I cannot bear the thought of not going to the gym for two weeks or more

[Anonymous]

Look up 10 minute workout. Repeat as necessary.

[Anonymous]

I’m going for now.

I truly hope my gym adds more classes so we can spread out more. If they don’t, I will stop going.

[Anonymous]

I went to Orange Theory yesterday and it was pretty full.

[Anonymous]

I go to a boxing gym and I will go as long as it’s open.

[Anonymous]

My Barre3 studio just announced that they will close for two weeks beginning tomorrow.

[Anonymous]

I’m still going to solidcore, because the classes are so small and they’re doling out plenty of wipes—so I wipe my machine down before and after class, and I wash my hands as soon as I get in and before I leave.

But a large class like Soul or OTF would be a hard pass. Probably not a big gym, either.

[Anonymous]

Flatten the curve. That means don’t go anywhere with other people unless necessary. Even with amazing hygiene practices, you defeat the community efforts of social distancing if you choose to go to the gym or workout studio. Stay home. This isn’t a drill and it sucks, but everyone has to do their part if we want to keep the situation under control. If you convince yourself it’s ok when you do it because you wipe stuff down, you are the weak link. Please reconsider and read up on why flattening the curve through aggressive social distancing is so important and not something you can shrug off simply because you are young and healthy.

[Anonymous]

I’m a daily gym addict. I’m sticking to Peloton rides and running outside for the foreseeable future.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My Barre3 studio just announced that they will close for two weeks beginning tomorrow.

I think we’ll be seeing more of this voluntary type of closure. It’s socially irresponsible for gyms to stay open when it completely undermines the drastic social distancing measures the community is taking to flatten the curve. The question then is how we make that choice financially available to small gym owners who can’t both shut down and survive. Bigger outfits like Golds and Vida should be better positioned to weather a temporary closure. Or maybe studios have some type of insurance that would cover it if the government ordered the closures?

[Anonymous]

I went to the gym today- nearly empty. Felt much safer there than the packed grocery store next door.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I went to the gym today- nearly empty. Felt much safer there than the packed grocery store next door.

Same here. And not everyone has a bike, peloton, fancy at home equipment, or can go outside when it's light out (thanks time change, there go my early mornings). People are just picking and choosing their public moving - some are in grocery stores, costco, target... and others hit the gym. You do you.

[Anonymous]

If it's really going to drive you crazy not to go to a gym, then go to it. Some people go crazy and start grabbing guns and shooting everyone, so mental health is obviously a priority. But the overall point of social distancing is to try to make sure the virus doesn't spread so hospitals don't get slammed. You may catch the virus at the gym, stay healthy, but then spread it when you go grab milk at the grocery to someone who avoided the gym. If that someone happens to be elderly, or has to then take care of someone elderly, and it spreads to them, then there's a hospital situation.

It would help if people could think of others besides themselves for just a few weeks.

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Good for you, stay home then. Many of us don't have crippling anxiety and aren't afraid of sweat or cooties.

Sure -- doing what public health experts recommend is "crippling anxiety" and being afraid of "cooties." Isn't there a q-anon message board that you should be hanging out on?

Solitary confinement is a *punishment* that they give prisoners in prison.

We are free. You can bubble yourself up in your house but at some point you will have to go outside and be near other people. This virus is enormously contagious and, yes, probably a good percentage of people will get it before a vaccine is developed. Of those that do get it, the vast majority will be fine w/o any kind of medical intervention.

The vulnerable populations like people in long term nursing facilities are the folks that we need to worry about. I would like to see more resources put towards those folks instead of the able bodied, healthy, relatively youthful folks who really are not in any great risk from this.

But that is me.

way to miss the point. if you get the virus and spread it around, that’s bad for everyone. it’s not about just you.

People ARE out and about. Why the heck not go to the gym?

This virus is very contagious but not particularly bad for MOST people. The ones who are at great risk of complications should be taking precautions like they do for any other virus. This is the thing that just boggles the mind with this situation.

if it "boggles the mind" maybe you should educate yourself.

1) the point of social distancing is to cut down the rate of ALL infections. even if you believe you're not going to get a severe case, you will pass it on to someone more vulnerable
2) the point of preventing infections is to prevent the hospital system from breaking down, which is bad for everyone
3) just because other people are being dumb and selfish does not mean that your similar actions are not dumb and selfish
4) there's a difference between taking a walk outside, and going to an enclosed gym, where the virus is much more likely to spread

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I went to the gym today- nearly empty. Felt much safer there than the packed grocery store next door.

Same here. And not everyone has a bike, peloton, fancy at home equipment, or can go outside when it's light out (thanks time change, there go my early mornings). People are just picking and choosing their public moving - some are in grocery stores, costco, target... and others hit the gym. You do you.

No, people are not "picking and chosing." You don't HAVE to go to the gym. But people HAVE to get food. The idea is to only do those things that are essential.

[Anonymous]

Just stay home if you can, folks. Be a decent person and help flatten the curve.