{"id":7032,"date":"2016-08-19T13:58:03","date_gmt":"2016-08-19T13:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monsterindia.com\/career-advice\/get-up-and-stretch-easy-workouts-to-do-at-your-desk-7032\/"},"modified":"2022-01-13T07:06:33","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T07:06:33","slug":"get-up-and-stretch-easy-workouts-to-do-at-your-desk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.foundit.in\/career-advice\/get-up-and-stretch-easy-workouts-to-do-at-your-desk\/","title":{"rendered":"Get up and stretch! Easy workouts to do at your desk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\">The demands of today\u2019s workplace has left us chained to our desks and slumped over our laptops. Long and irregular work hours have pushed exercise to the bottom of our priority list, meaning it doesn\u2019t take long for waistlines to expand and health to deteriorate.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\">In addition to rising obesity rates thanks to sedentary lifestyles, a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.humanresourcesonline.net\/staff-spending-least-six-hours-day-sitting-desks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">recent study<\/a> suggests employees in Hong Kong are the least active across Asia.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\">In fact, 66% of us exercise less than once a week, and 70% of us get less than 30 minutes of physical activity each day. How crazy is that?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\"><strong>I\u2019m tai mong (too busy)!<\/strong><\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\">For health\u2019s sake, it\u2019s time to throw this excuse away. Just because you\u2019re glued to your desk doesn\u2019t mean you can\u2019t get active. The trick here is not to try and \u201cburn it all off\u201d, but to keep your body moving in some way.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\">Whether you\u2019re waiting to jump on another call or simply firing out emails all day, you can carry these simple \u2018deskercises\u2019 out. They might not give you rock-hard abs or muscular arms (we\u2019re afraid you\u2019re going to have to go to the gym for that) they can improve blood circulation to keep you healthy and more importantly, happy!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/media.monsterindia.com\/cmsimages\/1460011555.jpg\" alt=\"deskercise \"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\">Ready to ditch your seat? <a href=\"http:\/\/jobsearch.monster.com.hk\/jobresults\/sales-business-development\/\">These roles<\/a> will keep you on your feet!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Jobs in Hong Kong are easy to come by if you&#8217;re looking in the right place. At<a href=\"http:\/\/jobsearch.monster.com.hk?spl=HK_contmar&amp;WT.mc_n=olm_sk_INTCC_AID_6895_HK_contmar\"> Monster Hong Kong<\/a>, we can help you find part time jobs in any industry. Whether you&#8217;re looking for<a href=\"http:\/\/jobsearch.monster.com.hk\/jobresults\/full-time\/\"> full time<\/a> or<a title=\"Part Time Jobs in Hong Kong\" href=\"http:\/\/jobsearch.monster.com.hk\/jobresults\/part-time\/\"> part time<\/a> jobs we&#8217;re here to help. You can use our job search to search jobs by categories &nbsp;such as the hottest government jobs, IT jobs, FMCG, education jobs, and many more.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The demands of today\u2019s workplace has left us chained to our desks and slumped over our laptops. Long and irregular work hours have pushed exercise to the bottom of our priority list, meaning it doesn\u2019t take long for waistlines to expand and health to deteriorate. 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