NHS England Gym-goers will soon see special stickers on mirrors at their local leisure centres reminding them to look out for potential signs of cancer. It is part of an NHS initiative around body awareness to get more people diagnosed early. The messaging that will appear at hundreds of Better leisure centres in the UK, … Read more
Sept. 12, 2022 — Fitness consumers are flipping demands they made 2 years ago in the darkest days of the COVID pandemic. Then, conventional wisdom told us that gyms were dying because people would rather stay home and work out than risk exposure in a fitness facility. Now, the reverse seems true, with membership sales … Read more
By Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Feb. 25, 2021 (HealthDay News) — If you think you can safely exercise without your mask in a gym during the pandemic, two new government reports show you are mistaken. Coronavirus outbreaks at fitness centers in Chicago and Honolulu last summer were likely the result of … Read more
Up to 40% of gym members are training at home, according to an industry trade group and between 20% and 30% of gyms will close permanently because of the pandemic. Source link
Areas where transmission is highest in England are shutting gyms, but does the science support it? Source link