Wait are they gonna close down gyms because of coronavirus?

[Agent456]

Srsly?

[davidnc67]

I hope not!

[SuffolkPunch]

Bet they don't in the UK - unless staff shortages. Keep calm and keep lifting.

[Agent456]

Bet they don't in the UK - unless staff shortages. Keep calm and keep lifting.

Phew, just incase I have a heavy bag at home, got my own jump rope and I can do bodyweight

[mtpaquette]

I manage a gym. I have almost zero concern for coronavirus. The only chance of us shutting down would be if there was a direct connection between the virus and my facility.

[faipdeooiad]

Bet they don't in the UK - unless staff shortages. Keep calm and keep lifting.

Health sec. making an announcement in an hour or so, rumours are going about that they’re considering an Italy-style lockdown but whether they implement it fully or not is yet to be seen. I think the WHO announcement of then upgrading it to a pandemic might have some say in that.

[faipdeooiad]

I manage a gym. I have almost zero concern for coronavirus. The only chance of us shutting down would be if there was a direct connection between the virus and my facility.

You might not have a concern but your clients might.

I don’t know how things work over there but if there’s lockdowns and restrictions on people gathering then you might not have a choice

[fahdalsheheata]

I live in Saudi and gyms are still open but not schools or universities. However, Kuwait a neighboring country has already closed gyms and now I'm concerned they may follow suit here. Even though there no cases in my city or the cities around me. I hope this doesn't happen.

[faipdeooiad]

I live in Saudi and gyms are still open but not schools or universities. However, Kuwait a neighboring country has already closed gyms and now I'm concerned they may follow suit here. Even though there no cases in my city or the cities around me. I hope this doesn't happen.

It’s not the end of the world if they do, is it?

[TheFugitive]

The gyms here are still pretty active, but a shut down could be possible from what the GM told me yesterday

Fingers crossed

[Madevilz]

It’s not the end of the world if they do, is it?

yes

[adamgentile]

I manage a gym. I have almost zero concern for coronavirus. The only chance of us shutting down would be if there was a direct connection between the virus and my facility.

You might want to re-think that. It's amazing how ignorant the general public are of this virus. It's 100x worse than what we are hearing in the news. It's not going to be good.

[adamgentile]

Great time to have a garage gym!

[Madevilz]

Montreal is considering stopping all public transportation, that's huge. If that goes through, no way non essential places like gyms stay opened. In b4 all gainz lost.

[BenBlue]

I manage a gym. I have almost zero concern for coronavirus. The only chance of us shutting down would be if there was a direct connection between the virus and my facility.

I know people like to think that this kind of thing is sensationalized by the media.....but that's not the case here. This thing has spread RAPIDLY since January. The number of cases across the globe is astonishing. The death rate is rather low among young, healthy individuals, but this virus is something to take seriously. That doesn't mean inciting mass hysteria, of course, but this thing is gonna get worse before it get's better.

[JayLS1-327]

Better not. How the **** am I supposed to get pumped up.

[MajorTendonitis]

Would make sense to close all gyms. I quit going because of influenza in the first place . I just got sick last week unfortunately, and it was the first time in over a decade . But when I frequented the gym, I was sick quite often .
Only makes sense seeing as your crammed in there with another 100 people .

I’m interested to see what it will be like in a few weeks . I say there closed

[mtpaquette]

You might not have a concern but your clients might.

They have option to choose whether they feel comfortable coming in or not...

You might want to re-think that. It's amazing how ignorant the general public are of this virus. It's 100x worse than what we are hearing in the news. It's not going to be good.

I think it's the exact opposite.. as a healthy adult I care about it as much as I did the flu. Kept doing what I have always done to stay healthy and keep good hygiene.

[TheFugitive]

This virus seems to be very aggressive, and 75% of the world just might have to deal with it at some point

Also, when's the last time you seen any sporting events being suspended/postponed or Disney being shut down?

[rhadam]

I know people like to think that this kind of thing is sensationalized by the media.....but that's not the case here. This thing has spread RAPIDLY since January. The number of cases across the globe is astonishing. The death rate is rather low among young, healthy individuals, but this virus is something to take seriously. That doesn't mean inciting mass hysteria, of course, but this thing is gonna get worse before it get's better.

Shutting down services, imo, does more harm than good.

[BenBlue]

Shutting down services, imo, does more harm than good.

That's very debatable. The idea is to help slow down the spread until we've gotten this thing under control. People shouldn't be congregating in large quantities right now. That's just common sense.

[naturalguy]

They have closed down gyms in Denmark, it's a weird time man

[powercage]

yes

[CommitmentRulz]

You might want to re-think that. It's amazing how ignorant the general public are of this virus. It's 100x worse than what we are hearing in the news. It's not going to be good.

I'll take a pass on 'the sky is falling'. If you think CNN and the mainstream media is 'downplaying' it, I can't imagine what you'd think the truth is.

[mtpaquette]

Shutting down services, imo, does more harm than good.

It helps prevent the spread of coronavirus.. but also the flu and common colds. However, it makes it seem like a colossal deal when it really doesn't need to be in unaffected areas. At this point it's just the trend, and it's becoming more of an obligation to follow suit.

[82ndAirborne]

All gyms in Belgium and France are locked down until Apr 3rd. Going to be commuting to the Netherlands (1.5hrs each way) to train. ****.

[TheFugitive]

Gyms are nearly vacant here as of late

[MosToorani]

Aaaaaaaaaaand they decided to temporarily close all gyms in my country.. in Bahrain..

RIP gainz..

Cheers,

MT

[Farley1324]

You probably shouldn't be going to the gym right now

I'll take a pass on 'the sky is falling'. If you think CNN and the mainstream media is 'downplaying' it, I can't imagine what you'd think the truth is.

Listen carefully

This virus seems to be very aggressive, and 75% of the world just might have to deal with it at some point

Also, when's the last time you seen any sporting events being suspended/postponed or Disney being shut down?

Right. A whole lot of stuff that is without precedent, stuff that has never happened before or even been close to happening, has happened. All over. Like, the world.

Many organizations, groups, individuals, governments, are forgoing a hell of a lot of revenue (you know, $$$) to try to get ahead of this thing.


And it is literally that. The world. Just because our country hasn't been hit with the exponential increase in cases that overwhelms the medical system yet doesn't mean you should act like it's all overblown.

Act now, do your social distancing, minimize the rate at which it spreads, and maybe, hopefully, if enough of us do our part, we will be able to look back at the end of the year and argue about whether or not it was necessary.



------------------------------------------
It's not about you:
From a friend’s page. No attribution.
~~~
For the vast majority of people nationwide and worldwide, this virus is not about you. This is one of those times in life, in history, when your actions are about something bigger. They are about someone else. They are about something greater, a greater good that you may not ever witness. A person you will save who you will never meet.

You may be healthy, and your kids may be healthy. You parents may be healthy. Everyone around you seems fine. And all the things you planned and the 2020 spring you thought you were going to have has been completely undone. You have to work from home. Your conference is cancelled. Your semester is over. Your work is cancelled. It all seems fast, and out-of-proportion and disorienting. You look at each action and think—but it would be okay if I did that. It’s not so big. We worked so hard. They would be so disappointed.

Your losses are real. Your disappointments are real. Your hardships are real. I don’t mean to make light or to minimize the difficulty ahead for you, your family or community.

But this isn’t like other illnesses and we don’t get to act like it is. It’s more contagious, it’s more fatal—and most importantly, even if it can be managed. It can’t be managed at a massive scale—anywhere. We need this thing to move slowly enough for our collective national and worldwide medical systems to hold the very ill so that all of the very ill can get taken care of. Because at this time of severe virus there are also all of the other things that require care. There is still cancer, there are still heart attacks, there are still car accidents, there are still complicated births. And we need our medical systems to be able to hold us. And we need to be responsible because our medical systems are made up of people and these amazing healthcare workers are a precious and limited resource. They will rise to this occasion. They will work to help you heal. They will work to save your mother or father or sister or baby. But in order for that to happen we have very important work to do. ALL OF US.

So what is our work? Yes, you need to wash your hands and stay home if you are sick. But the biggest work you can do is expand your heart and your mind to see yourself and see your family as part of a much bigger community that can have a massive—hugely massive—impact on the lives of other people. I remember the feeling of helplessness after 9/11 and after Hurricane Sandy. I remember how much people wanted to help. I remember how much generosity of spirit there was about wanting to give, wanting to be helpful, wanting to save lives. And many of you have had experiences since then—whether it was a mass shooting, or the wildfires, or floods. There have been times you have looked on and wondered how you could help. And now we ALL have that chance.

You can help by canceling anything that requires a group gathering. You can help by not using the medical system unless it is urgent. You can help by staying home if you are sick. You can help by cooking or shopping or doing errands for a friend who needs to stay home. You can help by watching someone’s kid if they need to cover for someone else at work. You can help by ordering take-out from your local restaurants. Eat the food yourself or find someone who needs it. You can help by offering to help bring someone’s college student home or house out-of-town students if you have extra rooms. You can help by asking yourself, “What can I and my family do to help?” “What can we offer?” You can help by seeing yourself as part of something bigger than yourself.

When the Apollo 13 oxygen tank failed and the lunar module was in danger of not returning to earth, Gene Kranz, the lead flight director overheard people saying that this could be the worst disaster NASA had ever experienced—to which he is rumored to have responded, “With all due respect, I believe this is going to be our finest hour.”

Imagine if we could make our response to this crisis our finest hour. Imagine if a year or two from now we looked back on this and told the stories of how we came together as a team in our community, in our state, in our nation and across the world. Your contribution to the finest hour may seem small, invisible, inconsequential—but every small act of ‘not doing’ what you were going to do, and ‘doing’ an act of kindness or support will add up exponentially. These acts can and will save lives. The Apollo 13 crew made it their finest hour by letting go of the word “I” and embracing the word “we.” And that’s the task required of us. It can only be our finest hour if we work together. You are all on the team. And we need all of you to shine in whatever way you can.

[BenBlue]

You probably shouldn't be going to the gym right now



Listen carefully





Right. A whole lot of stuff that is without precedent, stuff that has never happened before or even been close to happening, has happened. All over. Like, the world.

Many organizations, groups, individuals, governments, are forgoing a hell of a lot of revenue (you know, $$$) to try to get ahead of this thing.


And it is literally that. The world. Just because our country hasn't been hit with the exponential increase in cases that overwhelms the medical system yet doesn't mean you should act like it's all overblown.

Act now, do your social distancing, minimize the rate at which it spreads, and maybe, hopefully, if enough of us do our part, we will be able to look back at the end of the year and argue about whether or not it was necessary.



------------------------------------------
It's not about you:
From a friend’s page. No attribution.
~~~
For the vast majority of people nationwide and worldwide, this virus is not about you. This is one of those times in life, in history, when your actions are about something bigger. They are about someone else. They are about something greater, a greater good that you may not ever witness. A person you will save who you will never meet.

You may be healthy, and your kids may be healthy. You parents may be healthy. Everyone around you seems fine. And all the things you planned and the 2020 spring you thought you were going to have has been completely undone. You have to work from home. Your conference is cancelled. Your semester is over. Your work is cancelled. It all seems fast, and out-of-proportion and disorienting. You look at each action and think—but it would be okay if I did that. It’s not so big. We worked so hard. They would be so disappointed.

Your losses are real. Your disappointments are real. Your hardships are real. I don’t mean to make light or to minimize the difficulty ahead for you, your family or community.

But this isn’t like other illnesses and we don’t get to act like it is. It’s more contagious, it’s more fatal—and most importantly, even if it can be managed. It can’t be managed at a massive scale—anywhere. We need this thing to move slowly enough for our collective national and worldwide medical systems to hold the very ill so that all of the very ill can get taken care of. Because at this time of severe virus there are also all of the other things that require care. There is still cancer, there are still heart attacks, there are still car accidents, there are still complicated births. And we need our medical systems to be able to hold us. And we need to be responsible because our medical systems are made up of people and these amazing healthcare workers are a precious and limited resource. They will rise to this occasion. They will work to help you heal. They will work to save your mother or father or sister or baby. But in order for that to happen we have very important work to do. ALL OF US.

So what is our work? Yes, you need to wash your hands and stay home if you are sick. But the biggest work you can do is expand your heart and your mind to see yourself and see your family as part of a much bigger community that can have a massive—hugely massive—impact on the lives of other people. I remember the feeling of helplessness after 9/11 and after Hurricane Sandy. I remember how much people wanted to help. I remember how much generosity of spirit there was about wanting to give, wanting to be helpful, wanting to save lives. And many of you have had experiences since then—whether it was a mass shooting, or the wildfires, or floods. There have been times you have looked on and wondered how you could help. And now we ALL have that chance.

You can help by canceling anything that requires a group gathering. You can help by not using the medical system unless it is urgent. You can help by staying home if you are sick. You can help by cooking or shopping or doing errands for a friend who needs to stay home. You can help by watching someone’s kid if they need to cover for someone else at work. You can help by ordering take-out from your local restaurants. Eat the food yourself or find someone who needs it. You can help by offering to help bring someone’s college student home or house out-of-town students if you have extra rooms. You can help by asking yourself, “What can I and my family do to help?” “What can we offer?” You can help by seeing yourself as part of something bigger than yourself.

When the Apollo 13 oxygen tank failed and the lunar module was in danger of not returning to earth, Gene Kranz, the lead flight director overheard people saying that this could be the worst disaster NASA had ever experienced—to which he is rumored to have responded, “With all due respect, I believe this is going to be our finest hour.”

Imagine if we could make our response to this crisis our finest hour. Imagine if a year or two from now we looked back on this and told the stories of how we came together as a team in our community, in our state, in our nation and across the world. Your contribution to the finest hour may seem small, invisible, inconsequential—but every small act of ‘not doing’ what you were going to do, and ‘doing’ an act of kindness or support will add up exponentially. These acts can and will save lives. The Apollo 13 crew made it their finest hour by letting go of the word “I” and embracing the word “we.” And that’s the task required of us. It can only be our finest hour if we work together. You are all on the team. And we need all of you to shine in whatever way you can.

I hope I can listen to a bunch of *******s at the end of the year claim "See!?!? Nothing even happened. People are so dumb, wah wah wah"