Let me preface this post by saying that I am not a doctor, nor any kind of medical professional. What I’m writing here is good for me, if you have any concerns talk to a real medical professional and not take the advice from some yahoo on the internet.
Now that that is out of the way, this is what I do in the office to get the blood moving.
First thing is having a standing desk or standing desk converter. Rather than sit all the time, you are standing while working. Yes, it can suck to stand for 8+ hours a day, but that is why I have a tall chair near my desk for those times when my knees or feet are giving me issues. I also have a balance board under the desk to shake things up a bit. I’m not sure if it is having an sort of effect but standing all day has to be better than sitting in my office chair.
Second thing I do is go for a bit of a walk every day. It’s nothing long, just 15 minutes or so doing laps around the building. The only issue with this is now it is a bit cold and during summer I have to get the walking in early lest I melt or burst into flames in the heat. But that 15 minutes is enough to get the blood moving and it’s nice to be away from the computer for my visions sake. This also goes well with wearing ankle weights while you are at work. I wear some light ones, maybe 3 pounds per leg but at the end of the day I can feel it when I take them off.
Third thing is a three day a week semi-workout. I have three apps on my phone that I try and use Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. The first is a squats app. Right now I do about 60 or so squats, but I’m hoping to move that to about 100 or so in the next year. It’s easy, do a set, rest for 2 minutes, do another. Rinse and repeat until I’m done for the session. The second app is a push-up one. The goal of this one is to be able to do 100 push ups at a time. I don’t think I’ve even been able to do that many, maybe 50 or 60 but 100 is a bit much. The last app is a sit-up one that guides you to do 200 sit-ups at a time. This one is a bit more challenging since I really can’t do a single sit-up now. But I’m doing crunches instead and doubling the number until I can get to the point where I’m actually doing sit-ups.
The last thing I do is I have a timer within Chrome. It is supposed to be for taking a break for your eyes, but I’ve adjusted it to go off every 30 minutes. When I goes off I do some inclined pushups, deep knee bends, dips using my desk, or anything else that sounds good. I do it for 30 seconds and then its back to work. Again, I don’t know if it is helping. But my arms are tired and achy after a day in the office.