A gym should be a "necessary" business

[Humble Narcissist]

Gyms are petrie dishes with people sweating and exhaling spit all over the place. You have large groups of people gathering in a confined area. There is no way they can stay open. We can't even have funerals these days. Prisoners manage to look good with very little. I think most Getbiggers can be creative and look much the same.

I'm surprised most here don't have weights at home.  I've always preferred to work out at home.  Even when I had a membership at Gold's I still had weights to lift out of the gym.

[funk51]

Gyms are petrie dishes with people sweating and exhaling spit all over the place. You have large groups of people gathering in a confined area. There is no way they can stay open. We can't even have funerals these days. Prisoners manage to look good with very little. I think most Getbiggers can be creative and look much the same.

true, i trained at home for most of 50 plus years and only recently joined a gym, which might have lead to the worst year of my life. starting june 25,  i haven't been able to train and have all kind of new incisions all over me. i'm months and maybe years away from feeling normal again if i survive the latest set backs. i'm not asking for pity, i could care less what a bunch of strangers think or feel about me, saying this with apologies to the good guys on here. i'm just saying maybe a commercial gym isn't the way to go for lifetime fitness.

[CT_Muscle]

coach-I’m sorry your gym is shut down. I’m doing the home workouts too. Good luck. -Gene

Hey Gene how are you making out during the pandemic?

I've got a home gym so I am able to workout.....pretty much stopped going to commercial gyms 2-3 weeks before the shit hit the fan around here

Stay safe!!!

[Notomorrow]

Your gym was already turning into this before Corona Virus. Corona will accelerate the process with the sheer explosion of these guys when this is all over and people "gotta get back to working out".  Hardcore gyms won't recover from this. Gold's already sold to Google and doesn't give a shit, and few businesses are going to start up again with a business model of hardcore, with the limited appeal and stigma.

Just become this guy. A douchebag. We will all be douchebags. I already am a douchebag. I didn't see it coming.   It's the final step of our evolution into the perfect consumer in the globalist system that has rapidly advanced as a result of the virus, but was going to take place anyway. But different? Hard core?, Truly don't give a  fuck? Barbarian Brother shit?  These are traits not necessary for our consumption anymore. Douchebags are the market for your gym. Douchebags are Capitalist consumer evolution. You will become one. It is inevitable. The system dictates it so just become him now and you'll be ready for gyms post Corona Virus!!!!!

What the fuck does that have to do anything?

I DON'T GIVE A SHIT. I'M LOCKED IN MY FUCKING HOUSE GOING CRAZY.

[Primemuscle]

Update: I've been posting that Oregon City Nautilus Plus continues to remain open. This is an error. I based this on their Yelp page which indicates they are still open. Apparently, Yelp is not up to date.

Governor Brown issued directive 20-12 listing businesses required to close. This directive included gyms and fitness clubs. I believe this was issued on March 27th. Since that time, the gym has complied and has been closed. As with other gyms they are not collecting membership dues during this time. Since my dues are covered by Silver and Fit, this does not affect me.

Retail businesses closed by Executive Order 20-12 include:

 

Shopping: Outdoor and indoor malls and retail complexes, although individual types of businesses not subject to the measures may stay open.

Fitness: Gyms, sports and fitness centers, health clubs, and exercise studios

Grooming: Barbershops, beauty and nail salons, and non-medical wellness spas

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Our doors will be back open the minute we are given the ok. We wish all of our members and our community good health and we look forward to serving you all in the near future.​ You may still reach us by email: nautilusplusoc@hotmail.com

[Humble Narcissist]

Thanks for that update.

[Primemuscle]

Thanks for that update.

You are welcome. I knew you'd be interested.

[JustPlaneJane]

I did not say I went to the gym, did I?
 

Since you asked, my daughter got the test results back earlier than the expected 5 days. She tested negative for COVID-19. The tests are 70% accurate. If she doesn't run a fever for 72 hours, she can come out of quarantine. There's nothing like exact science. 
  

Like I said, although I wish I could go to the gym and it is open, I have not.

If all I was risking was my own life, then what I did would be on me alone.  Anyway, you've made it pretty clear that, for some incomprehensible reason, it would make you very happy if I died. Not that I plan on accommodating you anytime soon.

There isn’t enough FUCK OFF in the world to adequately respond to your stupidity.

[pellius]

Aside from the temperature taking, this is pretty much what was going on at the gym a couple of weeks ago. Hardly anyone was wearing masks anywhere then, but this has probably changed. Why paper napkins and not paper towels? I've never seen paper napkins used at any gym I've been to.

(One thing about disinfectants is that their efficacy varies for a number of reasons. Most commercial disinfectants come in a concentrated form which is then diluted with a specific amount of water. These disinfectants degrade and should be refreshed pretty often. Another issue is that to work effectively a disinfectant needs a given amount of dwell time to kill bacteria, viruses and germs. Usually 5 minutes and up to 15 minutes. Using a disinfectant prior to using gym equipment is better than doing nothing, but it is not a guarantee that what you touch is germ and virus free. I recommend wearing protective gloves as an added precaution. Whatever you do, don't touch you face and thoroughly and frequently wash your hands.)

The government can request and even dictate what people do, but people will do pretty much as they choose anyway. Yes, the responsibility should lay with individuals. Unfortunately in this scenario, what individuals do or don't do affects all of us.   

OK,towels. I often use the terms interchangeably.

[Primemuscle]

OK,towels. I often use the terms interchangeably.

Cool.

[Teutonic Knight 1]

There isn’t enough FUCK OFF in the world to adequately respond to your stupidity.

 

[Primemuscle]

There isn’t enough FUCK OFF in the world to adequately respond to your stupidity.

Good. Nobody wants to read your responses anyway.

[NaturalWonder83]

Hey Gene how are you making out during the pandemic?

I've got a home gym so I am able to workout.....pretty much stopped going to commercial gyms 2-3 weeks before the shit hit the fan around here

Stay safe!!!

hey! How’s it going?! I’m OK-been doing farmers walks up my street with cinderblocks and also body weight stuff-You are lucky!

[Coach is Back!]

The gym business is risky so and how many will survive the closures? Many will be for sale in the months to come and gym equipment will be available as well.

The only reason why closed is because the sports facility we leased out of (120,000sqft and and our section was 17,000) is because the owners of the complex did not pay their lease for  almost 2 years...the owners said nothing and we found out 4 days before the final eviction date.

Our lease was $16k not including the rest of our overhead. We paid, they didn’t. We closed with $227k in the bank they were insolvent.

[pellius]

The only reason why closed is because the sports facility we leased out of (120,000sqft and and our section was 17,000) is because the owners of the complex did not pay their lease for  almost 2 years...the owners said nothing and we found out 4 days before the final eviction date.

Our lease was $16k not including the rest of our overhead. We paid, they didn’t. We closed with $227k in the bank they were insolvent.

I can't believe they let it go for that long. Almost two years? That's crazy.

[Coach is Back!]

I can't believe they let it go for that long. Almost two years? That's crazy.

They kept fighting the eviction in court even after 18months prior to the eviction date they were court ordered to close but they kept appealing and didn’t tell anyone

[JustPlaneJane]

Good. Nobody wants to read your responses anyway.

I hope the next time you back your soggy old queer ass up to a glory hole the guy on the other side of the plywood wall has a scab covered dick the size of a Pringles can.

[pellius]

They kept fighting the eviction in court even after 18months prior to the eviction date they were court ordered to close but they kept appealing and didn’t tell anyone

OK, that makes sense. Often the landlord is always portrayed as the bad guy but people don't realize how hard it is and how much money is lost when a tenant doesn't pay the rent/lease. They know that they can drag it out and get months rent free until they are forced out.

Man, you guys got screwed. I wonder if any legal action can be taken. I mean, you paid, they didn't.

[AbrahamG]

I hope the next time you back your soggy old queer ass up to a glory hole the guy on the other side of the plywood wall has a scab covered dick the size of a Pringles can.

Give it a rest kunt.

[JustPlaneJane]

Give it a rest kunt.

Eat shit, and while you’re down there give your boyfriend XBULLSHITTER’S raisin sized balls a tug.

Phaggot gimmick.

[Coach is Back!]

OK, that makes sense. Often the landlord is always portrayed as the bad guy but people don't realize how hard it is and how much money is lost when a tenant doesn't pay the rent/lease. They know that they can drag it out and get months rent free until they are forced out.

Man, you guys got screwed. I wonder if any legal action can be taken. I mean, you paid, they didn't.

We had no recourse, by the time we lawyered up they filed BK. A lot of our seasonal income came from NFL Combine prep (averaged 14-18 players a year at $15k per athlete, do the math) and off-season HS, College and NFL prep. We couldn’t even sue for future receipts. We figured we had lost about 300-400k for the year

[AbrahamG]

Agreed. Seems more like a bitter closeted gay man than a woman.

Jane er John actually reeks of self loathing homosexuality.

[Agnostic007]

figured I would buy some dumbbells and a bench on line just as  a stopgap measure. Came down to Bowflex selecttech 552 or Powerblocks. Turns out they are sold out everywhere. Selecttechs normally run around $300. Ebay folks trying to get double or triple that.

[pellius]

true, i trained at home for most of 50 plus years and only recently joined a gym, which might have lead to the worst year of my life. starting june 25,  i haven't been able to train and have all kind of new incisions all over me. i'm months and maybe years away from feeling normal again if i survive the latest set backs. i'm not asking for pity, i could care less what a bunch of strangers think or feel about me, saying this with apologies to the good guys on here. i'm just saying maybe a commercial gym isn't the way to go for lifetime fitness.

Holy shit! What happened to you?

[painfull86]

leave the gyms closed for another 3 months. we are all generally all in agreement here