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post 1618887401 10-09-2020, 10:13 AM
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How full is your gym??

I have been going back to my local gym pretty regularly over the past few weeks. It is almost always, completely empty:



Honestly would have thought people would line up to get back in the gym. Spoke to a trainer and he said that people "are scared".

Is this a NYC thing? Screenshot above is Equinox - their busiest location in Manhattan, I'd say. For context: the max booking slots is 31 spots per half hour. When I go in there are usually 28 spots still free.
post 1618887501 10-09-2020, 10:15 AM
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Still hasn’t reopened here, so I guess pretty empty.
post 1618887661 10-09-2020, 10:16 AM
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Private key club gym, when the regular crews are there its packed. Mainly Friday night you'll see 4 benches full, Saturday and Sunday mornings you'll find 3 monolifts full. Plus a bunch of other people doing other stuff.
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post 1618888831 10-09-2020, 10:31 AM
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Mine is pretty empty at like 10am seems weird to me
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post 1618889051 10-09-2020, 10:34 AM
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a lot went out of business in my area
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post 1618889171 10-09-2020, 10:35 AM
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as full as pre-covid levels. no sign up to use.
post 1618889471 10-09-2020, 10:39 AM
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Slam full at certain times. Always have some amount of people in there at any given time
post 1618897391 10-09-2020, 12:09 PM
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Originally Posted By RackaDo⏩
Mine is pretty empty at like 10am seems weird to me
Mine is empty (per above) pretty much the entire day. It is one of the busiest gyms in Manhattan, and nobody is going back.

But if you look around online - seems a huge amount of people want to get back in the gym.

That's why I asked if it's a NYC thing...weird as hell, and maybe depends where you live.
post 1618897471 10-09-2020, 12:10 PM
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pretty much same as usual
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post 1618897601 10-09-2020, 12:11 PM
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100% normal. Opened up end of June.
post 1618897751 10-09-2020, 12:12 PM
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Always full, even when I go at 5a.
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post 1618897821 10-09-2020, 12:13 PM
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usually full in the afternoon. i want to go back to my old one but that one's full all ****in day cause of these gym rats
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post 1618898221 10-09-2020, 12:17 PM
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Our gyms opened beginning of June. Since I've been going back, I've only gone late afternoon on Sundays before they close. It's pretty dead. Maybe 10 people in there at most.
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post 1618900111 10-09-2020, 12:39 PM
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Originally Posted By bfdehewdbyywhn⏩
a lot went out of business in my area
You and the others ITT that I think live in the NE are in the same boat as me, it seems. Most ITT don't have their locations shared but honestly - would have expected way more back given all the fuss there was about gyms being closed.

I'm talking about my gym where there'd be 100+ at any peak time over the entirety of the class/spinning/free weights/mobility etc. area. Today I saw 3. It's settling in as a 'wtf' to me, and according to this trainer - plenty of people are scared now (NYC? NE thing?) and didn't come back after gyms re-open.
post 1618900321 10-09-2020, 12:41 PM
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I go at 5am. It is the same 8-10 people every morning.
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post 1618900351 10-09-2020, 12:41 PM
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The 5AM crew is back in full swing. Same regulars that were there before lockdown. Gets pretty busy between 6-730AM. Haven't frequented in the evening but I'm pretty sure its slammed from what my friend tells me.
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post 1618901981 10-09-2020, 12:56 PM
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Originally Posted By Aristotelian⏩
You and the others ITT that I think live in the NE are in the same boat as me, it seems. Most ITT don't have their locations shared but honestly - would have expected way more back given all the fuss there was about gyms being closed.

I'm talking about my gym where there'd be 100+ at any peak time over the entirety of the class/spinning/free weights/mobility etc. area. Today I saw 3. It's settling in as a 'wtf' to me, and according to this trainer - plenty of people are scared now (NYC? NE thing?) and didn't come back after gyms re-open.
same happened in my area. gyms were completely empty when I walked by despite the removal of the mandatory shut down. no new income for 6 months takes a toll on small businesses, especially with competition from chain gyms like plannet fitness.

honestly, I couldn’t care cause the monthly prices will lower for the gyms that remain.
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post 1618902531 10-09-2020, 01:02 PM
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I own a gym and we’re back to pre-covid levels, actually the membership is about 15% higher, we were able to pull members whose gyms didn’t make it. Our clientele are generally a little hood or hs/college athletes that really don’t give a fk about the virus. It’s been obnoxious having our classes shut down for 7 months but those are more of a perk than a driver for membership. Sucks for the instructors though. We have 6 personal trainers who are doing well with “quarantine 15“ in full effect.

Gym up the street from me used to be completely full, people parking in other businesses parking lots full, had an older wealthier clientele however. The parking lot is maybe 5-10% full when I drive by, I politely let the owner know to hit me up if they’re considering closing and need to liquidate equipment.

It’s really going to depend on a gym’s membership market and what the gym is geared towards.

Our gym had zero debt and a decent % of the members have their fee paid by their health insurance companies so we’re shielded from shutdowns, all 3 partners have 6 figure jobs outside of the gym. It is sad talking to other owners though that have second mortgages and quit their 9-5.
post 1618902571 10-09-2020, 01:02 PM
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Originally Posted By Rajc⏩
lmao i always forget you NYCcels have legit street names like east 44th street lmao just numbered


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Every time I go I’m the only one there, srs.
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It gets busy but fewer women and it empties quicker in the evenings/last hour of open time.
post 1618902951 10-09-2020, 01:06 PM
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Depends on the time of day and the actual day

I work out at the YMCA

Only other gyms near me are a 2 planet fitness, 2 CrossFit “boxes” (whatever the hell that is) and a dinky new small town gym run by a tyrannical middle aged hobbit woman.
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The gym I was going to is in receivership because the owner was doing some illegal things. It’s currently closed so I’m doing the home gym until it gets figured out in court.
post 1618914151 10-09-2020, 03:03 PM
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Originally Posted By bfdehewdbyywhn⏩
same happened in my area. gyms were completely empty when I walked by despite the removal of the mandatory shut down. no new income for 6 months takes a toll on small businesses, especially with competition from chain gyms like plannet fitness.

honestly, I couldn’t care cause the monthly prices will lower for the gyms that remain.
Yeah that's sort of my point - gyms in our area (tri state) were in the chit, and the prohibition on personal training spaces etc...

The trainer I spoke to said he was lucky: had people signing up for his virtual personal training.

But after all the ruckus made about "it's closed!!!" my gym is deserted. And most of the restaurants with indoor dining seem to be, as well. And something like 80% of restaurants in NYC couldn't pay the rent this month so...yeah.
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Originally Posted By Rajc⏩
lmao i always forget you NYCcels have legit street names like east 44th street lmao just numbered


can anyone translate to english?
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It's pretty much completely full during the evening slots. Maybe not as packed as it would be without covid but it's definitely impossible to stay 6 feet apart. Could be because it's now like 6am-8pm instead of 24 hours.
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