{"id":1331,"date":"2020-06-10T10:27:10","date_gmt":"2020-06-10T08:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pactuell.com\/en\/?p=1331"},"modified":"2020-08-03T09:52:46","modified_gmt":"2020-08-03T07:52:46","slug":"physical-exercise-in-times-of-corona-and-when-working-from-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pactuell.com\/en\/physical-exercise-in-times-of-corona-and-when-working-from-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Phys\u00adical exer\u00adcise in times of corona and when working from home"},"content":{"rendered":"

Orig\u00adi\u00adnally, a report on an Uhlmann Fit4Life course was planned here. However, writing a report on a fitness course that had to be canceled is hardly likely to moti\u00advate anyone to become active.<\/p>\n

Phys\u00adical exer\u00adcise is said to have a posi\u00adtive impact on health. As Uhlmann attaches impor\u00adtance to the health of its staff members, under normal circum\u00adstances employees are able to choose from a wide selec\u00adtion of fitness and health courses. How come the cance\u00adla\u00adtion of such a program?<\/p>\n

Covid-19 measures restrict the options of phys\u00adical exer\u00adcise.<\/h3>\n

The govern\u00adment first responded to reduce the risk of infec\u00adtion with the corona virus. It imposed contact and move\u00adment restric\u00adtions, also closing facil\u00adi\u00adties such as fitness centers and schools.<\/p>\n

In the same context, Uhlmann also took steps \u2013 ranging from social distancing in the office, to increased working from home, to the cance\u00adla\u00adtion of sport activ\u00adi\u00adties and putting a hold on coop\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion with fitness centers.<\/p>\n

Monika Sedel\u00admaier, a member of  the Pactuell edito\u00adrial team, asked the colleagues.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We asked several colleagues about their sports activ\u00adi\u00adties \u2026<\/h3>\n

Have all possi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adties to keep fit been put on ice because of corona measures? We asked Uhlmann colleagues:<\/p>\n

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  1. How have circum\u00adstances changed compared to before corona?<\/big><\/li>\n
  2. How do you keep fit compared to before?<\/big><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

    Colleagues gave feed\u00adback on fitness apps, gymnas\u00adtics with their kids, back prob\u00adlems working at home, video chats instead of training together in a hall, climbing in the living room, etc., etc.<\/h3>\n

    Intrigued? Then simply click on the right through the photo gallery and find out what colleagues are doing.<\/p>\n\n

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    Yezhen moti\u00advates her father Jing Xinting to reach his pre-corona fitness level.<\/strong>

    It really has impacted our daily activ\u00adi\u00adties. All the time I tried to avoid going out to keep myself and my family safe. I only went out for neces\u00adsaries once a week. Some\u00adtimes I did some stretching exer\u00adcises indoors, but, unfor\u00adtu\u00adnately, I failed to keep fit and my weight has increased by 5 kg since the end of January. Normally I use BMW (Bike + Metro + Walk) to get to the office and walk in the park during my lunch break to reach the daily target of 10,000 steps. I also some\u00adtimes did aerobic exer\u00adcises or ran 10 km in the sports park at the weekend.<\/em>

    Jing Xinting (Uhlmann China | Senior Service Tech\u00adni\u00adcian Soft\u00adware & Automa\u00adtion) on 12.05.2020<\/p><\/div>\n

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    Florian Wahler abseils with the help of his girl\u00adfriend.<\/strong>

    Hanging around at home is the order of the day in current corona times, at least until the boulder and climbing halls open again. The apart\u00adment has to serve as an option with a bit of creative thinking. Simply make use of the frame of a window or door so the climbing gear stays fit at any rate\u2026<\/em>

    Florian Wahler (Uhlmann Holding | Product Owner) on 12.05.2020<\/p><\/div>\n

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    Monika Sedel\u00admaier recom\u00admends using the breaks during long online work\u00adshops for short fitness work\u00adouts.<\/strong>

    During the first weeks working from home my smart\u00adwatch reminded me often enough that my activity goals for the day had not been attained: \u201cClose your rings.\u201d So I started to do more sport \u2026 and felt better. While researching for this article, I came across tips on how small work\u00adouts lead to greater moti\u00adva\u00adtion and concen\u00adtra\u00adtion when working from home. My Digital Lab colleague and I are currently working on an inter\u00adac\u00adtive \u201cDesign Thinking\u201d webinar. Design thinking helps to solve complex prob\u00adlems system\u00adat\u00adi\u00adcally and creatively. To enable partic\u00adi\u00adpants to concen\u00adtrate on the devel\u00adop\u00adment of solu\u00adtions for three and a half hours in front of a screen, we find it essen\u00adtial to have regular short breaks. Conse\u00adquently, we also provide inspi\u00adra\u00adtion on how to keep fit during the breaks \u2013 even without coffee.<\/em>

    Monika Sedel\u00admaier (Uhlmann Germany | Product Owner) on 15.05.2020<\/p><\/div>\n

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    Judith Liess\u00adfeld is now being trained by her sons.<\/strong>

    Once it became clear that there is no school, my supe\u00adrior enabled me to work entirely from home so I could take care of my chil\u00addren and adapt my working hours more flex\u00adibly. I had previ\u00adously suit\u00adably sched\u00aduled my sport twice a week: Wednesday evenings \u201cfunc\u00adtional training\u201d and Friday morn\u00adings \u201cFit in the morning\u201d, when the chil\u00addren were in kinder\u00adgarten or school. \u201cFit in the morning\u201d is canceled. Firstly, because non-parental child super\u00advi\u00adsion is no longer possible and, secondly, because clubs are not allowed to hold courses at present. As for \u201cFunc\u00adtional Training\u201d, our trainer sends us videos via What\u00adsApp once or twice a week. I do the workout perhaps in the morning, the after\u00adnoon, or the evening \u2013 and at times I just don\u2019t get around to it. Some\u00adtimes with, some\u00adtimes without the chil\u00addren \u2013 of course, when they are at home, they ask if they can join in. My boys are sports-mad: out into the open, action. They haven\u2019t been allowed on the playing field for ages and sport has been canceled. The four of us cycle a lot in the mean\u00adtime. That\u2019s our plan B when the kids have too much energy in the late after\u00adnoon.<\/em>

    Judith Lie\u00dffeld (Uhlmann Germany | Project Assis\u00adtant Digital Solu\u00adtions) on 07.05.2020<\/p><\/div>\n

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    Carlisa Chavis wants the infec\u00adtion curve to level out as far as possible and tries to keep fit at home.<\/strong>

    Covid-19 has changed things dramat\u00adi\u00adcally for me and my house\u00adhold. I\u2019m working from home for the time being and I miss going in to work. My makeshift office is handy, but company is in and out as I work.

    As conve\u00adnient as it may seem, it has its down\u00adsides. I miss going in and inter\u00adacting with my colleagues. Just before the shut\u00addown I had just joined a gym and didn\u2019t get a chance to go in for a workout, so I\u2019ve been walking in the park or using my ellip\u00adtical trainer at home, trying to shed some pounds. I\u2019m lucky my kids are older so no home schooling for me. Although my daughter had to leave college and do the remainder of the year online, I didn\u2019t have to get involved. Of course, we are all getting rest\u00adless sitting at home, but I try to keep busy and eat less because the pounds are adding up. I\u2019m just trying to do my part in staying at home to curve the spread.<\/em>

    Carlisa Chavis (Uhlmann USA | Sales Assis\u00adtant, North America) on 12.05.2020<\/p><\/div>\n

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    Instead of soccer, Marie Neuer does work\u00adouts after work with influ\u00adencer Pamela Reif.<\/strong>

    When the situ\u00ada\u00adtion wors\u00adened, I started to work from home. I didn\u2019t go out at all the first three weeks \u2013 no running, no walking. I actu\u00adally play soccer, but as contact sports were suspended, training was canceled. I came across Pamela Reif through Insta\u00adgram. She prepares workout sched\u00adules and uploads these as videos on YouTube and Insta\u00adgram. I started doing 30 minutes a day and I am still sticking to that. It is a cool way to compen\u00adsate the lack of sport and one feels better for it. However, indi\u00advidual sport is completely different to team sport. I am partic\u00adu\u00adlarly looking forward to doing sport again with my girl\u00adfriends when corona is over! <\/em>
    Marie Neuer (Uhlmann Deutsch\u00adland | Commer\u00adcial Sales Support) on 07.05.2020<\/p><\/div>\n

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    Triath\u00adlete Martin Dangel\u00admayr is training the disci\u00adplines cycling and running with his youngest offspring.<\/strong>

    I am a triath\u00adlete, which means swim\u00adming, cycling, and running. Swim\u00adming is the disci\u00adpline with the greatest restric\u00adtions \u2013 zero training at present. In the winter season, we usually train in an indoor pool, with the addi\u00adtion of open-water training before compe\u00adti\u00adtions. Swim\u00adming is a very tech\u00adnical sport. As many exer\u00adcises are neces\u00adsary, these are easier in a group or under the super\u00advi\u00adsion of an instructor. Being a triath\u00adlete means not only indi\u00advidual, but also group sport. I often previ\u00adously trained the two disci\u00adplines cycling and running on my own, and these are not so restricted at present. I have been working from home since the corona measures have been enforced. I find mobility exer\u00adcises impor\u00adtant when one has to sit at home such a lot.<\/em>

    Martin Dangel\u00admayr (Uhlmann Germany | System Engi\u00adneer) on 08.05.2020<\/p><\/div>\n

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    Michael Mader is joined by his chil\u00addren on a jog.<\/strong>

    I am usually active in a club, in the fire depart\u00adment sports group, or go walking with friends. I also really enjoy cycling to work (20 km). Meeting friends and doing sport together is what I miss. As I mainly sit at work, I find phys\u00adical exer\u00adtion impor\u00adtant as compensation.I still get my exer\u00adcise in times of corona. For example, I go jogging on my own, some\u00adtimes accom\u00adpa\u00adnied by my chil\u00addren on their bikes. Further\u00admore, I have been doing \u201cbody\u00adweight training\u201d for some years now. All that is needed is your own body and a few square meters of space. My appeal to everyone \u2013 take a look at YouTube, you will find plenty of videos. Everyone can find what is suit\u00adable for them. My watch displays signif\u00adi\u00adcantly fewer steps working from home than in the office. The usual distances to\/from the parking garage as well as to the machines in the halls are lacking. Even the distance to the coffee machine is shorter at home. Sports greet\u00adings and stay healthy.<\/em>

    Michael Mader (Uhlmann Germany | Automa\u00adtion Engi\u00adneer) on 13.05.2020<\/p><\/div>\n

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    Edith Merz at her desk at home \u2013 unfor\u00adtu\u00adnately the height cannot be adjusted.<\/strong>

    I have converted the former children\u2019s room into my \u201chome office\u201d. What I miss most of all are my colleagues and my adjustable desk. As far as sport is concerned, I am not partic\u00adu\u00adlarly active in these corona times because I prefer to exer\u00adcise with a group. Walking and cycling keep me reason\u00adably fit, but I sorely miss my sports groups (Uhlmann back-fitness, aquafit, cycling group).<\/em>

    Edith Merz (Uhlmann Germany | Commer\u00adcial Sales Support) on 15.05.2020<\/p><\/div>\n

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    Instead of swim\u00adming, Arnold Luigart is jogging more \u2013 in good company with his daughter.<\/strong>

    I still go to work in my func\u00adtion as Eval\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtion Tech\u00adni\u00adcian. Privately, prior to corona, I swam once or twice a week at the \u201cParkbad\u201d indoor pool, jogged once, and cycled once. Swim\u00adming is now off due to closure of the Parkbad. Added to that, I have a four-year-old daughter who can longer go to kinder\u00adgarten. Taking care of her has reduced my free time. Never\u00adthe\u00adless, I still manage to cycle once a week and jog my usual distance. Two short jogging circuits have been added to the agenda, on which my daughter accom\u00adpa\u00adnies me on her bike. This is then more a family activity for me.<\/em>

    Arnold Luigart (Uhlmann Germany | Eval\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtion Tech\u00adni\u00adcian) on 13.05.2020<\/p><\/div>\n

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    Raphael B\u00fcchele and his hand\u00adball team strengthen team spirit online.<\/strong>

    I am co-trainer and goal\u00adkeeper of the Laupheim hand\u00adball team (HRW1). For us as team athletes, who prac\u00adtice sport in a hall, a lot has changed. Halls were closed early on and groups were longer allowed to meet. We promptly looked around for alter\u00adna\u00adtives \u2013 how to stay fit indi\u00advid\u00adu\u00adally and as team athletes. When the season resumes, we should ideally be able to continue at the former level. However, it is diffi\u00adcult to prepare for a season when no-one knows when it will start.

    Defi\u00adnitely no longer possible is prac\u00adticing playing as a team. Everyone must main\u00adtain his own fitness. We trainers have given the players exer\u00adcises that focus on endurance and monitor this to a certain extent (e.g., using fitness apps). The team also has a fitness trainer, who has drawn atten\u00adtion to alter\u00adna\u00adtives to fitness centers, e.g., body\u00adweight training. As team athletes, what we badly miss is not only training itself, but sitting together after working out. Instead, the team currently meets online once a week and talks about things other than sport. <\/em>

    Raphael B\u00fcchele (Uhlmann Germany | Project Manager) on 08.05.2020<\/p><\/div>\n

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    Connie Lee jogs in her neigh\u00adbor\u00adhood in Singa\u00adpore.<\/strong>

    Most of our colleagues have to work from home now due to what is referred to here as the \u201ccircuit breaker\u201d. We only leave the house when absolutely neces\u00adsary (e.g., for groceries, medical appoint\u00adments, etc.).

    Many facil\u00adi\u00adties that have not been clas\u00adsi\u00adfied as essen\u00adtial are currently closed, such as gyms, cafes, and cinemas. I have reduced my exer\u00adcise time since the start of this pandemic. Now I only exer\u00adcise within my neigh\u00adbor\u00adhood and try to restrict it to 30\u201360 minutes per day. Usually it\u2019s just taking a stroll with my husband.<\/em>

    Connie Lee (Uhlmann Singa\u00adpore | Sales & Marketing Exec\u00adu\u00adtive) on 15.05.2020<\/p><\/div>\n

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    Kevin Sommer has become more active since corona.<\/strong>

    I like to dance in my spare time and also have many dance schools as clients as they use soft\u00adware devel\u00adoped by me. Conse\u00adquently, I see first\u00adhand how this sector is affected by corona. I am very glad that we have few restric\u00adtions at Uhlmann in compar\u00adison. Unfor\u00adtu\u00adnately, dancing as before is not possible so my fianc\u00e9e and I some\u00adtimes visit one of the many online dance courses offered by my clients. Further\u00admore, we use the time gained from not trav\u00adeling to and from work to walk or cycle. Overall, I am more active than before corona. <\/em>

    Kevin Sommer (Uhlmann Germany | Archi\u00adtect Digital Solu\u00adtions) on 25.05.2020<\/p><\/div>\n

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    Because he is not running to and from work, Karl\u00adheinz K\u00f6sling has to find new routes for bare\u00adfoot jogging near his home.<\/strong>

    Working from home means that I no longer go to and from work. I always cover the route on foot (bare\u00adfoot or with bare\u00adfoot shoes) or by bike \u2013 seven kilo\u00adme\u00adters morn\u00adings and evenings. While working from home, I still go jogging, but only every second day.<\/em>

    Karl\u00adheinz Koes\u00adling (Uhlmann Germany | Design Engi\u00adneer) on 07.05.2020<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    There are plenty of ways to stay fit.<\/h3>\n

    Even though the COVID-19 measures are grad\u00adu\u00adally being eased (begin of June 2020), many of us have felt very restricted by them. And yet each of the colleagues we asked found a way of moti\u00advating them\u00adselves to be phys\u00adi\u00adcally active over the past weeks. While some had to reduce their customary exer\u00adcise, others have discov\u00adered new forms of phys\u00adical activity.<\/p>\n

    It cannot be denied that the range of options to keep in form is much wider than it would appear at first glance. Those finding it tedious to wait for the next Fit4Life course, or who are in danger of rusting, will hope\u00adfully be inspired by these reports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    COVID-19 measures, such as working from home, social distancing, and restricted move\u00adment, are confining us in many way. The options of keeping fit are also affected. How are our Uhlmann colleagues coping with the situ\u00ada\u00adtion? [\u2026]<\/p>\n

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