Since July, Greg Hammons has sacrificed his paycheck so he can keep the Glastonbury gym he co-owns, Fearless Fitness, open during the pandemic, even as his clientele has substantially dropped. Hammons has a family of four at home. Therefore, the stress and anxiety often creeps up on him throughout the […]
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Gyms, fitness studios will reopen with capacity limits
Gov. Walz says regular exercise is critical to the mental and emotional well-being of families across the state. ST PAUL, Minn. — Governor Tim Walz’s modifications to the current statewide shutdown impacts gyms along with rec centers, indoor climbing facilities, dance and martial arts studios. A small, local gym […]
DC gyms and fitness studios adapt, hope for mild weather or close for good as winter nears
D.C. gyms and fitness studios have been faced with a daunting realization: winter is coming. See how they are making changes, building workout pods, opening new facilities and also closing for good due to the coronavirus pandemic. Students joined Betsy Poos of Realignment Studio on Capitol Hill for one of […]
How will fitness studios and outdoor workouts survive Covid-19 during the winter?
In the shadow of the Vessel, the sky-scraping copper honeycomb structure in New York City’s Hudson Yards, is a huge tent full of bikes that go nowhere. In the parking lot of the Beverly Center, the famed Los Angeles shopping center, there’s a blocked-off section peppered with treadmills and benches. […]
Fitness studios moved outside to stay open during coronavirus. Now winter is coming.
In the shadow of the Vessel, the sky-scraping copper honeycomb structure in New York City’s Hudson Yards, is a huge tent full of bikes that go nowhere. In the parking lot of the Beverly Center, the famed Los Angeles shopping center, there’s a blocked-off section peppered with treadmills and benches. […]
Boo! CDC shuns trick-or-treating; Hollywood unions, studios reach return-to-work deal; US nears 200K deaths
Hollywood is primed to make a comeback after months of filming delays but trick-or-treating is getting the thumbs-down from federal health officials this Halloween season. Unions and major studios have reached an agreement that will allow production to start with COVID-19 protocols. The deal includes testing cast and crew members, mandatory use […]
New York City boutique fitness studios staged a protest, saying it is ‘biased’ to exclude majority-female exercise classes from gym reopenings
Local gyms, yoga studios try to stay afloat as they sue NY, challenging indoor use ban
Charlie Link has run Phoenix Fitness from a large former warehouse in Tuckahoe, N.Y., for more than 18 years. With about 1,000 customers, Phoenix has been a profitable passion. But with his speech-therapist wife out of work due to the coronavirus and the state continuing to ban the operation of indoor […]