Exercises or stretches to do at the desk or on the couch while working on the laptop

[holden j caufield]

I'm sure there are many techies who spend many hours on their pc/laptop at the desk or couch. What are some exercises or stretches you can do while on the PC.

 

[RagingBITCH]

There's some I do daily but hard finding an article that has them all. This one was decent:

http://www.businessinsider.com/five-exercises-to-fix-hunchback-posture-from-office-work-2011-10

The prone Y's, upper back foam rolling, and chest compression w/ balls are all the ones I definitely do from here. The chest compression/ball thing - when your chest muscles get tight, they pull your shoulders in and help cause poor posture. The ball helps loosen up tight muscles and increase ROM in your chest.

http://www.artofmanliness.com/2015/01/17/wwii-workout-week-posture-training/

Exercise 1 from here as well.

Also do sliding wall Y's as well as another variation where I am on all 4's

Pass through's are also great - I have a PVC pipe at home and the office for this: http://willbutton.co/pvc-pipe-multi-tool-mobility/

 

[slatr]

I'm sure there are many techies who spend many hours on their pc/laptop at the desk or couch. What are some exercises or stretches you can do while on the PC.

There is a guy at work who basically set up one of those stand up workstations. I think he got it from Ikea.

(not really approved, but no one said anything yet)

The idea is that standing is of course better for overall health than sitting all day.

Also a grip ball might help/relieve some stress.