Life Time Athletics in Roseville reopens with new safety measures in place

Karma Dickerson reports

OBVIOUS REASONS.

FOX FORTY'SKARMA DICKERSON SHOWS US SOMEOF THE SAFETY MEASURES RIGHTNOW THAT ARE IN PLACE.SO HAPPY TO BE HERE YOUTYPICALLY DON'T SEE BIG SMILESFROM PEOPLE GRINDING AWAY ON ATREADMILL BUT THEN AGAIN YOUTYPICALLY DON'T SEE PEOPLEKEPT AWAY FROM THE GYM FORMONTHS ON END THE WALK MY DOGABOUT 3 TIMES A DAY YOU KNOWAND AND DOING SOME HOMEWORKOUT.

AND THE FIRST FEW HOURSOF THE STAY AT HOME ORDER ROLLBACK ABOUT A 100 MEMBERS OFLIFETIME ATHLETIC IN ROSEVILLEMANY OF THEM BIG GYMENTHUSIAST HAD RETURNED.PEOPLE WE SPOKE WITH TOLD USWORKING OUT A LOAN SIMPLYWASN'T THE SAME.BUT IT'S ALL BEEN YOU KNOWWITH WITH EXTREME SOCIALDISTANCING.

AND YOU LOSE THECOMMUNITY PART OF IT JUSTREMINDED EVERYBODY TO DROPSOMALI SENIOR GENERAL MANAGEROF LIFE TIME ATHLETIC SAYSTHOUGH THE GYM HAS BEEN CLOSEDTHE SAT HAD BEEN WORKINGBEHIND THE SCENES TO STEP UPCLEANING AND DISTANCINGPROTOCOLS WE HAVE ROUGHLYALMOST 200 PIECES OF CARDIOEQUIPMENT HERE AND SO EVERYOTHER ONE.IS GOT A STICKER ON ANDIT'S BEEN UNPLUGGED SO THATTHE THE USABLE ONES ARE 6 FEETAPART AND WE CAN PRACTICESOCIAL DISTANCING IN OURMEMBERS CAN FEEL SAFE COMINGTO DO THE CARDIO AND RESUMEWORKING OUT.

IN ADDITION TOTHAT OBVIOUSLY CLASS SIZES AREA LITTLE SMALLER AGAIN TOPRACTICE SOCIAL DISTANCINGWE'VE GOT MARKINGS ON THEFLOOR IN ALL OF OUR STUDIOSAND THEN IN OUR CYCLE STUDIOWHERE WE HAD 7 B 2 BYTESBEFORE WE HAVE 40 NOW POPULARCYCLE INSTRUCTOR MARLEE SMITHIS USED TO HAVING A FULL CLASSTHOUGH FULL IS BEING REDEFINEDEVERYONE IS RESPECTING THE NEWWAY AND THEY'RE THEY'REGRATEFUL FOR THE SOCIALDISTANCING IN THE SPACEALLOTTED IN SOME CASES WE DOHAVE WAIT LIST BUT WE'REWORKING THE KINKS OUT AND.EVERYONE'S JUST REALLYGRATEFUL TO BE BACK JAMAALACKNOWLEDGES LIFETIME ATHLETICIT'S NOT YOUR TYPICAL GYMS INPART BECAUSE THEY HAVESIGNIFICANTLY MORSE PIECE THATOCCUPANTS.

SO HE SAYS THEFITNESS FLOORS CAN INCREASEDISTANCING WITHOUT CUTTINGBACK ON MEMBERS.

BUT HE POINTSOUT BIG GYMS MODELED ON LOWMEMBERSHIP COSTS IN HIDING FORTHE APPLIANCE COULD RUN INTOTROUBLE I THINK SOME OF THESMALLER STUDIOS THAT MIGHT BETOP.IF YOU HAD 10 OR 12 BYTESBUT NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN YOUCAN ONLY HAVE 5 OR 7 OR YOU'VEGOT A CERTAIN AMOUNT EQUIPMENTIN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF SQUAREFOOTAGE BUT EVERYTHINGSCRUNCHED TOGETHER AND NOW ALLOF A SUDDEN THAT'S LIMITEDTHAT MAY BE TOUGHER.AND IT GOES FROM HERE ANDWHO IS LEFT STANDING IN THEMONTHS TO COME REMAINS TO BESEEN.

BUT FOR NOW FOR MANY.

ITNEVER BEEN SO HAPPY TO WORK SOHARD THE IN ROSEVILLE KARMA