Do we still have to wear masks in gyms?

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Anonymous wrote:I'm fully vaccinated, and going back to the gym was the first thing I did. Masks need to be required there until more adults are vaccinated, period. We're not talking about outdoors, we're talking about people breathing heavily indoors, FFS.

I get that exercising indoors maskless really freaks many people out, but many of us have been doing it for nearly an entire year, with no whispers of covid at our gyms, or ourselves (including not being asymptomatic). You do you, but many of us are not worried.

And you know that, how? Do you honestly expect everyone is going to report their COVID cases to their gyms? Do you honestly trust the gyms to report these cases to all their clients? I sure don't. I'll trust the many scientists who have long considered working out at gyms, indoors, as high risk activities with respect to COVID over some random person on the internet, but hey, you do you.

I know that because I became a "gymrat" 6 years ago, when I lost over 50lbs. I've made friends with people, trainers, instructors, and staff. I've spent probably 7 hours a week unmasked at gyms since they reopened, and have never gotten covid (and no antibodies). I see the same people day after day, week after week, and they're also still healthy.

I get it, you probably haven't been to a gym in the past year and 2 months, and the mystery confuses you. But don't pretend to have an idea of what you're talking about with zero experience.

Honey, I’ll take the advice of public health experts over your anecdata any day. Because, yes, they do know more about these things than you do.

Yes sweetie pie, because experts have regularly hit the nail on the head with regard to covid. But if you want to make more excuses to not exercise and work on your physical and mental health, don't blame others for pointing out the repeated excuses -- as you sit at home knowing nothing about what you're talking about, blaming everyone but individual responsibility and sovereign choices when it comes to obesity.

I feel sorry for you, PP. It must be hard to be so miserable that you make up stories—which are completely false—about strangers on the internet to make yourself feel better.

[Anonymous]

In my VA gym, masks are no longer required, period - not when entering, walking around, etc for vaccinated people.

Given how next to no one was getting covid at maskless gyms before vaccinations were widespread, I feel comfortable. If you’re anxious, just don’t go. Simple as that.

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Anonymous wrote:In my VA gym, masks are no longer required, period - not when entering, walking around, etc for vaccinated people.

Given how next to no one was getting covid at maskless gyms before vaccinations were widespread, I feel comfortable. If you’re anxious, just don’t go. Simple as that.

Same for my NOVA gym. Received email this morning that masks are no longer required for vaccinated people.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm fully vaccinated, and going back to the gym was the first thing I did. Masks need to be required there until more adults are vaccinated, period. We're not talking about outdoors, we're talking about people breathing heavily indoors, FFS.

I get that exercising indoors maskless really freaks many people out, but many of us have been doing it for nearly an entire year, with no whispers of covid at our gyms, or ourselves (including not being asymptomatic). You do you, but many of us are not worried.

And you know that, how? Do you honestly expect everyone is going to report their COVID cases to their gyms? Do you honestly trust the gyms to report these cases to all their clients? I sure don't. I'll trust the many scientists who have long considered working out at gyms, indoors, as high risk activities with respect to COVID over some random person on the internet, but hey, you do you.

I know that because I became a "gymrat" 6 years ago, when I lost over 50lbs. I've made friends with people, trainers, instructors, and staff. I've spent probably 7 hours a week unmasked at gyms since they reopened, and have never gotten covid (and no antibodies). I see the same people day after day, week after week, and they're also still healthy.

I get it, you probably haven't been to a gym in the past year and 2 months, and the mystery confuses you. But don't pretend to have an idea of what you're talking about with zero experience.

Honey, I’ll take the advice of public health experts over your anecdata any day. Because, yes, they do know more about these things than you do.

Yes sweetie pie, because experts have regularly hit the nail on the head with regard to covid. But if you want to make more excuses to not exercise and work on your physical and mental health, don't blame others for pointing out the repeated excuses -- as you sit at home knowing nothing about what you're talking about, blaming everyone but individual responsibility and sovereign choices when it comes to obesity.

Agree. This “honey” poster needs to get her sweet self into the gym and shed a few.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm fully vaccinated, and going back to the gym was the first thing I did. Masks need to be required there until more adults are vaccinated, period. We're not talking about outdoors, we're talking about people breathing heavily indoors, FFS.

I get that exercising indoors maskless really freaks many people out, but many of us have been doing it for nearly an entire year, with no whispers of covid at our gyms, or ourselves (including not being asymptomatic). You do you, but many of us are not worried.

And you know that, how? Do you honestly expect everyone is going to report their COVID cases to their gyms? Do you honestly trust the gyms to report these cases to all their clients? I sure don't. I'll trust the many scientists who have long considered working out at gyms, indoors, as high risk activities with respect to COVID over some random person on the internet, but hey, you do you.

I know that because I became a "gymrat" 6 years ago, when I lost over 50lbs. I've made friends with people, trainers, instructors, and staff. I've spent probably 7 hours a week unmasked at gyms since they reopened, and have never gotten covid (and no antibodies). I see the same people day after day, week after week, and they're also still healthy.

I get it, you probably haven't been to a gym in the past year and 2 months, and the mystery confuses you. But don't pretend to have an idea of what you're talking about with zero experience.

Honey, I’ll take the advice of public health experts over your anecdata any day. Because, yes, they do know more about these things than you do.

Yes sweetie pie, because experts have regularly hit the nail on the head with regard to covid. But if you want to make more excuses to not exercise and work on your physical and mental health, don't blame others for pointing out the repeated excuses -- as you sit at home knowing nothing about what you're talking about, blaming everyone but individual responsibility and sovereign choices when it comes to obesity.

I feel sorry for you, PP. It must be hard to be so miserable that you make up stories—which are completely false—about strangers on the internet to make yourself feel better.

lol wait what? You haven't even been to a maskless gym (probably any gym, period) and are claiming that the know about risk there - yet I'm the one making up stories? Pot, meet kettle.

Get thee to a gym. Get your vaccine. Take a zumba class without a mask. Have good, healthy, safe fun. Do it again and again and again.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My gym in Arlington 100% requires and enforces masking. The trainers cannot afford to be sick.

As a service provider in an aligned profession, that’s fantastic. It’s good to hear the gym as looking out for their staff as well as clientele.

I agree but "as a service provider in an aligned profession" is an insane way to just say you work in a similar field (or even just saying what the field is). Are you a corporate consultant?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:In my VA gym, masks are no longer required, period - not when entering, walking around, etc for vaccinated people.

Given how next to no one was getting covid at maskless gyms before vaccinations were widespread, I feel comfortable. If you’re anxious, just don’t go. Simple as that.

Same for my NOVA gym. Received email this morning that masks are no longer required for vaccinated people.

Which gym?
I haven’t heard from my gym yet, 24 hour fitness.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm fully vaccinated, and going back to the gym was the first thing I did. Masks need to be required there until more adults are vaccinated, period. We're not talking about outdoors, we're talking about people breathing heavily indoors, FFS.

I get that exercising indoors maskless really freaks many people out, but many of us have been doing it for nearly an entire year, with no whispers of covid at our gyms, or ourselves (including not being asymptomatic). You do you, but many of us are not worried.

And you know that, how? Do you honestly expect everyone is going to report their COVID cases to their gyms? Do you honestly trust the gyms to report these cases to all their clients? I sure don't. I'll trust the many scientists who have long considered working out at gyms, indoors, as high risk activities with respect to COVID over some random person on the internet, but hey, you do you.

I know that because I became a "gymrat" 6 years ago, when I lost over 50lbs. I've made friends with people, trainers, instructors, and staff. I've spent probably 7 hours a week unmasked at gyms since they reopened, and have never gotten covid (and no antibodies). I see the same people day after day, week after week, and they're also still healthy.

I get it, you probably haven't been to a gym in the past year and 2 months, and the mystery confuses you. But don't pretend to have an idea of what you're talking about with zero experience.

I'm like, so impressed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In my VA gym, masks are no longer required, period - not when entering, walking around, etc for vaccinated people.

Given how next to no one was getting covid at maskless gyms before vaccinations were widespread, I feel comfortable. If you’re anxious, just don’t go. Simple as that.

Same for my NOVA gym. Received email this morning that masks are no longer required for vaccinated people.

Which gym?
I haven’t heard from my gym yet, 24 hour fitness.

Lifetime Fitness

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In my VA gym, masks are no longer required, period - not when entering, walking around, etc for vaccinated people.

Given how next to no one was getting covid at maskless gyms before vaccinations were widespread, I feel comfortable. If you’re anxious, just don’t go. Simple as that.

Same for my NOVA gym. Received email this morning that masks are no longer required for vaccinated people.

Well that’s a kewl story now everyone will claim they’re vaccinated

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm fully vaccinated, and going back to the gym was the first thing I did. Masks need to be required there until more adults are vaccinated, period. We're not talking about outdoors, we're talking about people breathing heavily indoors, FFS.

I get that exercising indoors maskless really freaks many people out, but many of us have been doing it for nearly an entire year, with no whispers of covid at our gyms, or ourselves (including not being asymptomatic). You do you, but many of us are not worried.

And you know that, how? Do you honestly expect everyone is going to report their COVID cases to their gyms? Do you honestly trust the gyms to report these cases to all their clients? I sure don't. I'll trust the many scientists who have long considered working out at gyms, indoors, as high risk activities with respect to COVID over some random person on the internet, but hey, you do you.

I know that because I became a "gymrat" 6 years ago, when I lost over 50lbs. I've made friends with people, trainers, instructors, and staff. I've spent probably 7 hours a week unmasked at gyms since they reopened, and have never gotten covid (and no antibodies). I see the same people day after day, week after week, and they're also still healthy.

I get it, you probably haven't been to a gym in the past year and 2 months, and the mystery confuses you. But don't pretend to have an idea of what you're talking about with zero experience.

I'm like, so impressed.

ROFL

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm fully vaccinated, and going back to the gym was the first thing I did. Masks need to be required there until more adults are vaccinated, period. We're not talking about outdoors, we're talking about people breathing heavily indoors, FFS.

I get that exercising indoors maskless really freaks many people out, but many of us have been doing it for nearly an entire year, with no whispers of covid at our gyms, or ourselves (including not being asymptomatic). You do you, but many of us are not worried.

And you know that, how? Do you honestly expect everyone is going to report their COVID cases to their gyms? Do you honestly trust the gyms to report these cases to all their clients? I sure don't. I'll trust the many scientists who have long considered working out at gyms, indoors, as high risk activities with respect to COVID over some random person on the internet, but hey, you do you.

I know that because I became a "gymrat" 6 years ago, when I lost over 50lbs. I've made friends with people, trainers, instructors, and staff. I've spent probably 7 hours a week unmasked at gyms since they reopened, and have never gotten covid (and no antibodies). I see the same people day after day, week after week, and they're also still healthy.

I get it, you probably haven't been to a gym in the past year and 2 months, and the mystery confuses you. But don't pretend to have an idea of what you're talking about with zero experience.

Honey, I’ll take the advice of public health experts over your anecdata any day. Because, yes, they do know more about these things than you do.

Yes sweetie pie, because experts have regularly hit the nail on the head with regard to covid. But if you want to make more excuses to not exercise and work on your physical and mental health, don't blame others for pointing out the repeated excuses -- as you sit at home knowing nothing about what you're talking about, blaming everyone but individual responsibility and sovereign choices when it comes to obesity.

I feel sorry for you, PP. It must be hard to be so miserable that you make up stories—which are completely false—about strangers on the internet to make yourself feel better.

lol wait what? You haven't even been to a maskless gym (probably any gym, period) and are claiming that the know about risk there - yet I'm the one making up stories? Pot, meet kettle.

Get thee to a gym. Get your vaccine. Take a zumba class without a mask. Have good, healthy, safe fun. Do it again and again and again.

No, see, this is where you’re making sh*t up to resolve your own cognitive dissonance. I am vaccinated. I went back to the gym as soon as I was fully vaccinated (which you’d know if you were paying attention to my earlier post you responded to). I have no interest in a maskless gym right now, not because I worry about getting sick myself, but because most adults in this country aren’t vaccinated and I don’t want to encourage *them* to go maskless in gyms. Also, I worked out hard, daily, at home for this entire pandemic because I can be flexible about my workouts—a habit I learned from 14+ years as a competitive athlete, and which stuck with me in the the 16 years since I stopped competing.

Last but not least, the risk level in gyms isn’t something *I* made up, it’s something that public health experts have agreed is one of the riskiest things to do, indoors, unmasked (chart here: https://www.texmed.org/TexasMedicineDetail.aspx?id=54216 ). I’ve had kids in childcare this past year, so I sure as hell wasn’t going to risk their caregivers’ health by going to the gym unmasked.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No, not in Virginia while exercising.

I forgot - Virginia seems to think the pandemic no longer exists.

Gyms have been open in VA, and, maskless, FOR A YEAR. And covid spread has been negligible and rare in gyms. I get that this doesn't fit your tiny brain's narrative, but as someone who returned (maskless!) in June 2020, it's been impressively safe.

Why do you keep posting this BS. You have NO idea whether covid spread has been “negligible and rare” in gyms. The steroids are obviously affecting your brain.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm fully vaccinated, and going back to the gym was the first thing I did. Masks need to be required there until more adults are vaccinated, period. We're not talking about outdoors, we're talking about people breathing heavily indoors, FFS.

I get that exercising indoors maskless really freaks many people out, but many of us have been doing it for nearly an entire year, with no whispers of covid at our gyms, or ourselves (including not being asymptomatic). You do you, but many of us are not worried.

And you know that, how? Do you honestly expect everyone is going to report their COVID cases to their gyms? Do you honestly trust the gyms to report these cases to all their clients? I sure don't. I'll trust the many scientists who have long considered working out at gyms, indoors, as high risk activities with respect to COVID over some random person on the internet, but hey, you do you.

I know that because I became a "gymrat" 6 years ago, when I lost over 50lbs. I've made friends with people, trainers, instructors, and staff. I've spent probably 7 hours a week unmasked at gyms since they reopened, and have never gotten covid (and no antibodies). I see the same people day after day, week after week, and they're also still healthy.

I get it, you probably haven't been to a gym in the past year and 2 months, and the mystery confuses you. But don't pretend to have an idea of what you're talking about with zero experience.

Honey, I’ll take the advice of public health experts over your anecdata any day. Because, yes, they do know more about these things than you do.

Yes sweetie pie, because experts have regularly hit the nail on the head with regard to covid. But if you want to make more excuses to not exercise and work on your physical and mental health, don't blame others for pointing out the repeated excuses -- as you sit at home knowing nothing about what you're talking about, blaming everyone but individual responsibility and sovereign choices when it comes to obesity.

I feel sorry for you, PP. It must be hard to be so miserable that you make up stories—which are completely false—about strangers on the internet to make yourself feel better.

lol wait what? You haven't even been to a maskless gym (probably any gym, period) and are claiming that the know about risk there - yet I'm the one making up stories? Pot, meet kettle.

Get thee to a gym. Get your vaccine. Take a zumba class without a mask. Have good, healthy, safe fun. Do it again and again and again.

No, see, this is where you’re making sh*t up to resolve your own cognitive dissonance. I am vaccinated. I went back to the gym as soon as I was fully vaccinated (which you’d know if you were paying attention to my earlier post you responded to). I have no interest in a maskless gym right now, not because I worry about getting sick myself, but because most adults in this country aren’t vaccinated and I don’t want to encourage *them* to go maskless in gyms. Also, I worked out hard, daily, at home for this entire pandemic because I can be flexible about my workouts—a habit I learned from 14+ years as a competitive athlete, and which stuck with me in the the 16 years since I stopped competing.

Last but not least, the risk level in gyms isn’t something *I* made up, it’s something that public health experts have agreed is one of the riskiest things to do, indoors, unmasked (chart here: https://www.texmed.org/TexasMedicineDetail.aspx?id=54216 ). I’ve had kids in childcare this past year, so I sure as hell wasn’t going to risk their caregivers’ health by going to the gym unmasked.

Wow! 14 years as a competitive athlete and 16 years doing something after that. I’ve been trying to figure out if you’re Michael Jordan. At first, I was convinced you were Jordan, because like your post, he was a competitive athlete for 14 years with the Bulls. However, he’s been retired for 18 years, not 16 years like you.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm fully vaccinated, and going back to the gym was the first thing I did. Masks need to be required there until more adults are vaccinated, period. We're not talking about outdoors, we're talking about people breathing heavily indoors, FFS.

I get that exercising indoors maskless really freaks many people out, but many of us have been doing it for nearly an entire year, with no whispers of covid at our gyms, or ourselves (including not being asymptomatic). You do you, but many of us are not worried.

And you know that, how? Do you honestly expect everyone is going to report their COVID cases to their gyms? Do you honestly trust the gyms to report these cases to all their clients? I sure don't. I'll trust the many scientists who have long considered working out at gyms, indoors, as high risk activities with respect to COVID over some random person on the internet, but hey, you do you.

I know that because I became a "gymrat" 6 years ago, when I lost over 50lbs. I've made friends with people, trainers, instructors, and staff. I've spent probably 7 hours a week unmasked at gyms since they reopened, and have never gotten covid (and no antibodies). I see the same people day after day, week after week, and they're also still healthy.

I get it, you probably haven't been to a gym in the past year and 2 months, and the mystery confuses you. But don't pretend to have an idea of what you're talking about with zero experience.

Honey, I’ll take the advice of public health experts over your anecdata any day. Because, yes, they do know more about these things than you do.

Yes sweetie pie, because experts have regularly hit the nail on the head with regard to covid. But if you want to make more excuses to not exercise and work on your physical and mental health, don't blame others for pointing out the repeated excuses -- as you sit at home knowing nothing about what you're talking about, blaming everyone but individual responsibility and sovereign choices when it comes to obesity.

I feel sorry for you, PP. It must be hard to be so miserable that you make up stories—which are completely false—about strangers on the internet to make yourself feel better.

lol wait what? You haven't even been to a maskless gym (probably any gym, period) and are claiming that the know about risk there - yet I'm the one making up stories? Pot, meet kettle.

Get thee to a gym. Get your vaccine. Take a zumba class without a mask. Have good, healthy, safe fun. Do it again and again and again.

No, see, this is where you’re making sh*t up to resolve your own cognitive dissonance. I am vaccinated. I went back to the gym as soon as I was fully vaccinated (which you’d know if you were paying attention to my earlier post you responded to). I have no interest in a maskless gym right now, not because I worry about getting sick myself, but because most adults in this country aren’t vaccinated and I don’t want to encourage *them* to go maskless in gyms. Also, I worked out hard, daily, at home for this entire pandemic because I can be flexible about my workouts—a habit I learned from 14+ years as a competitive athlete, and which stuck with me in the the 16 years since I stopped competing.

Last but not least, the risk level in gyms isn’t something *I* made up, it’s something that public health experts have agreed is one of the riskiest things to do, indoors, unmasked (chart here: https://www.texmed.org/TexasMedicineDetail.aspx?id=54216 ). I’ve had kids in childcare this past year, so I sure as hell wasn’t going to risk their caregivers’ health by going to the gym unmasked.

Wow! 14 years as a competitive athlete and 16 years doing something after that. I’ve been trying to figure out if you’re Michael Jordan. At first, I was convinced you were Jordan, because like your post, he was a competitive athlete for 14 years with the Bulls. However, he’s been retired for 18 years, not 16 years like you.

Ah, the sarcastic ad hominem attack. I’ll take that as a tacit admission that you’re full of it.