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Sitting at your desk doesn't have to be a pain in the neck
Maximize your day-to-day comfort and efficiency by paying attention to workspace ergonomics.
Manage your health and time while balancing work demands
Get tips to manage your health, stay focused, and use your time well while dealing with job pressures and demands.
Job satisfaction: How to make work more rewarding
Consider real-life strategies to help restore meaning to your work.
Office work: Don't take it sitting down!
Finding time to exercise can be a challenge. Why not work out while you work? To make office exercise a part of your routine, walk or bike to work, get off the bus a few blocks early, or park farther from the door. Stand while talking on the phone or skip instant messaging and walk to a colleague's desk for a chat. Organize a lunchtime walking group or schedule walking meetings.
Fitness tip: Get physical while traveling
When you travel, there's no need to put fitness on hold. If you're traveling by plane and time permits, stroll through the airport terminal rather than sitting at the gate. When traveling by train walk through the cars occasionally. If you're driving, take breaks to get out and stretch. Choose a hotel that has fitness facilities. Or pack your jump-rope or resistance tubes to use in the hotel room. When you arrive at your destination, set the tone for your trip by working out right away.
Traveling? Pack for a workout
Exercise doesn't need to fall by the wayside when you're traveling. Before your trip, research the hotel or nearby fitness facilities and pack accordingly. Your travel workout essentials might include athletic shoes, exercise clothing, a jump-rope, resistance tubing or a yoga mat.
On the road? Get your exercise!
Want to exercise but the hotel doesn't have a pool or fitness center? Get creative. Walk the hotel halls — or, if possible, to one of your meetings or sightseeing destinations. Take the stairs or get off the elevator a few floors early and use the stairs the rest of the way. Use a jump-rope or do jumping jacks, pushups, planks and squats right in your room.
Video: Neck stretches for the workplace
Neck stretches can help prevent stiffness. Try these stretches at work.
Video: Wrist and forearm stretches for the workplace
Forearm stretches can help prevent stiffness. Try these stretches at work.
Video: Upper body stretches for the workplace
Upper body stretches can help prevent stiffness. Try these stretches at work.
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