SparkPeople advertisers help keep the site free! Learn more

Secrets of Success

< Secrets of Success Main Page    Submit a Secret

Typing While On Exercise Ball

84

Members Were Sparked
This Sparked Me!

instead of sitting on a chair while at your computer, sit on your exercise ball- it helps your core muscles and can burn up to 50 calories an hour, according to iVillage.

- Submitted by MELA1953 3/25/2010 in Exercise | 17 Comments
Please note these are member-submitted secrets and are not reviewed by SparkPeople's health experts for accuracy. If you feel a secret is inappropriate, please click Report Inappropriate Secret and our staff will review it.

Member Comments

MITECU 3/25/2010 7:15:00 PM

    You can also sit on your ball to watch TV.
emoticon
WALKINGDAVE 3/25/2010 7:31:00 PM

    I like to take many smaller walks during the day with my dog Dave, It adds up to about two hours all told but I'm not too exhausted or straining myself when I break up the work outs. It helped me lose three pounds this week! emoticon
CHARTHESTAR 1/12/2013 6:37:00 PM

    Not only that but it works on tightening your core!! I think that is an even better motivation!
AZURE-SKY 1/11/2013 11:45:00 AM

    Just make sure you're sitting at the proper height for your desk, or you'll cause back strain. I'm 5'2" so I have the smaller exercise ball. When I tried sitting on it to work at my desk, I found that I sat too low to work comfortably. After about 20 minutes I could feel the strain in my back and shoulders. The bigger exercise ball is too big for me, my legs are not at a right angle.

So, just to let you know that this tip doesn't work for everybody.
CMORISAK 1/11/2013 6:35:00 AM

    I will have to try that..I'm work on my computer alot
HYATTI1 1/28/2013 1:20:00 AM

    would like to see more proof of that prior to going out and buying a ball.
CHERYLSBUTT 1/13/2013 5:34:00 PM

    nice idea!
Any extrA work is a bene!
AMANDACOETZER 1/13/2013 11:37:00 AM

    Thanks
ELLDOCKE 1/13/2013 9:43:00 AM

    Way cool - I used to "borrow" a friend's - go in her office to consult & sit on her ball. Time to buy my own. And, thanks for the tips about getting the right height for you and your desk.
LEANMEAN2 1/13/2013 7:39:00 AM

    Sounds worth trying. Thank you.
MARYHENNIG 1/11/2013 11:34:00 PM

    Nice
DEBBYNATION 1/11/2013 5:15:00 PM

    Will have to try that!
LCRUMLEY81 1/11/2013 11:38:00 AM

    need to try this
COLLETTASLIM 1/11/2013 10:54:00 AM

    Watching TV on my exercise bike is a good way to not being a couch potato.
GINGERVISTA 3/25/2010 7:21:00 PM

    I'm staring at my physioball as I sit in my chair & type this, but am going to move ball behind desk, then move to living room when I watch TV--not often, but Wheel of Fortune's on.....YAY! emoticon
BUDRFLY31 3/25/2010 7:12:00 PM

    Doing it right now!!
BECCACOATS 3/25/2010 7:12:00 PM

    That is what I do!!! I find it works my abs and Back... Well actually My back feels better.

Leave encouragement, a question, or anything else relevant to this. All comments must abide by SparkPeople's Community Guidelines.

Log in to post a comment.

Related Secrets

Diet Resources: calcium supplements | calcium levels | calcium supplement