Hello again. This is Scott Tousignant back with more home office fitness tips to help make your virtual events even more successful. If you missed yesterday’s post you can catch up here: Part 1
When conducting a virtual event there’s a pretty good chance that you will experience some tension in your neck and shoulders, especially if you aren’t using a headset. Today I would like to share some shoulder and neck exercises that will help you strengthen and loosen up those muscles.
One of the wonderful benefits from performing the following exercises on a regular basis is in the improvement with your posture. When you sit at a desk for the majority of your workday and you continue to sit while conducting or participating in a virtual event it can certainly take it’s toll on your posture. Your shoulders can become rounded forward, you may experience stiffness between your shoulder blades, and your neck can hunch forward a bit too.
The following home office workout will help resolve these issues as well as make your virtual event a more pleasant experience.
Pre Virtual Event Neck and Shoulder Exercises
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In this video I used some light dumbbells as well as a stability ball to perform some of the exercises. If you don’t have dumbbells you can substitute them with soup cans for now. I do recommend that you invest in a stability ball for your home office. They are very inexpensive and can really help boost your productivity during your workday, helping you get more done in less time.
How did you feel after performing the above shoulder and neck exercises and stretches? Did they relieve some tension? I’d love to hear from you. Your feedback means the world to me.
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Scott Tousignant
These are good exercises but remember to do a chin tuck to avoid keeping your head forward. Also, you can do I's on the stability ball. I describe neck exercises and stretches on my blog.
These are good exercises but remember to do a chin tuck to avoid keeping your head forward. Also, you can do I's on the stability ball. I describe neck exercises and stretches on my blog.