I started adding more physical ‘stuff’ to my day at the office about a week ago now. The first day i decided to do pushups/squats/burpees in a rotation, picking one of the exercises every 20 minutes. Just a few of each… like 20/20/5. The number of reps was somewhat arbitrary, i started and went until i felt like i might break a real sweat.

My fitness journey really re-started about 2 years ago. Nov 2017 is when i started a macro based diet program, quit drinking and started religiously walking my dogs every day. Since then i have had some shoulder surgery and recovered and gotten back into a workout routine using MX4 at the local YMCA.

My time at my job, at my desk, doing CAD work is still something i haven’t been able to improve on during the last two years, and honestly i haven’t really tried until now.

I started playing with timers to tell me to get up and do something. My wife has an apple watch and she says it does this for her, but she doesn’t really use it. I refuse to buy an apple watch. i don’t really wear watches. I tried some web apps and phone apps, but they required too much fiddling. I am currently evaluating a google chrome plug in.. goes off every 20 minutes. Its low input/interaction but it takes up my pc screen. That’s working well so far, but i can tell it needs more.

The next day i was sick of the rotation already. not good. That would result in not sticking with the work plan. So i added Good-Mornings, Star Toe Touches and leg lifts to the mix. that is working pretty well so far. I would like to add more core exercises next…. get the obliques an ass kicking.

In the last week i have put on two pounds… may not sound like much, but i am still on a weight loss project, track regularly, and this is bugging me… I am really trying to get to 160#’s. I crossed over 170 today. BOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

I have two suspicions right now… one is that i am not sticking to my diet well. (i have a sweet tooth). The other is that all the extra squat and push-up activity is making me hold something… water? muscle mass? i don’t know yet. I am going to REALLY cut down on the candy and snacking and go back to logging my food intake more accurately for the next couple days. If I see the scale number come back down over the next few days i will know its the candy. If not… it might just be muscle weight and that is not a bad thing. Then i will have to get back to watching my measurements… i have never really been good at that.

The point of this, beyond rambling, is to share that just a timer, probably isn’t enough. i personally benefit from suggestions for activities too. I am compiling a list of good exercises for the office and working on a generator to bring them to you as a user!

*DING* time for 20 more squats!