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Most people don't smell bad after 5 minutes of mild exercise in an air conditioned building. Just saying.
I'm a person who starts sweating easily, so there's a high chance I'd feel at least some discomfort after. On the other hand, if the exercise is mild enough not to make me sweat, it's probably next to useless for me.
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Especially if you're sitting at a computer all day. Gotta strengthen that back to keep your shoulders from curling in too much. Then everything starts to go wrong =/
Would you please elaborate on this? Why are curled-in shoulders especially bad?
While it's a cool idea, I can only see it working first thing in the morning when everyone gets to the office but before you start work. Otherwise, chances are you'll be interrupting somebody's work, which if you're a programmer can be a huge hit to productivity.
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It always amuses me to see non-handicap people taking the elevator at the gym.
I think a lot of people unconsciously see the stairs as a fallback method to the elevator. Stairs in a commercial building are usually minimally decorated. They're "the fire escape."
we’re a tech co - meatheads are nowhere to be found so programmers can't be athletic? I'm sure that's not what he meant, but that's how it comes across. also, the idea of group pushups as a "team building" activity - seriously? that just sounds awkward and weird. not to mention that pushups are not remotely sufficient as exercise if that's all you're doing. you want to help your employees stay in shape? commit to mak…
I don't think he wanted this to recreate the gym experience at work. It's just a little work break for exercise that they wouldn't get throughout the day. I think we can all agree, some pushups > no pushups at all. I don't see why it has to be an all or nothing philosophy.
Also, you should respect the pushup more than you are. They're surprisingly difficult and much more varied than they first appear. :)
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There are a lot of things managers and coworkers can do that either strengthen or weaken team spirit. In my experience one of the most positive is eating meals together. One of the most negative is playing favorites or improperly assigning credit for accomplishments.
Right, and these are all meaningfully related to work, directly or indirectly. Doing pushups is artificial and feels cheesy at best.
How many people usually end up participating? Is there a big disparity between the number of pushups the strongest person can do vs. the weakest person? Do you guys try to beat old records or just do it to get moving again.
I'm not the OP, but my office has a similar ritual. Out of about eight people in the office, usually three to six of us go out to the patio to do pushups and sometimes martial arts at about 2pm each day. Our strongest person does about 120 pushups in a row (he is really strong); the least strong does about 10; the least strong male does about 40. We try to beat our old personal records but there's not really any comp…
In that light (a self directed, non-mandatory common group activity), I don't understand how it could come across as a bad thing.
I'm horrified. This has very high potential to be harmful. The defacto nerd position is seated and hunched. Developing the pectorals will only exacerbate this. If you want to engage in group exercise, find a routine which is more balanced, or at least balanced against what you do the rest of the day. Just do some calisthenics and stretch out those tight chests.
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It always amuses me to see non-handicap people taking the elevator at the gym.
Unless you're strength training. In which case, you may not care to climb the stairs as they don't really further your goals.
OP isn't saying everyone has to do 50 or else they're fired. It's a voluntary exercise (any exercise is better than no exercise) and they like to do it as a team. They're not embarrassing anyone or making fun of other people.
Pushups are a great workout. If you can't do 100. Do 1. Then do 1 more the next day. Then one more. No weights. No gym. No excuses. Just you and your body. Commit to it and then do it. When pushups get easy, there's a ton of variations you can try. One of the greatest and simplest exercises ever.