Wednesday, August 12, 2020

As fitness professionals, our passion and commitment, is building the health and fitness of our community and our response to the COVID-19 epidemic reflects that commitment.

We have worked tirelessly over the last few months with our local Public Health and with other facilities that have re-opened in other provinces and countries to determine the best approach. The steps we are taking focus on social distancing measures, sanitization & disinfecting and member and staff considerations.
Below are these steps to keep our community and surrounding area as healthy as possible!!

1. Social Distancing:

- Each class participant will have a designated training area to create appropriate and consistent physical distance, designated equipment to eliminate any physical interaction between participants and to eliminate the sharing of equipment for the duration of the session.
- Exercise programming shall be modified to allow for adequate space, time, equipment and cleaning requirements.
- Separate entrance and exit points for members entering and exiting the facility to minimize human contact.

2. Sanitizing & Disinfecting

- Each designated workout zone will have appropriate disinfecting materials so that you can disinfect prior to and after your sessions.
- All clients will be trained in proper equipment disinfecting and will be reminded by the instructor before, during and after each and every session.
- We will keep a strict cleaning and disinfecting protocol for common areas, washrooms and other frequently touched surfaces.

3. Member & Trainer Considerations:

- Members and staff will be required to stay at home if they show any signs or symptoms of infection
- The facility will check members and staff temperatures as they enter the facility. Those showing a high temperature will be asked to return to their home.
- You must book your class on ZenPlanner prior to the session to be allowed to attend. If you are a personal training client you will see your sessions appear on ZenPlanner based on your pre-determined time.
- Members must wear masks upon entering the facility. You do not have to work out with your mask, but it must be put back on when leaving your designated workout area.
- Please bring your own water bottle as there will be none available.

We ask that you help keep us healthy and safe by following these guidelines when you have your Personal Training session or Group Class:

1. We ask that you wait in your car and try to come early. A staff member will come and get you once we are ready for you to enter the facility.

2. Before you enter our facility you will be asked to sanitize your hands and spray the bottom of your shoes to eliminate any possible transmission.

3. You will be directed to one of our designated workout areas. There will be a sanitizer and paper towel for you if you'd prefer to do another wipe down. Everything will be cleaned prior to you entering the area.

4. You will then be directed to get your equipment based on the workout on the chalkboard and bring that equipment to your station.

5. If at any point you need to use the washroom you must put on your mask and respect social distancing protocol. If you do use the washroom, we ask that you wipe & spray down all surfaces touched. We will be cleaning the washrooms between classes.

6. At the end of your workout, we ask that you sanitize and wipe down your equipment used and put it back where you got it. We will be doing this one at a time. We ask that once your equipment is away you follow the arrows and exit the door closest to the workout area.

7. Once members have left and exited the gym and we are done cleaning, we will begin to welcome the next client.

Posted at 07:37 AM