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Ask HN: Do you sneak workouts in at work?

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I used to have a pretty active lifestyle, but due to work schedule and long hours, it's really hard to be able to devote a significant portion of time to training and staying in shape.

What sort of stuff do you guys do at work to sneak this in if at all. Also is it socially acceptable where you work. I know people who sit on balance balls at work (certainly not at my workplace), but I'd like to hear stories and what you guys do.

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I schedule a "meeting" in my calendar in the middle of the day. Then I use that time to leave the office and exercise at the gym. This also tends to prevent someone from inviting me to a meeting at that time. I find it really perks me up in the middle of the afternoon when I tend to drag.

At the large company where I work it is not unusual to be elsewhere on site for a meeting. So, I have not asked for permission. However, I do know my boss does the same thing.

I bike to work. I highly recommend it. It takes me about 10 minutes longer in the morning, 5 in the afternoon. The difference is a bit more with low traffic, less (or even favoring the bicycle) with high traffic. For those 15 extra minutes daily, I get 2x25 minutes of high-intensity, low impact aerobic workout. I don't pay for gas. I have a dirt cheap car because I don't care about its gas mileage, etc. I can focus much better after the morning workout. I don't have to "sneak" anything. :)

And: I can't get out of the afternoon workout. Gotta get home!

Just to start something, I try to sneak in stuff in the elevator, sometimes I stretch. I figure if people can take smoking breaks, I should be able to get up and walk around or stretch out a bit.

This is not technically "at" work, but I recently started walking to work instead of taking the subway

I workout every morning, first thing.

we have a gym at work, so I just go to the gym at work during lunch. Its a really nice perk to have.

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