Make your stomach flatter with this digestion exercise to stimulate peristalsis the wave like muscle contractions that move food through the digestive tract.
Exercise to do at your desk for the stomach.
Anyone can do.
The first four are perfect if you work in an office with others while the last five might require you to work at home if you are a little shy about awkward looks from your co workers.
This one is as simple as it sounds.
The captain s chair exercise utilizes the muscles of the lower abs.
When you re ready to upgrade exercise at your desk.
Take a breath in straighten your back and stabilize your core.
Use your abdominal muscles to raise your knees to your chest.
Repeat the exercise 4 times.
Stand up from your chair and get to it.
Extend your legs straight out at a 45 degree angle without letting them touch the floor to complete one repetition pause for a second and then draw them back in with control.
Sit at the edge of your chair and grasp the front of the chair with both hands for balance.
As you exhale slowly lift your knees up toward your chest as high as you comfortably can.
Suck in your stomach as far as you.
Lift your body above the chair to make your hips and legs hang in the air.
Now before you panic at the thought of getting on the floor in your office don t.
Here are 9 ab exercises you can do at your desk.