Yeah, the problem with using a ball as a chair is that *every single person * who walks by says soemthing like “You’re really on the ball today!”. It gets old…
Every time you have to go and fetch a couple of reams of paper for your printer, use them as weights to do presses, lifting them into the air above your head, all the way back to your desk. Or biceps curls or triceps extensions.
How much does a ream of paper weigh, anyway?
no…on the copier furthest from your desk
For standard 20 lb. 8.5 x 11 copier/laser paper, a ream should weigh 5 pounds plus the wrapper. 20 lb is the basis weight; i.e. the weight of 500 sheets of 17 x 22 inch paper. 8.5 x 11 is 1/4 that size, hence it’s 5 pounds per ream.
If I tried that in my office it would be a double whammy. I’d burn more calories and I’d lose my lunch.
Maybe I will stick with the stairs
Snacks burn calories? Well true, but they add more than they burn.
Might as well eat a pizza and a steak, because these invariably burn even more calories.
Nuts? Nuts are a terrible snack in real-world usage. A paltry 1/4 cup of most nuts could add as much as 160-180 calories. Ain’t no one gonna eat just a measly 1/4 cup and feel satisified! Some nuts provide 170 calories per TWO TABLESPOON serving!
Fistfight.
The classic office exercise program:
Jumping to conclusions
Running around in circles
Beating around the bush
Passing the buck
Pushing your luck
Opening cans of worms
Wading through paperwork
and you’ll burn some calories when you see the copies the two of you inadvertently made!
I often play a game I call “See how long I can work without standing up.” I wheel my chair back and forth around the office to get what I need. I just now realized I am burning more calories than I would by getting there by walking :smack:
Stairs. If you can, trot up and down them for a few minutes.
Knee Lifts: put a package of paper on your knees, while sitting at your computer, and lift your heels. Good for “High Heel Legs”
I go in our conference room every now and then and do a quick 20 or 30 pushups. I’m just waiting for someone to walk in on me and wonder what I’m up to…
Kiegels all the way.
Oh that’s easy: Exclaim as loud as you can “Gosh! I seem to have THE WORST diarrhea!” and proceed to run back and forth every few minutes to the bathroom.
Best if you hold on to your behind with both hands, and grimace as hard as you can.
Maybe also give sighs of pleasure while in the bathroom…