All the people suddenly desperate to do daily exercise

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Do you normally exercise every day? If not, then just surely exercise as normal, maybe jog on the spot or do some star jumps at home
Okay if you live in a flat and want fresh air, but if not then just go in your garden surely.

It's not forever.

I live in a flat with no access to a garden. I have two young children who absolutely have to go outside everyday. I will be sacrificing my opportunity to exercise in order to take them for a daily walk/scoot/bike ride.

Kids on bikes, me and dog running beside them. That's our daily exercise.

I normally walk ten miles a day, I've already had to cut that back drastically. Lots of people walk, run and cycle where I live, it's not considered unusual.
Anyway, I'm going to carry on following the PM's instructions, which allows for one period of outdoor exercise a day, whilst maintaining a safe distance from other people. If it gets tightened up then I'll obey the new instructions.

My running stops my IBS getting nasty. When it flares up it triggers anal fissures and I really don't want a second operation. I'm scared of CV and future incontinence so will do a quiet running loop near my house, if it gets busy I'll come in. I'll be doing half of what I usually do, I usually do 20,000 steps a day.
I'll find some boot camp stuff on YouTube and improvise in the house and garden.

Walk to the supermarket to do your essential food shop

Yes, I exercise 5-6 days per week normally and it's very rare that I have a day when I don't leave the house at all. Run x 3, classes x 2 and walking with friends, into town, school run, etc. I'm very pleased that we will still be allowed out to exercise and will choose runs that take me away from town as much as possible.

I usually take the dog on a good walk twice a day, morning and evening but will now take her on a long one in the middle of the day instead. Live rurally and very often don't see another person whilst out walking so will stick to the quiet routes.

People who live alone will have to go out more than once a day if they have a dog, a dog needs the loo more than once a day. Plus it would mean no walkies on a day they went for their food shop.

I don't understand this. We are being told it's acceptable to go for a run or walk once a day . Why are people calling others selfish when they say they are going to abide by this rule ? You are not putting lives at risk if you are sensible and avoid others . You are putting lives at risk if you drag your children to busy parks/beaches and don't practise safe distancing . You are putting peoples lives at risk when you go to the supermarket , even though you have to . It's about having a balanced approach and knowing where there are real risks

Even with my serious heart condition I have always exercised 6 days out of 7 by taking a one hour walk.

He said it was acceptable to go for a walk in close proximity of your house and not be out for a long time. Lots of people are clearly going to disobey that. That is what is annoying people.

We should be exercising regularly in this the data from the icu report showed that lack of lung fitness and weight was a factor in needing hospital support www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8142005/amp/Being-obese-raises-coronavirus-risk-Medics-warn-patients-high-BMI-likely-die.html
That is why is allowed continuing exercise and outdoors is the cheapest way to do so. It’s pretty easy to avoid people and with no cars on the road easy to without seeing anyone

www.gov.uk/government/speeches/pm-address-to-the-nation-on-coronavirus-23-march-2020

He did not Nmgain. Read the speech. There were no specifications re exercise, only for shopping which should be done as infrequently as possible.

Jesus the armchair lawmakers. Parks are open as some people will need to use them but no gatherings.

I'm with you teawaster.

Boris Johnson announced very clearly last night that people can go out once per day provided they follow social distancing. We have a dog so we will continue to take him out for walks one each per day in our generally deserted woodland path and if I meet someone I will stand the 2 meters or more away from them. There are no gates to open or anything to touch. Therefore I will not be increasing the number of coronavirus cases in any way.

If the regulations change to walking in our garden only, then we will do that at the time it is mandated.

Oh and those suggesting you walk to the food shop - well surely walking on a path to a destination others are likely to be going to is a lot more risky than driving and having no contact with anyone until you're in the shop? Also many shops don't have basics so you may need to go to more than one so much safer and handier to do that in a car.

Non essential travel is banned. So you cannot drive to the beach/woods/fields etc for a walk. Its banned. Full stop. If you want to go for a walk you leave your front door and walk from there.

My normal exercise is walking to work.

I used to walk about 5 miles a day doing the nursery run x2 and the school run x2.
I’m not doing any now as I don’t want to go out. I want to keep the kids safe at home. We have a small garden so can get ‘fresh air’ and a bit of vitamin D that way.
We are doing kids exercise videos first thing in the morning.
I might put in a bit of weight. I might feel a bit sluggish and fatigued. I even feel a bit down. But I don’t want to get CV. And more importantly, I don’t want my kids to get it either. It’s a small price to pay.

My running loop partially involves 5 laps of an empty car park. I can't even claim it's green space. No one else is near me.

The number of people on this thread ready to jump down the throats of anyone who they think might break the rules (despite them not saying anything to suggest they will) is pretty disturbing. What happened to be kind?

Most people will naturally get some exercise into their day by walking. If we're stuck indoors nobody will get that. It's not rocket science why people need to exercise. For those saying mental health doesn't trump right to life...it wouldn't surprise me if the rate of suicides massively increases over this period. But I guess you're cool with that.

I’m obese so clearly fall into the category of someone who never does daily exercise

The issue is what I put into my body, not how I move my body. Dickwads. Same with most people. I do actually exercise every day, sometimes 2-3 times a day. Up until this kicked off I was swimming 3x a week. When I am in the office, I usually go for a walk at lunchtime. When I am out of the office, I’m usually walking miles and miles. I also take the dog a walk everyday and a long walk at weekends.

Even if I hadn’t done daily exercise before - getting out once a day into green areas would be a massive benefit for my mental health. At a time when NHS services are (rightly) being deployed to tackle Covid-19 but when mental health services were already on their knees. This is a time of massive upheaval for everyone and the country’s mental health will be in tatters when this is over. We’re facing a mental health crisis, the size of which is currently unknown. That will also cost lives. Lets not even get into those people who are trapped in abusive situations and take their exercise as the only time to get a respite from their abuser. It’s a fucking shitty situation and no matter how you look at it, people are going to die - virus, suicide, abuse. It’s shit so stop being wankers. If you see someone on your daily exercise, stand 2m away from them. If you can’t, stop and wait on a drive or in a small clearing if you’re in a wood. DH walked the dog yesterday i. The village yesterday, he had to wait at the end of a drive for someone to pass and he also walked in the road (when it was clear to do so) to give other dog walkers their 2m of space. It’s not rocket science. You might not walk/run as fast as usual because you’re having to stop and distance yourself but that’s just life at the moment. From a distance, smile, say hi, wish they stay safe. We can all connect with people whilst being socially distant. If you’re running too fast to wish them well, you can still smile or give them a little wave.

Exercise is not banned. Details of said exercise was not specified. It needing to be in exact locality and with zero travel involved was certainly not laid out. Cycling and walking can be considered as travel and both are permitted. Read the speech. Parks are open.Gatherings are banned.

Seriously hope they give more detail if only for the arm chair police to be made redundant from making up their own rules.

I was going to say people need to make a judgement call but look where that's got us 🤷
I run outside regularly and hope to continue to do so but I'm lucky that I live rurally and generally don't see another person. I'm worried that might change but if it starts to get busy I'll stop going. But while it's still deserted I'll keep the exercise up. I'll also stop if we get told to.

It amazes that so many people think exercise and sunlight are dispensible luxuries! Please educate yourselves about the human body; being active outdoors is essential to our physical (and mental) health. You don't want people to die from CV, but equally you don't want them to suffer from heart attacks, stroke, rickets, clinical depression, etc., which would put another massive strain on the NHS! It's not all black and white and there is a difference between doing parkrun in a crowd of several hundred people and going for a jog on your own in the woods.

Sistersist3r the details can be found in a document on the government website. It's quite specific.

I don't have a dog but don't most people walk them twice a day?