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Lodi, the gym in the square for the diehards of physical fitness – Corriere.it

In order not to stop the sport, there are those who went to the streets to protest. TO Lodi a group of “trainers” went further, managing to avoid the forced lockdown for Covid and keep the fitness business open without breaking the rules. Andrea, Diego and Claudio – three in their forties who opened in the city seven years ago la palestra BeFit – did not lose heart in the face of the stop to amateur sports of the Dpcm in October e they transformed their gym into an outdoor center. «Already after the first lockdown – says Andrea Carioni – we had decided to equip an external area, in case the virus had returned. Which happened. Last week we moved the tools to the square setting up the outdoor gym. We continue to work and customers to train in complete safety ».

In the 400 square meter area – first used as a parking lot and in June transformed into a fitness area with synthetic grass or rubber floor – benches, barbells, racks, mats, dumbbells, exercise bikes, a functional training machine were arranged. On Monday, the three partners made the announcement via Facebook and on Tuesday they started the “outdoor” business. “It is impossible to take the machines outside, but at least we give both our subscribers and external customers the opportunity to train with a weight room”, explains Carioni. The criterion is the same adopted by the pools before the new closure for the second wave of the virus: it can be accessed only by booking through the gym’s website and for two-hour time slots, every day from 9 to 20.30. Subscribers get in for free, occasional ones pay. A maximum of twenty can be accessed at a time. In the evening there are also functional training courses and gags, maximum eight people, but with the possibility to train at home through live on Instagram: «The distancing – Carioni smiles – is guaranteed, practically every person has twenty square meters of space available».

Sanitation is carried out twice a day, and the athletes themselves lend a hand to clean tools and benches after use. An idea that has not, so far, created problems for the three fitness resilients: “Our lawyer has reassured us and in any case we waited for the go-ahead from the prefecture, to be sure we were in good standing.” BeFit will go on until the expiry of the Dpcm: “The nightmare is that the lockdown will be repeated, but for now we try to ensure a few hours of leisure for the people of Lodi”.

31 October 2020 | 09:11

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