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Other/Mixed Tiny fitness habits

Other strength modalities (e.g., Clubs), mixed strength modalities (e.g., combined kettlebell and barbell), other goals (flexibility)
vladie said:
Thank you for this.

Listening to the intro and already have a takeaway: no more carts at the grocery … bag it all or use baskets.
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She has quite a few books, I didn't enjoy most of them, except the one I mentioned. She's "partnered" some with MovNat (whom I also like very much). Both are great ressources if you are looking to add movement variety, complexity and proficiency in your life. Also Original Strength (or OS as you'll often see mentioned here) if you've never looked into them.
 
Benjamin Renaud said:
Katy Bowman has a book called Move You DNA which is basically about stuff like that. Finding ways to organise your life/home so that you get the most variety of movement.

Floor sitting is one of the best ones for me, you can get tons of hip mobility just by varying the different sitting positions.
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Damn you, now I'm going to have to read her book ( already started ) in addition to all the other stuff I'm reading and listen to her Nutritious Movement podcast. ;)
Thanks.
 
I do a Buy In when I start to work: 2min of Hand 2 Hand Swings right before I sit at my desk in the morning and lunch break. I always start long sitting with something to mitigate the damage.
 
Yep...go barefoot as much as possible.
Don't sit during your rest periods between sets. Walk between sets as much as possible.
Get a dog. You have to walk your dog, and it's amazing how many step you get in just by taking care of your pet. And feel free to throw on a backpack with some weight in it. You're walking anyway. Might as well make it count.
Don't park near the door. Park farther out in the parking lot and walk to the door.
If you have a desk job, be sure to get up once an hour and take a short stroll, do some OS resets, or some simple bodyweight or KB exercises.
When you do have time to relax, if possible do it in the sun. Read a book. Talk to your spouse and kids, but do it outdoors and in the sun.
This one may sound weird, but stretch in the shower. I get tension headaches because of perceived tightness in my upper back and shoulders, but they've got to be related to total body tension because I've found that if I stretch my hamstrings I usually get some relief in my upper back and shoulders. If the tension pain is bad, then stretching in a hot shower usually helps. So now after I workout in the mornings, I'll take a shower and I almost always stretch my hamstrings in a hot shower, and it seems to help keep some of that total body tension at bay. I know. Weird, right? But it works for me.
 
Some new favorites:
- standing on oddly shaped objects during standing work or washing dishes to give my feet a natural challenge/activation
- neck ramping when looking at screens (I put a picture on my phone and computer as a trigger for this habit ... inspired by Katy Bowman video)
 
mikhou said:
Yep...go barefoot as much as possible.
Don't sit during your rest periods between sets. Walk between sets as much as possible.
Get a dog. You have to walk your dog, and it's amazing how many step you get in just by taking care of your pet. And feel free to throw on a backpack with some weight in it. You're walking anyway. Might as well make it count.
Don't park near the door. Park farther out in the parking lot and walk to the door.
If you have a desk job, be sure to get up once an hour and take a short stroll, do some OS resets, or some simple bodyweight or KB exercises.
When you do have time to relax, if possible do it in the sun. Read a book. Talk to your spouse and kids, but do it outdoors and in the sun.
This one may sound weird, but stretch in the shower. I get tension headaches because of perceived tightness in my upper back and shoulders, but they've got to be related to total body tension because I've found that if I stretch my hamstrings I usually get some relief in my upper back and shoulders. If the tension pain is bad, then stretching in a hot shower usually helps. So now after I workout in the mornings, I'll take a shower and I almost always stretch my hamstrings in a hot shower, and it seems to help keep some of that total body tension at bay. I know. Weird, right? But it works for me.
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My daughter and her husband divorced about 5 or 6 years ago, and we took their dog, a big guy, half-Newfoundland/retriever. We've been doing twice a day walks in all types of weather ever since. At first I was slightly out of breath at the pace he wanted to go. Now it's second nature, and he lets me know when it's time to go. I've considered the backpack idea, but haven't done that just yet.
 
pullup bar over the door in my office.
every hour GTG 50-60% max reps.
When I was younger, my brother and i had a bar over the door and we had a "pullup toll" every time we went through the doorway.
Got my pullups up from 5 to 25 over 6 months or so
 
Pretty simple for me...I love to read and I hate to sit when I do it. My job is pretty sedentary so about every hour or so, I'll close my door and pace the length of my office (or do the same in the conference room) for ten minutes or so and read whatever book I'm engaged with at the moment.
 
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3letterslong said:
Have you ever heard of Pomodoro breaks? Every hour you take a 5 min break (or every 2 hours you take a 10 minute break) from work/school/whatever.

I've been doing the 2 hour / 10 minute break option and every break I'll do:

-an exercise + visualization / meditation on what I want the next two hours to look like
-an exercise + a random task I normally wouldn't find the time to get done

Exercises are usually Original Strength or calisthenics, though at home I've added KB get-ups and sandbag work. It's kind of like adding Easy Strength to my day.

The results have been tremendous: it's accelerating my fitness goals, it's preventing me from feeling burnt out at the end of the day, and I've become a lot more productive.
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I do something similar but it's a 2 hour break every 5 minutes. My boss hates it.
 
Practice bracing when ridding my body of excess protein, that's about it. Typically not on the toilet for longer than 20 seconds. :D
 
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