With gyms across the country shut down to help reduce the spread of COVID-19, it can be difficult to motivate yourself to stay active during the day.
We often rely on coffee and snacks to get us through, however there’s so many simple ways to get your heart rate up, stay active and get a good workout inside your own homes.
We’ve teamed up with Alive & Well to provide you with some quick and easy exercises to keep you moving!
Wall Squats
Get one step closer to abs of steel with simple wall squats. Every time you are waiting for the kettle to boil, find a wall and stand against it with your back fully touching the wall.
Slowly lower yourself until you look like you’re sitting on an invisible chair. Hold for 30 seconds at a time, multiple times throughout the day.
Calf Raises
All you have to do whilst standing, is go up and down onto your tip toes as many as times as you can. It may twinge a little but this definitely counts as ‘leg day’ if you ask us!
Tricep Dips
Tricep dips can be done either on your desk or your chair – though we definitely urge caution if your chair has wheels!
All you need to do is simply put your back to the desk/chair with your arms behind you, shoulder width apart. Then just move your bottom off the edge to fully extended your legs out and rest on your heels.
You’re pretty much there – all you have to do now is move slowly up and down with your arms, keeping it controlled to really engage those muscles.
Leg Raises
Back to the topic of legs, leg raises are a really great way to work on that core.
All you have to do is sit at your desk, lift your legs and hold them out straight for 5-10 seconds then bring them back down. Repeat this process ten times and try and do 3-4 sets to really feel the burn!
Press Ups
All you have to do is get into the upper plank position and move down slowly, then push back up. If this is too much of a stretch, you can always do it on your knees.
Oblique Ab Twists
Do you have a chair that can spin around? You’ll love this exercise! All you have to do is lift up your legs, hold on to your desk and use your core to twist from left to right. Really engage and tighten your muscles when you do it for the maximum benefit.
You can do this anytime you have a chance throughout your day – just keep control of that chair and try not to knock anyone out!
