Gyms to Reopen 2021???

Eoinbmw · 15-03-2021 07:51PM

OmegaGene wrote: »

it is not just about the gym being open and safe, it is about keeping people off the road and commuting here and there spreading the virus in the community, just having schools back open fully means 1m people out and about so that is the first step
what is the point opening and then closing in 2 months because the numbers have spiked and we go round and round in circles, may as well push on with it and get the people vaccinated and hopefully open up again properly this time

The roads are feckin jammers people are moving everywhere and anywhere!

Sheep Shagger · 15-03-2021 10:24PM

Am assuming when gyms reopen it still won't include stream rooms and the jucuzzi and for those we'll have to wait until vaccinations are done?

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000 · 15-03-2021 10:32PM

My argos bench just fell over with only 100kg on it. God I'm ****ing sick of this.

Alf Veedersane · 15-03-2021 11:16PM

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000 wrote: »

My argos bench just fell over with only 100kg on it. God I'm ****ing sick of this.

JTMan · 16-03-2021 07:50AM

Sheep Shagger wrote: »

Am assuming when gyms reopen it still won't include stream rooms and the jucuzzi and for those we'll have to wait until vaccinations are done?

Yeah, I would have thought so. At level 3 gyms are open for individual training only. Group activities, and I guess stream rooms etc fall under this, will be at a later stage.

cuculainn · 16-03-2021 08:00AM

JTMan wrote: »

Yeah, I would have thought so. At level 3 gyms are open for individual training only. Group activities, and I guess stream rooms etc fall under this, will be at a later stage.

Didn't Ben Dunne fill in all his pools and steam rooms etc as he thinks they are unhygienic?? Maybe he knows something???

on a side note i heard an interview with him on the Brendan O'Connor show and he sounded like a prime example of the damage the lockdown is doing to peoples mental health.

He advised all businesses effected not to make any drastic decisions around the business and just look after yourself, then he turns around a fills in swimming pools...

Sheep Shagger · 16-03-2021 08:29AM

cuculainn wrote: »

Didn't Ben Dunne fill in all his pools and steam rooms etc as he thinks they are unhygienic?? Maybe he knows something???

on a side note i heard an interview with him on the Brendan O'Connor show and he sounded like a prime example of the damage the lockdown is doing to peoples mental health.

He advised all businesses effected not to make any drastic decisions around the business and just look after yourself, then he turns around a fills in swimming pools...

Would say that's a business decision, swimming pools and jacuzzis are expensive to run and maintain and not normally part of the 'low cost' model. Its to cut costs once they reopen.

I highly doubt the likes of Westwood and Gymplus will take them out as its a unique selling point and allows them to charge that bit more.

16-03-2021 09:22AM

completedit wrote: »

Doesn't get what?

We had the situation we had in January because old people and those close to them decided that the virus no longer was a threat and somehow had sentience and wanted people to celebrate the yuletide season.

..........

Mentioning old people in that context says two things about your view.... Very dickish, stupidly so. It's not just old people who are vulnerable. Loads of hospitalisation, approx 50% are under 65.

rpurfield · 16-03-2021 05:06PM

completedit wrote: »

Doesn't get what?

We had the situation we had in January because old people and those close to them decided that the virus no longer was a threat and somehow had sentience and wanted people to celebrate the yuletide season.

If anything I am seeing more people than I otherwise would if the gyms were open.

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Yep I was blue in the face telling my old pair to stop booking tables in pubs to have a pub crawl coming up to Christmas :rolleyes:

Thelonious Monk · 19-03-2021 10:34AM

Seem to be reporting that 5km will be in place till June! Will we even see gyms open this summer at this rate ffs?

tunney · 19-03-2021 10:41AM

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

Seem to be reporting that 5km will be in place till June! Will we even see gyms open this summer at this rate ffs?

Probably not given their super spreader nature.

JTMan · 19-03-2021 11:02AM

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

Seem to be reporting that 5km will be in place till June! Will we even see gyms open this summer at this rate ffs?

All Ronan said was that certain restrictions such as work from home and international travel will stay in place until 30 June. He did not comment on gyms or personal services. I still hold out hope that personal services such as gyms will reopen in mid May.

senordingdong · 19-03-2021 11:07AM

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

Seem to be reporting that 5km will be in place till June! Will we even see gyms open this summer at this rate ffs?

At least we'll have better weather for training in our back gardens.

papu · 19-03-2021 11:41AM

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

Seem to be reporting that 5km will be in place till June! Will we even see gyms open this summer at this rate ffs?

Any source for this?

Alf Veedersane · 19-03-2021 12:02PM

papu wrote: »

Any source for this?

There won't be a source for it. Media reporting that based on what Glynn said at the briefing.

He just said with the numbers as they are we'd have to proceed with caution but with vaccine rollout we'd be in a better place in June. Didn't hear anything about 5km in place til June

The Davestator · 19-03-2021 12:08PM

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

There won't be a source for it. Media reporting that based on what Glynn said at the briefing.

He just said with the numbers as they are we'd have to proceed with caution but with vaccine rollout we'd be in a better place in June. Didn't hear anything about 5km in place til June

Headling in the Indo today saying ministers are split on the relaxation of the 5k rule (that nobody is paying any attention to anyway)!

Alf Veedersane · 19-03-2021 12:27PM

The Davestator wrote: »

Headling in the Indo today saying ministers are split on the relaxation of the 5k rule (that nobody is paying any attention to anyway)!

On easing it on April 5th

19-03-2021 12:34PM

Over 85s vaccination is essentially complete....... over 80s should be finished this week....... over 70s on target for mid May..

https://www.rte.ie/news/coronavirus/2021/0318/1204661-covid19-ireland/

Groups currently being vaccinated ....... https://www2.hse.ie/screening-and-vaccinations/covid-19-vaccine/rollout-covid-19-vaccines-ireland.html

The groups currently being vaccinated against COVID-19 are:

Those aged 65 years and older who live in long-term care facilities (group 1)
frontline healthcare workers (group 2)

People aged 70 and older living in the community - at different stages (group 3 We expect to have everyone in this group vaccinated, with both doses, by the middle of May.)

People aged 16 to 69 who are at very high risk (group 4)

The length of time taken to vaccinate group 4 is the key IMO, once all of those folk are done we should be ok to ease plenty restrictions........ Perhaps this might also be done my mid May?

silverharp · 21-03-2021 11:33PM

in the meantime

https://twitter.com/dabitco/status/1373736210405920770

completedit · 22-03-2021 12:40PM

And I think I was being ingenious using some concrete blocks.

DylanJM · 22-03-2021 02:32PM

georgeflood wrote: »

Any chance of gyms opening after 5th April?, surely May or early June will be on the cards?

So sick of it doing it at home

Zero. June if we're lucky.

22-03-2021 03:13PM

I'm optimistic still tbh, April won't happen but one never knows for May.

As of Fri.......
Total 1st Dose Vaccines Administered 487,466
Total 2nd Dose Vaccines Administered 181,063
Total Vaccines Administered 668,529

Group 3 are to be done by Mid May (over 70s) ........ Group 4 might well drag on beyond that (People aged 16 to 69 who are at very high risk) but the J&J vaccine which is a single shot is coming on stream in April and we are getting 600k J&J doses in April, May 7 June along with 3.2m other vaccine doses.

So in Q2 we'll have 600k J&J vaccines and enough other vaccines to vaccinate 1.6m people........... that's 2.2m done in Q2 if we can get the doses into arms.

FlubberJones · 22-03-2021 06:05PM

I've never been so weak and especially looked it, I'm over 50 and look like I've not been to the gym in about 5 years... just shocking.

At least its a little warmer I can use the bars on the balcony to utilize the resistance bands a little more but dear me the gym simply can not open soon enough for me...

Even my clothes fit normally

Johnny Derpp · 22-03-2021 06:35PM

Augeo wrote: »

I'm optimistic still tbh, April won't happen but one never knows for May.

As of Fri.......
Total 1st Dose Vaccines Administered 487,466
Total 2nd Dose Vaccines Administered 181,063
Total Vaccines Administered 668,529

Group 3 are to be done by Mid May (over 70s) ........ Group 4 might well drag on beyond that (People aged 16 to 69 who are at very high risk) but the J&J vaccine which is a single shot is coming on stream in April and we are getting 600k J&J doses in April, May 7 June along with 3.2m other vaccine doses.

So in Q2 we'll have 600k J&J vaccines and enough other vaccines to vaccinate 1.6m people........... that's 2.2m done in Q2 if we can get the doses into arms.

Your optimism is contagious!

JTMan · 22-03-2021 07:37PM

More evidence that the lockdown has created a mental health and physical health crisis.

42% have gained weight in the US and probably worse here given the length of our lockdown.

https://twitter.com/jon_rauch/status/1374005513256640524

This is going to have long lasting effects. Hopefully gyms open as soon as is possible.

Alf Veedersane · 22-03-2021 09:17PM

JTMan wrote: »

More evidence that the lockdown has created a mental health and physical health crisis.

42% have gained weight in the US and probably worse here given the length of our lockdown.

https://twitter.com/jon_rauch/status/1374005513256640524

This is going to have long lasting effects. Hopefully gyms open as soon as is possible.

I don't think it reflects access to gyms though.

There was a survey last year that said ~60% of American gym goers didn't intend to renew their gym membership after the pandemic as they had found cheaper alternatives.

That said, I'm not disagreeing that there would be a regression in mental and/or physical health. Just that the survey isn't a reflection on lack of access to gyms, per se.

22-03-2021 09:31PM

42% of Americans likely gain weight every year..... Obesity is like that.

senordingdong · 22-03-2021 10:00PM

JTMan wrote: »

More evidence that the lockdown has created a mental health and physical health crisis.

42% have gained weight in the US and probably worse here given the length of our lockdown.

https://twitter.com/jon_rauch/status/1374005513256640524

This is going to have long lasting effects. Hopefully gyms open as soon as is possible.

Are we not all afraid that we've lost weight!?

Alf Veedersane · 22-03-2021 10:09PM

senordingdong wrote: »

Are we not all afraid that we've lost weight!?

Where once we played for the hyper trophy now there's just a trophy

showpony1 · 23-03-2021 02:13PM

I will obviously still go back once opened - but i dreaded the gym experience from July onwards last year, over and back to try and locate the bottle of hand sanitizer & tissue every two minutes to wipe down a dumbell or bench.

Gyms to Reopen 2021???

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