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How long do you go out to exercise for?

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MinnieMountain · 26/04/2020 08:07

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?

OP posts:
mistermagpie · 26/04/2020 09:03

Saying that, lockdown or no lockdown I wouldn't be happy about DH being out for four hours cycling at the weekend!

Caramel78 · 26/04/2020 09:10

Anywhere from 30-90 min walk per day

Letsdrinkgin · 26/04/2020 09:11

3 one hour walks a day at weekends. 2 half hour walks after work mid week

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motherrunner · 26/04/2020 09:13

There is no one hour rule.

If DH and 1 stuck to exercising for one hour we would become LESS fit.

Why are people surprised that others exercise - a lot. DH has the resting heart rate of an elite athlete, my resting heart rate is also well below average. We will continue exercising for prolonged periods as in the long run I doubt we’ll be a strain on the NHS.

LettuceP · 26/04/2020 09:17

40 minute run 3 mornings a week plus a couple of family walks per week (1-1.5 hours). We have a decent garden so the kids are getting most of their exercise out there.

Daenerys77 · 26/04/2020 09:18

the lockdown rules say an hour's exercise

No, they don't. See The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) Regulations 2020:

Restrictions on movement

6.—(1) During the emergency period, no person may leave the place where they are living without reasonable excuse.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), a reasonable excuse includes the need—

(a)to obtain basic necessities, including food and medical supplies for those in the same household (including any pets or animals in the household) or for vulnerable persons and supplies for the essential upkeep, maintenance and functioning of the household, or the household of a vulnerable person, or to obtain money, including from any business listed in Part 3 of Schedule 2;

(b)to take exercise either alone or with other members of their household;

(c)to seek medical assistance, including to access any of the services referred to in paragraph 37 or 38 of Schedule 2;

(d)to provide care or assistance, including relevant personal care within the meaning of paragraph 7(3B) of Schedule 4 to the Safeguarding of Vulnerable Groups Act 2006(3), to a vulnerable person, or to provide emergency assistance;

(e)to donate blood;

(f)to travel for the purposes of work or to provide voluntary or charitable services, where it is not reasonably possible for that person to work, or to provide those services, from the place where they are living;

(g)to attend a funeral of—

(i)a member of the person’s household,

(ii)a close family member, or

(iii)if no-one within sub-paragraphs (i) or (ii) are attending, a friend;

(h)to fulfil a legal obligation, including attending court or satisfying bail conditions, or to participate in legal proceedings;

(i)to access critical public services, including—

(i)childcare or educational facilities (where these are still available to a child in relation to whom that person is the parent, or has parental responsibility for, or care of the child);

(ii)social services;

(iii)services provided by the Department of Work and Pensions;

(iv)services provided to victims (such as victims of crime);

(j)in relation to children who do not live in the same household as their parents, or one of their parents, to continue existing arrangements for access to, and contact between, parents and children, and for the purposes of this paragraph, “parent” includes a person who is not a parent of the child, but who has parental responsibility for, or who has care of, the child;

(k)in the case of a minister of religion or worship leader, to go to their place of worship;

(l)to move house where reasonably necessary;

(m)to avoid injury or illness or to escape a risk of harm.

(3) For the purposes of paragraph (1), the place where a person is living includes the premises where they live together with any garden, yard, passage, stair, garage, outhouse or other appurtenance of such premises.

(4) Paragraph (1) does not apply to any person who is homeless.

LettuceP · 26/04/2020 09:19

Forgot to add that I would be pissed off if DH was going out for 4 hours to exercise on a Sunday and then not being involved with the kids.

MinnieMountain · 26/04/2020 09:19

We're in England to be clear.

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ErrolTheDragon · 26/04/2020 09:25

There is no one hour rule. If there was, the recent police clarifications wouldn't have said you could stop to eat lunch during a long walk because an hour is not by any stretch of the imagination a long walk requiring a lunch break.

I don't think the issue here is really the duration of the OPs DHs ride. It's that it's making him too tired for family stuff. If he was able to get up at 6, be back by 10 and still able to play with the kids then fine. (Assuming also he's was choosing routes which didn't take him too far from home if something went wrong).

AvalancheKit · 26/04/2020 09:41

3-4 hours in the week. From about 7am to 1pm and then 4-8pm at weekends. Mostly working outside.

TreestumpsAndTrampolines · 26/04/2020 09:42

I do at least 5k/day (depending on the route I take) - which I'm very very slow at, so that's around an hour, although if I get lost it might be longer :)

DP the same when he goes out.

If I take the kids, then it's more like 90 mins to an hour - because I do a similar route length with them, but it obviously takes longer.

Inconnu · 26/04/2020 09:45

I go for a 40-minute run most days. I think a 4-hour cycle is selfish - what would he say if you spent 4 hours doing something you like (anything!) and left him with the kids?

trilbydoll · 26/04/2020 09:47

I do a 5 mile run at the weekend for an hour or so. The week is just a constant tag team of work kids work kid work bed as we try and juggle everything. To be able to go out during the week is my dream!

MinnieMountain · 26/04/2020 09:54

That's the thing, I think 4 hours is selfish. He wouldn't mind if I did 4 hours on a weekend.

And yes, this started with me asking if he could do a shorter ride so the "DH is out/too knackered to do anything" time was reduced to what I thought was a reasonable amount. Which is why I asked here.

He's fit and says he like the feeling of not being restricted too. Like we're not all restricted right now ffs.

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WingBingo · 26/04/2020 09:55

4 hours is unfair I think.

BogRollBOGOF · 26/04/2020 10:10

For a solo run, I've been about 90 minutes?
The DCs are 7&9 so don't need constant supervision and I run when they are pretty well occupied with their tech time so there's not much input for DH to do. Timeslots like home schooling come first.
My speed/ milage is affected by heading out to rural footpaths where it's hillier/ rougher/ slower, but social distancing is a non-issue.

Diddling off for 4 hours (plus recovery time) when a family needs you, is selfish. Lockdown or not. (Gove showing off that he is unfit is a non-issue)

We've done family walks along my regular running routes and they take 2hrs+ but that's family time so there's no impact there.

sirfredfredgeorge · 26/04/2020 10:16

Interestingly I think the exact opposite, one of the big things we don't have now is exclusive time with children, kids don't get time with just one of their parents. It's all "family", and families have particular dynamics, when everyone is there, people fall into roles making every interaction so predictable - when the kid bangs their knee they run to the same parent every time if both are available etc.

Engineering good periods of time apart, so both parents get to actually parent is only doable with exercise at the moment - for those fit enough to both need and be comfortable out for a few hours then I actually see it as a good thing.

I certainly wish I was fit enough to spend more time out safely.

PhoneLock · 26/04/2020 10:36

Why are people surprised that others exercise - a lot. DH has the resting heart rate of an elite athlete

My husband's resting heart rate is mid 50s bpm. He's in his 50s and doesn't do any exercise at all.

lazylinguist · 26/04/2020 10:41

We generally go for a 1-3 hour walk every day, usually all four of us with ddog. Sometimes dh or I will go on our own. If dh wanted to go on a 4hr walk I wouldn't be bothered in the slightest - he fairly often does that at the weekend in non-lockdown times.

Passthecake30 · 26/04/2020 10:56

Can he start earlier so still has some time for everyone?

The kids and I do 20 mins jo Wicks and then walk 30-45mins in the week. We go for slightly longer walks with dp at the weekend, maybe 1.5hrs, however the kids (preteens) grumble a lot so it’s just not worth pushing more. I also do an online Pilates class.

BearSoFair · 26/04/2020 10:59

Usually between 45 and 90 minutes depending on the weather and how many other people are around.

motherrunner · 26/04/2020 14:47

@PhoneLock Not sure what your point is? My DH is mid 40s. His resting heart rate is 28 beats a minute. Are you trying to prove you can be ‘fit’ by doing nothing????

motherrunner · 26/04/2020 14:50

He’s also 6 ft 3 so that’ll also impact bmi and heart rate - want to compare data????

motherrunner · 26/04/2020 14:58

And shall we compare lung capacity? Which I think is very important in regards to this virus. Cardio exercise strengthening lung capacity is VITAL in this current climate.

RunningNinja79 · 26/04/2020 15:06

Currently I have a routine. Tues and Thurs morning I go out for a 4 mile run (45 mins ish), Saturday its virtual parkrun (3.1 miles and a little over half an hour), Sunday its long run day. I was doing up to 10K (6.2 miles) which took me a little over an hour, today I fancied a change so did 8 miles which took me about 100 mins.

Normally on a weekend I do parkrun. Now this could be a local one or it could be a further away one. I may meet some friends then go for breakfast after. In these circumstances I get home for about lunch time. If I stay local I'm home for about 10. Sometimes DH and the DCs come with us and we all go for breakfast after.

On Sundays I may have a race. I may get home lunchtime, I may not get home until later from the bigger ones that are further away. Great North Run I am out from early morning until tea time, but that's mainly the logistics of getting home as it takes ages to get from South Shields back to Newcastle for the train. If I dont have a race I tend to go out anywhere from 45 mins to a couple of hours depending on my mood, if Im training for a race etc.

I was supposed to be going away for a weekend to run a marathon this year, but I am now doing this next year instead. I will go on the Friday and return home on the Monday. It is my first time of doing this though. Youngest is 8 now when I originally planned to go away. She will be 9 when I go away now (obvs)

I do get mum guilt from time to time, but DH just tells me off for this and tells me to get gone. Even though I do run most Sundays, we do have to occasional full day out, if its not a full day I will fit a run in around family activities and when we are on holiday I never run at all.

If DH ever tells me not to do a race or go too far for a parkrun then I wont, but this is very rare and I often do ask him if he minds.

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