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Thursday, 23 May 2013: 5 mins of inconspicuous leg toning exercise you can do right at work without your colleagues thinking you're a nutcase.
Do you know that Exercise is more efficient at boosting your energy than caffeine!

Toned is the new sexy!

Even if you have no time for exercise, you get off work late and you're too tired to go for a run or head to the gym, 5 mins of exercise that you can do right at your work desk should be easy right?

Just in case you don't have your own office door that you can close when you need some privacy from your colleagues, no obviously i'm not going to suggest doing jumping jacks or jog on the spot since your colleague might give you the stink eye and think you're a total nut case.



Let me share with you 2 leg toning exercise:

Standing Calf Raises

  

Source: www.oxygenmag.com

One of the easiest toning exercises you can sneak in during your coffee break are standing calf raises. In fact you can simply do this any time so long as you're standing! And of course you don't have to carry a dumbbell while doing this at work, but if you're doing this at home and have access to a dumbbell go ahead and use it!

Stand with your feet about shoulder width apart. Proceed to roll up with your foot until you're standing on the ball of your foot. Do a couple fast reps of 15.

Leg Circles

This is the most inconspicuous leg exercise ever. Leg circles can be done anytime, anywhere as long as you're sitting down  

Sitting in your desk chair as you normally would, extend one leg out straight in front of you. 
Lift it up slightly from your chair (so that the back of your thigh is off of the seat). 

Circle your leg clockwise motion for 15 times and then switch and go the opposite direction. 
Repeat for 3 reps and do the same for the other leg!


Another 2 you can attempt right at home, this two toning exercises are so easy that you won't even break a sweat while toning your buns!


Dumbbell Squats



Stand with dumbbells grasped to sides [if you don't have a dumbbell, a 1.5litre filled bottle works fine too] 

Bend knees forward slightly while allowing hips to bend back behind, 
keeping back straight and knees pointed same direction as feet. 
Squat until thighs are parallel to the floor. Extend knees and hips until legs are straight. 
Repeat for 3 reps of 8.


Leg lift



Lay on your bed/on the floor/yoga mat wherever flat surface you are comfortable with, arms on your side and raise one leg straight up  and return to original position on the floor. 



[Please don't raise your leg too much higher than your body if not you might risk hurt your back, like the above.]

Repeat for 3 reps of 12 and do the same for your other leg.

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