Legs · Hips · Posture
Short walk
Movement · Standing
- How to do it
- Walk away from your desk: to the far end of the room, a window, or the kitchen for some water, and back.
- Dose
- 60s
- What you should feel
- Your legs and hips loosening as you go
- Common mistake
- Taking your phone and standing still with it.
- Make it easier
- Walk to the nearest door and back, or march on the spot beside your desk.
- Avoid this movement if
- You cannot walk safely without support.
Stop this movement if it causes sharp or worsening pain, numbness, weakness or dizziness.
Why it's here
Walking is among the best-studied ways to break up sitting. Even a minute changes what your legs, hips and back are doing.
- Studied: In a small lab study, adults who got up for 2-minute walks every 20 minutes had lower blood sugar and insulin after a drink than when they sat without a break. (Dunstan et al., 2012)
Routines with this move
Related moves
- Hamstring hinge (desk-assisted) · Standing
- Calf raise · Standing
- Seated march · Seated
- Standing quad stretch · Standing