Busy schedules and family commitments can keep you from exercising. An important part of exercises is strengthening your abdominal and core muscles. This can improve your posture and protect your back from injury. But you may not always find the time to go to the gym. Instead, use times you’re sitting to work your abs. You can exercise your abs while sitting by doing targeted movements and using chair cardio. The best exercises include modified crunches, Russian twists, and simple waist rotations. Do 20 reps of each exercise. Keep reading to learn more!

If you work while sitting down, you might spend a large part of your day immobile. However, just because you work from a desk doesn’t mean you can't get some exercise in! There are a variety of workouts you can do while seated that will tone your legs and lower body. If you make a habit of toning every few days at work, you'll notice big changes fast.

Pilates is a type of fitness system that consists of movement exercises that are designed to tone the body, strengthen the muscles, increase flexibility and agility, improve posture, and heighten concentration skills. The movements require physical control, mental focus, and special breathing that's supposed to help your mind and body work together. Pilates exercises can be performed on a mat, where you create resistance using your own body weight and sometimes simple equipment like resistance bands. The first step in learning Pilates is learning some basic poses, and from there you can move on to more advanced positions and learn new movements. Some of the movements are performed on your back, while others are done on your stomach, your side, or in plank position, while others still are performed sitting or standing.