Are gym workouts worth the risk during a COVID wave? Some St. Louisans say yes
Ioana Gruchevska started working out at the LAB Gym in St. Louis a few years ago. But early in the coronavirus pandemic, she stopped coming in for about six months, worried that she'd catch the virus.
Like other gym members in the St. Louis region, she eagerly returned following temporary shutdowns and resumed her workouts.
“The gym reopening and the safety protocols that were in place made me feel pretty comfortable to resume,” said Gruchevska, who now works with a trainer at the LAB Gym a few days a week.
Although Gruchevska and others have returned, people in St. Louis are divided over how safe it is to go into the gym and work out during the spread of the omicron variant. Gym owners in the city say membership is down significantly at the time of the year when gyms usually see an influx of people working on their New Year’s resolutions to get in shape.
https://news.stlpublicradio.org/health-science-environment/2022-02-10/are-gym-workouts-worth-the-risk-during-a-covid-wave-some-st-louisans-say-yes
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Workouts outside or in the home are stress-free in terms of COVID. By contrast, breathing hard--next to unmasked sweaty and potentially infected strangers in the gym? Not me. No matter how cold or inclement the weather, being outdoors to me is a blessing.
Why do some feel it impossible to consider doing so outside the gym? (yes, I recognize some may be trying to support gym owners, but somehow I doubt that is the majority). 
