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KOLKATA: Trainers not to touch members, locker use restricted, no sauna or shower chambers and members divided into tiny groups over multiple slots throughout the day. In the new normal era, these are some of the fresh set of standard operating procedures that gym owners and trainers are likely to follow when gyms and yoga centres reopen next week.
On Sunday, representatives of gym owners and trainers in Kolkata met at a south Kolkata facility to discuss the challenges ahead and the possible ways to overcome them. They came up with a set of SOP in the absence of fresh guidelines on SOPs from the centre. <\/p>\n
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\u201cThe major challenge on hand is to ensure social distancing and boost the confidence of members and offer a safe workout environment maintaining all caution. Hence, we have decided to open our facilities in phases. There will only be 20 members per slot who need to come in their workout gears and leave in the same. Small enclosed areas like locker rooms, sauna chambers and showers will be shut for now,\u201d said Neeraj Surana, operational head of Rush Fitness.
Gyms have also been flooded with requests from members for refund of four months\u2019 unused time, but the gym owners unanimously decided not entertain such pleas. Members who return to their fitness regimen and decide on renewals will be given an additional 25% usage days\/months. A monthly fee of Rs 300 or a daily Rs 10 per member will now be charged for sanitization since every gym has to be sanitized for 10 minutes every hour. \u201cWe have taken a huge hit because rentals have not been waived by landlords. Our clients will have to agree to share the load with us in these times, else we will not survive,\u201d read a statement by the Gym Owners\u2019 Forum, which is a body representing 100 top gyms in the city.
It was also decided that not more than 10 people for a 1,000 square feet space and 15-18 for a 2,000 square feet space will be allowed at a time. Each member will be allowed just an hour by appointment. \u201cThough the prime timings are, 6am-9am, we will encourage members to use the afternoon slots as well as many are working from home these days and can negotiate time,\u201d said Gagan Sachdev, owner of the Karma Fitness Studio chain.
Ronodeep Maitra, who owns the Endorphins chain of gyms, said they had also cancelled all group classes and massage sessions for the time being.
Some players like Core Gym said they would allow the use of lockers but in a restricted manner. \u201cWe have three locker blocks, of which only one will be operational during a slot,\u201d said Bhattacharya. <\/div>\n

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