Don’t Forget Sports Even though Activities Are More Dominant at Home Due to the Pandemic

Merdeka.com – The public is asked to pay attention to health even though activities have become limited due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Apart from implementing health protocols, another thing that remains important is regular exercise.

Dr Andhika Raspati, SpKO, a sports medicine specialist or sports doctor, said sports activities do not have to be done outside the home. An option for exercising at home that can be done is cardio exercise, which is a body exercise that aims to strengthen the heart and lungs, for example a treadmill, bicycle, jumping rope. Second, the strength aspect that trains muscle strength such as sit ups, push ups, squads, and weightlifting. Lastly, flexibility aspects related to space such as stretching and yoga to maximize space so that the body does not become stiff.

“The recommendation to stay at home makes almost all activities carried out by work from home (WFH) for students, students and workers. This inevitably makes us spend more hours sitting in front of our laptop screens. Sitting too long. in the long term, it can actually trigger the risk of various diseases, “said Doctor Dhika, as he was called, during a conversation with merdeka.com. Wednesday (12/8).

According to him, people who sit too long can increase the risk of disease.

However, if you prefer to exercise outside the home, you must implement and observe health protocols.

“Like jogging, you have to keep your distance from other people and if possible find a place that is not too crowded. For sports that have hand contact such as playing basketball which requires taking turns holding the ball and going to the gym that touches sports equipment, as much as possible not to carelessly touching the face and frequently washing hands with soap and running water or using a hand sanitizer, “he said.

Apart from exercising, doctor Dhika also provided tips on maintaining health that can be done at home during a pandemic, including:

1. Maintain our physical activity with simple exercises, not to be ‘mager’ but also not to overtrain.

“Do not use sports, but also maximize non-sports movements, for example cleaning the house, washing dishes, sweeping, mopping. The point is making sure you don’t sit and lie all day,” explained Doctor Dhika.

2. It is important to maintain nutrition. Try to eat a balanced diet of macro and micro nutrients to help your immune system stay in good shape. Macro nutrients are food substances that are needed by the body in large quantities and play a role as the main ingredient in energy production in the body, such as carbohydrates, proteins and fats.

“Meanwhile, micro nutrients are needed to complement macro nutrients, such as vitamins, calcium and minerals,” he said.

3. Not only physical conditions need attention, mental health must also be considered. It is important for us not to be stressed, for example stressed and anxious due to a pandemic. Because it can make our immune system go down. It’s good, finding a new hobby in the midst of a pandemic can be one of avoiding stress, such as gardening.

Intern reporter: Febby Curie Kurniawan [lia]

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