01/10/2026
You sat for 9 hours today.
Commute. Desk. Meeting room. Desk. Commute. Couch.
Your back noticed. So did your neck, your hips, and whatever’s left of your 3pm energy.
Most people think the answer is a better chair, a standing desk, or a gym membership they’ll use “properly” next month.
Truth is, your body isn’t broken. It’s under-used. The muscles that hold you upright switch off when a chair does the work all day. Then they complain.
The fix isn’t heroic. Get up every hour. Get strong in the places a desk switches off: glutes, upper back, trunk. Two or three short sessions a week beat one heroic Saturday.
Your career runs on your body.
Look after the machine.
I coach Macquarie Park professionals at Fitness First Macquarie Centre, in sessions built around the workday. Comment DESK and I’ll send you 3 moves to do at your desk tomorrow.