From Fitness Studio
to Workplace Wellness

Dennis Clark

Desktop Gym founder

Flash back to the 1990s
Fitness meets the workday

While teaching fitness and yoga classes around my metropolitan area, I noticed something traditional exercise wasn't addressing. More and more people were spending their days at a desk, arriving with stiff shoulders, aching backs, low energy, and posture slowly slipping out of alignment.

In response, I developed a simple, mostly seated movement course, complete with printed handouts, that could be done right at the workstation. It needed no special gear and barely interrupted the workday, and over the next few years it took shape.

What started as practical sessions for corporate teams has evolved into Desktop Gym®, a comprehensive movement program designed for today's workplace and for the real people who spend their days in it.

— Dennis Clark

Our mission is to create intentionally simple, highly engaging follow-along videos designed specifically for desk-based employees, helping organizations build healthier daily work habits that they can realistically sustain.

Modern Work Needs

Modern Movement

Today's workplace looks very different than it did thirty years ago, but one thing hasn't changed: our bodies weren't designed to sit still for hours at a time.

Studies show that between emails, messages, meetings, and other interruptions, employees can face up to 60 extraneous communications a day, adding up to as much as 300 minutes of lost workflow.

Desktop Gym offers a smarter solution: guided Micro-Breaks that combine simple desk-based movement with ergonomic awareness helping to release tension, restore focus, and return to work re-energized, for healthier, more engaged teams.

Human-Centered

Workplace Movement

Desktop Gym® believes workplace wellness doesn't require expensive equipment, changing clothes, or leaving your desk. It's a movement program designed specifically for desk-based teams.

Whether someone has two minutes or fifteen, our goal is simple: help employees feel better, move better, and work better.

Instead of overwhelming employees with complex wellness platforms, DTG uses high-quality guided Micro-Break sessions to encourage simple, sustainable movement habits employees actually enjoy using.

Desktop Gym believes workplace wellness doesn't require expensive equipment, changing clothes, or leaving your desk.

Our guided movement breaks combine practical ergonomics with accessible exercise to help reduce the effects of prolonged sitting.

Whether someone has two minutes or fifteen, our goal is simple:

help people feel better, move better, and work better.

DTG is a human-centered workplace movement program designed specifically for desk-based teams.

Instead of overwhelming employees with complex wellness platforms, DTG uses high-quality guided micro-break sessions to encourage simple, sustainable movement habits employees actually enjoy using.

It's Easy to Find the Right Break for Your Day

It's Easy to Create the Right Breaks for Your Day

Tight shoulders and upper back? 

Select a 1-5+ minute Arms and Shoulders vignette to loosen you up.
You can filter for Torso & Spine, Hips & Legs and Combos, too. And don't forget the Audio Mode!

Need a different perspective?

Try 2-5+ minute ‘Deskside Standups’ that use your chair, desk or door as support,
or the Seated & Standing category that combines orientations.

Want to get more dynamic on a break?

‘Breaktime Challenges’ feature 3-15+ minute breaks to regenerate
and return to work with abs, arms, glutes and legs more toned and flexible.

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