Simple Things You Can Do at Your Desk to Help Make Fitness & Health a Priority

Sure, you can lift weights at your desk. You can use resistance bands. But what about exercises that help your posture? Or using Captains of Crush grippers. How about some other strategies that can help you keep your office career from sabotaging your health?

Spinal Twist to Retain Spine Mobility

February 15, 2012

The only time you twist in life might be when you’re backing out your car. And maybe then you just use your neck (or only your rearview mirror like my dad does). But your back can, and should, twist, too. If you’re lacking this movement in your life, you should supplement a twisting motion periodically [...]

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The Face the Wall Squat

December 28, 2011

Most people have a head forward, rounded shoulder, kyphotic thoracic spine posture. It’s because we sit and hunch a lot. Today, at the grocery store, I saw an elderly man who could barely lift his head at all. Not sure what his story was, but it’s likely that his predicament is the result of little [...]

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Captains of Crush Training at Your Desk

December 12, 2010

Are you actively working on developing your hand strength? If not, you should be. And the Captains of Crush can help a lot. You are only as strong as your weakest link. If you’re developing power elsewhere in your body, and your hands are weak, you’ll never be able to express your full power. Here’s [...]

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Three stretches to improve your posture

November 30, 2009

Imagine if some strange force was preventing you from standing fully erect. We already have gravity to contend with, but you may have another insidious force working against you—your office chair and your desk in general. I call it the sit and slump, and millions of Americans endure it each day. When finished with sitting [...]

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The Anti-Snacking Diet

March 5, 2009

You know how difficult it is to resist the lure of fresh donuts when that smell wafts its way into your cubicle. Or when the coworkers walks by smiling with an offering of candies or another sugary treat. I’ve gotten sick to my stomach, on occasion, from over indulging thanks to someone’s generosity. But it [...]

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