How long do you go out to exercise for?

[MinnieMountain]

DH is working FT. He has an hour bike ride after work each day and on a Saturday. Sundays he's been going for a 4 hour ride then complaining when he gets back that he's tired.

This morning I asked him if he could reduce his Sunday ride a bit so that he's not so knackered and can actually take part in family life rather than lounging for an hour. He's accepted it but I get the distinct impression that he's not pleased.

How long do others go out for?

Just back from an 8 mile run, takes about 1 hour 15. DH Dow his long run now, 18 miles. He’ll be gone just over 2 hours.

We’ve been together 14 years and have already dedicated a lot of our time to our running. The kids understand this too as they know nothing different. They too dedicate hours to their hobbies.

The tensions start if you your hobbies and attitudes to those ideas clash.

We make sacrifices by me going out very early so DH can leave as soon as I’m in and it’ll mean runs, showers etc all done by lunch time. Could your DH go out early?

Meant he’ll be out just over 2 and a half hours.

I’m off to do 13 miles this morning. 2 1/4 hours probably.

Usually we try to both have a lie in at the weekend (one up with kids, one lies in until 9ish).
We do a family walk most days and then at the weekend one will go for a run/cycle Saturday and the other on Sunday for our own exercise (kids are 1 and 3)

30-40 minutes maximum,

The whole point of being asked to stay at home is exactly that. Stay st home.

If your husband is working all week then may struggle to be at home at the weekend with restrictions however I don't think a 4 hour cycle is acceptable. That's not staying at home!

He may be sticking to social distancing rules when out, but at 4 hours cycle he can't be staying close to home, and also if he has an accident he may need nhs services and will take resources away from those who are seriously ill.

DH and I both do long runs on the weekend - about 2 hours each. We go early so that life can carry on as normal with our three DC so by about 11am. Works fine for us as we tend to have lazy mornings on the weekend even when not in lockdown. Could he get up and out early? That way he can refuel and hopefully not be as tired and you don’t lose the whole day to it?

I went out at 05:00 this morning for a 2 hour cycle.
This afternoon DH will do similar...

During the week I normally on go out for an hour, perhaps an hour and a half.

A 4 hour ride every Saturday and Sunday wouldn't be acceptable to me regardless of lockdown!

I’m a single parent so can’t exercise on my own , take kids out for around 20 mins until they want to go home .

I go out riding, all off road trails on my mountain bike. If I’m out with ds we’re usually out for 90 mins, that’s including 2 ten min stops, covering about 10km

On my own it’s more like double that. I’m very near to the countryside and normally don’t get within about 15-20 ft from others and that’s only a handful of times. I’m not straying more than about 5 miles from home.

We're going out mostly together for anywhere from an hour to 2.5 hours. We are mostly walking with dc scooting. 30-40 minutes would not really be enough exercise for us. That's the equivalent of the normal school run for the dc, well slightly less. We would often go walking at the weekend for several hours normally.

Take my daughter for a bike ride around recreation grounds in the morning for an hour when it's the quietest. As a PP said, staying at home means staying at home and 4-hour outing whether its a run or a bike ride is too long.

It's only 4 hours on a Sunday. He and I got out together for 90 minutes on a Saturday (MIL lives with us and looks after DS then).

Ironically he didn't do this much pre-lockdown. He was also already WFH 3 days a week.

Walking for about an hour a day

We go for about a 2 hour walk with our 3 year old. She sometimes scoots along or walks. We have no garden so this is the only exercise she is getting and it's not really enough.

During the week I do 90 mins with DS in his buggy every other day, then alternate days I go when he's in bed for a few hours. Usually 7-9pm and very few people out. Weekends we do longer, we did a countryside walk yesterday which was around 2.5 hours.

Yesterday I did a long, brisk walk and was out for 2 hours. Most days it's closer to 60-90mins. I see virtually no one once I'm past a certain point.

I workout inside - hour long PT session couple times a week then two hour long yoga or pilates classes. I walk dogs 40 minutes a day. No partner so no one cares.

I'm not judging at all but I'm surprised people are openly admitting they have gone out for over an hour though seeing as the lockdown rules say an hours exercise

DH and went for a long walk yesterday and were out about 4 hours. We work from home in the week though so only go out about 30 minutes most days in the week. All things considered I don't think I'd begrudge your DH 4 hours to himself if it makes him happy - but reasonable to expect him to pull his weight with childcare, cooking, etc overall on a Sunday. Probably best to have a conversation about who's doing what in terms of childcare, etc and expect him to fit his bike ride around that

Aaaarrrrrgh!

There is not, and has never been, a time limit on lockdown exercise in England.

THERE IS NO 1 HOUR RULE.

Now I've got that out of the way for everyone. 4 hours seems excessive at the moment op, wouldn't be impressed if my oh was doing it for more than a 1 off. Normal times more acceptable as can take kids somewhere to entertain them.

There is no one-hour rule, never has been.

No one hour rule in England

I only go out if the exercise is a run. So, once or sometimes twice a week for roughly an hour and a half. It depends on the route.