Gyms will officially be opening up in a couple of days and I’m still deciding if I’m going to go back or not. The number of cases isn’t going down, the number of tests isn’t increasing and we’re all kinda just going about our lives trying our best not to catch it.
So far I think I’m most likely going to go back to the gym again. I’ve been renting gym equipment for the past few months but the gym is going to want them back now since they’re reopening. It’s also still pretty impossible to buy proper gym equipment so that’s not really an option.
I’ve been checking different Instagram accounts of various gyms and all the ones I’ve checked are trying to make sure their environment is as safe as possible. They’re all going about it differently but the gyms that lucked out the most are the ones that have classes where each client uses the same equipment throughout the class. Other gyms where you share equipment is going to be slightly sketchier but if you bring your own towel and disinfect the equipment before and after you use it, then it should be ok.
I guess I might just wait a couple of weeks for things to settle before deciding.
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31 replies on “Will you be going back to the gym?”
No.
Not going back to the gym. Not going back to the office. Not going to old socializing routines or even eating out.
I’m no longer following Corona news, but the little knowledge shoved down my throat allows me to know that countries that opened up did so after having indicators showing “improvement” in their situation… such as two weeks of continuous decline in covid19 cases. These countries also witnessed rapid increase in covid19 cases after they opened immediately.
The fact that we have not seen decline in cases since day 1 months ago, and that the MOH keep reminding us that their decision to open up is based on their hospitalization capacity, I don’t see how it is safe that we continue opening up and getting life back to normal. Just because there is a hospital bed to me doesn’t mean its safer.
This. i would add that just because there appears to be a hospital bed now, doesn’t mean it will be there if and when i should get sick.
i do not like getting sick, and i will sacrifice my convenience and happiness for the health of the community, because someone needs to be the adult in the room.
Completely ridiculous.
Normalcy coexists with apathy; so when this whole thing was starting out a few months ago, people seemed much more panicked than they are today, which (at the time of writing) has the highest rates of covid-19 to date.
People have gotten used to this crisis and seem to believe that a government that cannot pave roads, seem to miraculously know how to manage an extremely contagious virus! We can speculate as to what could have been the best case scenario- but the truth of the matter as it stands now is that the general reserve fund of the country is at zero (0), and the experts on the matter, whomever they may be, are all in agreement that opening up the country is a massive gamble, but at this rate- people seem content and reassured by the facade of a “five-stage-solution” which absolutely does not correspond to rates of the virus declining or even being under control.
We all spent weeks, day in and day out indoors, hoping that this virus would go away, and it did not. It’s not going to go away- ever. This is the new reality that we live in. The future looks bleak, the economy both in Kuwait and around the world looks bleak, so if you want to get some curls in before the situation gets worse, go for it; but don’t pretend that things are getting better. We all deserve the catastrophe that will inevitably follow suit in our shared, downtrodden path.
I don’t think ANYONE thinks things are getting better, certainly not me.
Oh believe me, lots and lots of people are misreading the government decisions to open up.
Just curious, is your plan to let the entire economy, and already minuscule private sector rot and go bankrupt?
What about the countless jobs at stake?
Almost every other country is back to some type of normal.
Kuwait’s been closed since March and a curfew that’s been going for almost 6, wait let’s print that – six – months.
What more do you want from the government ?
What more do we want from the government hmmmmm PROPER PLANNING that would have stopped this sh!t show from escalating the way it did. At one point they said if the cases didn’t go down, we’d go back to full lockdown. Now they’re merging the levels with their ridiculous rules (salons can’t shave/thread faces, gym members must book an appointment and keep a distance of 10m.. do they know how small gyms are?) that make absolutely no sense. You either do it right, or don’t do it at all.
If the economy was their main concern then they wouldn’t have gone about things in this manner. Opening up malls all day but keeping a 9-3 curfew. Who the hell are they kidding? Is the virus asleep all day but comes out at 9pm?
Don’t get me wrong I want things to go back to normal more than anything, but the way they’re going about it is like they’re clueless parents dealing with a sick child and giving it Panadol instead of taking it to a surgeon.
To answer your question Mark, not going back to the gym. Since the beginning of this fiasco I’ve accumulated enough gym equipment and subscribed to workout apps to keep me going. Going to the gym with all these weird rules would just make it an anxious experience when the idea is to blow off steam.
I think the 9pm rule is to prevent gatherings (diwaniyas) and parties although people are just having them earlier now.
MOH had a good plan, but you can’t control a dumb population.
Wow, some of you armchair experts seem to know more than the top health experts in the world. That’s why they say half knowledge is dangerous. Calm down a little, you seem to be getting sick from all the anxiety from the ‘what if’ scenarios.
I think this government has done very well given the unpredictable and still evolving nature of the virus, and in treading the fine line of balancing the public health and not killing economic activity. All the people frothing at the mouth about more things opening up seem to be the privileged ones who have a choice of basically not doing anything for months on end and still have their coffers full (i even read a comment from someone emphatically declaring that they are not going to work anytime soon – as if everyone had that choice). There are so many variables in the spread of the virus and it has been proven that lockdowns and closing down the economy is not the solution to the problem
Yes, 100% back to the gym.
It’s quite simple. If you’re scared : stay home, close the blinds, wear a hazmat and live in paralysis, whatever makes you happy.
After almost 6 months, the rest of us have lives to get back too.
Gyms should provide booking facility and limit the number of bookings etc and follow all regulations when opening.Precaution is better than cure. !
I’ll only think about going back to a gym once the cases average below 100 cases per day for two consecutive weeks
That’s easy, they’ll just test 500 people a day! 😅
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It’s your type that have kept the fear rolling, so sad, lost respect for this censored blog.
censored because i’m removing your bullshit fake news? if you think I’m gonna let you post your garbage here you can go fuck yourself.
This right here is why I keep coming back to this blog for quality info. An owner that cares about what gets posted.
As for the gym…I’ll be interested to see what happens to the guinea pigs that volunteer for that trial.
Consensus in my part of the government seems to think the reopening is premature.
Apparently no one cares about the **** YOU keep posting. If there’s one person in this blog that needs to be censored permanently it’s you. You’re a pot stirrer that posts in every single post saying crap things about the country. Just leave. The airport is open.
Gyms are literally a waste of time when you can alternatively workout at home. In 30 minutes I’m done with my workout and already in the shower! Convenient and practical. Seriously folks, consider saving your time (and protecting yourself) with working out at home. Yours truly, a retired potato coach, and I approve this message!
I agree,
I have a large four story mansion in Messilah with 15 rooms that i made in to diwaniya with carpets and pillows from Friday market but spared large football field size basement and turned it in to gym with all kinds of machines. I work out 50/50 with Sly and Arnold so they can travel back to their families every month.
I never understood silly people going to gym when you can exercise at home.
I agree too,
I have a 2m by 2m padded area and some dumbells, most of the time I end up using only about half of the space. Found some good free workout vids on youtube and made a couple of my own with a quick google search. Happy with the solid results i got during the past couple of months.
If you’re physically capable, just do the focus 25 program! (if you’re advanced, do the insanity program) both by fitness trainer Shaun T. (and both available online via piracy… obviously)
Hahaha currently wrapping up alpha, about to enter T25 beta in two days
Damn! Give me them coordinations to your mansion homeboy
Ps: I’m not working out in front of Arnold tho
100% back tomorrow.
I’ve been too patient to wait any longer. Will take personal precautions as one should. Although quite frankly, the same things I did before the pandemic (always wiping machines, barbells and bench with disinfectant wipes provided all over gyms, covering anything I touch with towel, etc.) are still applicable. The only difference is that I’ll wear a mask. I’m done waiting around for things to magically improve when people aren’t following regulations.
Never again i am going out of my house. Before 2020 I didn’t know about microbes and thought that the smallest things on the earth is sand grain, but it seems that there are millions of micro organisms that infect your body every day and immune system fights it off.
Its extremely dangerous to go out. You can get Flu, malaria, herpes , cold and even tuberculosis, but all combined they are not even 1% as dangerous as COVID that will turn you in to a social exile.
It’s absolutely ridiculous that they have opened up gyms, salons and restaurants before schools! We should wait till our numbers are down completely. Obviously ppls nails, hair and stomachs are more important than our children’s education! We should have waited for numbers to drop Significantly before opening these places, and the first place to open should have been schools in stages and groups. The whole situation is just ridiculous. At this rate our numbers will continue to go up and schools will never open up. Ppls priorities here are unbelievably messed up. I’m
Kuwaiti and I’m disgusted.
But hey, as long as we can go to the gym and get our nails done all is good…… :/
What do you mean before schools open up exactly?! Have you seen the #$%#%# statistics internationally?? Just today I read an article with 500 cases spiking up since a school reopened.
You have a choice whether you need to go to a salon or not; in a school you don’t. Your child is obliged to go or they miss their year.
Also I don’t know what hole you live in, but all the kids in my family are already studying online– including grad students.
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