Why breaks
Long stretches at a desk load the same places over and over — neck, shoulders, hands, back. Short movement breaks interrupt that load before it piles up into the day.
Deskercise’s exercises are shortened adaptations of workplace physiotherapy materials. The sixty seconds are a break window that includes rest — not a stretch held for the whole timer.
- Newcastle Hospitals NHS — 1 minute body check Quick seated checks for desk workers.
- CCOHS — Stretching at the workstation Workstation stretches while you stay at your seat.
- Mersey Care NHS — Desk-based jobs Movement advice for people in desk-based roles.
The 45-minute interval and 60-second window are product choices, not recommendations from these organizations.
Commands
Two things you run after install.
deskercise start
Keep the terminal open. Breaks arrive on your interval; confirm when the minute ends.
On your machine
Local history and the HTML report stay under
~/.deskercise. No accounts, no telemetry,
no data shared.
No network requests while you run breaks or open the report — install only talks to npm.