Anyone hazard a guess for when the gyms will re-open

DareGod wrote: »

People wearing masks tend not to be the most educated.

What?!

DareGod wrote: »

People wearing masks tend not to be the most educated.

I shouldn't ask why but I'm curious as to your rationale on that one.

DareGod wrote: »

People wearing masks tend not to be the most educated.

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

I shouldn't ask why but I'm curious as to your rationale on that one.

I'm dreading the answer, but I'm curious too.

Envious of the people who say their gym is back open. I am in Ben Dunne Cherrywood and not back till September.

Ben Dunne appears to be completely changing their model. No classes or showers permanently. I can see him losing members here but there is probably a niche for what he is offering, and it will be cheaper for him too which is the main reason. I never used the classes but if I was doing aerobics or used it in the morning I would always shower there. So you now will have to have a shower before you go to the gym if you want to use the gym before work. That is a bit odd.

https://extra.ie/2020/07/11/must-see/ben-dunne-gyms-reopening-plans

Sunrise_Sunset wrote: »

As a newish gym goer (about 6/7 months by the time the gyms closed), I was only up to my third program. I had only just started deadlifts and barbell squats about a month before (excluding in Bodypump classes which are a much lighter weight), so I don't think I'll introduce those again straight away. Might start back with the basics for about 2 week period, then try the barbell. Or what would you think?

There's nothing wrong with using the bar once it's not going to be a load that's too heavy.

Problems happen when people try to jump back to weights they were using and form suffers and the risk of injury goes way up.

You can do the movements you were doing on the program you were doing but just use an appropriate weight because your first focus is to get the technique right. Then build back up slowly as regards the weight.

Sunrise_Sunset wrote: »

Yeah that could work for me. It's hard that I can't ask my gym instructor before diving back in. I'm sure they'll be around tomorrow but I don't know in what capacity they'll be offering advice or whether they'll be more focused on covid health and safety measures.
After 30 mins of not being able to get through by phone to book a slot, I finally got through. very happy now, can't wait.

I tried to jump back into where I was on a programme after 2 weeks off with not very much sleep etc. Got injured.

Weights wise, ease back to where you are...just work on technique for now and the rest will follow.

caviardreams wrote: »

My own plan when I can finally get back on the 20th is to see how it feels on the day to a large extent. Start with an empty bar and take it from there. At the moment my plan would be to try and do a few sets at around 50% of what my max would have been, at around an RPE of 7ish, but will adjust depending on how it feels when I actually have a bar on my back e.g. my technique may be waaaay of and I might spend most of the session with a bar and a couple of 5s just practicing!

That's pretty much what Jonnie Candito advised a while back as well, i.e. working up to a single at RPE 7 and projecting a max off that if you're going to be working at % of max in the programme

silverharp wrote: »

Im just keeping it simple for now and easing in slowly, if its upper body just one push and one pull exercise, lower body just doing the hex bar. Im keeping the number of total reps constant and just making sure that total weight volume goes up each time plus a new higher weight. I decided to take on the concept 5000m just so I wouldn't have to see how bad my 2000m time might have been :pac:

I'm starting with lower body tomorrow. I'll see what I can do on the day. I guess I'll stick with my reps too and just see what weight feels just a tad difficult and take it from there, hopefully increasing it slightly with each session.
Practically giddy with excitement here.

DareGod wrote: »

In my gym, masks are not required and nobody wears one. Own hand sanitiser / wipes not required - both provided on site.

They should really supply them like this. If they bring in a rule people might just bring in bottles of water and pretend its sanitizer.

I was in a local chipper and used there's and I am 90% sure it was not legit hand sanitizer, very little smell off it and bottle said it was an alcohol one (I have used loads of types over the years and work with chemicals etc). Could be refilling with a non alcohol one but I reckon many are diluting stuff down as it is so expensive from many places.

I used it in tesco and was expecting a gel but it was pure liquid, I think they do refill them but it smelt like the real deal, no major shop is going to be faking it.

rubadub wrote: »

I used it in tesco and was expecting a gel but it was pure liquid, I think they do refill them but it smelt like the real deal, no major shop is going to be faking it.

THe gel is an additive to make it easier to apply.
But when when there was a shortage, a lot of distilleries were pumping out raw alcohol to be used as sanitizer. Those ones are just alcohol and water, so completely liquid. Will smell like strong vodka and regret.

Reps4jesus wrote: »

I went to a RPE of 8 (after a couple of days of just getting movement patterns etc down again) on the 3 main lifts to see where I was at and am working off that. Strength was probably 40% off where it was before this, but even without running any program its coming back quite quickly. Im just running linear progression with 5x5's on the main lifts and standard 3x10's on accessory stuff for now but nice to see quick progression, reckon in a month or so i could be back to where I was

Yeah I think the general advice is just don't get too close to a max.

I think with short time-slots for training and less scope for accessory work, it might take a bit longer than I had thought but not a huge amount

Back this am too. In at 6am and straight onto threadmill, had a brief moment where I couldn't remember how to get the thing going... Duh. The same damn threadmill I've been using for 14 years.

... Crisis averted I knocked out a quick 5km before moving on to some machines... sat into the chest press without checking what plates were already stacked and it was way too light. Nevermind I thought I'll just rep out 10 and work on the technique, got up and stacked another 20kg plate either side, sat down again and away I went - still way too light. Quickly realising I had actually put the plates on completely the wrong place and I was actually lifting thin air. I tried to save face by knocking out another 10 reps of absolutely nothing! I'm sure some fellow gym goers noticed and had a good chuckle. The shame!