According to the WHO, an estimated 3.4 million deaths might occur due to lack of physical activity. Our sedentary lifestyle is responsible for the risk of diabetes and heart disease as well as a loss of muscle and bone strength. What’s more alarming is that people who exercise regularly are still not getting enough movement in their lives to compensate the effects of sitting too much at the desk.
Sadly, we all neglect our health at the cost of work and forget the fact that a regular health and fitness check is needed,
From a safety viewpoint, it is the ability to measure and monitor the progress that is critical to a successful injury prevention initiative. Not all, but most of us live in a world of notion thinking “We do not need to exercise everyday, we already work so much”. This state of mind is not right and is very dangerous. Our immune system is dependent on healthy habits and fitness, even a slight increase in cholesterol or blood sugar may lead to a drop in your immune system thus, allowing foreign bodies to invade and cause damage to the body. Sadly, we all neglect our health at the cost of work and forget the fact that a regular health and fitness check is needed.
Here are a few tips on what exercises we can do while sitting at the desk:
- Sit up straight and drop your right ear down towards your right shoulder for a few seconds
- Cross your fingers and reach upwards as high as you can be keeping your palms facing up towards the ceiling
- Turn your head the left and to look over your shoulder for a few seconds
- Lower your chin towards your chest and gently roll your head from side to side
- Raise both shoulders up towards your ears and hold for a few seconds and release. Repeat a few times for good measure
- Take a short 5 minutes walking break every hour
- Tighten your abs like someone’s going to tickle you. Hold for a few seconds and release and repeat for about 10 times
- While sitting, pump both your arms over your head for about 30 seconds, then quickly tap your feet on the floor for 30 seconds, repeat 3-5 times
- Do one legged squats while waiting for a web page to load
We, at Sambav strive to educate friends and family along with providing easy, hassle-free solutions. We bring you an app to track your health fitness online, which is efficient in all possible ways to help you manage your fitness and keep you healthy.
