Revolutionize Your Workday with These 33 Sneaky Exercises

Cardio

Get your heart rate up and your blood pumping with these sneaky cardio exercises:

• Toe Tappin’: Tap those toes under your desk to get moving.
• Stair Master: Ditch the elevator and take the stairs to get your blood pumping.
• Slog, Then Jog: Take short breaks to jog in place and get your heart rate up.
• Celebratory Split Squat Jumps: Celebrate small victories with a fun and energetic split squat jump.
• Cubicle Wanderer: Take a stroll around the office to get moving and socialize with coworkers.
• Mover and Shaker: Release stress and spark energy with a quick bout of seated dancing.

Legs and Butt

Strengthen and tone your legs and glutes with these exercises:

• Wall Sit: Build strength and endurance with a wall sit.
• Last Man Standing: Stand up and take a break from sitting to improve overall health.
• Patient Printer: Sculpt your calves with calf raises while waiting for printing.
• Silent Seat Squeeze: Tone your glutes with an isometric squeeze.
• Seated Leg Raiser: Lift those legs and tone your hamstrings.
• Desk Squat: Add a squat to your standing routine for a full-body workout.
• Lunch Break Hammy: Strengthen your hamstrings with a standing leg curl.
• Grim Reamer: Engage your inner thighs with a paper ream squeeze.

Shoulders and Arms

Tone and strengthen your shoulders and arms with these exercises:

• Cubicle Dip: Tone your triceps with a cubicle dip.
• Stapler Curl: Build bicep strength with a stapler curl.
• Namaste: Push those hands together for a powerful arm workout.
• Secret Handshake: Resist the motion of both arms for a bicep blast.
• Fist Pump: Rock out and tone your arms with a fist pump.
• Knuckle Sandwich: Relieve frustration and tone your arms with shadow boxing.
• Flapper: Pulse those arms backward for a fun and effective workout.
• Casual Lean: Nonchalantly work out your upper arms with a casual lean.
• Lumberjack: Swing that imaginary axe for a full-body workout.
• Office Genie: Add some magic to your day with a criss-cross applesauce position.

Chest, Back, and Neck

Target your chest, back, and neck with these exercises:

• Pencil Pinch: Show off your traps with a pencil pinch.
• Shoulder Shrug: Raise those shoulders up towards your ears for a simple yet effective workout.
• Pinstripe Push-Up: Modify the classic push-up for a wall-friendly workout.
• Nape Shaper: Tone that neck with an isometric neck strengthening trick.

Core

Engage your core and improve your posture with these exercises:

• Desk Chair Swivel: Use your swivel chair to engage your obliques.
• “Weeee” Desk Chair Wheel: Play with your wheelie chair for a fun core workout.
• Posture Perfecter: Practice safe desk ergonomics for perfect posture.
• Fab Abs Squeeze: Squeeze those abs tight for a silent yet effective workout.
• “Crunch Time” Crunch: Curl your chest in towards your legs for a seated isometric crunch.