Exercises You Can Do in the Office | Women's Fitness

Hello, my name is Maria Mizzi with Beach Physique Fitness, and today I am going to share with you some exercises that you could do in your office. So, if you have some room in your office, and you have an ability to stand up and get a few stretches in, a great way to get some stretches in after sitting all day is just moving those legs towards the side. You want to bring one leg out, stretching those legs out after sitting there all day, standing up again and then moving towards that opposite side. Stretching that entire leg, stretching through those hip flexors, and just moving back and forth toward each side of those legs, stretching those legs out. Then bringing yourself together, you could lean forward. You want to tighten those abs, and then just slowly keep the back nice and straight, looking forward, leaning down towards the floor, stretching out the lower back and then slowly bringing yourself up. So, going down to the floor, you can almost drag your arms down with the legs, and then lifting up through the heels. That is how we can stretch the lower back, which we tend to squish while we are sitting at our desk all day.
Once you get a few exercises for the legs, you can bring your arms up, bending them at a 90 degree angle, bringing those forearms together, and then stretching them back out. Get a nice stretch through the upper body, where we are sitting at the desk and we are leaning forward, and we are getting that little bit of hunch back, this is going to bring that upper body back up and keep those shoulders up and back. So, one of the first things you want to think about is your posture after sitting at your desk. You want to make sure you are sitting up nice and tall, extending that spine. One way to do that is engage those abdominal muscles and then bring those shoulders back, and just sitting up nice and tall, keeping those abs tight. Try to do that as long as you can, maybe even all day.

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Exercises You Can Do on an Airplane | Women's Fitness

Hello, my name is Marie Mazzi with Beach Physique Fitness and today I am going to show you some exercise that can be done right on the airplane. If you are stuck on an airplane for hours on end, maybe traveling to Europe, traveling to the States, you need to do some stretches. Once we get off that plane, how many times do we feel exhausted and we need a little bit more energy. The right way to get some energy, is go through some stretches while you are sitting on the plane. So we know that there is not a lot of room on that seat that we are sitting in, but we still have that room to get some stretches. The first thing you want to bring your posture up nice and tall, realign that spine. We typically tend to fall into that seat. So you want to sit up a little bit taller and stretch that whole spine and take a few deep breaths in and good exhales. And now you are a little bit taller than you were before, after we sink into that seat of sitting in there for hours.

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