Starting to Exercise Again After Lockdown

[Mike B 625]

By Gretchen Reynolds (NYT)

Exercise researchers and physicians have some blunt advice for those of us aiming to return to regular exercise now, after months spent sheltering at home during the coronavirus pandemic. Start slowly, they suggest, and then rev up your workouts, also slowly..

Many of us, admittedly, have been sedentary during the pandemic. According to data from the company Fitbit, which makes activity trackers, American adults tended to be about 12 percent less active after the stay-at-home mandates began in March than they were in January.

This inactivity leaves most of us less fit than during those halcyon days of last year, with predictable consequences when we surge back to our favorite sidewalks, paths and gyms......

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/01/well/move/coronavirus-exercise-lockdown-quarantine-sports-weights-running-injuries.html?referringSource=articleShare

[Abiel 475]

I didn´t stop excercising durig pandemic: running before 6 am avoiding parks (closed) and pedestrian areas and using my home gear (bands, sandbag, kettlebells) .