The president of the Sports Medicine Federation: "I have doubts that it is convenient to allow going out to play sports"

"When this rule is released, there will be a large number of people who will want to run and this number will be highly elevated"

Pedro Manorelles, president of the Spanish Federation of Sports Medicine, said today in an interview on the RNE's Mornings program that he has serious doubts about the advisability of allowing sports.

Recommend a safety distance of 6 meters

Running increases ventilation and the particles go further. For this reason, it is considered necessary to keep a safety distance of six meters.

The first measure that should be taken is a wide distance between the athletes that we have planned for about 6 meters vertically.

That is, one runner goes after another a minimum of 6 meters to prevent the drops of the first runner from being inspired by the second runner.

A person at rest, mobilizes 5 l / m an athlete between 150 and 180 l / m

To give you an idea, exercise produces an increase in pulmonary ventilation, much more than in a person at rest.

At rest, it is mobilizing 5 liters per minute, but a person who is making maximum effort mobilizes between 150 and 180 liters per minute and if it is of a very high level, it can exceed 200 liters.

In addition, it breathes and inspires much more strongly than when it is done at rest so the particles, the gas arrives much more slowly

Regarding what was seen yesterday, with the departure of the children

Seeing what we saw yesterday, I have serious doubts about allowing people to go out and practice running.

Yesterday at the departure of the children, many have not maintained the relevant safety regulations, remote, imposed by the alarm state

The feeling that we have left and the comments of some athletes is that it is doubtful that they are allowed to go running so soon.

The practice of physical sport has some consequences that can favor the transmission of the virus and this must be taken into account

If this rule is allowed, a large number of people will go running

It will be necessary to be very cautious when authorizing sports practice outside the home

Fortunately in Spain, we are lucky that a third of citizens are practicing a sport, at least twice a week, so as soon as this rule is released, there will be a large number of people who will want to go running and this number will be highly elevated.

These measures cannot be allowed, until all the necessary protection measures can be ensured

You can listen to the full interview in the following podcast

 

There are no previous results.

Related publications

Button back to top