Healthy exercises for couch potatoes may sound like some really easy things to get on with, but I thought it would be a nice chill out here at Health Image after four chapters of healthy eating. The last post wrapped that up for now, but I’ll be going back to it in the near future as there are plenty of good foods that we can include in out diets that will help us to maintain a good health image of ourselves while promoting fitness and a healthy lifestyle.

So now I reckon it’s a very good idea to get completely back on topic of the healthy lifestyle and write about something healthy by commencing this mini series on exercises for couch potatoes! First of all, if you don’t know what a couch potato is, its just a nickname for someone who spends far too long lounging on a couch or sofa, usually glued to the television and doing zero exercise whilst eating all the wrong foods.

Here, I’ll look at some more fitness techniques the certified couch potato can engage in to at least get some blood pumping around the lazy body and maybe even improve some muscle tone into the bargain.

So lets incorporate some fitness measures into your daily working routine, assuming you are sitting at a desk probably in front of a computer like I am right now with the first of my exercises for couch potatoes.

You know you should take breaks to give your eyes a rest from the screen and allow your limbs to move a little, so if you feel silly getting up and walking around the office – which by the way is always a good idea just to keep the circulation going – you can do some exercises sitting right there art your desk and your colleagues need never know you are… exercising!

Sit straight up in your chair and place your hands upturned under your desk so that you can still see the “heel” of your palms. Then with your forearms approximately horizontal, press upwards for several seconds then release. Do this one of my exercises for couch potatoes as many times as you’re comfortable with remembering to relax after each exertion and you’ll tone up your upper arm muscles as well as burn off many more calories than you would have done had you sat there and did nothing!

So that’s the first of my easy exercises for all you couch potatoes.

Brilliant!

Health Image

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