{"id":11499,"date":"2020-04-09T08:04:54","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T08:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blackbeltwhitehat.com\/?p=11499"},"modified":"2020-04-09T11:43:56","modified_gmt":"2020-04-09T11:43:56","slug":"feel-good-happiness-hack-lockdown-walk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackbeltwhitehat.com\/en\/2020\/04\/09\/feel-good-happiness-hack-lockdown-walk\/","title":{"rendered":"Feel Good Happiness Hack &#8211; Lockdown Walk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not sure what the rules are elsewhere, but in the UK we are allowed out once a day for exercise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Green\/outdoor exercises has been shown in studies to improve feelings of wellbeing (study <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC3710158\/\">here<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Saunas have been shown to improve mood in general and have all kinds of health benefits (more info <a href=\"https:\/\/www.finnleo.com\/finnleo-blog\/improve-mental-health\">here<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So &#8211; combine the two:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Brisk uphill walk\/run<\/li><li>In several layers, including a sauna suit*<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">*Obvious danger of dehydration, talk a sports drink or make your own. Have someone with you in case you pass out <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-rich wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MyrmT2ZGPr0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not got time to do yoga, but I&#8217;ve been using my massage gun, then doing a few basic stretches before having a cold shower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Saunas are also good for your health &#8211; not sure about mad-blokes in sauna-suits specifically:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/life-style\/sauna-temperature-cold-hot-cardiovascular-blood-pressure-a8481141.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/life-style\/sauna-temperature-cold-hot-cardiovascular-blood-pressure-a8481141.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not sure what the rules are elsewhere, but in the UK we are allowed out once a day for exercise. Green\/outdoor exercises has been shown in studies to improve feelings of wellbeing (study here) Saunas have been shown to improve mood in general and have all kinds of health benefits (more info here) So &#8211; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41980142,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[694479852,4125,784152946,22297,186303,436391,5004,291984729],"class_list":["post-11499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-covid-19","tag-exercise","tag-fitness","tag-happiness","tag-joe-rogan","tag-lockdown","tag-mental-health","tag-self-isolate"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Feel Good Happiness Hack - Lockdown Walk - Fitness &amp; MMA Blog - BlackBeltWhiteHat.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blackbeltwhitehat.com\/en\/2020\/04\/09\/feel-good-happiness-hack-lockdown-walk\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Feel Good Happiness Hack - Lockdown Walk - Fitness &amp; MMA Blog - BlackBeltWhiteHat.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Not sure what the rules are elsewhere, but in the UK we are allowed out once a day for exercise. 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