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5 Easy Exercises to Prevent Occupational Injury for Office Workers

Sitting behind a desk all day and having a sedentary lifestyle can leave a negative impact on office workers. Some of the most common discomforts include constipation, obesity, back discomfort, muscular degeneration, and a lack of sleep.

One might ask how to make time for exercise when their schedule is dominated by work. Here are 5 quick exercises for office workers while getting their work done.

  1. Lunges

Working a nine-to-five can easily cause back pain and saddlebag fat, affecting our general health and body figure. Lunges or side lunges are a good and simple exercises for office workers to improve their posture and range of motion. They are also good for building up strength and toning the core, butt and legs.  

2. Shoulder Stretching

If you often experience sore arms and shoulders, then Shoulder Stretching will help relieve your muscle tension, pain, and tightness in the neck and shoulders. Try to perform it several times a week to prevent chances of a hunched back and a deformed spine.

3. Wall Sits

Find an empty wall to do the wall sits exercise. Remember to slide your back down a wall until your hips are at the same level as your knees and your knees are together at 90-degree angles. This exercise is suitable for workout beginners. It can strengthen your muscular endurance and activates muscle groups throughout your lower body, avoiding muscle stiffness caused by lack of exercise.

4. Chair Squats

Chair Squats mainly train our lower body. It is a great way to build up the strength in your leg muscles if you’re new to working out. Use a stable office chair that doesn’t slide to provide added support as you work your glutes, hamstrings, and quads. When you’re tired at work, Chair Squats can perk you up.

5. Desk plank

Is your body stiff after a long meeting? At this point, do a Desk plank! It will help to release stress and tension after sitting long hours at a desk and strengthens your core and back muscles. However, you should remember to do the desk plank with a sturdy table.

Although our work is very busy, we should remember to relax. A cup of coffee or exercise might be a great way to get back to work.

In Cube Co-Working, we have not only a working space, but also provide a good place such as a lounge and balcony area for you to take a break.

We have also a café in front of our office so that you can enjoy lunch or hi-tea within just less than 5 minutes walking distance.

Contact us for FREE workspace solutions now.

Creativity, Lifestyle

Best Indoor Plants to Freshen Up Your Office Space

As mentioned in the previous article, indoor plants bring numerous benefits to the workplace. For instance, they are stress-relieving, can help to relax your eyes and purify the air.

Are you considering buying one for your office? Here’re the five best 5 indoor plants that are easy to take care of and make the perfect decoration.

  • Heart-leaf Philodendron

Heart-leaf Philodendron (a.k.a. Romantic Heart-shaped Leaves). In addition to its lovely appearance, Heart-leaf Philodendron is easy to take care of. It is also good to reduce carbon dioxide in your room, and it is a plant that can still open its stomata under a high carbon dioxide environment. It is very suitable for the office, meeting room and living room, and other indoor spaces.

  • Pothos Aurea

Pothos Aurea is the most common and popular plant among all plants since it is so easy to grow. It can grow in any condition, and its insect pest resistance is also strong. Therefore, Pothos Aurea is not easy to get sick, and we often describe it as a long-life plant. It is always recommended for planting beginners!

  • Bamboo

Did you know that bamboo represents luck in Chinese culture? It is always the first choice of gift for a new office. Bamboo is also the most eye-catching space decoration and is easy to take care of. Moreover, it is a slow-growing foliage plant that can survive even in low-light spaces.

  • Zamioculcas Zamiifolia

Zamioculcas Zamiifolia (a.k.a. ZZ Plant) is considered “the most trouble-free indoor plant”. You only need to water it once every two weeks. It would not die away even if you are not in the office for weeks. It grows vertically and dense, its green leaves always make the environment look vibrant.

  • Aspidistra Elatior

Aspidistra Elatior is known as Cast Iron Plant. It can grow up to 1-2 feet high, so it is suitable for a spacious office. It grows easily without constant watering. It has foliage and dark green leaves that are perfect for office decorations.

Which plant seems to be the most appealing to you? With the help of some plants, going to work will be much more relaxing and enjoyable.

Cube Co-Working allows you to customize your office. In addition to plants, you can also arrange your favorite shelf, replace your office desk, or even customize your business storage space. At Cube, you can have 2-in-1 perfect solutions for workspace and storage solutions. Contact us now!

Creativity, Lifestyle, Startup

6 Must-have Items for a Beautiful & Organised Co-Office

One of the advantages of renting a co-office is that the tenant does not have to pay utilities and maintenance fees, and does not have to spend a fortune on furniture, such as desks and office chairs. However, with some planning and creativity, the tenants can still customize the office to make it feels like their own.

Check out our list of the most popular items that all co-office should have – they will make a big difference in turning the office into a beautiful and friendly environment.  

  • Office plant

Having a potted plant in the office adds a lot of fun! Green plants make the office look lively and purify the air. Take a break and water the potted plants to give yourself a chance to relax when you are tired of working. When you see a small pot sprout and grow new leaves, it will also instantly improve your mood.

  • Rack/Shelves

Keep a rack or shelf in your office for decorations, storage, and organizing purposes. Many co-workers will put racks in their private suites to store their items and display their beloved decorations. Keeping your office clean and tidy will help to maintain your good mood.

  • Air purifier

Many people have an air purifier in their office suite to filter out tiny bacteria and unpleasant smells, especially those who like to eat in the office.

  • Office Chair

Some co-workers like to sit in their office chairs to feel comfortable and familiar with finishing their work. Although Cube Co-Working has prepared full furniture for customers, you can still change the office chair according to your preferences.

  • Desk Lamp

Do you prefer warm lighting or cool lighting? Usually, people who work in the creative industry need a particularly moody environment to stimulate creative inspiration. So they will prepare a desk lamp in the office, to create their own favorite atmosphere and space effect.

  • Decoration

In Cube Co-working, you can decorate or customize your office with the style you like. Some people like to decorate their office with dolls or toys while some people would like a minimalist style of office. You can also decorate your office with some paintings or image frames as long as it makes you happy.

Whether you are an entrepreneur or eCommerce, Cube Co-Working provides flexible workspace solutions according to your needs. Contact us for more details.

Creativity, Lifestyle

Tips for Halloween Celebrations in Your Office

Halloween is finally around the corner! Although not everyone will celebrate Halloween, we can still hold a small Halloween party or have a Team Building with our colleagues.

Let’s learn more about Halloween and see what can we do to celebrate Halloween!

The Origin of Halloween

Halloween has different versions, but the “All Hallows’ Day” version is the most popular.

It is said that more than 2,000 years ago, the Catholic Church in Europe designated November 1 as “Saints Day”, and “hallow” means “saint”. Since 500 BC, the Celtic people who were from the Ireland and Scotland regions, believed that the dead would return to the world to look for people and resurrect again on October 31. So, people will place fires and candles on this day, so that the dead cannot find the living. They also dressed up as demons or ghosts to frighten the dead away. That is also a reason why we celebrate Halloween in all kinds of weird and funny costumes.

Things to do to celebrate Halloween

  • Halloween Decorations

The first thing you should do to get in the Halloween spirit is, decorate your office. Use the most traditional orange and black themes, and add spider webs, pumpkins, skulls, ghosts, and other decorations to make the office spooky and dark.

  • Food party

Food is an important part of the Halloween celebrations! Do a potluck such as pumpkin pie, cupcakes, spooky cookies, and so on.

  • Halloween costumes

If you want to immerse yourself in the world of Halloween, you should play with Halloween costumes! Halloween costumes can be anything, such as cute cartoons, famous politicians, or any scary characters, which are sure to spice up a party.

  • Trick or Treating

Carry on the Halloween tradition, you can play Trick or Treat with all your colleagues from the different departments! Go around the office and ask for sweets with the exclamation ‘trick or treat’!

  • Halloween Game

Halloween games such as pumpkin decorations contests, ghost storytelling, and other Halloween-related games to improve the relations of co-workers during the celebrations. Give some little gifts to the winners as a small reward, which can also make employees happy and relieve stress.

Searching for a comfortable working environment?  Cube tailors a suitable workspace solution according to your needs.

Join us today! We will also have some celebrations party for you to join. You can also make new business friends with our co-workers here. It might be a chance for your business.

Creativity, Lifestyle

5 Ways to Help Make Your Workspace Less Stressful

The happiest thing about office workers is that they have consecutive holidays. We always start the holiday mood on Friday or the day before a public holiday. What would you do to have a relaxed working day?
5 activities you can do at workspace to make your workday a happy and relaxing one.

  1. Board Game
    Playing Board games at work can not only relieve stress but also keep your mind flexible. People often ignore rest in the face of multifarious work for a long time. Therefore, it is good to relax your mind to have some fun while you are at work.

2. Coffee

Are you a coffee lover? Coffee is the antidote when you’re tired from work! Drinking a cup of coffee during work can make people feel refreshed and energetic!

3. Office Plant

Office plants not only make the workspace look good, but it also gives a way to relax.  When you are exhausted from your work, you can water potted plants to make your mood joyful! Looking at the green plant also helps to relieve eye fatigue after facing your laptop for a long time.

4. Get some fresh air

Sitting in an office for a long time can lead to burnout and reduce our creativity. To boost your motivation at work, take a walk outside in the fresh air and distract your brain from the stress of work, which also can go a long way toward boosting your creativity.

5. Snack

Eating is a good way to relieve stress. Many of us face a difficult time of sleepiness at work. To stay focused, keep a small snack in the office in case you need it such as a chocolate bar, candy, or biscuits. However, we should pay attention to portion sizes when eating snacks. Eating too much can easily lead to obesity and even drowsiness.

Cube Co-working Space provides you with a comfortable and stressless workspace. In addition to perfect facilities, we also provide unlimited coffee to keep you awake during work. Our offices also have a balcony area so you can enjoy the outdoor space and get close to nature.

Sign up and become our co-worker today! Contact us for more offers.

Business, Lifestyle, Startup

Co-working, a breath of fresh air in the new “working from home” era

Traditional office working may be a thing of the past, as working from home seems to be an intuitive choice during the height of the pandemic. However, as the office doors start to open again, should you keep working from home, or maybe you’re considering a co-working space as an alternative?

What is co-working?

In the simplest sense, co-working represents a shared place where workers from different companies come to work, meet and devote themselves to their business endeavors. Coworking space is defined by shared tools, services and facilities. 

Before the pandemic, the main targets for a co-working model were often remote workers, travellers, digital nomads, independent scientists and independent contractors. However,  in the past few years, the demand for co-working has increased significantly across the globe.  

The benefits of co-working space

Networking opportunity. One of the most noticeable perks of working in a shared space is the opportunity to expand your professional network. Specifically, you would unlock the potential to build strong relationships with like-minded individuals, maintain new connections and facilitate future collaborations. 

Increased creativity and productivity. When you’re working from home, the surroundings can play a significant part in occupying your focus and interrupting  workflow, for example, kids, household chores, noisy neighbours, etc. In contrast, when you’re in an environment where everyone is 100% paying attention to their work, it’s very difficult to delay tasks, slack off or procrastinate.

Decreased sense of loneliness and isolation. It is scientifically proven that humans have a biological drive to belong. People seek out social contact not solely because of the life functions it can fulfil, but also because it is inherently rewarding. Human interaction does not only help people to cope with the stress and major changes in life, but also in knowing that one is valued by others, it helps one to forget the negative aspects of life, and think more positively about one’s environment.

Better physical health. Berkman and Syme (1979) found that the mortality rate among men and women with the fewest social ties was more than doubled compared to adults with the most social ties, irregardless of their health behaviours, socioeconomic status and other variables that might influence the risk of death. Additionally, in a 2010 report published by The Journal of Health and Social Behaviour, low quantity or quality of social ties is linked to a host of health conditions such as cancer, autoimmune disorders, high blood pressure, repeat heart attacks, slowed wound healing and the development and worsening of cardiovascular disease. 

Greater flexibility. Most co-working spaces allow short-term leases and flexible pay-as-you-go terms, which is beneficial in terms of cost-saving for startups, freelancers or new companies that just entered the market. Furthermore, by sharing the internet, infrastructure and facilities, etc. with other enterprises, co-working is also a very cost-efficient choice. 

Evidently, co-working is a great choice when it comes to cost-saving and the well-being of the employees. 

Contact us today for more details. 

Business, Lifestyle, Startup

Tips for Choosing a Good Co-Working Space

Co-working spaces have become increasingly popular in recent years, especially among business startups and entrepreneurs. Additionally, benefits such as economization, productivity, flexibility, and networking opportunities also make it a great choice for individuals, SMEs, and large companies. 

But what should you look for when choosing a co-working office space?

Here’s our checklist:

  1. Location/area of the coworking
  2. Amenities
  3. Cost-effectiveness
  4. Office atmosphere and environment
  5. Privacy
  6. Flexible access 
  7. High-speed Internet
  8. Complimentary coffee, tea, snacks, ice, hot water, etc. 
  9. Security
  10. Professional and supportive staffs/management team

If you’re looking for a working space or meeting room hire, Cube Co-Working Space provides a comfortable, friendly office solution allowing professionals, freelancers and creatives the convenience of meeting facilities and shared office spaces in Petaling Jaya, Selangor.


Come and experience our cost-effective and flexible working office space with high-speed internet, ample parking space, and modern shared office facilities equipped with hot-desks, meeting rooms, breakout/ kitchen areas and outside space. 

Contact us to book your free tour today!

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