The owners of gyms in Córdoba conclude the warm-up and elongation movements at this time to return to work this Tuesday, after five months of inactivity.
Is that the Emergency Operations Center (COE) authorized the reopening of the physical activity establishments of the province for a pilot test that will last for two consecutive weeks.
The term begins to run tomorrow and will end on the 31 of the current.
The modality released for the test will be that of low intensity exercises (anaerobic).
The Córdoba Gymnasium Chamber (CGC) distributed a statement informing its associates about the news.
The news was received with enthusiasm by the employers and workers of the sector.
It is that the social, preventive and mandatory isolation to slow down the spread of the coronavirus in the country threw to the canvas for the entire account a worrying number of small and medium-sized companies in the field and put others on their knees, each time with less chance of continue to fight as the health contingency continues and continues to punish them harshly.
Sunk and damaged
“In these five months of inactivity, between 10 and 15 percent of the gyms in Cordoba have closed definitively,” he assured The voice Noelia Minatto, coordinator of the CGC.
The private entity (with 170 affiliates) estimates the number of physical activity centers in the province of Córdoba at about 1,280; 720 of them work in the Capital.
Last December, the sector directly and indirectly employed some 14,500 people, according to the records of the reference Chamber.
These data and other suggestions analyzed the Córdoba Sports Agency, he Industry and commerce ministry and the COE to design the specific protocol so that the gyms could reopen.
That will happen this Tuesday, on a temporary basis.
From the CGC it was clarified that not all gyms in a position to resume activity will do so from tomorrow.
“Our expectations and those of the users are very good. This can be seen in the amount of reservations they make to us, in the requests for shifts to return to training, the payment of passes and in the attendance to the virtual trainings that we are doing about the new modality ”, Minatto said.
Between last Saturday and this Monday, the CGC gave three virtual training courses on the regulatory measures to function during the pilot test, commented the leader.
The next will be this afternoon at 18.
“More than a thousand people participated in total,” said the entity’s coordinator.
Ezequiel Cantó, owner of habit Gym, coincides with the assessment of his colleague.
“We have been waiting for the moment of reopening for a long time because we never thought that we would be without being able to work for so long,” said the owner of the training center that operates in a 300-meter covered room in Maestro Vidal 1.467, in the neighborhood. The Orange trees.
“We are very happy and our students are also excited to be able to meet again. We are all aware that we have to do things well in order to continue working when this phase ends, ”the instructor reasoned.
To take note
The activities allowed in the test phase for gyms and physical activity centers are the following:
- Fitness.
- Treadmill (walking only, no athletic walking), elliptical and bicycle (only at low intensity in order to warm up); in all cases, with a duration of 10 minutes.
- Yoga / stretching / Pilates.
- Functional at low intensity (with or without elements). No circuits should be scheduled or elements shared.
- Adapted physical training (rehabilitation of injuries, osteomyoarticular pathologies, postural alterations, etc.).
The new “normal” for 14 days
The protocol for gyms includes, among others, the following points for the test phase that starts tomorrow.
Schedule: from 7 to 23. It has that extension to avoid agglomeration, with mandatory customer attendance by prior reservation system.
Shifts: 45 minutes of training, then 15 minutes of deep cleaning to welcome the next group of clients.
Posters. With safety and hygiene protocol, taking into account the infographic and the COE’s biosafety recommendations.
Provide of wide-mouth wastebaskets, manage waste. Water dispensers are not allowed.
Circulation: Design circulation with demarcation on the floor to avoid crowds. Keep your distance and guide the circulation.
Separation of machines taking into account the required social distancing.
Place available to customers 70% alcohol or sanitizer (quaternary ammonium) to spray surfaces before and after use.
To incorporate also dispenser of alcohol gel and paper towels.
In the access to the gym. Place sanitizing tray or floor cloth with sanitizer for shoes.
Staff protection equipment: Non-surgical chinstrap, masks and gloves.
Ventilation frequently natural (not mechanical).
Occupation: Reduce the occupation of rooms, respecting the minimum separation distance of two meters between people. A limited entry of the public is stipulated according to the square meters of each room, one person every 12 square meters.
Avoid personalized attention promoting the sending of digital exercise plans.
Good faith. Daily affidavit.
Changing rooms and showers. They are not enabled.
The original text of this article was published on 08/18/2020 in our print edition.
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