Workout Pods Made From Shower Curtains?! What You Might Expect When Gyms Start To Reopen

By kmvq on June 17, 2020

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Many people complained of gaining weight in quarantine, while the pandemic kept 38,000 gyms closed for the past few months. Now one gym has devised a creative way to reopen and stay socially distant.

According to Business Insider, Inspire South Bay in Redondo Beach, California, has set up individual workout pods for safer exercising The six-foot-by-10-foot pods are made of see-through shower curtains and PVC pipe and stocked with a bench and free weights.

They’ve also reduced fitness class sizes from 24 to nine people.