Peet Sapsin directs clients inside custom built “Gainz Pods”, during his HIIT class, (high intensity interval training), at Sapsins Inspire South Bay Fitness, Redondo Beach, California, Wednesday, June 17, 2020. Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Peet Sapsin directs clients inside custom built “Gainz Pods”, during his HIIT class, (high intensity interval training), at Sapsins Inspire South Bay Fitness, Redondo Beach, California, Wednesday, June 17, 2020. Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Exercise is good for physical and mental health, but with coronavirus cases surging […]
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Arizona set a record Wednesday for new coronavirus cases, and 90 percent of the state’s ICU beds are filled. But that’s not stopping some gym owners from ignoring new lockdown rules and opening for business—prompting Gov. Doug Ducey to launch a crackdown on rogue fitness fanatics. Ducey released an executive order Monday shutting down all bars, gyms, theaters, water parks, and inner tubing locations until at least July 27, calling the latest COVID-19 case numbers “brutal.” It was a swift turnaround from his declaration earlier this month that he would not impose new restrictions despite the growing case numbers—and many gym […]
Arizona bars, nightclubs and gyms face mandatory shutdowns amid coronavirus spike Howard Fischer Capitol Media Services/Tucson.com Conceding he made a mistake in allowing them to reopen, Gov. Doug Ducey on Monday shuttered all bars in the state for at least the next 30 days. Ditto gyms, water parks, movie theaters and tubing along Arizona rivers. And schools won’t open until at least Aug. 17, two weeks later than the planned start date for most districts on traditional calendars. UPDATES: Tucson area coronavirus developments, June 30: Here’s what we know The moves come as Ducey acknowledged the explosion of cases of COVID-19 […]
Doug Ducey Arizona Governor Doug Ducey (R) on Monday ordered all bars, clubs, gyms, waterparks and theaters closed for at least 30 days to ‘slow the spread of Coronavirus.’ Here we go again. Just in time for Fourth of July. Rioting and looting is allowed, but no 4th of July parties. TRENDING: St. Louis Circuit Attorney Threatens to Take Action Against Couple Who Protected Home Against Protest Mob on Private Street Governor Ducey made his decision based on confirmed cases of Coronavirus soaring over the last week. According to reports, daily cases surpassed the 3,000 mark. “We’re not going back to […]
World’s Strongest Man powerhouse Eddie Hall has written to every member of the UK Parliament, revealing his own mental health battle and urging them to overturn the “injustice” of loosening lockdown controls on pubs but not gyms. Hall argued that people would be welcome to “drink themselves into oblivion” before they would be able to improve their health at public gyms and leisure centers, which will remain closed while bars are allowed to throw open their doors next week. Calling the ruling “baffling, frustrating, nonsensical and downright unfair”, the Staffordshire powerlifter pointed out that the health and fitness industry was worth £5 […]