Comments on: How to exercise during the workday if you have an in-the-office job https://lauravanderkam.com/2018/12/how-to-exercise-during-the-workday-if-you-have-an-in-the-office-job/ Writer, Author, Speaker Thu, 08 Oct 2020 05:53:11 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Andrea https://lauravanderkam.com/2018/12/how-to-exercise-during-the-workday-if-you-have-an-in-the-office-job/#comment-165906 Thu, 08 Oct 2020 05:53:11 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17059#comment-165906 I always running 45min and swimming 10min everyday in the morning. This is very effective. I satisficed my exercise and exercise time. I think this is enough. This post is very effective and useful. Thank you for sharing this post.

]]> By: Anna https://lauravanderkam.com/2018/12/how-to-exercise-during-the-workday-if-you-have-an-in-the-office-job/#comment-52621 Sat, 12 Jan 2019 23:49:17 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17059#comment-52621 I bike to work most of the year (and I live in a snowy part of Canada). 20 minutes each way, but it takes nearly as much time to drive, park, and walk to my building as I’m downtown and don’t get an on site spot. Morning is cool, so I never arrive too sweaty. It’s a casual office, but I can keep a blazer at my desk if I need to class it up.

]]> By: Laurie https://lauravanderkam.com/2018/12/how-to-exercise-during-the-workday-if-you-have-an-in-the-office-job/#comment-52506 Fri, 11 Jan 2019 21:39:31 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17059#comment-52506 We have a whole group that walks together three times around our buildings (12 min.), twice a day @ 10 & 3. We love it. Fresh air and a walk is just the break we need.

]]> By: Rhonda Franz https://lauravanderkam.com/2018/12/how-to-exercise-during-the-workday-if-you-have-an-in-the-office-job/#comment-52477 Fri, 11 Jan 2019 16:56:39 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17059#comment-52477 I work from home, so I don’t have the in-office issue. However, addressing the makeup/hair/presentation issue: I workout first thing in the morning and do it quietly and quickly in my bathroom since my husband sleeps in on days he doesn’t work (he gets up VERY early for his job). I do this so I’m ready for taking my son to school, appointments/errands, or freelance work-related meetings.

While my exercise isn’t outside at this time, I shower the night before and refresh makeup a little before leaving the house.

And yay!! to the simple-taking-a-walk example. If I’m at a conference or something all day, I often get out a take a brisk walk around. (Sometimes, I get others to come with me, and they get refreshed). Also, I absolutely second what people say here about taking the stairs rather than the elevator. A few flights can get heart rate pretty high up. 🙂

]]> By: Lindsey https://lauravanderkam.com/2018/12/how-to-exercise-during-the-workday-if-you-have-an-in-the-office-job/#comment-50314 Tue, 18 Dec 2018 01:04:46 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17059#comment-50314 I go to a Crossfit class at noon 2x week. I eat at my desk and use dry shampoo, deodorant and wipes to clean up after (my gym is just down the street from my office and has bathrooms I can change in there). I take a little bit longer lunch hour on these days (70 mins) but try to compensate with shorter lunch breaks on other days. I don’t always love coming back to the office sweaty but it sure breaks up my day at my desk job to move in the middle of the day! I do avoid the gym on days when I have afternoon face to face meetings. As a working mom, there are never enough hours in the day so I try to use my lunch hour as my ‘self care’ time and always take it. Other days I will run errands or go home to tidy up the house if we had a hectic morning. I also meet friends for lunch and try to go on a date lunch with my husband once a week. I also usually run one early morning a week at 6 am with my best friend and I always plan a long run with some girlfriends for the weekend. I like to combine socializing with exercise whenever possible to check two things off my list.

]]> By: Virginia https://lauravanderkam.com/2018/12/how-to-exercise-during-the-workday-if-you-have-an-in-the-office-job/#comment-50104 Fri, 14 Dec 2018 15:19:33 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17059#comment-50104 In reply to Louisa.

THIS!!!!! Anti-aging, dieting, fashion, makeup, skincare……takes time and mental energy away from our careers, not to mention money out of our pockets!!! But the socialization is STRONG and I have to consciously fight it.

]]> By: Louisa https://lauravanderkam.com/2018/12/how-to-exercise-during-the-workday-if-you-have-an-in-the-office-job/#comment-50073 Fri, 14 Dec 2018 00:49:11 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17059#comment-50073 I’ve already commented, but here goes: you can do HIIT (high-intensity interval training) without leaving your cubicle or desk area (push-ups, jumping jacks, etc.), and get a work-out in short periods of time. Research shows you get just as much benefit from three ten-minute workouts as one 30 minute workout. I keep a kettlebell handy and do swings periodically throughout the day.

]]> By: Lexi https://lauravanderkam.com/2018/12/how-to-exercise-during-the-workday-if-you-have-an-in-the-office-job/#comment-50065 Thu, 13 Dec 2018 17:05:57 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17059#comment-50065 In reply to Louisa.

Yes to this! I wear zero makeup every day unless I have a special event. Don’t believe in it.

]]> By: Lexi https://lauravanderkam.com/2018/12/how-to-exercise-during-the-workday-if-you-have-an-in-the-office-job/#comment-50064 Thu, 13 Dec 2018 17:00:57 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17059#comment-50064 This is one of my biggest challenges at the moment. Previously I worked from home and exercised religiously late-morning, then showered afterward. Or, when I worked in an office, I would occasionally run on my lunch break, then shower. But in the last few years, I’ve transitioned both to motherhood and to working in an office. I really miss working out during the day — Like you, I find it cleared my thinking tremendously.

The two hurdles I face are 1) Clearing time consistently on my calendar when my biggest responsibility is leading my team, which requires a lot of in-person meetings. I can do this some days but not others. 2) Having enough brain space to think ahead re: what I need. There are so many things to remember between kids and work each day, it still feels overwhelming most days.

I believe the key here is systemizing this, so I do the same thing at the same time on certain days as much as possible. I’m starting with early morning yoga before work (requires having my husband on board to watch the kids those mornings, and also means he doesn’t get to exercise those mornings).

I also do a lot of (slow) walking meetings at work, even through the winter, which is a benefit of living in Florida. But I’d love to get back to a place where I can do heart-pumping exercise in the middle of the workday!

]]> By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2018/12/how-to-exercise-during-the-workday-if-you-have-an-in-the-office-job/#comment-50063 Thu, 13 Dec 2018 16:49:03 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17059#comment-50063 In reply to Sunny.

@Sunny- congrats on becoming better at fitting things in as you’ve had more kids and started working more hours. Yep, time expands to accommodate what we need or want to do with it.

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