Don ’t Just Take a Break – Bust a Move and Build Some Muscle

If you read a lot of self-improvement blogs like I do then you’ve probably heard of the concept of taking hourly breaks to improve productivity and reduce stress. And if you’re like me, it sounds great in theory, but in reality I don’t really do it. Why? I think maybe it’s because I don’t know what to do during that time. Certainly 5-10 minutes of meditation would be great, but most people’s work is already so cerebral, how about something physical instead? Here’s what I started doing and I love it! Bust-a-Move Breaks Ok, so instead of taking some downtime to meditate or walk around, which I never really got into, I started doing this instead. Stretching I get down on the floor and do some stretching. I let my body lead the way in terms of what it needs. Calisthenics I do a set  or two of the big six body-weight exercises that are featured in “Convict Conditioning: How to Bust Free of All Weakness-Using the Lost Secrets of Supreme Survival Strength” by Paul “Coach” Wade. That would be either: pushups pullups leg lifts air squats bridge handstand pushups By doing this I kill two birds with one stone. I totally rejuvenate myself to go back to my mental work, and I get all my calisthenics done for the day -throughout the day. When I’m done with work, I’m also done with my calisthenics for the day. (Unless I want to do more) I’ve stopped going to the gym to lift weights. Instead I solely use b...
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