, which is not good for the joints in the neck.Voila- your neck is no more stiff!
  
• Wrist-Roll- Roll your wrists clockwise and counterclockwise every once in a while. This increases flexibility and increases blood circulation.
• Ankle-Roll: Roll your ankles clockwise and conterclockwise evey once in a while to increase blood circulation and flexibility. 
• Shoulder-Roll: Roll your shoulders clockwise and counterclockwise every once in a while.
• Compress-Release: Tighten and release your abdominal muscles. You need to hold for a few seconds and then release. 
• Chest out: Hold your fists, push your elbows to your chair's back rest, and stretch your chest outwards. Hold your breath for 2-5 seconds and release. Repeat a few times. This increases blood circulation.
• Face crunch: Make the ugliest face you can by tightening every muscle on your face. Let your face vibrate and shake with tension. Hold for a few seconds and release. 
  
• Compress-Release: Tighten and release your buttocks as tightly as possible Hold and then release.
• Extend 'em: Hold your hands up and stretch them as far as possible while holding your breath and tightening as many muscles as possible on your body.
• Foot Raises:Raise your feet one by one a few inches from the ground and slowly set them back on the floor. Your thighs and hip must feel the stretch. Repeat a few times.
• Look out: If you are lucky to have a window by your desk, and you happen to have green foliage outside, do look out every half an hour. It will relax your eyes, and increase concentration.
• Drink up: Every 15-20 minutes, take a sip or two from your water bottle. Notice that tea/coffee wouldn't work. You need to hydrate yourself. You might need to go to the loo a few extra times, but that's better than a headache by evening, right?
• Straighten your back: Awareness is the key here. Straighten your back everytime you become aware that your back is not straight. Right, it may take some time, but you will get it right.