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Katie Woolf spoke with Palmerston Regional Hospital Physiotherapist Erin Pechey as part of Exercise Right Week · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: Hello, Katie Wolvan three point sixty online at Mixed one
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  Speaker 1: O four nine dot com.
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  Speaker 2: Well, it is exercise right week, and it's time to
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  Speaker 2: think about the amount of exercise and physical activity that
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  Speaker 2: Territorians are getting into. And we did just catch up
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  Speaker 2: with an elite swimmer who's obviously doing plenty of exercise
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  Speaker 2: but joining us on the line to talk more about
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  Speaker 2: exercise right week. It is the Palmerston Regional Hospital physiotherapist
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  Speaker 2: in Peach. Sorry, Aaron Pecky, Good morning to you. Aaron, Sorry,
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  Speaker 2: good morning, How are you very well? I do apologize
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  Speaker 2: I was reading quickly then and mispronounced your whole name,
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  Speaker 2: not you, Aaron. Tell us a little bit about exercise
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  Speaker 2: right week.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, so it's I mean, it's I guess, a good
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  Speaker 1: chance for just people to reflect on, you know, what
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  Speaker 1: they're doing day to day and each week and making
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  Speaker 1: sure they're getting out and moving their bodies. And you
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  Speaker 1: know it doesn't always have to look like you know,
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  Speaker 1: in our gym session five days a week. You know,
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  Speaker 1: they show studies have shown that we get health benefits
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  Speaker 1: from walking and you know, exercise as little as ten
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  Speaker 1: minutes at a time. So yeah, even if it's even
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  Speaker 1: if it looks yeah, like a bit too much, just
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  Speaker 1: remembering that, Yeah, you can do little bits at a
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  Speaker 1: time and you're still getting that those physical and mental
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  Speaker 1: benefits of exercise and eron.
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  Speaker 2: Does that change as well based on your age?
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  Speaker 1: Oh look, I think, you know, I think it depends
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  Speaker 1: on how much you you know, you do growing up,
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  Speaker 1: you do through you know, your school and what's you know,
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  Speaker 1: what I guess is normal for you to do. But
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  Speaker 1: I guess as we get older, you know, I think
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  Speaker 1: the expectation or the public guidelines of doing you know,
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  Speaker 1: those ten thousand steps or an hour a day isn't
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  Speaker 1: realistic for everyone. And you know, we want to acknowledge
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  Speaker 1: that that's okay. And you know, like low impact exercise
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  Speaker 1: such as walking or swimming. Yeah, like I said, for
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  Speaker 1: as a little as ten minutes a day can be
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  Speaker 1: so beneficial. And unfortunately, we do live really busy lives
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  Speaker 1: and you know, we're busy with work or you know, kids,
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  Speaker 1: and you know we may be in pain or have
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  Speaker 1: other medical conditions. But I think it's you know, exercise
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  Speaker 1: is the best preventative medicine we can do for our health.
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  Speaker 1: You know, when we think about preventative medicine. We think
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  Speaker 1: of you having a good night's sleep, drinking plenty of water,
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  Speaker 1: and having a good diet. But studies have shown if
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  Speaker 1: we only make one massive, you know, one difference to
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  Speaker 1: our health, and that is exercise, you will get the best,
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  Speaker 1: the best benefit I suppose.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's I mean, it's quite amazing when you think
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  Speaker 2: of it like that. And I know for some people
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  Speaker 2: it's it's a huge part of our lives. But for others,
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  Speaker 2: like you touched on, you know, as they could have
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  Speaker 2: a you know, pre existing injury or something that makes
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  Speaker 2: it a little bit more difficult. You know, what are
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  Speaker 2: some of the guidelines I guess for for different people
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  Speaker 2: when it comes to the amount of time that we
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  Speaker 2: should be trying to exercise, even if it is just
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  Speaker 2: a nice low impact swim or a you know, a
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  Speaker 2: stroll down the beach.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, I guess essentially more is better, but
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  Speaker 1: they've done studies to show that that I guess, rate
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  Speaker 1: of return or those benefits of health, you know, start
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  Speaker 1: to decline after half an hour. So half an hour
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  Speaker 1: is that you know, that really good little sweet spot
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  Speaker 1: of amount of exercise. And you know, if you think
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  Speaker 1: about your day and you're breaking up your day, how
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  Speaker 1: much you spend at work and that sort of thing.
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  Speaker 1: I guess half an hour really isn't that much, you know,
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  Speaker 1: a face of a day, but yeah, half an hour
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  Speaker 1: is the recommended volume. But again, like it's sometimes not
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  Speaker 1: realistic for people to move their bodies or exercise for
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  Speaker 1: half an hour. So there has been benefits to show that,
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  Speaker 1: you know, you can get improvements and health benefits from
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  Speaker 1: ten minutes at a time and breaking it up doing
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  Speaker 1: ten minutes, ten minutes, ten minut Yeah, that's a.
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  Speaker 2: Good idea and Aaron I spots you know, we think
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  Speaker 2: of the way that it's going to help us in
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  Speaker 2: terms of you know, things like diabetes, high blood pressure,
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  Speaker 2: osteoarthritis and some cancers. But it's also really good for
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  Speaker 2: your mental health as well, isn't it.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely Yeah, So I work in the pain health service
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  Speaker 1: at the Palmerston Hospital and yeah, we teach it, like
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  Speaker 1: we advise it. Exercise is honestly the best thing you
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  Speaker 1: can do for your like, yeah, not only your physical health,
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  Speaker 1: but your mental health as well. We get a huge
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  Speaker 1: increase in the like I guess the happy hormones or
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  Speaker 1: the chemicals in the brain that make us feel good,
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  Speaker 1: so our endorphins serotonin when we do exercise and we
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  Speaker 1: get that sense of I guess achievement. But yeah, you know,
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  Speaker 1: like more energy output during the day, we can sleep better,
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  Speaker 1: help us stress management, we can you know, I guess
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  Speaker 1: it improves our focus and our memory as well when
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  Speaker 1: we get all those things.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I love exercise. I'm a bit exercise crazy. I
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  Speaker 2: hate it when I miss on a runner. If I'm
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  Speaker 2: having a bad day, I'm like, oh, go for a jog.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah. And after a few days, you know, Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: if you are in a good routine of doing exercises, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: it's great. And you know, you can certainly start to
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  Speaker 1: feel your energy levels drop after a few days if
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  Speaker 1: you don't. You know, if you don't your routine, I
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  Speaker 1: guess yeah.
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  Speaker 2: And Aaron, is there I mean for some people listening though,
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  Speaker 2: they'll be thinking, oh, look, I'm just really struggling to
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  Speaker 2: sort of take that first step or just get into it.
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  Speaker 2: I'm struggling to sort of find the motivation or know
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  Speaker 2: where to start. I mean, is there is there a
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  Speaker 2: website or somewhere where people can go to maybe just
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  Speaker 2: get a bit more info, give them a bit of
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  Speaker 2: inspiration or what would you recommend to anybody that's feeling
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  Speaker 2: that way.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, definitely, And like I said, it doesn't have to
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  Speaker 1: be it doesn't have to be you know, an hour
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  Speaker 1: at the gym, but a gym is a nice place
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  Speaker 1: to start. But even something as easy as you know,
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  Speaker 1: letting the kids ride the bike and you walk behind them,
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  Speaker 1: or yeah, you know, trying to walk as much as
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  Speaker 1: you can, or you know, parking your car a little
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  Speaker 1: bit further away and getting those extra you know, ten minutes,
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  Speaker 1: you know, ten minutes of walking, a few extra steps in,
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  Speaker 1: just little things that you can change as you can
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  Speaker 1: make day to day that like the public government websites
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  Speaker 1: on exercising right have have lots of good recommendations. But again,
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  Speaker 1: lots of people, I guess have been told in the
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  Speaker 1: past if they've had scans done and they've got arthritis
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  Speaker 1: or changes in their bodies, there might be a bit
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  Speaker 1: of fear around exercising, and they're perfectly normal, but I guess,
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  Speaker 1: you know, there's a lot of advice getting thrown around
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  Speaker 1: that you know, exercise for arthritis in your in your
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  Speaker 1: knees or in your back is bad and further going
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  Speaker 1: to degrade our bodies is just is outdated advice and
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  Speaker 1: just simply not true. You know, like impact that we
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  Speaker 1: get from walking through our joints is just so good
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  Speaker 1: for the blood flow and doing health and actually those
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  Speaker 1: exercises can help prevent cartilage damage caused by US riders.
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  Speaker 1: So having a health professional to talk to and just
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  Speaker 1: give you confidence and maybe working out a program that's
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  Speaker 1: right for you and right for your medical conditions or
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  Speaker 1: you know, if you're in a lot of pain, it
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  Speaker 1: might just be yeah, getting some confidence to just start small.
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  Speaker 1: And that's okay, Oh good stuff.
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  Speaker 2: Well erin, it's been lovely speaking to you this morning,
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  Speaker 2: Palmerston Regional Hospital physiotherapist. We really appreciate you coming on
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  Speaker 2: and telling us a little bit more about exercise right week.
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  Speaker 1: No worry, thank you, have a great day.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks so much for your time.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you.
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  Speaker 2: That is Aaron Pecky there and she is the Palmiston
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  Speaker 2: Regional Hospital physiotherapist. And as you heard, it is exercise
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  Speaker 2: right week, and it is that time really to think
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  Speaker 2: about the amount of exercise and physical activity that we're
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  Speaker 2: all getting into. I know that it can be difficult
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  Speaker 2: to get into that healthy sort of lifestyle, especially if
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  Speaker 2: you've had an injury, or especially if you know, if
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  Speaker 2: you're going through a bit of a difficult time. But
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  Speaker 2: I you know, I certainly would highly recommend getting out there,
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  Speaker 2: even just going for a bit of a war walk
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  Speaker 2: along the beach, or like Aaron said, you know, if
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  Speaker 2: you've got young ones taking him out for a bike
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  Speaker 2: ride or something and heading out with them. That fresh
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  Speaker 2: air and just getting out and about, I think is
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  Speaker 2: always a great circuit breaker when it comes to mentally
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  Speaker 2: feeling a bit better. Also