"Things will be a little different, but our bright, airy indoor spaces and diverse outdoor facilities will offer the perfect environment for you to enjoy a safe and varied fitness experience," bosses say.Safety measures in place will include a limit on the number of members in certain areas of the club and a reduced class occupancy.There'll also be more space on the gym floor and new, additional gym spaces introduced at most clubs to enable exercising at a safe distance.Hand sanitiser stations will also be dotted throughout the gym and an enhanced cleaning regime will be in place using a viricidal disinfectant.Thermal imaging cameras will also be installed at some sites to check people's temperatures on entry.Anytime Fitness has 165 clubs across the UK and Ireland, including one at Manchester Piccadilly.It's aiming to have all its English gyms open on July 25 but bosses say they won't rush it if sites aren't ready.They say they'll be thoroughly testing every gym over the next fortnight and will only reopen them when they're sure they can be fully compliant with cleanliness and social distancing guidelines.Safety measures will include distancing of equipment, increased sanitisation stations, gym capacity management and comprehensive cleaning schedules.
This position is not sustainable long term, with no date for reopening agreed with government, and as such we have had to move ahead with temporary layoffs across our clubs, national head office and contact centre.“To support our staff, they will receive at least 25% of their income despite suspended employment. "While we’ve been working with our clubs closely throughout lockdown, we will only allow them to open once we’re happy that they’re fully compliant with the Government’s guidelines. Bosses are promising 'more space, same superior offering' when they return. He said from May, the company instituted salary cuts and applied to the UIF for the Temporary Employment Relief Scheme, which is set to end this month. Virgin Active is reopening its gyms on the dot on July 25. "Our clubs are large with spacious studios and equipment zones," they say. Virgin Active has provided members with a look at what gym will be like when facilities eventually reopen amid the Covid-19 pandemic. On-site cafes will only have a reduced service for now. Fitness fans can finally return to the gym and swimming pools this monthFitness fans will be finally able to return to the gym this month after months of home workouts and outdoor exercise.Culture, Media and Sport Secretary Oliver Dowden confirmed indoor gyms can reopen from July 25, along with swimming pools and leisure centres.Not every gym will be reopening the minute they're allowed to, with some chains taking extra time to implement the extra safety measures outlined in the Government's guidance.Timed bookings, reduced class sizes and spaced out equipment are among the recommendations.Here are the dates that some of the country's biggest gym chains have confirmed they'll reopen:PureGym has announced it'll open its English gyms on July 27.Its Northern Ireland sites reopen today, giving bosses plenty of time to make sure safety standards are up to scratch by the time they reopen here.It has not yet been confirmed when Scottish or Welsh gyms will be permitted to reopen.The chain has already shared images of what its gyms will look like. The South African arm of Virgin Active has released the procedures it is going to put in place when it re-opens, including online bookings for attendance, capacity monitoring and …
A reopening of gyms will allow us to abandon these temporary layoffs, and reinstate our people to their jobs,” a spokesperson for Virgin Active said.A Durban-based Virgin Active fitness manager told IOL last week that they were disappointed by the decision not to reopen gyms as their salaries had already been rationed during the lockdown. Virgin Active is also automatically freezing gym memberships and will take no fees until the 42 branches reopen. The health and fitness sector is understood to have been in talks with the government to reopen the sector during level 3 of the lockdown, but was stumped when President Cyril Ramaphosa did not include them amongst sectors that would reopen last week.Insiders told IOL that Virgin Active - one of the leading gym companies in the country - spent a small fortune preparing signage and other Covid-19 related marketing ploys to convince the government of their readiness to reopen. "Equipment has been spaced out and in some cases decommissioned to allow for distancing, and markers on the gym floor will also help to enforce this.The fresh air supply will also be cranked up to ensure its gyms are as well ventilated as possible.David Lloyd Leisure clubs are also opening as soon as they're allowed to, on July 25. "We’ve been able to adapt our club layouts and class capacities to apply social distancing without compromising your exercise experience in any way. “We thought it was a watertight plan but the government obviously does not see it that way, so we will suffer now, I have no idea how we are going to survive the next few months.“It is also upsetting because you industries like salons, where you cannot avoid contact - but they are allowed to operate, none of this makes sense,” said the source. The situation is bad because we had arranged payment holidays and all of those are coming to an end at the end of the month. Compare Virgin Active membership options to find the best fit for your active lifestyle.