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Most pro bloggers allow the hours they spend at their desks to become an excuse for sedentary living. As a result, they have accumulated body fat to the extent of it posing a threat to their health. If this untoward scenario describes your work life, fret not. Weight loss is achievable even while imprisoned in the office or at home by the demands of your blogging career.
With clever usage of your time and a bit of willpower, you can squeeze just enough exercise to improve your health. Here are some of the routines you can use to get the most out of your work hours.
How drinking cold water helps burn calories
Simply taking frigid water can help burn a significant number of calories. How is that possible, you ask? Nutritional research has established that when you take a liter of chilled water, your body burns 30 calories to bring it up to your normal body temperature. Take advantage of this involuntary body mechanism to shed some calories.
How lifting your legs helps you lose weight
You can burn another 50 calories without leaving your workstation by doing leg lifts. As the name suggests, it simply entails you lifting your legs until they are parallel to the floor. Repeat the movement over 10 minutes, alternating between your right and left legs. You can do this as you play around with ideas for your next article. In this way you are killing two (angry) birds with one stone: dreaming up more content to help you make money online while getting your body toned down.
How the Magic Carpet helps you burn calories
“Magic Carpet” is another name for Arm Lifts which is simply lifting yourself off your seat and suspending yourself in the air. Even though you could do like Aladdin did, you wouldn’t lose a thing; with your office ‘Magic Carpet’, you stand to shed an amazing 10 calories every minute! Take your fingers off the keyboard and wrap them around your armrests. Cross your ankles, tuck your stomach in and lift. If you can, try and hold that position for 20 seconds before releasing. Also try and keep your breathing regular while your muscles are tensed. Your stomach and arm muscles will ache the first time around, but with consistency, that will become a thing of the past.
How an exercise ball helps with losing weight
A couple of hours a day sitting on an exercise ball instead of your chair will help you build your stomach muscles as you work on generating content to put your blog higher in the search engine rankings. This little seating adjustment can see you lose an incredible 3 calories every minute as you firm up your midriff. Organizations with worldwide reputation, such as Weight Watchers and TRX Suspension Training can offer you the latest ideas in exercises you can do at home while you blog.
There are a number of other simple movements you can employ within the confines of your workspace to improve your general health and boost your productivity. Standing while working for some minutes instead of remaining seated will help your circulation.For women who fear gaining too much muscle from gym routines, such exercises offer simpler, less strenuous ways to regain your figure.
Charles Mburugu has a passion for sharing health and diet tips for bloggers. He is currently involved in a campaign promoting deals such as coupons for weight watchers and trx training promotion codes. He also writes on web-based technologies such as social media.
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I agree for a lot of things but I think the cold water can burn calorie only little worm water can burn calorie and only in the morning before breakfast.
Oh haha this is the most relevant post to my life on the entire internet! I struggle everyday to try and move around and feel active, but it’s so hard. The worst part of it all is that while I’m sitting and “getting inspiration” (aka surfing the internet), I get bored so I get hungry! And then I start eating more. It’s a vicious cycle. Thanks for the ideas here!
You are welcome Paul. I hope they’ll work for you practically.
Another thing to do is to allow yourself small breaks at least once an hour to go outside and take a quick walk or do the dishes or something. Just standing up can be helpful to move around! And the tip about the cold water, because that’s absolutely true.
I can’t agree more . There are dozens of exercises that you can do at home that will work all of your major muscle groups and help you lose weight.
Really helpful tips, I think these tips are not for bloggers only but people who spend whole day on working their system can too utilize these tips. I’ll focus on these tips from now onwards as I too spend whole in front of my system.
Gain weight and calories is big problem of blogger because they must require to sit at one place. The best solution of this problem is exercise. The given information about various tips to burn calories are very useful for blogger.
I am purely guilty of living a sedentary life. My life is my laptop right now and I basically do everything with it like I would just leave it for just 10 minutes and then I’m back. Despite being a procrastinator, I think I just might do these simple exercise. They seem simple. Thanks!
I have been in this program. They say you can get in shape in only 7 minutes a day.. I have been doing the program myself… It actually takes me 13 minutes.. But it does work and it is quick. You should check it out..
Oooh, I didn’t know that about the water! The exercise ball is a great way to get some ‘passive’ exercise though. Another thing – stretching. While it may not help you burn calories (or does it?) it’s also very important.
Stretching is great for relaxing some of those tensed up muscles.
I had never known about the drinking cold water tip. Thanks for that. No more tap water without a bunch of ice for me. Also, I may be going to the extreme, but I’ve decided to take a long journey once a week. Just yesterday, my son and I walked 4.5 miles. Today, it’s stomach crunches and jump rope. I need to get away, far away from the computer sometime. Anytime I can read a blog about blogging and get fitness tips, that’s just more inspiration to do well with my health and I need that. Thanks.
This is the first time I hear about cold water that can burn calories.I will definitely use this advice, thanks a lot for sharing it
But we all are very lazy and probably will do all this for several days and that’s all. Or maybe I’m jut talking about myself 🙂 Nevertheless, thanks lot for sharing this information
Really helpful tips, I think these tips are not for bloggers only but people who spend whole day on working their system can too utilize these tips. Just standing up can be helpful to move around! And the tip about the cold water, because that’s absolutely true.
Actually, we bloggers do exercise without us knowing it. For those working at home, walking a bit to the fridge and back to your workstation is already an exercise, lifting your legs once in awhile is another. For those who works at the office, driving your car and/or using the public transportation is another exercise. The best addition to this is the water – I really don’t know anything about that! Thanks for adding that to my little blogging knowledge.
It’s important to get up and walk around and stretch about every hour. Schedule play time during the day like a half hour bike ride. Just for the blood circulation alone. exercise gets your heart pumping and your brain working efficiently.
Good article Like the part about taking in water as well this is what I advice people to take a bottle of water into the gym with them to help burn calories
For those of us that spend hours in front of our laptops, exercising is a definite must. I started to exercise about 4 months ago and I must say it hasn’t only shown in my physique but also in my work progress.
Yesterday, my friend yell at me because drinking to much cold water.. he said, that’s would make me fat..! lol.. dunno how he can think like this, but some people still believe cold water isn’t good for health….
This is a really great article! I always tell my fitness clients that little things throughout the day contribute to more total calories burned. I didnt know that drinking cold water burns more calories. Good stuff!
Being a blogger can sometimes make you forget about exercising (and other things). You must pull yourself away from the computer every now and then and move your body.
Being a full time blogger can have it’s negative sides, as you have mentioned perfectly. Maintaining a healthy lifestyle is very important for everyone, even us bloggers. Thank you for these handy tips.
Don’t know if it’s a myth all bloggers is lazy, dont exercise and drinking way to much cola but if so – All who work way to many hours sitting in front of a computer should spend 30 minutes a day lifting weight or do some cardio to get rid of the fat.
I work at home and most of the time I’m in front of my pc. I see to it that I dont lay down on my bed every time. I always change position so that my muscles will move also.
Hey I agree with the lot of things on your post. Its a nicest information you have shared. Thank you for sharing it.
its actually smart little things can makes a different i agree with you its true how we all struggles sometimes to just trying to b active all day long but giving small things a try as you said can change the entire world , thank you for your post i really enjoyed reading it.
Hmm…These are not common tips and seems very useful. 🙂
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