What kind of workout equipment can I keep in my office?

[Drukqs]

Anything aside from forearm and hand exercisers?

[drgains]

Get a set of powerblock dumbbells and a folding bench to use in the office.

[Drukqs]

Get a set of powerblock dumbbells and a folding bench to use in the office.

I have a full gym at my house. I'm just looking for office-friendly gadgets to use at my desk.

[lumocolor]

Maybe try the shake weight.

[Synthetickiller]

Just wear a weight vest.

[MonkeyT]

All of my gym equipment is in my office

Rack, weights, dumbbells, platform & static bike.

Its all office friendly IMO.

[Bench905]

I bought a second power rack for my cubicle. OP, are you just looking to waste money somehow? Not sure if serious.

[jdforsy]

I keep the titan T3 in my cubicle. Really great for a post lunch workout sessions

[RestoringTally]

All of my gym equipment is in my office

Rack, weights, dumbbells, platform & static bike.

Its all office friendly IMO.

Same here. I built my gym in an empty room at my office. I often speak with my clients on the phone while standing in my rack doing one-arm dumbbell curls.

OP, what is it you hope to accomplish, workout wise, at work? Although some of the equipment forum members buy equipment just because (I do that sometimes), most purchases are driven by a desire to do a particular exercise or work a particular muscle group.

[keyboardworkout]

Kettlebells are handy to have around the office because they have multiple uses when you aren't working out.

[Vagus01]

Anything aside from forearm and hand exercisers?

1. Chains for when your clients want to help you work out
2. bullwhip for the wrists
3. platemail weighted hauberk to help build endurance while you walk around to the other offices venting some medieval aggression
4. heavy splitting maul. Why not?
5. sledge hammer (see #6)
6. a small boulder-- Rambo II, baby.
7. some jaw breakers to mass up that masticator
8. A bag Not a punching bag, but something you can scream into and encourage lung growth
9. Rope in the event that you don't like those hurty chains
10. Standing desk.

[Domicron]

thigh master

[Garage Rat]

I second the kettlebell !
My wife has two in her office and at break times she uses them instead grazing in the break room.

[Jetigen]

I have a full gym at my house. I'm just looking for office-friendly gadgets to use at my desk.

Not sure if you are serious. Misleading thread title. I do not associate workout equipment with desktop gadgets.

[bobcat255]

Gaiam Custom Fit Balance Ball Chair: http://www.gaiam.com/s/gaiam/custom-.../05-57904.html
Gaiam Classic Balance Ball Chair: http://www.gaiam.com/s/gaiam/balance.../05-61380.html

I've read the chairs are not too male-junk friendly, but never tried it. Seems neat.

DeskCycle Desk Exercise Bike Pedal Exerciser: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00B1VDNQA/

Personally, I'm getting a rack for my office.

[Bench905]

Only $8k: http://www.hammacher.com/Product/Def...cise&catid=208

[Detrus]

You can have a bunch of mobility toys and roll around on them in your chair.

[kdumph]

There is a ton of stuff for office use. Heck you can even get a big stability ball to sit on and do exercises on at random. I like the Kettlebell idea, bands may be of use too. If all else fails don't buy anything, just stick to body weight exercises. Break up your time at the computer with sets of pushups and whatever else.

[Drukqs]

Not sure if you are serious. Misleading thread title. I do not associate workout equipment with desktop gadgets.

Gadgets to use at desk /= desktop gadgets. I'm interested in anything I can use at my desk. My office is private but it's small.

[tombro]

It sounds like a stupid question but I often wonder that myself being as it's a place you spend 8 hours a day.
For years now I keep all the stuff in my office small enough to devote to the two body parts I don't want do at home ie calves and forearms.
I have about s dozen forearm toys ranging from all the Capts crush and s sidewinder and I have a home made calf block that I use for one legged standing calf raises and it's works out great because these were the body parts I'd devote five minutes to once a week my entire adult life and now I train each a solid half hour every work day and showed remarkable improvements on both body parts.

[KBKB]

It sounds like a stupid question but I often wonder that myself being as it's a place you spend 8 hours a day.
For years now I keep all the stuff in my office small enough to devote to the two body parts I don't want do at home ie calves and forearms.
I have about s dozen forearm toys ranging from all the Capts crush and s sidewinder and I have a home made calf block that I use for one legged standing calf raises and it's works out great because these were the body parts I'd devote five minutes to once a week my entire adult life and now I train each a solid half hour every work day and showed remarkable improvements on both body parts.

What do you use for resistance when doing your calf raises? I'd think that body weight alone would not be enough...

FWIW, I like the kettlebell idea for compact equipment that's kept in the office.

[tombro]

Nothing for resistance I do one leg at a time which helps but you still have to hit 100 reps per leg to feel anything but I learned it from a lee priest interview when he said he did all his calf training on a stair 500 reps a day to prepare for a show.... At home I use a 100lb vest of course but like I said at work when I have an hour to kill and the small wood block I made fits right under my desk why not right

[BoB335]

Bullworker

http://www.amazon.com/BULL-WORKER-RA.../dp/B0001WXUMC

[Domicron]

can you mount a pull up bar to the wall? suspension trainer and a pullup bar.

[CFF]

-Gym rings our suspension trainer with a door Monty kit so you can easily take them off and put them on just by closing the door (no bolts or screws needed).
-strength bands are great for push ups, plyometrics, squars, tricep extensions, and stretching
-dumbbells
-door mount pull up bar(of mounting is an issue).
-kettlebells
-0-90° bench
-concept 2 rower

It really depends on what kind of office you are in and what can realistically be put in or aloud.

[tombro]

I saw on Ross training once he put one of those doorframe sports authority thirty bucks pull up things on a door, and did them as the door was closed, I wouldn't trust that in my home w wood doors but at work I know I got seven foot metal doors I suppose it would work.

I like this thread it makes you think.

Id also get a contraption where you can loop bands to the door for push downs, and a set of perfect push ups. You can theoretically house a whole gym that can fit in a drawer if you really wanted to be creative.

Of course a 53 lb bell would be essential, a rogue ab mat as opposed to a big ball.

[RestoringTally]

FWIW, I like the kettlebell idea for compact equipment that's kept in the office.

Before I set up my gym at the office I kept a kettlebell at work. I learned the hard way that I also needed to put down a mat. I lost control of the KB one day and it put a big dent in the faux wooden floor. Oops.

I put down some cheap exercise mats (1/2" foam). They work very well - I haven't dropped my KB since. The mats make for a good surface under my standing desk.