Posture is an important part of our overall fitness and comfort. Learn how to protect your body by incorporating posture exercises and stretching into your daily routine.
Check out the 10 Easy Stretches You Can Do at Your Desk in this Chatelaine.com video.
Print these handy ready-to-use stretch guides and post near your work station or around the office.
Proper ergonomic design can minimize the risk of a wide range of injuries – from eye strain and carpal tunnel syndrome to persistent neck or back pain. Follow these easy step-by-step guides (office or lab) to set yourself up for comfort and success.
Don’t forget your core. This six-minute workout from Fitnessblender.com requires no equipment and will help you build strength and achieve perfect posture.
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Move UBC month may be over, but that’s no reason to stop moving. Check out some quick and new ways to fit movement into your day – and increase your overall sense of wellbeing!
Discover seven easy stretches for your shoulders, neck, hands and wrists that you can do at your desk.
Try out these five exercises to improve your overall posture.
Don’t forget your core. This six-minute workout requires no equipment and will help you build strength and achieve perfect posture.
Sitting for long periods of time can impact your joints and muscles, as well as your spine. Learn how to support spine health to improve or reduce back pain.
Looking for more fitness tips and inspiration? Visit our Fitting in Fitness page.
Fitting in Fitness is a series for staff and faculty that shares tips and hints on how to increase physical activity levels.
This series is brought to us by Courtney Chan, a fourth-year student in UBC’s School of Kinesiology.
Here are Courtney’s tips for October!
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These physical activity boosters are distributed through our UBC Health Contacts. The entire collection of Fitting in Fitness tips is available on our website. View them here.
About Courtney: Courtney is a third-year kinesiology student at the University of British Columbia. When not studying or working at UBC’s Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre. Courtney enjoys running and curling, and has a secret passion for line dancing. To her, the most important part of fitness is feeling good about yourself and having fun!
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