[ConservativeMind]

This is a pretty wild exercise opportunity. We can be doing this at our desks.

It doubles fat burning between meals and greatly reduces glucose, insulin, and VLDL triglycerides.

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[TexasFreeper2009]

soooo.. basically shaking your leg? lol No wonder I have always had a fast metabolism and no problem losing weight? I have done that naturally while sitting most of my life.

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

BFL

[SuperLuminal]

In the distant past, during 30 years of bodybuilding, did a zillion calf raises... Both seated & standing...
Never thought of them as pushups...

[C210N]

should be some effort..

[TXBlair]

BTTT

[steve86]

It’s funny, I spontaneously started doing that a few months ago while sitting thinking that this “exercise” is better than nothing.

[rfp1234]

Finally, we chess players will be athletes...

[DannyTN]

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[Dogbert41]

Omgosh I’m going to be a hero at work for sharing this!!!

[DannyTN]

These show doing both legs at the same time. But I doubt it matters much if you choose one leg at a time.

Heel raises while sitting- video

[Captain Compassion]

Watch out for..... CRAMPS!

[CaptainPhilFan]

So basically, rocking in a rocking chair, which is kind of amazing, because in 2017 I literally sat in a rocking chair and rocked my newborn grand daughter for at least 10-12 hours a day and I melted. Could have been not eating very much. Either or.

[Songcraft]

Interesting post.   Can't hurt (unless a person is prone to calf cramps, I guess).

These days (in the smartphone era), maybe researchers should also look into any possible side benefits of exercising just one's thumbs (other than, of course, buff, ripped thumbs).

     

[FarCenter]

Install a treadle driven generator under every desk and keep those laptops charged!

[philman_36]

Thanks for posting this. Very interesting and beneficial research.

Even with all of our knowledge we still don't know everything there is to know about the human body.
New things are just being learned about vertigo and tinnitus as well.

[Grampa Dave]

Sounds good and it is easy to do while sitting or standing.

My wife had a hip replaced on 2 March this year. She had PT 2 times a week and did the exercises on her own for about a month before her hip replacement. Then, daily post op.

This seated exercise was one of the pre op and post op PT’s.

We have a waist high dresser in our master bedroom that is 7.5’ long. She did this exercise standing in front of the dresser and walks sideways up and down the front of the dresser with her finger tips on the top of the dresser for balance.

Her surgery was excellent and uneventful. She still does these exercise sets in her chair and in front of our dresser.

2+ months after her surgery, her Ortho doc did a complete checkup and work out observation. He told her to keep doing the exercises and to make an appt., 1 year from that date for a follow up.

She is 81 and weighs the same as she did when we were married 62 years ago.

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

This I can do! Thank you for posting!

[SisterK]

I love this!
Exercise while freeping.