Pay attention to this when exercising outside the home during a pandemic

Sport is an important activity especially during the COVID-19 pandemic to maintain body fitness. Apart from the benefits of fitness, exercise done outside the home (outdoor) can be beneficial for mental health. But is it safe to exercise outside the home during the COVID-19 pandemic?

Exercise outside the home during a pandemic

It has been more than 3 months since we are living in the COVID-19 pandemic, several activities must be adapted to the conditions.

The best way to avoid spreading COVID-19 is to stay active at home or maintain a safe distance (physical distancing) when outside the home. This also applies if you decide to do sports outside the home during this pandemic.

The World Health Organization (WHO) urges the public to be active in sports during the pandemic. In addition, WHO also appealed to the public to reduce activities outside the home.

To stay mentally and physically healthy in the face of a pandemic, there must be tricks to be able to adjust to new conditions or new normal during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Pay attention to the following points when exercising outside the home during a pandemic

1. Follow the rules of physical distancing or physical distancing

Keep in mind, COVID-19 is transmitted through droplets that come out when someone talks, coughs or sneezes. So keeping your distance while exercising outside the home during a pandemic is the main requirement in keeping you and others from contracting COVID-19.

Apart from direct droplet splashes, transmission can also occur through contact with surfaces contaminated with the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19.

Make sure you do not touch the surface of objects or public facilities, if you have touched them immediately wash your hands with soap and running water or use a hand sanitizer.

2. Select a safe sports location

Choose a sports location closest to home. Not in groups and especially avoid crowd locations.

The Covid-19 Task Force Communications Team, dr. Reisa Broto Asmoro said, before deciding to exercise outside the home, first find out the condition of positive cases of COVID-19 in the area.

"If you feel that sports outside are not safe or in our area there are many cases, then you should refrain from exercising outside," said Dr. Reisa.

"Everyone has to remember again that the goal of exercising is to keep the body healthy, not another goal such as wanting to get together," he stressed.

3. Choice of sports

If you want to exercise outside the home during the COVID-19 pandemic, avoid sports that require large numbers of people. A sport such as football will definitely need to be avoided for a while.

The choice of sport that can be done is jogging around the environment. You can try routes that have inclines or stairs.

Other activities that can be done include running or cycling. Start at a low intensity to prevent injury or excessive fatigue.

Dr. Reisa suggests choosing mild to moderate intensity exercise and avoiding strenuous intensity exercise. Because after exercising, the body needs time to return to normal or fit. This recovery time will be longer after doing vigorous intensity exercise.

"The recovery process takes longer to make us more at risk of infection," explained dr. Reisa.

4. Recognize the body's abilities

Recognizing your body's ability to accept the portion of exercise is important. This applies to sports inside or outside the home, because excessive exercise can actually be bad for the body.

Especially for those of you who suffer from certain diseases, such as asthma, heart, or lung, you should consult the exercise portion with the doctor concerned.