Get Fit Friday 05/15/20 - Gym Reopening

The ladies of the Fitness Factor are ready to welcome everyone back into the gym.

Please continue to practice social distancing while at the gym and maintain a personal responsibility to sanitize and disinfect your surroundings and the equipment you use.

Whitney brown: good morning and welcome to get fit friday.

I'm whitney brown here with beth jeffers- beth jeffers: good morning.

Whitney brown: and we are back in the fitness factor in person and we are fired up.

Today we're going to talk to you about some of the regulations that the state and our local government have implemented for gyms. and so you'll know what to expect, what your gyms have been doing to prepare for your arrival.

Beth jeffers: right.

As of monday, we were able to open.

We were all very excited.

And one of the things that makes a lot of sense is they wanted the gym to be totally deep cleaned.

Beth jeffers: they wanted people to come in and clean the carpets, as well as the flooring and all the equipment to be spotless and ready and disinfected.

The other thing is is that when you go into your gym, expect to have to fill out a little questionnaire.

You are supposed to fill out a questionnaire stating if you've been around somebody that's had covid-19 or if you've been out of the country or how you're feeling.

So be aware that that's going to happen to you.

Whitney brown: and that's every time you work out, right?

Beth jeffers: that's every time you work out.

Whitney brown: so every visit be prepped to do that.

Beth jeffers: right.

And as a gym owner, our employees are required to wear a mask while they're at work, as well as some gloves if they're on the floor.

If a person's teaching a class, obviously they don't have to wear a mask.

If they're socially distanced.

Beth jeffers: at the fitness factor, we are really working for our social distancing of six feet.

And we are trying to really work to keep people from not being in an awkward situation.

So we marked off our flooring in our team training room, as well as in our group x room.

Whitney brown: right.

So we have squares around that are taped off that are appropriate for the distancing regulations, so that people feel comfortable that they're not going to be around too many people.

Whitney brown: we are requiring for training sessions that the members, at least in large group training, go ahead and get their own equipment.

We're going to clean it afterwards.

So just expect a lot of cleaning equipment around your gyms. all of the employees, it's probably going to be extra staffed.

So you're going to see more employees around and more staff members cleaning at your gym.

So just be prepared for that.

Whitney brown: everybody's been working really hard.

And everybody's ready to get back into the gym and back into sort of a normal routine again.

Beth jeffers: definitely.

And also as far as the cardio equipment in most of your gyms, probably won't be beside somebody this time.

So you'll probably have to, again, social distance yourself.

We are so happy that we are open and very thankful.

So be wise, take personal responsibility when you go to your gym and make sure they're following the rules.

See you next week on get fit friday.

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