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Use your chair to work out your triceps.  Begin by sitting on the edge of your  chair with your back straight.  Plant your feet firmly on the floor and keep your abs nice and tight throughout the exercise.  Bring your arms out in front of you and place the palms of your hands together, as if they were glued.  Lift your arms straight above your head and then bend them at the elbow to where your hands are behind your head.  Now straighten your arms above your head followed with bending at the elbow.  Repeat this movement for 3 sets of 20.

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Try this chair exercise.  Start by sitting on the edge of a chair with your knees bent.  Keep your abs tight, with your feet flat on the floor.  Raise your arms straight out in front of you until they are parallel to the ground.  At this level, gently pulse your arm inward and outward for 60 seconds.  Now lower your arms and repeat this motion for 3 sets, 60 seconds of pulsing with each set.

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Use your chair to relax while doing arm raises.  Start out by sitting with your back straight and your abs tight.  Move your body forward to where you are sitting on the edge of the chair.  With your arms straight and at the sides of the chair, slowing lift them, palms down, until they are parallel with the ground.  Now lower them to the starting position.  Repeat this movement for 3 sets of 15 repetitions.

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Try this ab twisting exercise while sitting in your chair at work.  First you will need to grab a stapler.  Now sit up nice and straight on the edge of your chair.  Keep your abs tight and your knees bent with your feet flat on the floor.  Hold the stapler close to your chest and raise your elbows so that they are parallel to the floor.  Now twist your torso to the right and then back to the starting position and then twist to the left and then back again.  Repeat this motion for 3 sets of 20 (10 on each side).

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You can do these side bends to exercise your abs at work.  First grab your stapler.  Now sit straight up on the edge of your chair with your knees bent.  Hold the stapler directly above your head, keeping your arms nice and straight.  Keeping your abs tight of course, bend to the right about 2 feet or more if you can.  Come back to the starting position and then bend the same distance to your left.  Repeat these movements for 3 sets of 20 (10 on each side).

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