Gyms to Reopen 2021???

Alf Veedersane · 16-01-2021 12:38pm

After Easter

flazio · 16-01-2021 12:41pm

To be honest, endorphin kicks is the last thing on my mind at the moment. I'm focusing on other ways to keep sane.

seefin · 16-01-2021 1:36pm

Augeo wrote: »

Indeed, literally "The important preventive measure during exercise is to maintain physical distance of at least one meter from others"

A few mornings this week a group of 4 joggers has passed by. Jogging one after another, no distance whatsoever. Saw something earlier in week that these new strains mean that activities that were considered low risk may no longer be safe. Time will tell i guess.

obi604 · 16-01-2021 7:46pm

Omega28 wrote: »

I'm now tempted to fork out the ridiculous price of over €500 for adjustable dumbells and not renew my gym membership as it was just up before lockdown 3.0.

I was going to renew my membership but all this opening/closing has put me off going back. I think I can a decent workout with 40kg adjustable dumbells.

Check out this state of the art adjustable dumbbell set, all yours for 99 Euro. Bargain.

https://ibb.co/KDmKYRn

............NOT

the baby bull elephant · 16-01-2021 7:56pm

Got myself some sandbags from Cerberus Strength. Arrived within a week of ordering them. Only getting them going but they're a very versatile training tool.

Alf Veedersane · 16-01-2021 7:58pm

obi604 wrote: »

Check out this state of the art adjustable dumbbell set, all yours for 99 Euro. Bargain.

https://ibb.co/KDmKYRn

............NOT

They're in Argos for half that...assuming the full set is 30kg

Alf Veedersane · 16-01-2021 9:25pm

the baby bull elephant wrote: »

Got myself some sandbags from Cerberus Strength. Arrived within a week of ordering them. Only getting them going but they're a very versatile training tool.

What kinda weight did you get? I was looking at them before

the baby bull elephant · 16-01-2021 9:51pm

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

What kinda weight did you get? I was looking at them before

I didn't get an exact weight as they are a bit more dear. Got the 40-70kg and 70-100kg one. I've only had a chance to fill the lighter one and have put 40kg in it so far. I can strict press it but it definitely is awkward. Unsure if it's my poor workmanship or just that there's a decent amount of empty space but it isn't as compact as I'd like it. Still it'll do the job I'd say. I imagine I'll get used to it but it definitely is a lot harder than a 40kg barbell would be.

https://www.reddit.com/r/weightroom/comments/fj76nr/pandemic_proof_strength_training_a_solution_for/

I used that post to get a rough estimate for what weights I should use.

Alf Veedersane · 16-01-2021 10:54pm

the baby bull elephant wrote: »

I didn't get an exact weight as they are a bit more dear. Got the 40-70kg and 70-100kg one. I've only had a chance to fill the lighter one and have put 40kg in it so far. I can strict press it but it definitely is awkward. Unsure if it's my poor workmanship or just that there's a decent amount of empty space but it isn't as compact as I'd like it. Still it'll do the job I'd say. I imagine I'll get used to it but it definitely is a lot harder than a 40kg barbell would be.

https://www.reddit.com/r/weightroom/comments/fj76nr/pandemic_proof_strength_training_a_solution_for/

I used that post to get a rough estimate for what weights I should use.

I ended up with a 45kg slam/dead ball. They are definitely more awkward than a 45kg barbell would be.

Yer man delivers it and it's in bubble wrap. Watches me struggle to get the bloody thing off the hand cart. I looked like I had no business buying something that weighed 45kg.

It's grand for putting away though and I've had good craic with it doing ground-to-shoulder stuff for conditioning.

And also because functional.

vafankillar · 16-01-2021 11:25pm

i've bought some dumbells and a bench and was just settling into a good routine again and trying be content not even thinking about the gyms, but dublin bus announcing they've cut mon-fri hours back to saturday has completely ruined my week & general mood.

will have to leave 15 mins earlier everyday to get into work, and if the bus doesnt turn up,which isn't exactly a rare occurance, ill be waiting 30 minutes instead of the usual 10 for the next one. pain in the hole.

tom1ie · 17-01-2021 12:34am

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

They're in Argos for half that...assuming the full set is 30kg

Don’t think Argos actually have anything that resembles a weight left in stock!
No benches either.

Omega28 · 17-01-2021 12:31pm

I think it will be at least post Paddy's Day before things slowly open back up.

leanin2019 · 17-01-2021 12:44pm

Omega28 wrote: »

I think it will be at least post Paddy's Day before things slowly open back up.

Can somebody rename this thread "Gyms to before 18th March??" or "When will the gyms reopen!?"

FlubberJones · 17-01-2021 3:13pm

So the muscle I gained back has already started to diminish, dropping the creatine has had the obvious effect. And doing cardio HIIT everyday and "cleanish" diet not helping either. No room in the apartment for weights or a bench or a machine of some sort so its this or nothing.
The HIIT I follow on youtube is good though and super challenging but I've ALWAYS been a weight lifter and this is just a stop gap until I get back to the gym. I may aswell get a little cardio fitter than I used to be!

Alf Veedersane · 17-01-2021 3:20pm

FlubberJones wrote: »

So the muscle I gained back has already started to diminish, dropping the creatine has had the obvious effect. And doing cardio HIIT everyday and "cleanish" diet not helping either. No room in the apartment for weights or a bench or a machine of some sort so its this or nothing.
The HIIT I follow on youtube is good though and super challenging but I've ALWAYS been a weight lifter and this is just a stop gap until I get back to the gym. I may aswell get a little cardio fitter than I used to be!

I have bands and a pair of dumbbells...that's it. First lockdown I didn't have dumbbells...just a 25kg sandbag.

There is a lot of work you can do with even with equipment that limited if you do a lot of single leg work, tempos, pauses. Might not be optimal but you can mitigate a lot of that loss of strength

the baby bull elephant · 17-01-2021 4:08pm

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

I ended up with a 45kg slam/dead ball. They are definitely more awkward than a 45kg barbell would be.

Yer man delivers it and it's in bubble wrap. Watches me struggle to get the bloody thing off the hand cart. I looked like I had no business buying something that weighed 45kg.

It's grand for putting away though and I've had good craic with it doing ground-to-shoulder stuff for conditioning.

And also because functional.

Filled up the second one with 60kg there, might take a little while to get to 70+ haha.

Alf Veedersane · 17-01-2021 4:21pm

the baby bull elephant wrote: »

Filled up the second one with 60kg there, might take a little while to get to 70+ haha.

Nice. It's good hard work.

The 45kg was enough because I wanted it more for conditioning than strength. They are great craic though

leanin2019 · 17-01-2021 6:24pm

FlubberJones wrote: »

So the muscle I gained back has already started to diminish, dropping the creatine has had the obvious effect. And doing cardio HIIT everyday and "cleanish" diet not helping either. No room in the apartment for weights or a bench or a machine of some sort so its this or nothing.
The HIIT I follow on youtube is good though and super challenging but I've ALWAYS been a weight lifter and this is just a stop gap until I get back to the gym. I may aswell get a little cardio fitter than I used to be!

Have you 5m2 available or that you could create by moving stuff around. That would be more than enough room for everything e.g. squat stands/quarter rack, bench, dumbbells and plate storage.

[Deleted User] · 17-01-2021 6:55pm

FlubberJones wrote: »

So the muscle I gained back has already started to diminish,......... No room in the apartment for weights or a bench or a machine of some sort so its this or nothing.
.......

At the mention of no room for a bench I immediately thought of press ups. If you can't weight train there's huge options with body weight.

Sprinters do body weight exercises for their legs.... Worth looking at maybe..... As you say though there's opportunity for cardio work.

That said, ive little enough interest in doing much the last two weeks myself

Alf Veedersane · 17-01-2021 7:49pm

Augeo wrote: »

At the mention of no room for a bench I immediately thought of press ups. If you can't weight train there's huge options with body weight.

Bench was the one lift I held onto strength the best with the first lockdown. Was back within 5kg of my max pretty quickly. Had just done banded press ups, tempo press ups and paused variations. Plenty of variations to turn it into harder work

SeanJ09 · 17-01-2021 9:21pm

Guys when are we realistically expecting the gyms to reopen then ?

JeffKenna · 17-01-2021 9:22pm

SeanJ09 wrote: »

Guys when are we realistically expecting the gyms to reopen then ?

I'm bracing myself for the end of February but hopefully it'll be sooner.

senordingdong · 17-01-2021 9:26pm

SeanJ09 wrote: »

Guys when are we realistically expecting the gyms to reopen then ?

There's still talk about stalling other primary services like schools, until March/April, so I could see it being that long.

Also for what it's worth, I have been stock piling the 5litre water jugs from lidl. I bought a wooden vroom from woodies and removed the head, and use paracord to hang the water jugs for crude, improvised weight training.

JTMan · 17-01-2021 9:40pm

JeffKenna wrote: »

I'm bracing myself for the end of February but hopefully it'll be sooner.

I hope you are right! Schools and construction are clearly priority 1. Non essential retail and gyms are clearly priority 2. Schools are apparently "50/50" to reopen in February (Sunday Independent citing Gov). If schools reopen in early or mid Feb then maybe gyms and non essential retail will reopen on 1 March.

Alf Veedersane · 17-01-2021 9:45pm

JeffKenna wrote: »

I'm bracing myself for the end of February but hopefully it'll be sooner.

Brace harder...I don't think there's a chance it'll be open by the end of Feb as much as I'd like it to be

DuffleBag · 17-01-2021 11:31pm

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

Brace harder...I don't think there's a chance it'll be open by the end of Feb as much as I'd like it to be

Agreed. March at the earliest and that's post Paddy's day as they'll be opening them with the restaurants and won't want people doing the dog on it that day

[Deleted User] · 17-01-2021 11:36pm

We might get gyms with non essential retail before restaurants IMO. Loads of restaurants were a sh1tshow & they facilitated groups of over 6.
We all saw plenty of it on instagram etc.

senordingdong · 18-01-2021 12:00am

Augeo wrote: »

We might get gyms with non essential retail before restaurants IMO. Loads of restaurants were a sh1tshow & they facilitated groups of over 6.
We all saw plenty of it on instagram etc.

Agreed but to people that don't use gyms, they are a bigger threat.

Alf Veedersane · 18-01-2021 12:15am

A lot of what they might or might not do is predicated on the numbers. They reopened for December way off the <100 cases/day.

How much compliance there is with restrictions...impact of UK variant...level of vaccinations etc etc....they will all shape the numbers and when things might start to reopen. But after 6 weeks and from a much lower base, it was nowhere near where it should have been so I can't see much relaxation before March. They'll get numbers down to allow schools back...watch that and then see how things go.

Easter will be done 3 weeks after Patrick's Day so after that would be my finger-in-the-air guess

FlubberJones · 18-01-2021 1:36pm

Augeo wrote: »

At the mention of no room for a bench I immediately thought of press ups. If you can't weight train there's huge options with body weight.

Sprinters do body weight exercises for their legs.... Worth looking at maybe..... As you say though there's opportunity for cardio work.

That said, ive little enough interest in doing much the last two weeks myself

Looking at picking up a weighted vest, I see them in Elverys, adding this to the cardio / toning sessions should give me some opportunity to work the muscles a bit more.
Reading the below thoughts on when the gyms will open just make me think I have to try a little harder and moan about it a little less

Gyms to Reopen 2021???

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