What Work from home As it’s becoming a new normal in the post-pandemic world, our bodies may be suffering in ways we haven’t fully figured out yet. Sitting all the time in an incorrect posture is taking its toll on our muscular health. While we all know that incorporating some exercise is important to preserve our long-term health, finding enough time in the daily schedule can be a challenge for many.
If you, too, have been ignoring your fitness regimen amidst all the chaos and confusion of pandemic life, celebrity nutritionist Rujuta Diwekar´s The 12-week fitness program aims to provide easy solutions to your fitness problems. Diwekar has been suggesting easy stretches and exercises that can be attempted even by a layman.
Diwekar says that the sedentary lifestyle is causing a lot of damage to our body and our head and neck are the most affected as we are constantly glued to our screens attending online meetings or classes. Fitness expert says that our chest remains collapsed while sitting in the wrong posture, which also limits the circulation of oxygen to the brain, thus we end up feeling dull and depressed. “Our back, our stomach, thighs, knees, feet are the most affected by our poor posture,” adds Diwekar.
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The last set of exercises focuses on repairing the damage caused by a sedentary lifestyle. These are super easy workouts that you can do from the comfort of your chair.
EXERCISE 1
For this exercise, the fitness expert advises you to use a chair with armrests and a backrest. Sit at the front of the chair and keep your back off the back. Your chest should be up, your shoulders should go back, and your shoulder blades should move toward your hips.
Now keep your palms on the sides of the chair. Look straight, bend your knees and lift your legs, then lower them. Do this to counts of 5. This easy-looking exercise provides a good lower-body workout.
EXERCISE 2
Since our legs constantly touch the ground, they have to work harder to return deoxygenated blood to the circulatory system.
For this exercise, place your hands on the armrests, lift your chest, bring your elbows together, and simply lift both legs and hold for a count of five. Now bend your legs and lower them. Repeat if you feel comfortable.
EXERCISE 3
Come to the front of the chair, lift your chest. Take your hands behind you one at a time and hold onto the backrest. Just stay. Straighten your elbows, roll your shoulders back, squeeze your shoulder blades. This will help strengthen your shoulders and eliminate additional sagging in your arms.
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