Should you wear a mask when exercising outdoors? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that everyone should wear a mask of some kind when they leave home, and some cities and towns now require a facial covering if you’re outside.

To wear a mask or not when exercising outside is the question many of us are asking ourselves. According to the CDC, we should wear masks in “areas of significant community-based transmission”, such as grocery stores and pharmacies.

While the CDC doesn’t list the outdoors as a high-density space, that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s OK to exercise outdoors mask-free.

Wearing a face mask isn’t a huge hassle when grocery shopping or heading out to the pharmacy like earlier mentioned, but when you exercise outdoor, the answer about wearing one isn’t always YES or NO.

According to some experts however, there is no compelling medical reason for people who are exercising outside and maintaining social distancing to wear a mask.

Most of us have seen the pictures of crowded streets or parks and trails with hoards of people gather together. Some people in the crowd are wearing face coverings and others aren’t.
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