Which exercise is the opposite of sitting?

stangmx13

stangmx13

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I've got a desk job, I work from home, and I tend to watch a lot of TV at night. So I probably spend 10-16hrs on weekdays sitting. Its going to be the death of me, literally. Im super active otherwise with racing, cycling, and other outdoor stuff on the weekends. But thats still A HUGE % of my life where im stationary.

Its all leading to muscle and nerve pain at this point. Its all the standard stuff from sitting. My hamstrings tighten until they develop nerve pain. The muscles around my sacrum get tight. And my hip flexors are weak as shit. The cycling helps with most everything on my back side. But I think it makes my hip flexors worse.

I need some ideas for exercises to combat these problems, preferably something that involves weight. Im already working on deadlifts and squats, and those help some of those muscle groups. But I cant seem to find anything for my hip flexors. I think my main problem is the Psoas muscle. Any ideas?
 
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Sharxfan

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They even have standing treadmill desks that move at like 1 MPH or something to get the juices flowing.
 
gnahc79

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bruceflinch said:
You should not sit Stationary for more than 30 min.
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+1. Just taking a break every so often where you walk around for a bit should help.

or one of these things, a co-worker had one. I would fall off and injure myself for sure though :laughing
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stangmx13

stangmx13

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ScarySpikes said:
Also, have you looked into a standing desk?
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tried it. it ended up being worse for other parts of my body and impacted my productivity too much.

gnahc79 said:
+1. Just taking a break every so often where you walk around for a bit should help.

or one of these things, a co-worker had one. I would fall off and injure myself for sure though :laughing
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breaks do help some. but they are just a band-aid to lessen the problem. they arent fixing anything.

tried a yoga ball chair too. my wrist hands and forearms hated it.
 
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i think the word exercise turns a lot of people off. just getting up and taking a walk instead of being stationary for a long stretch of time should do it


keep your routine simple. otherwise, you might end up accumulating a lot of gadgets whose novelty wears off
 
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Blankpage

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A simple weight set is fairly cheap and doesn't take up much room unless you live in a one bedroom apt.
Pushups can be done almost anywhere. Although I'll only do them using those rotating handle thingies.
I find if I'm not exercising its totally on me for just being too lazy. You can always find 30-40 minutes in a day to get it done.
 
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Sharxfan

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Right now I am in the same boat as you and sit a lot working from home. But I am putting in one of those lift assemblies where you put the monitor, keyboard, and mouse on it and you can lift it to stand at your desk or you can lower it to sit. I also go to the gym about 4 nights a week and do some running on the treadmill and weight lifting to lose the weight I have gained over 17 years of sitting at a desk.
 
Reli

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stangmx13 said:
I've got a desk job, I work from home, and I tend to watch a lot of TV at night. So I probably spend 10-16hrs on weekdays sitting. Its going to be the death of me, literally. Im super active otherwise with racing, cycling, and other outdoor stuff on the weekends. But thats still A HUGE % of my life where im stationary.

Its all leading to muscle and nerve pain at this point. Its all the standard stuff from sitting. My hamstrings tighten until they develop nerve pain. The muscles around my sacrum get tight. And my hip flexors are weak as shit. The cycling helps with most everything on my back side. But I think it makes my hip flexors worse.

I need some ideas for exercises to combat these problems, preferably something that involves weight. Im already working on deadlifts and squats, and those help some of those muscle groups. But I cant seem to find anything for my hip flexors. I think my main problem is the Psoas muscle. Any ideas?
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Strange, because excess sitting usually makes the hip flexors too tight.

Also, look at HOW you're sitting. If your shoulders are slouched forward, and you look like a letter C from the side, you'll end up with desiccated disks in a few years if you don't have them already. Make sure you sit upright and maintain a natural curve in your spine.
 
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shouldnthave

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Rowing machines are a really good full workout. Would help with your racing too. Every two hours row for 15 minutes just to take the edge off. I see them on CL all the time.
 
mercurial

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Yoga would clearly be beneficial but it is otherwise a fool's errand to seek advice for specific exercises, here. Everyone has slightly different body movement and posture dysfunctions. For me, the key exercises that fix me are left legged bridge poses, lat pull downs, and pec stretches. Your needs will be different.

You should go for a couple of sessions to a PT.
 
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Smash Allen

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Yoga at least two times a week for 60+ minutes each practice.

I got a new job where I walk 10 minutes to the train, stand the 45 minute ride into the city, walk 10 minutes to the office, and try to get up at least every thirty minutes to get more coffee or water or to pee. My pain is gone. Well, I have pain from my broken collarbone, but I prefer that to the tailbone pain. Working from home will kill you physically and mentally. The only long term solution is to sit less
 
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