{"id":1157,"date":"2020-04-29T14:01:06","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T13:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.kleinwolfpeters.com\/?p=1157"},"modified":"2020-10-28T16:47:20","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T15:47:20","slug":"healthy-body-healthy-mind-the-kwp-lockdown-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.kleinwolfpeters.com\/?p=1157&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Healthy body, healthy mind: the KWP lockdown challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Jess Crutchley<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThese are mysterious times \u2026\u201d were the very apt lyrics that blared out of my iPod one evening last week as I ran through my local park, taking care, of course, to ensure I kept a safe distance from other park users (please don\u2019t judge me by my taste in music, I like to run to anything with a good beat \u2013 honest!).<\/p>\n

As an active person, I\u2019m finding this lockdown business pretty tough and I know I\u2019m not alone. As we shift our laptops from the study to the kitchen for a change of scenery and an attempt to liven up the days, it can feel like there\u2019s not much to look forward to. But alongside the online chats with friends and family, yoga, cooking \u2013 and, of course, work! \u2013 it\u2019s that small window of the day when I\u2019m allowed out to exercise that keeps me going.<\/p>\n

I try to get out to the open spaces near where I live as often as possible, but when I explained to my colleagues that always running the same route can get a bit monotonous, we decided to embark on a challenge: to run or walk our company\u2019s initials \u2013 KWP \u2013 while out exercising and record it using a fitness tracker. And you know what? It\u2019s not as easy as it sounds! Here are some of our attempts:<\/p>\n

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There is some room for improvement, of course, and the \u201cK\u201d proved especially tricky. But that doesn\u2019t really matter \u2013 the idea was to encourage the team to keep active and to have a bit of fun in the process! After all, it\u2019s a well-known fact that exercise stimulates the mind as well as the body, which can only benefit our writing.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s business as usual here at Klein Wolf Peters. We\u2019re all working from home (something we were already well set up to do), of course, and continue to serve all of our customers as normal, naturally providing any additional support with communications about the current situation if required.<\/p>\n

So yes, the lyrics of Sash! feat. Tina Cousins, \u201cfor this moment I feel like we live in mysterious times\u201d, are very pertinent to me (and many of you, I\u2019m sure) right now, but what\u2019s also true (cue another \u201990s classic from my running playlist) is that \u201cthings can only get better\u201d (D:Ream). These mysterious times won\u2019t last forever even if my cheesy taste in music does ?<\/p>\n

What creative ideas have you had to stay active during lockdown? We\u2019d love to hear them!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Healthy body, healthy mind: the Klein Wolf Peters team took on a fun challenge to keep their bodies active and minds alert during the coronavirus shutdown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":1161,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[439,440,444,441,442,443,309,6],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.kleinwolfpeters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1157"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.kleinwolfpeters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.kleinwolfpeters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.kleinwolfpeters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.kleinwolfpeters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1157"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blog.kleinwolfpeters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1262,"href":"https:\/\/blog.kleinwolfpeters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1157\/revisions\/1262"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.kleinwolfpeters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.kleinwolfpeters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.kleinwolfpeters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.kleinwolfpeters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}