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Desk Worker C
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Phase 1 · Break the sit · Session C

Wake the glutes.
Free the mid-back.
Two minutes.

The two areas eight hours of sitting hits hardest — the glutes that switch off and the mid-back that stiffens.

  • Csession
  • P1Break
  • 12:00on the clock
  • — donecompleted

Glutes go to sleep

Prolonged sitting reduces glute activity. The back and hamstrings pick up the work, which is why they ache.

Thoracic stiffness costs range

A stiff mid-back forces the neck and lower back to make up the difference in every reach and turn.

Hip flexors shorten with sitting

Hours of sitting keep the hip flexors in a short position and the glutes electrically quiet. Standing and hinging undo both.

Three couplets · two rounds · twelve minutes · a body built for the desk

A

Glutes

Standing glute squeeze + standing hip extension
A1

Standing glute squeeze

60 s · slow reps

Standing tall; squeeze both buttocks hard for two seconds and release fully.

Easier gentler squeeze  ·  Harder longer holds

R1R2—
A2

Standing hip extension

12/side · ×2

Hand on the desk; squeeze the buttock and draw the straight leg back — no back arch.

Easier smaller range  ·  Harder 2-s hold

R1R2
B

Mid-back

Seated thoracic extension + cat-cow
B1

Seated thoracic extension

60 s · slow reps

Hands behind the head; arch the mid-back over the chair back and return, ribs down.

Easier smaller range  ·  Harder hold two seconds

R1R2—
B2

Cat-cow

12 reps · ×2

On all fours or seated; round and arch through the mid-back, one segment at a time.

Easier smaller range  ·  Harder slower

R1R2
C

Hips

Figure-four sit + standing march
C1

Seated figure-four

60 s · slow reps

Ankle over the opposite knee; sit tall and lean forward gently, then return.

Easier smaller lean  ·  Harder further forward

R1R2—
C2

Standing march

20 steps · ×2

Knee to hip height, standing tall; hand on the desk only if you need it.

Easier lower lift  ·  Harder no hands

R1R2

The clock

Round 1settle in — 70%, perfect tracking
0:00A1 → A2
2:00B1 → B2
4:00C1 → C2
Round 2own it — beat Round 1 by quality
6:00A1 → A2
8:00B1 → B2
10:00C1 → C2

Each couplet: 60 s scored → the loading set → 10 s to move on. Done at 12:00.

How to run it

  1. The best posture is the next one. Change position every twenty to thirty minutes, whatever position you are in.
  2. Two minutes of movement every half hour beats one long session and nothing else.
  3. Pain rule: up to 4/10 during, back to your normal by the next morning, no worse week to week.
  4. Set the desk after you build the body, not instead of it.

Tick it off

MovementRound 1Round 2Best
A1Standing glute squeezeslow reps in 60 s —
A2Standing hip extension12/side
B1Seated thoracic extensionslow reps in 60 s —
B2Cat-cow12 reps
C1Seated figure-fourslow reps in 60 s —
C2Standing march20 steps
Session time
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Date
TE-12-DESKWORKE-C