In this period of confinement imposed by the spread of Covid-19, maintaining physical activity contributes to staying healthy in body and mind. The site of the Ministry of Sports, high level athletes and individuals offer via social networks applications and videos to practice fitness, yoga, stretching or muscle building ... "To save lives, stay at home and move at you! "
Let's make the most of the containment “Stay at home! This is the watchword launched by the authorities to fight against the spread of the coronavirus responsible for the Covid-19 pandemic. And there are millions of us now living in a new situation, that of confinement. To get out of it at best, perhaps it must be lived as one more human experience.
How to keep fit during confinement? Since last Monday, sports stars, specialized sites, fitness rooms, ministries, federations, individuals, everyone has been using their videos to help stay healthy in body ... and spirit.
Physical activities: initiatives are multiplying on social networks
Rémy Chifflet, yoga teacher at La-Roche-sur-Yon, had never considered making videos. But when the government ordered the gyms to close, he pushed his couch and plugged in his webcam. Result, a session of one hour on the assumed artisanal side: it leaves the frame regularly, the phone rings during the session ... "I did it to maintain a practice and a link with people who practice year-round . And then on second thought, I said to myself that it could help everyone and I decided to share widely, ”explains this big bearded man with a black bun. While he only has a hundred students, his first video recorded 1,500 views.
The video is also not in the habits of Swedish Fit, a channel with 12,000 subscribers in dozens of theaters in the Paris region and beyond. But on Monday, "we received more requests for online courses than reimbursements," said Louise Walkden, spokesperson for the company. So, even if all the employees are partially unemployed, a very small handful organized themselves on Tuesday to improvise with two mobile phones a 35-minute music session combining cardio, muscle strengthening and stretching ... and movements adapted for do not scratch the parquet or disturb the neighbors below. After this premiere, seen by nearly 30,000 people, the group plans to broadcast a video a day, accessible to all. “Basically, we have an ethical objective of putting people in motion. We felt a responsibility, ”explains Ms. Walkden.
On social networks, these initiatives are multiplying, including on the part of personalities. Vincent Parisi, ju-jitsu champion, consultant and coach on BeIn sport, offers a fitness session for all levels every day from his salon.
Pole vault champion Renaud Lavillenie publishes a daily journal of his confinement activities on twitter every day: Monday exercise bike, Tuesday weight training exercise with his daughter as weight, Wednesday frantic back and forth on ten meters of lawn in his garden...
While categorically limiting outings to short jogging downstairs, the Ministry of Sports launched a vast campaign on social networks under the slogan #BougezChez Vous, recalling that the health authorities recommended at least one hour of physical activity per day for children and adolescents and 30 minutes for adults. The ministry regularly publishes lists of websites and applications offering all kinds of physical activity online for all ages and all levels, free or paid. Many have already existed for a long time, but some have already put specific “containment” proposals online, with activities that can be carried out in 2 m2 and without special equipment.
The positive effects of physical activity during confinement
Paradoxically, circumstances can thus lead to the discovery of new disciplines. Cristina Beccaria, a 55-year-old architect who has been confined for almost two weeks in her small apartment in Rome, has abandoned the online courses offered by her usual gym to create a tailor-made program.
Upon awakening, a hyperventilation session offered by an extreme Dutch sportsman. Then a little yoga and pilates during the day, and finally in the evening a group dance meditation class via an application that allows him to see each participant in a myriad of small windows on the screen. "It paces the day, and physical exercise helps to channel energy, because over time it becomes harder and harder not to be able to go out. We are not normal, but it allows us to escape the feeling of loneliness and fear, ”she testified.
Pole vault champion Renaud Lavillenie publishes a daily journal of his confinement activities on twitter every day: Monday exercise bike, Tuesday weight training exercise with his daughter as weight, Wednesday frantic back and forth on ten meters of lawn in his garden...
While categorically limiting outings to short jogging downstairs, the Ministry of Sports launched a vast campaign on social networks under the slogan #BougezChez Vous, recalling that the health authorities recommended at least one hour of physical activity per day for children and adolescents and 30 minutes for adults. The ministry regularly publishes lists of websites and applications offering all kinds of physical activity online for all ages and all levels, free or paid. Many have already existed for a long time, but some have already put specific “containment” proposals online, with activities that can be carried out in 2 m2 and without special equipment.
The positive effects of physical activity during confinement
Paradoxically, circumstances can thus lead to the discovery of new disciplines. Cristina Beccaria, a 55-year-old architect who has been confined for almost two weeks in her small apartment in Rome, has abandoned the online courses offered by her usual gym to create a tailor-made program.
Upon awakening, a hyperventilation session offered by an extreme Dutch sportsman. Then a little yoga and pilates during the day, and finally in the evening a group dance meditation class via an application that allows him to see each participant in a myriad of small windows on the screen. "It paces the day, and physical exercise helps to channel energy, because over time it becomes harder and harder not to be able to go out. We are not normal, but it allows us to escape the feeling of loneliness and fear, ”she testified.
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