Was thinking about getting up from my seat every two hours or so and take short walk..but I can't walk ten minute in circles without getting past everyone lotsa times. So I thought about taking the stairs as a micro workout, like 5-10 stories maybe 4 times a day.
Anyone tried that? Would this help running? Which muscles are most worked when walking up stairs, glutes or quads?
better idea: lunges, calf raisers (eccentric and concentric), and jump squats, a few crunches, with maybe some pushups and some light stretching. Cant take more than ten minutes, if you do them in quick succession it will keep your heart rate up like stairs, and it activates all your racing muscles. You can do this multiple times a day building up and your set.
guess this can be done in stairwell (except for the crunches!). Whatever gets those glutes and hip flexors to work a little will help. Sitting atrophies them and messes up my running. Any hip/glute activation exercise will help, and I thought stairs would accomplish just that
Stairs seem like a good idea and reasonable enough. I don't know what kind of work environment you are in (ie suit+tie), but a series of crunches/lunges/squats would leave me sweating and nasty the rest of the day.
I sit at a desk many hours a day and absolutely hate it. I like my job, just not being tied down. The funny thing is I only work 35 hours a week, and I probably only sit for about 30 of those, but if feels like 20 hours too many.
I get up every 20 to 30 minutes. In my office I'll do the plank, stretches, and roll out my tight muscles on a tennis ball.
And I also take stairs. My building has 6 flights and I'll go up and down those 1 to 3 times a day. I don't dash up them, just take two steps at a time at a nice pace. I wouldn't say it helps my fitness, but it does get my blood flow going and makes me feel better throughout the day. I'm often quite productive after a session of stretching and stair climbing.
Whatever you do just get up out of your chair as much as possible. If I have to read for a few minutes I'll often tilt the monitor up and just stand.
Oh, and if you have space, bring in an exercise ball and switch between that and your chair.