Standing Work Time Resource

Being on your feet all day puts a lot of pressure on your legs, so it’s important to take the load off of them! The best way to do that? Stretching and strengthening the muscles that surround and support them. When you have brief breaks throughout your day, try one of these quick exercises.

Pelvic Tilt

• Count to two as you slowly round your low back.

• Move out of the rounded position and count to two as you slowly arch your low back.

Perform this five times in a row.

Abdominal Bracing

• Place your hands about three inches to the side of your belly button.

• Press your fingers into your abdomen.

• Activate your core by flexing your muscles.

• With your fingers, you should feel the contraction and notice your fingers being pushed out as you flex.

Perform this 10 times in a row.

Ankle Rotations

• Raise one foot slightly off the ground and hold it in place.

• Rotate your ankle and create big circles with your toes.

Perform this five times in a row in one direction, then reverse the direction and perform another five times on each foot.

Leg Extension

• Stand upright and support yourself with the back of a chair or countertop.

• Keeping your leg straight, extend one leg out behind you away from your planted leg.

• Extend your leg to a comfortable height maintaining an upright posture in your torso.

• Lower your leg back to the floor.

Perform this time times in a row, then switch legs and perform another times times.

Marching in Place

• Stand upright and support yourself with the back of a chair or countertop.

• Keeping an upright torso, keep one leg planted and raise the other knee up so your hip is at a 90-degree angle.

• Lower your leg back to the floor.

Perform this five times in a row on each leg.

You may also log into your Hinge Health app via your mobile phone and complete some of your playlist exercises with or without your sensors.