That would be ideal but many people just don’t have opportunity to do that. I sit on my ass 8 hours a day for my job, not cultivating mass there. Have to add physical labor that doesn’t accomplish anything other than the labor itself.
I work 9 hours a day, but cycle a pedal bike in at relatively high speed while stopping at all the lights. That comes to about 30 minutes (25 moving) of 170+bpm exercise each way, so 50 minutes per day. Even after showering, that’s comparable timewise to how long it’d take on public transport (20 mins walk & 20 on trains, so not much longer outside either), and you remove the need to pay for a gym subscription (as long as you’re ok being built like a t-rex).
Even if you don’t have showers in the workplace, you can go easy on the way in and hard on the way back for a still significant effect.
I partially agree with you, in that it’s easy to not get enough exercise. I disagree in that it’s not that hard to get it, either.
Had a desk job, too, but I’d just walk around with my laptop in my hand if I didn’t have a lot of typing to do (list management, ticket management, etc.). Usually did this while I had meetings, too. If it was a Daily, I’d get a cheat sheet in hand and do laps through my apartment with my headset. Same when it was a huddle, or brainstorm, or something informal like that, I’d usually handle the laundry (while dancing around and putting an extra flourish and flex to everything - I do this pretty much all the time while doing stuff at home).
I also took that one hour for lunch even while working from home and used it to take a walk. Used to eat while reading documentation, anyway…
In addition to this, it is vital to take that 10-minute break every hour, which I did, and used it either to stretch, or to do intensive stuff around the house (I always try to do chores faster and faster for the physical effort).
That would be ideal but many people just don’t have opportunity to do that. I sit on my ass 8 hours a day for my job, not cultivating mass there. Have to add physical labor that doesn’t accomplish anything other than the labor itself.
I work 9 hours a day, but cycle a pedal bike in at relatively high speed while stopping at all the lights. That comes to about 30 minutes (25 moving) of 170+bpm exercise each way, so 50 minutes per day. Even after showering, that’s comparable timewise to how long it’d take on public transport (20 mins walk & 20 on trains, so not much longer outside either), and you remove the need to pay for a gym subscription (as long as you’re ok being built like a t-rex).
Even if you don’t have showers in the workplace, you can go easy on the way in and hard on the way back for a still significant effect.
I partially agree with you, in that it’s easy to not get enough exercise. I disagree in that it’s not that hard to get it, either.
Had a desk job, too, but I’d just walk around with my laptop in my hand if I didn’t have a lot of typing to do (list management, ticket management, etc.). Usually did this while I had meetings, too. If it was a Daily, I’d get a cheat sheet in hand and do laps through my apartment with my headset. Same when it was a huddle, or brainstorm, or something informal like that, I’d usually handle the laundry (while dancing around and putting an extra flourish and flex to everything - I do this pretty much all the time while doing stuff at home).
I also took that one hour for lunch even while working from home and used it to take a walk. Used to eat while reading documentation, anyway…
In addition to this, it is vital to take that 10-minute break every hour, which I did, and used it either to stretch, or to do intensive stuff around the house (I always try to do chores faster and faster for the physical effort).