The Push-up Race

Happy Tuesday! Once again it is Less Stress in the Office Day, or whatever I decided to call it last week. Today's time tested office technique (wow, unintentional alliteration) is the Push-up Race.

Exercise is clearly one of the best ways to relieve stress. There's just no arguing about that. People who exercise regularly are generally more balanced than people who don't. That said, I am terrible at exercising. I don't make the time to do it, and for the most part, when I do do it, I don't enjoy it. I am certain the runner's high is a myth created by Nike.

But I have felt a little something good after finishing other sorts of exercise. For example, when I am feeling energetic and I do my yoga video it is pretty painful during, but afterwards it feels great (By the way, this dvd is really good and recommended by my yoga instructor friend. If you are looking to do yoga in your home I recommend this).

The point of all this is the push-up race.

Today I will race against Fred. First, it is important to even the playing field. In this example fred will be doing one-armed push-ups and I will be doing girl push-ups (on my knees). We have found out this is the most fair because I am quite slow (but getting faster).

Then race to 20. First one there wins. Count out loud.

What good will this do you? You will get up from your desk for a second and get your blood going. You will think about something other than work. You might even laugh. And, if you do this with some regularity you might actually improve your upper body strength. All good things.

Have a wonderful Tuesday!