Your body is the finest resource you can have for obtaining a terrific exercise regimen without the need of any fancy exercise equipment. Body strength workouts (movements that require you to lift or push your own body weight) may shape and trim your physique while also providing structure to your musculature. They also train you for the physical actions that you might have to undertake on a daily basis, such as lifting up your children, practicing excellent posture, and moving large luggage. 

If you've not already, it’s high time that you incorporate the best practices given in this blog into your daily routine so that you have don't feel alien when returning to the gym.   

Why should you be concerned? 

The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that individuals in the age range of 18 and 64 should engage in "a minimum of 150 minutes of mid-intensity physical exercise each week." These can involve going for a stroll, biking, or participating in some sport. 

There are several advantages to this, including improved muscular and cardiorespiratory endurance, bone density benefits, and weight management. 

Maintaining proper posture whilst sitting, in addition to physical exercise, is critical to remaining healthy. Bad posture can cause a variety of health problems, ranging from back and neck discomfort at the least to terrible coordination and migraines at worst. If you slouch after eating, it can also cause stress incontinence (lack of bowel control) and indigestion. Constipation can be caused by poor lavatory position too (we know, that’s horrible!). 

How can I stay active while working from home? 

Work from home has been something like a dream for many— avoiding rush hour traffic, answering phones from your couch – but it may rapidly descend to a toxically sedentary lifestyle. It may need some innovative thinking and discipline, but being active even when working from home is vital for your mental and physical health. Here are some pointers to get you started: 

1. Make your workplace uncomfortable 

Yes, you read that right! It is not necessary to devote practically hours of your week to workout. There are fun alternative methods to get your body moving; all it takes is a little thinking. 

In businesses, we usually focus on how to make the situation faster, easier, and more efficient so that we may be maximize our productivity. When you apply this strategy to your home's work environment, you may find yourself sitting for extended amounts of time because everything is there easily available front on you in front of you. 

Adjusting the physical layout of your home workspace (and making it more tough to find comfortable) might help you move about more. 

Try some of the suggestions below: 

• Take your glass of water and place it in a different room 
• Take your phone to a different room 
• Move your printer to a different room. 

2. Get up and move around your desk. 

Moving around your desk is a wonderful option if getting away from your desk feels impossible. To prevent distractions, turn off your work device and your phone, then spend at least five minutes each hour practicing some easy desk exercises to relieve stress and get your heart pumping. 

Here are a few examples: 

• Arm twists  
• Shoulder rotations  
• Left to right head spins  
• Forward and backward head tilts  
• Arm circles / swings  
• Leg lifts  
• Upper body twists  
• Side to side leg swings  
• Calf raises 

3. Sign up for a virtual workout class 

Gym memberships may often be costly for your budget, particularly if you are the sort of person who joins up and then never attends! Online courses are a great method to get your body moving without leaving your house, with only a fraction of a typical gym membership fee. In most cases, you pay a monthly fee to have access to a variety of videos and other wellness information. It is also conceivable to participate in live classes, in which students join the class and the instructor conducts a session in real time. Since you are given some internal accountability to ‘turn up' with your class mates, you are considerably more likely to attend and participate in this dynamic virtual atmosphere.  

4. Go out for a walk 

If online courses are not your thing, go for a stroll, preferably in a green place. Stepping out in nature will help you feel better and also get away from the "noise" of city life. Some research also shows that engaging in physical activity in a natural setting might help treat moderate depression and decrease physiological stress markers. Walking has the advantage of not requiring any additional equipment; simply put on your shoes and go. And even ten minutes of walking is all that is required to feel the benefits. 

5. Put it in your calendar 

You will not forget to schedule a client appointment, but why would you relax with your exercise schedule? Your virtual/real calendar is a tool that may help you stay disciplined in spending your time the way you intend. Taking a stroll will not happen until you compel yourself to do it. Placing a date in your calendar may seem excessive, but it's all too simple to allow your work to dominate your mind and realize at 5 p.m. that you have not left your desk at all since morning. Thus, make a sensible decision and schedule your active time for exercise on your calendar. 

Exercises to do at home without equipment 

New tech has provided us with several advantages and comforts, but there is one big disadvantage: many of us sit at a computer for 8 (or sometimes more) hours in a day, nearly six days a week, for several weeks in a year. 

However, the same item that may make us busy, successful, and effective workers for our organization also can impair our health—possibly forever. 

So, the next thing you think as if your posterior is cemented to your computer chair, try a couple or all of the WFH exercises listed below. They will help get your circulation flowing, avoid muscle soreness and damage, or even help you gain some muscle. 

1. Dips in the triceps 

For this, you would need a stationary (and not a rotating, wheeled!) chair to do this maneuver. Move towards the front edge of the chair and place both hands on the end. Put your hands flat on the chair, bend your elbows backward, and drop yourself few inches straight down, maintaining your back as near to the chair as possible. Then extend your arms to return to the starting position. 

Perform 20 dips like this. 

2. Pulses in the arms 

These extend your shoulders and works your triceps. Stand at your workstation with your arms by your sides and your hands placed behind you. 

Pulse your arms back for 20 seconds, maintaining them to be as long and straight as you can. 

3. Arm Circumferences 

The phrase "circle back" takes on new significance in this context. Stand with your feet shoulder-width and your arms straight out to the sides at shoulder height. Make a tiny backward circle with your arms. 

Do this for 20 times in this direction, then swap directions and continue. 

4. Squats on a Chair 

Try out these short exercises them out amongst your meetings, during a call, or at any other time. All that you would have to do is get out of your chair and bring your body back down, pausing just before you sit down again. (To train those glutes, concentrate your weight on your heels.) Then go back to your feet. 

Rep this 10 times more. 

5. Standing Pulses  

This exercise will come naturally to you if you have already ever attended a barre class—but your desk is literally standing in for a barre. Bend a leg behind you, bending the foot, while holding the edge of the desk for support. Raise your foot a few inches off the ground, then gently release and push your foot squarely behind you. Switch between raising your heel up and pushing it back. 

Perform 20 to 30 reps on each side, then alternate sides. 

6. Squats 

Squats are a well-recognized and an important part of any training regimen. This form of exercise is an expert at multitasking. You learn balance, lose more fat than other workouts (owing to muscle growth), stimulate your core and spine, and increase circulation while doing them. 

It's also one of the oldest and most beneficial utilitarian workouts, so you won't have any trouble crouching to reach the bottom of the fridge. 

7. Lunges 

Lunges, unlike regular squats, require a significant weight transfer because you are stepping backwards or forwards. Gym trainers refer to them as lunge complexes since you will go forward, backward, and laterally. But don't get caught believing that this motion is exclusively for your legs. You'll be exercising your calves, glutes, and hamstrings regardless of the variety. Balance will also be provided through your core and lower back. Lunges also help to enhance the mobility of your hip flexors. 

In conclusion 

One of the best features about work-from-home calisthenics is that it can be the foundation of your whole fitness routine or just one component of it. You can practice our recommended workouts while concurrently lifting weights, swimming, or riding your bike. 

In this regard, exercising from home is the ideal type of exercise. It's secure, efficient, adaptable, and cheap. It is something that everyone can do at any time and from any location. Not even asparagus can make that sort of a health benefit claim!