As you exhale slowly lift your knees up toward your chest as high as you comfortably can.
Exercise to do at your desk for the stomach.
The captain s chair exercise utilizes the muscles of the lower abs.
Use your abdominal muscles to raise your knees to your chest.
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.
Aim for about 20 total repetitions.
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.
Repeat the exercise 4 times.
When you re ready to upgrade exercise at your desk.
Sit at the edge of your chair and grasp the front of the chair with both hands for balance.
This one is as simple as it sounds.
Stay in this position for at least 15 20 seconds then slowly return to the original position and have a short break.
Suck in your stomach as far as you.
Anyone can do.
Stand up from your chair and get to it.
Now before you panic at the thought of getting on the floor in your office don t.
Make your stomach flatter with this digestion exercise to stimulate peristalsis the wave like muscle contractions that move food through the digestive tract.
Take a breath in straighten your back and stabilize your core.