Any ideas/suggestions related to re-opening of fitness centra and personal training and safety measures and/or risk factors related to covid-19?
What about material?
What about training machines?
Risk of spread with breathing, with higher-intensity training?
What kind of safety measures would you suggest?
Any science about this related to sars-covid from before?
Is it possible to open all physical training centers while providing good ventilation and sterilization while taking preventive measures against covid-19 disease?
First of all, you need to consider providing high standards hygiene. As Ashraf mentioned earlier, ensure you have good ventilation system while maintaining regular and ongoing sterilization. Second, since the environmental contamination is likely to accure, you need to limit the number of people per each session while maintaining the social distance. This measure is crucial at this time, and recall your plan according to the situation by following the WHO updates and recommendations. Ensure people are wearing PPE ( masks, gloves , goggles, etc). Regarding the training machines, ensure they are cleaned and sterilized efficiently after each use.
Hello, Peter!
Since Monday 4th of May only outdoor sport facilities are opened in Poland. There is a limit of 6 person attending sport activities in the playing field (for example football). There is no need for wearing masks during activities but it is recommended before and after coming to playing field. The equipment used during sports must be cleaned immediately after activity. Of course, hands also must be cleaned. Next group of athletes is allowed to enter the playing field at least 15 minutes after the previous group has left the facilities. Indoor sport and recreation facilities are still closed because the risk of covid-19 infection is too high.
In Italy they allowed individual training for professional athletes and professional football teams. People can go out for running and cycling.
They are trying to set some rules to reopen gym facilities. At the moment they are discussing to keep a distance of 7 square metres between people, no group classes, no swimming pool, shower and change room will be closed as the environment is too humid. Machines have to be cleaned before and after use. The use of a mask is still to be discussed because of the risk of acidosis, hypoxia, etc...
It's a tough one as unfortunately the gym is a high risk environment.
thanks a lot. In my view, the aerosols can be spreading with higher-intensity, althought there is no clear view on this. So I wonder about the risks. It seems in Belgium the whole sector wants to open. Also personal training is not allowed outside. While fysiotherapie indoors is allowed, but not PT sessions. Especially with the aerosols there seems to be confusion
Making universal rules during these times, like whoever desires to workout will have to wear a mask in the gym (this factor alone would likely decrease the amount of people willing to go to a gym). The rest would be regular safety measures, like using sanitizer upon entering, using a towel on equipment and wiping it once done and so on...
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