Desk Jockeys

NaderAlfie

posted: 1/12/2013 at 2:45 PM

What do you all do to stay limber between runs? I

Drink a lots of water, partly to keep my self up and around;
Self-massage at desk;
Get up and stretch (as much as I try to keep good posture, I eventually hunch, especially on late nights) ;
Do eccentric calf raises in the stairwell; and
Keep a Prostretch calf stretcher by my desk ( I have the Stick, but it doesn't work well with work clothes).

runnerdave67

posted: 1/12/2013 at 2:54 PM
modified: 1/12/2013 at 2:54 PM

As crazy as it sounds, I was able to accelerate the healing of a bad foot injury I got almost a year ago simply by staying on my feet most of the day. I put my Macbook on top of a cardboard box on my desk in my dormitory room, and would do homework at that while standing up. Between that and walking to classes, etc., I was on my feet for maybe 12-14 hours a day for several months before I was able to run again. Oddly enough, before switching to standing, the healing process didn't seem to be getting anywhere, even when I just did the exercises the physiotherapist gave me.

mamaofthree

Best Present Ever

posted: 1/12/2013 at 3:04 PM

I just ordered a stand-up desk so I don't have to sit on my backside all day long -- I'll report back on how that works for me when I get it.

dgb2n

Dave

posted: 1/12/2013 at 3:45 PM

You could always get a treadmill desk like Al Roker

I ran a mile and I liked it, liked it, liked it.

dgb2n@yahoo.com

mikeymike

posted: 1/12/2013 at 4:07 PM

I don't have a stand up desk but I do stand a lot when on on the phone. And I drink a lot of water.

Runners run.

Ennay

A Saucy Wench

posted: 1/12/2013 at 4:15 PM
modified: 1/12/2013 at 4:21 PM

Quote from dgb2n on 1/12/2013 at 3:45 PM:

You could always get a treadmill desk like Al Roker

I kind of have one....although I have to take it down to run on the TM so it isnt up right now.

I have become Death, the destroyer of electronic gadgets

"When I got too tired to run anymore I just pretended I wasnt tired and kept running anyway" - dd, age 7

Trent

posted: 1/12/2013 at 4:18 PM

Why would I want to stay limber between runs?

I'm running somewhere tomorrow. It's going to be beautiful. I can't wait.

Poor baby

spaniel

mileage hound

posted: 1/12/2013 at 4:23 PM

As much as I drink water and try to get up often, IMHO a lot of the issues I am dealing with now are related to the amount of time I have to spend sitting at a desk. We have a few of the treadmill workstations around, but given what I do it is not practical to go to where they are and use them and they are very popular so it can be hard to get on one.

We put in for one when we moved locations awhile ago, but the request got denied.

One of my coworkers has a keyboard tray that pivots out and up to standing workstation height, and a movable arm to raise her monitor. I am going to try and get one of those.

2013 goals: Kick some arse. Moreso than 2012.

"If you want to be a bad a$s, then do what a bad a$s does. There's your pep talk for today. Go Run." -- Slo_Hand

"Determined is what I am. Maybe a little sick in the head? Ok who am I kidding ALOT sick in the head" -- rockenmamaof5

R2E

"run" "to" "eat"

posted: 1/12/2013 at 4:23 PM

when i am at my desk, i stretch my imagination.

i find the sunshine beckons me to open up the gate and dream and dream ~~robbie williams

bhearn

posted: 1/12/2013 at 4:27 PM

I use a GeekDesk. Stand most of the time, sit when I feel like it.

"Way to make Borat look overdressed"

bhearn

posted: 1/12/2013 at 4:28 PM

Quote from R2E on 1/12/2013 at 4:23 PM:

when i am at my desk, i stretch my imagination.

Is that a static or a dynamic stretch?

"Way to make Borat look overdressed"

R2E

"run" "to" "eat"

posted: 1/12/2013 at 4:29 PM

definitely dynamic.

i find the sunshine beckons me to open up the gate and dream and dream ~~robbie williams

L Train

posted: 1/12/2013 at 4:34 PM

Quote from NaderAlfie on 1/12/2013 at 2:45 PM:

Self-massage at desk

Awkward.

sugnim

posted: 1/13/2013 at 10:29 PM
modified: 1/13/2013 at 10:31 PM

I go for a walk at lunch, do balancing exercises at the copy machine, and I have one of these under my desk. I'd love a standing desk or treadmill desk, but this was 20 bucks & has lasted over 2 years now.

MrNamtor

DON'T TREAD ON ME

posted: 1/13/2013 at 11:57 PM

In between writing code I argue with people on the internet. The muscular tension and increased heart rate keeps me more than ready for my next work out.

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