Would you go to an outdoor gym?

[Eckhart]

No equipment, small group, highlighting the need to respect social distancing. In a park or open space.

Our local PCSO clearly hasn't got a clue either.

She sent out an email to say she'll be in our local area today so come along for a chat and she "promises to keep my social distance". Great so she'll get a crowd of eedjits with nothing better to do, bored out of their minds, all milling around. Yes, lovey you might be keeping your social distance, but everyone else won't because they're clueless!

I wrote a stiff email back asking why she was encouraging a non-essential social gathering of an unpredictable, uncontrolled and indeterminate number of people against government guidelines at a time like this.

People are incapable of seeing the bigger picture, it's all about them and their own personal agenda, bugger the rest of society.

No, I wouldn’t because I don’t trust other people to follow the rules, it’s alright saying they get banned if they don’t maintain social distancing but by the time you get to that point it’s already too late.

Just look at how many threads there are on here at the minute, can I go to the hairdressers? Can I have my friend over for coffee. The idea is to interact with as few people as possible to prevent the virus from spreading and overwhelming the NHS so unless your life actually depends on it just stay indoors.

It sounds like the sort of thing I go to it's in the park with a good distance apart from each other no contact and most wear gloves . It's following government advice but I can see it changing soon .
The issue is other people in the park and avoiding those especially during the nice weather as during the winter hardly anyone except the odd dog walker .
It's social distancing no one has to stay in just keep your distance from people . Those who are not comfortable with it don't do it .
I'm just following government advice until it changes I'll carry on .

The public need protecting from their own stupidity.

Indeed, because people will play the perfect scenario out in their head and insist they they know their activity is risk-free, but that's doesn't account for the uncontrolled dog with owner in tow, the clueless people who run out of petrol, the spanner in the works, etc.

@HowIrresponsible

China has actually only had imported cases for a few days now.
They inforced drastic lockdown for nearly 8 weeks and have had no autonomous new cases for a while.

*Nuff Yes, I understand that this would give the OK to all groups who refused to let people get closer than the gov and NHS guidelines.

It doesn't give a green light to anybody who tries to get too close to another.

@Daisychain01 are you posting to me now or everybody? If me, I got your gist ages ago.

Ok.

Do you understand and accept, that whilst undoubtedly you are very sensible and would stick to a 6ft distance at all times, some people are not?

Do you accept that there is a risk that some people would not maintain appropriate distance? They might forget or just not care that much?

Do you accept that the five strangers you are exercising with could possibly fall into this category? They could be not quite as sensible as you?

Further, do you accept that if we role this out across the country many groups of this kind could contain someone who isn't as sensible as you?

Do you understand and accept this?

@pluiedeprintemps believe what china says if you like

@pluiedeprintemps

I don't in any way think you're a sandwich sort - I think you fully understand the guidelines and that you think it's all fun and games and that you've found a loophole

You are jumping to an erroneous conclusion. I'm interested in the discussion and hearing people's views. Your conclusion that I think it's all fun and games is unfounded and rude.

People are dying.

@HowIrresponsible
Of course, I take it with a pinch of salt - but the propagation there is slowing - and in Europe, it is accelerating.

Part of the problem I think is that a lot of PTs are self employed and trying to find a way to keep their businesses afloat when the current deal on the table for them is so poor.

I can see why they are putting on these groups, even if they are a bad idea.

Nuff yes, I understand that there is a risk the same as the risk of being outside among others in general. But when I take my dog out, for example, there's nobody but me to say 'Stop that and leave' if somebody starts coughing in my face. In a group like this one, it has been made clear that that would be stopped immediately.

The person who takes the classes will find that their insurance is invalid

@pluiedeprintemps

Of course, I take it with a pinch of salt - but the propagation there is slowing - and in Europe, it is accelerating.

Again if you believe the Chinese

Ok. I really feel we're getting somewhere!

You're now comparing the exercise class to walking the dog rather than chatting to a neighbour at a 6ft distance.

Does that mean you now understand the difference between 2 people on private balconies chatting at a distance of 6ft and an indeterminate number of outdoor gym classes, possibly containing people who won't stay 6ft apart running up and down the country?

I've just seen on the news they're starting to close the parks, so it seems like the grey area you're so intrigued by might have been made black for you! Saves you from having to understand at least!

Italy has just banned exercising outdoors

No, Nuff The thing about being coughed on and nobody policing it applies to the neighbours too. There's a family on one side, so it's more than 2 people. Everybody is responsible for themselves (as in public), except in the group, there is someone who will enforce the rules.

It doesn't matter if there's a group every hundred yards, if people stick to the rules. Your argument seems to be the slippery slope, ie if people stick to the rules it's ok, but they definitely won't. Is that right?

Are people thinking this is like standing up to terrorism like the aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing and the’ we won’t let them win’ attitude of still going to concerts?

If this only affected the individual, crack on and take as much unnecessary and stupid risks as you like but it doesn’t, it puts us all it risk. People are just too stupid to think beyond the current moment.

Perhaps it would have been better if this was happening in mid-winter, I’m sure the good weather isn’t helping.

Yes I suppose it is! If everyone was in one of those hamster balls and couldn't get near each other then it would be fine to exercise in a group. But they're not and it isn't.

And see I don't believe that you don't understand the difference between the park and the neighbours because you said yourself upthread that you DO understand the difference between small groups and larger groups. We agreed on that already.

That's what makes me think you might be being a little bit cheeky!!

So what happens if you go to this exercise group and one of the other members slips on a bit of uneven ground, sprains their ankle and can’t walk back to their car?

So you take their weight to help them, then you’ve caught the virus, but you don’t have any symptoms yet, so you go in a dog walk but another dog comes and attacks your dog and the owner comes running over to separate them, now you’ve passed the virus on to them and their spouse is a vulnerable person?

@pluiedeprintemps

The OP seems to think that people who aren't joining outdoor fitness classes during a global pandemic aren't joining because they are jealous they don't have beach bodies. OP's mental and physical health requires them to be outside in a public space in a group and risk spreading a deadly virus to others

Conflation and balderdash.

This thread is only going one way.

OP asked if he/she being unreasonable

mumsnet yes you are being unreasonable and selfish

OP No I'm not

No, it’d be gathering in a group, before, during and after the exercise class.