![]() Greblick said she trusts most gyms will do what’s necessary to try and keep clients safe. “It’s better in a gym, if you’re going to use weights, if you’re going to use equipment that there’s a trainer there to help you,” she said. While she feels safe on her own, she said she prefers having a gym where trainers can guide. ![]() Not going to the gym during the pandemic was hard, she said, so she has been working out in her basement or outside instead. “I just want to get back to the community and get back to seeing people,” Greblick said. Jill Greblick, 55, of Newton, said she used to work out at Burn Boot Camp six days a week for two years and is excited to go back. “We unfortunately have had to lay off some people.” “Some of our members have chosen, because we are closed, to either cancel or to freeze their membership,” Debin said. “I’d rather stay closed and lose money.”ĭebin said he is trying to be positive and anticipates hiring all his staff back with the help of government assistance. “In my view, until I feel 100 percent safe, and I feel like I can protect parents and their children to the best of our ability - until that time comes, I’m not going to do it.” he said. Ryan Debin, chief executive officer of My Gym Newton, which offers classes for young children, said as a father, he wants to prioritize protecting parents and their kids.ĭebin said he doesn’t want to compromise, and when he will reopen his gym depends on safety. “My guidelines are a little bit stricter, and I just want to make sure the clients are very, very safe,” Anam said.ĭespite the planned reopening in Phase 3, the owners of some fitness centers and gyms, as well as some personal trainers, said they were still concerned about safety. He wants to make sure that his clients feel safe to come back by having trainers with face masks, wiping all the equipment people touch and spacing time between the next clients. “It’s only the trainer and the clients in this big 2,300 square foot space, so I think a lot of clients actually feel very, very comfortable,” Anam said. ![]() Larry Anam, owner of Waju Fitness, a Newton-based private training company, said he set strict guidelines and will only allow one client and one trainer at a time. “I am lucky that I received a loan through the Payroll Protection Program to pay myself, and have some dedicated clientele who are sticking it out with me online.” “Unfortunately, online coaching brings in a fraction of the revenue I was getting every month before the pandemic,” he said in an e-mail. Gilmore said online classes brought in much less revenue than in-person offerings. “There is only so much we can do with online bodyweight classes.” “My younger low risk members seem to be excited to get back to it,” Gilmore said in an e-mail. When he opened his doors, he said, he expected some of his younger clients to come back while others likely would remain online. Gilmore said he has been training clients through Zoom meetings since late March. “To comply with social distancing protocols, I will need to cut my class sizes in half,” Gilmore said in an email.
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