Are you back at the gym?

My gym in CA has been shuttered for 4 months w/no ETA to reopen.

I've got a membership paid for by medical insurance under Medicare but I never go there anyway except to use rhe steamroom and sauna and who knows when they'll reopen them again even if the gym reopens.

Fine w/me because I have all the lifting equipment and workout gear at home, which is the only place I care to work out anyway.

My (Georgia) gym reopened several months ago, but the owner wouldn’t let her “senior” clients back til July.

She is a clean freak under the best circumstances, and with Covid has gone a little nuts. I’ve seen her tracker and she’s putting on 30,000 steps a day pacing and wiping everything down. Everyone has to sanitize hands and get temp taken upon coming in, and then has to grab a spray bottle and hospital grade disposable towels and wipe every piece of equipment down before and after use.

Woe betide anyone she catches not using them, or spots, from home, on the remote cameras, not wiping. This tiny woman, who can’t weigh a hundred pounds soaking wet has no fear of getting up in some lunkhead’s face and screaming him down. Or shaming him (sorry, guys, it’s always “him”) on social media. She’s banned several people for not following rules.

She sounds like a terror, and she is, but she’s the rare kind who, the more she yells, the more people love her.

My yoga studio reopened a couple of months ago, but only allows 12 max per class, with ten feet between us in all directions. They mop between every class. Problem was, the floors were SO clean, our mats wouldn’t grip, so you’d be doing a flow, and your mat would go one direction and your body the other. They finally stopped using lavender drops in their mix, thank heavens.

My gym opened a few days ago. I really want to go back but really don’t know if I should. I don’t have weights at home and it has been too hot to go for long walks. I do YouTube workouts at home and floor exercises but I feel like I get a better workout at the gym. I don’t know if it’s safe and not sure yet if I’m willing to take the risk. It’s always been a very clean gym. I may wait a few weeks and see how it goes.

Gym opened a few weeks ago - hardly anyone attends so I feel pretty safe - very, very clean. That's all I see the employees doing - clean... It's never been so clean. Our city has mandated masks for all indoor public places. However, since the gym is a private club, we are able to remove mask once we start exercising inside.
You have to book your time via app (max 50 people). There are usually only 12 people there!

UK here,

I've been back to the gym. I found it pretty safe, all machines moved apart, no classes and everyone was actually wiping the machines after they used it.

I will continue to go

I’m in NJ USA. Gyms are still not open but mine does “outdoor fitness classes” in the parking lot. I’ve been going for about a month.

They are insane about cleaning equipment etc so I feel very safe.
Each person is given a small bucket with hospital grade disinfectant, hand sanitizer, and a clean wash rag. We must wipe down everything after we use it, then we line it up outside the door. Then the owner comes with a fogger that mists hospital grade disinfectant and puts it away. We are also encouraged to wipe everything down (for a third time) before we use it. Mandatory 10 feet of space in all directions between workout stations People wear masks until they start working out, then take them off for the workout- a good distance away from each other

Been back to my UK gym for a week now, three strength sessions so far.
It's very quiet!!

Workout stations have been thinned out so they are well spaced, everything cleaned frequently (by both staff and the few users), I need to pre-book a time slot and it's so far never been anywhere near its reduced capacity. Changing rooms and showers are closed (layout wouldn't allow sufficient distancing) so I need to arrive and leave in my workout gear which isn't an issue for me as I tend to cycle there anyway.

Yet to have any concerns about my fellow gym goers apart from the apparent inability of some people to follow direction arrows. Very pleasant atmosphere from both staff and users pleased to take a small step back towards normality. Personal trainers/gym assistants are interacting with the few users and clearly delighted to be working again but will also intervene if any rules are breached.

Some classes are being held outside in the recent good weather but the studios have also had their capacity reduced.

I'm far less COVID concerned about the gym compared to shops where the lack of compliance (and lack of basic intelligence!) of some people beggars belief.

Illinois is open with a mask requirement. Planet Fitness requires guests to wipe down equipment before and after each use, plus their staff is always visibly cleaning in addition to guest fulfilling their responsibilities. I feel like that gym is MUCH cleaner than any grocery store.

You rock everything, Heidi.