If we lockdown, is outside exercise allowed?

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I’m interested to understand what’s allowed and not in places where lockdown has been implemented. Reading about Spain and it says people are to be allowed out ‘for emergencies, to buy food, or for work’. What’s the reality of how it’s policed, how would they know you were going, and if you wanted to go for a bike ride, really what’s the risk - given that you wouldn’t come into contact with anyone. And you could just say you were going to work. I do cycle to work by the way so that could be true. And my husband runs to work a few days a week.

No idea how it would be here, but I just read an article by a German medic encouraging walks etc. in remote areas.

I suppose that works...until everyone gravitates to the "remote" areas. Honestly the whining on here. Just get on with it ffs!

And I'm clear that isolation is not the only threat to mental health here.

@derbygerbil same here. There’s a hill at the back of our house, just climb up there and you’re onto the moorland.

@Cohle I didn’t say it was. Also clear I would avoid others. Dunno why it’s so hard to understand

So quiet that you can even hear a car from the roads below. And we never see anyone up there either. Same for woodland walks in our area.

Also clear I would avoid others. Dunno why it’s so hard to understand

And I don't know why it's so hard for you to understand that no, you won't be allowed to roam about threatening the lives of those around you.

You'll look back on this post in a month and be ashamed.

@Cohle I think rather the reverse

It’s the “get over your mental health issues there are people actually physically sick here! “ attitude that’s sickening. Still a huge stigma. Taking the advice of a pp and turning off all this now.

They're literally passing emergency laws to enable them to arrest people like you. Sadly, now I see why that's necessary.

No one is downplaying mental health, just urging you to consider the physical and mental health of those who will die or suffer life long complications from coronavirus and their families. Do you really think the death of hundreds of thousands of British people wouldn't cause mental health problems for the survivors?

@MadamePewter because millions of people like you will find a personal reason why the confinement should not apply to them, which will make the confinement useless. It only works when rules apply to EVERYONE, they cannot consider every single person individually. Surely this is not that hard to understand.

I work in the hospital. While people are home able to watch Netflix and figuring out how to survive the terrible boredom, I will most likely be out there getting exposed to the virus and helping save lives. I wish I was in any of your situations, really. And that is without getting into my own mental health.

I have a five year old and a two year old.

I’m going to have them running twenty laps of the garden every morning.

It’s a thought though isn’t it. Two weeks is bad enough but imagine being on lockdown for four months.

We will do it as best we can but you have to wonder what life will be like after that.

I normally do some sort of outdoor activity every day but I have been in for this past week and partially locked down for a month now (Italy). We have an exercise bike but I really miss a proper outdoors walk!

I wonder what life would be like if instead of shouting 'you dont care about people with mental health struggles' or 'you dont care about people dying'.

People actually heard eachother.

Whatever seems to be saying is 'I am scared'. Some scared for their own mental health, some of the virus, some for their relatives, some about how society will survive etc.

Instead of listening and trying to empathise , people just jump to 'you dont care'

I live in a tiny town. I literally can't remember the last time I saw a policeman. We don't even have traffic wardens. People can be told not to go out for a walk however no one can actually stop them. No doubt there will be a rise of vigilant Facebook groups with ring doorbell footage on it. 90prtcent of people in my road have dogs and live here because if it's road free access to the woods. People are not going to stop that if they see no risk to them or anyone else taking their dog out for a walk.

You do realise that in other countries the military is patrolling and dishing out prison sentences or fines to those people that refuse believe the rules apply to them?

Maybe all these exercise addicts can now understand how miserable it is for people who already can’t get out much due to disability and the impact on their mental health.

Being in lockdown means lockdown, and the mental health aspect is a reason we haven’t done it yet. The CMO and CSO were clear about the timing of it and not doing it too soon

Very few people will cope without noticing some impact on their mental health. But I’m lucky I have my family and a garden DH manages someone from Switzerland who lives in a one bed flat

Being in lockdown means lockdown

Which means very little. In Italy ‘lockdown’ initially meant going to work, school, restaurants, bars, shops...

@Verily1 That's a bit mean. One doesn't exclude the other. Why pitch everyone against each other?

I'm sure if it happens you will be given guidelines, until then I wouldn't worry.

It's lockdown. One set of rules for everyone or it doesn't work. It's an emergency and yes isolation will impact on mental and physical health, but probably not as much as the alternative.

Of course the authorities can stop you breaking the rules - fines and prison time. Police, military can be redeployed to enforce this. CCTV can be used. Community peer pressure will be huge (as will solidarity) and people will be reporting on each other. This is the reality here in Italy. You print a form or are given one if stopped by police, they will check your reasons for being out (eg phoning your workplace) and decide if they are valid. 6,000 infractions nationally yesterday. The UK is not special or different if these countries can do it so can the British.

Rather than thinking about ways to get round the rules why not think about how to maximise mental and physical health in those conditions. Lots of exercise is doable at home. Getting support networks in place.

Drones is how they'll police it, I'm sure I e seen in either Italy or Spain they've been using them to slap people with fines if they selfishly say they just have to go out.

So much me, me, me mentality with this.

I don't drive so will be fighting with dp over a daily walk to get food supplies...........also seriously considering getting a cross trainer for the spare room.

AJPTaylor I think you’re wrong there. People have stopped here In Spain (they didn’t on the first day and plenty of people got fined by the police) and the government has made it clear that the army will be drafted in if necessary. The authorities can and will stop people from breaking the rules and you’re naive to think otherwise.