According to a growing body of research, long periods of physical inactivity raise your risk of developing diabetes,

[the_ad id=”6114″]heart disease, cancer and obesity. In fact, the strangest thing in the world is that people spend all day clamped in a chair. It’s a form of physical entrapment. Here are some ways to help you sneak in some on-your-feet time in an otherwise deskbound day.

Positive Approach & Small Efforts

• With small goals get moving more often.
• Have an approach to physical activity throughout the day.
• Avoid being a couch potato.
• According to research, the longer you sit watching television, the greater will be your waist size and higher the risk of dying from cardiovascular disease.
• Try to get up early and exercise a little before getting ready for office.

A Little Workout Is Not That Bad

• Stretch out your entire body with all the muscles that are cramped. Do it for about 6 or 7 times a day, you’ll soon start to notice the difference.
• Take out your dust-covered treadmill out of the storeroom, place it in front of the television. Allow yourself to watch only when you are walking on it like an intensive.
• Tidy the room or March in place in case there is no exercise equipment.

Travelling Tips to Help You

• If you take a train or a bus to work, you can stand up while on your journey.
• Walk a block by choosing to get off a stop early.
• Find a distant parking spot so that you can walk for a few minutes before or after work if mass transit isn’t an option.

To-do Activities at Work

• Instead of the elevator use the stairs.
• A constant physical activity should be done and avoid staring at the screen for too long.
• You can involve yourself in desk exercises like clenching and relax your muscles.
• Relocate the water coolers by the side of the windows so that people will move out of their cubicle.
• Standing uses more muscles and burns more calories than sitting. So, train yourself to stand whenever you are on the telephone. Stand up during a meeting or maybe a power point presentation.
• Go for a stroll post lunch instead of chatting and gossiping.
• The walk-and-talk meetings with your co-workers can be of real help.
• Take a brisk, 10 to 15-minute walk in the afternoon or in the evening, you’ll be far more productive in your last 3 hours instead of drooling with tiredness.
• Help your company to encourage its employees to be more physically active.