Poll: Would you go to the gym if they reopened tomorrow?

[Hypertrophy]

If the plan was for the U.S. to become a nation of hypochondriac's, than it's starting to work.  That would include germ phobia, the underlining terror of that "G" word and anything related to it.

With a normal person, in reasonable good health,  the abilities to strengthen the immune system can be greatly heighten, even before all the virus panic, in a average public gym setting. That gym you love may also be a potential cesspool of germs (microbes), but your body have put into affect  those wonderful abilities to adjust and to reinforce the bodies immune defenses.

So might suggest, that if returning back to your gym after all this overblown virus panic, you are not dead withing the first 30 minutes after, than enjoy your workout and the many more to follow. Covid-19 is not the Black Death of the middle ages, it's a milder form of the yearly seasonal flu.

Well put.

[Hypertrophy]

Personally, I just don't think I'd feel comfortable doing so... I get people aren't necessarily on top of each other breathing in each other's faces, etc... But you're touching all these machines, potentially touching your face and stuff, it's not the most hygenic environment in general

Plus, having kids and a wife at home, would make me feel even more guilty if I were to catch something.

Maybe that's an overreaction, but things are so unceetain right now overall.

Yes it's an overreaction, lol. Your kids have a better immune system than you. Statistics just out of Connecticut shows no one under the age of 29 is adversely affected by Covid. Nobody.

[Jizmonkey]

It depends on your location. If I was in NYC I wouldn’t. Where I live it’s not bad so I probably would.
 

[BayGBM]

During normal times my gym is overcrowded; on a typical evening they could easily have 200-300 people in the building.  I would not attend.  If they limited capacity to 10 or 20% and restricted you to 60-90 minutes so more people could rotate thru I would go... and would be willing to take a number and wait for entry.

[deadz]

Not sure. Maintaining quite well right now. 1000 push ups a week and lots more. Workout M,T,Thur and Friday for an 1.5 hours. Chest actually looks better with just push ups then it did doing bb presses for 30 yrs.

[deadz]

During normal times my gym is overcrowded; on a typical evening they could easily have 200-300 people in the building.  I would not attend.  If they limited capacity to 10 or 20% and restricted you to 60-90 minutes so more people could rotate thru I would go... and would be willing to take a number and wait for entry.

Had the same idea.

[balzac]

yes, gyms reopening monday in switzerland 

[Primemuscle]

Much as I miss doing my workouts at the gym, I will have to give going back quite a bit of thought before deciding if I want to risk the exposure. The gym I was going to right before the shut down is privately owned. The owners and staff were doing everything feasible to keep it sanitized and to facilitate maintaining social distancing. However, there was and is always the chance of exposure whenever you go anywhere right now.

[Henda]

I train at home so purely hypothetical, if I lived alone I’d go but having kids in house I’d prefer not to take risk. It’s one thing to not give a shit about yourself but very wrong to potentially infect others for own selfish needs

[Primemuscle]

I train at home so purely hypothetical, if I lived alone I’d go but having kids in house I’d prefer not to take risk. It’s one thing to not give a shit about yourself but very wrong to potentially infect others for own selfish needs

Exactly. If I lived alone, I am sure I'd be more willing to risk it. It is a decision each of us will have to make for ourselves regardless of what is suggested by those who are supposedly the experts. 

[US MUSL]

I live alone. Plan to get to the gym just when it opens, and out quickly.

[Bevo]

Not true, for example just because you got the AIDS doesnt mean everybody else did, thats just something you keep telling yourself to feel better!

Just like how some are gay and think everyone is gay

[Primemuscle]

Here's a message from the folks at the gym where I workout:

To our gym family and community members:

For over 20 years we have forged lasting friendships with thousands of members of the community. We have always been proud to be your locally owned “hometown health club.” Now, more than ever, our biggest commitment is to your health.

Once health clubs are allowed to reopen, you have our solemn promise that we will maintain the highest level of cleanliness and sanitation in our clubs to ensure that you stay healthy while working on your fitness goals.

We are using this downtime to deep clean both of our clubs (YOUR clubs) and have recently acquired the services of  the 5 Star rated Northwest Cleaning Solutions Co. who will be cleaning and sanitizing all touchable surfaces on a nightly basis. We understand the importance of maintaining the highest level of cleanliness in our clubs to ensure that our patrons stay healthy.

As a small family- owned business, we will need your trust and support to to get “back to business” as quickly as possible! You can count on us and depend on our commitment to you and our community as we weather the challenges of this unprecedented crises. We can’t wait to see you all again!

Yours in good health,
The Owners and Staff of NPOC

[BayGBM]

Had the same idea.

My local Home Depot limits the number of shoppers in the building at the same time.  People wait in line to go inside (line moves pretty quickly) and wear masks.  The gym should open but they need to dramatically limit the number of members in the building at the same time to a fraction of the norm... and keep lots of sanitizer and disinfectant throughout both floors.  Even 20-40 people at a time would make it ok to reopen.  I think most members would understand and appreciate the measure.  I would go.

[El Diablo Blanco]

Just wear a condom to be safe.

[oldtimer1]

ACH how did you break your foot?  Healing going in a positive direction?

[Griffith]

My local Home Depot limits the number of shoppers in the building at the same time.  People wait in line to go inside (line moves pretty quickly) and wear masks.  The gym should open but they need to dramatically limit the number of members in the building at the same time to a fraction of the norm... and keep lots of sanitizer and disinfectant throughout both floors.  Even 20-40 people at a time would make it ok to reopen.  I think most members would understand and appreciate the measure.  I would go.

What about wearing masks in the gym?

[BayGBM]

What about wearing masks in the gym?

If you severely limit the number of patrons to, say, 20-40 people at a time I’d probably be willing to forgo the mask.  But this would depend on the size of your gym and its capacity.  In some gyms 40 people might be a lot... at others it would be a small number.  Again you’d need a lot of sanitizer, wipes, and disinfectant spread around to make people feel comfortable with being there.

[SF1900]

I wore a mask and I still got the VID!! 

[Griffith]

If you severely limit the number of patrons to, say, 20-40 people at a time I’d probably be willing to forgo the mask.  But this would depend on the size of your gym and its capacity.  In some gyms 40 people might be a lot... at others it would be a small number.  Again you’d need a lot of sanitizer, wipes, and disinfectant spread around to make people feel comfortable with being there.

Unfortunately where I am it will be a requirement to wear a mask in any public place including the gym.

[AbrahamG]

I'll be there the second they reopen.  Will be adding a tablespoon of lysol to my preworkout shake.

[Bevo]

I wore a mask and I still got the VID!! 

On the bright side look at tbombz. He wore a condom and still got aids. Then gets a lot of GH from it

[Hypertrophy]

I wore a mask and I still got the VID!! 

That’s because wearing masks is horseshit for the general population. In medical environments masks are used just once and often for less than 15 min or so. Covid is spread by physical contact and you need repeated exposures. An in-depth study at a medical institute in Singapore thoroughly studied modes of Covid infection, right down to the soles of their shoes.   

It’s spread by people either touching each other or immediately touching a surface right after a covid carrier touched it.

Masks as worn by the general public are useless. They just make people feel like they are protected. Kind of like a cheap condom lol

[BIG ACH]

ACH how did you break your foot?  Healing going in a positive direction?

Hey man thanks for checking up on me...

Stress fracture from running that turned into a trauma break when I jumped away from a breaking glass cup and landed on it wrong.

It's specifically called a Jones fracture and they have a tendency to be very slow healing... So I'm babying it, absolutely not putting any weight on it and I'm going in for my two and a half week follow up and x-ray tomorrow.

On the plus side I'm still training everyday (upper body) and doing ok for the most part keeping the diet tight, with a few days lax here and there.

[Primemuscle]

I wore a mask and I still got the VID!! 

From what little I understand, wearing a mask does more to protect others than it does to protect oneself. Also, it really depends on the mask. This one, for example, would be a bad choice.