Delete the desk from your derrière

Squatting, aka how to delete the desk from your derrière.

Today I read this Training Peaks blog, "How to survive desk life."  It talks about how sitting (think at your desk or in the car) is especially hard on athletes.  Knee issues, lower back pain and immobile joints are common problems.  Sound familiar?

Matt Pearce (@mattjpearce), the strength and conditioning coach who wrote the article had several suggestions: 

1. Try squatting (nothing special, just like you would if you were talking to a small child) for a total of 5 minutes a day and build up from there.
2. Mix things up at work by sitting cross-legged if you can.
3. Hang around - from a bar or door jamb.  Not with your friends (unless they're our IG friends in which case we'll need more bars!). 

The article explains why these suggestions are helpful in minimizing the effects of sitting at a desk all day.  In addition, Matt gives a couple of mobility exercises that will help, too.  I recommend reading it. 
 
While he didn't mention strength training, I think that helps work and build up the muscles that are otherwise stationary during the day, like the glutes, hammies and quads.

We all need to survive our day so we can train happily - and that means without injury.



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