Reinventing the Gym

Butte County now on the state's watchlist, gyms are forced to close their doors this weekend, but some gyms are adapting to this second wave of shutdowns

New tonight - gyms only have a few days to prepare if a shutdown happens on saturday.

Action news now reporter esteban reynoso is live in chico, esteban you spoke with a gm at a gym, what are they doing differently?

Right behind me, it looks like a lot of metal and fencing, but its a way to keep business pumped during shutdowns.

"so we're just ramping up and getting ready for that to happen."

A huge portion of this parking lot, is being converted into an outdoor gym.

"we have an outside running track, and a very large aquatics area and outside our aquatics area we have a large parking lot.

So, we're literally expanding into the parking lot."

Machines and weights will be moved from inside to the outside to go along with state guidelines to help reduce the spread of covid-19.

"we're doing what everybody else has to do.

As far as social distancing, constantly cleaning, the hand sanitations you know.

We feel that we have gone above and beyond as far as our cleanliness and what we have to do to keep our doors open."

But even now, with the official watchlist day for this weekend, in-motion is still taking all the precautions necessary.

I don't have a membership but even i had to take my temperature before entering the gym.

"they take everybody's temperature whether it's kids adults, every single time you enter the door.

They're always disinfecting everything, so they're definently taking the measures of what they can."

Gym goers are thrilled that at least something will stay normal this time around.

"i hope it stays open, i hope it stays this way.

I'm looking forward to seeing how it turns out."

There is no official word yet that butte county will stay on the state's watchlist, but come saturday, that may all change.

Live in chico, esteban reynoso for action news now coverage you can count on.

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