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Phase 3 of Bostons re-opening plan begins Monday, which means fitness centers and gyms can start welcoming customers back into their facilities.

Despite the green light, however, not all boutique studios will re-open on Monday. Among those that will remain closed is The Handle Bar, an indoor cycling studio with locations in Fenway, South Boston, Harvard Square, and the North End. In an email to riders, owner and founder Jess Fracalossi said the studio did not anticipate the level of restrictions from the state. Fracalossi told customers to stay tuned in regard to what The Handle Bars new normal will look like.

In the meantime, Fracalossi solicited suggestions for spaces to host outdoor rides during the summer and early fall.

No idea is too wild, big or small, she wrote.

The states current guidelines require gyms and fitness studios to limit their capacity to 40 percent, with all equipment at least 14 feet apart. Equipment can be six feet apart if physical barriers are installed or if patrons are wearing face masks. In any case, no enclosed space may exceed an occupancy of eight individuals per 1,000 square feet. (The Handle Bars cycling room at the Fenway location is 1,700 square feet, for reference.)

While many local indoor cycling studios anticipated reduced capacity and increased distance between bikes, the extent of the constraints has complicated the re-opening process.

Turnstyle, an indoor cycling studio with locations in Back Bay, Charlestown, Kendall Square, the South End, and Woburn, will also stay closed. In a note to riders, Turnstyle said their re-opening process will be tiered by studio, beginning with the South End location hopefully sometime in July. Until then, the South End location has bikes available for rent, for $250 per month.

Ride North End, too, will remain closed, founder Melina DiPaola said in a message to riders, with no exact opening date in mind. The same goes for SoulCycles five Boston-area locations and for CYCLEBAR in Assembly Row. Like The Handle Bar, CYCLEBAR is pursuing a potential outdoor class schedule.

One studio that has already begun organizing outdoor classes is B/SPOKEs Cape House location.

Using a space near the Fountain Street parking lot in the Mashpee Commons, B/SPOKE hosted its first 40-minute cycling class on July 4 and has since established a regular schedule. Bikes are set up in four groups of 10, with nine feet between each bike and over 20 feet between each group.

All classes are weather permitting.

When not at their individual bikes, riders are required to wear a face mask. They must also sanitize their hands upon arrival and departure, and are encouraged to bring their own shoes, though a limited supply is available to rent for $7.

The guidelines are just a snippet of the changes indoor cycling studios will have to implement in order to re-open safely.

Many are upping their turnover time between classes to adequately sanitize equipment. Turnstyle plans to have at least 30 minutes between each class and intends to send an email asking riders to not show up more than 15 minutes early before the scheduled class time.

Riders should also expect no access to showers and only emergency access to water fountains. Locker usage is contingent upon studio, but SoulCycle, for example, is instituting a system in which lockers cannot be used two classes in a row.

Other likely updates include checking the temperature of staff members, utilizing hands-free check-in, and requiring face masks outside of the cycling room. Additionally, some studios, such as CYCLEBAR, are installing new air purifiers in both the cycling and waiting room. CYCLEBAR, along with others, plans to add several touch-less sanitizing stations throughout the studio.

While riders await their re-opening, nearly all studios have sent out communications with the same message: We cant wait to see you safely again soon.

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The Mi Band 5 should hit US shores this month. You can preorder it right now for just $42.

The Xiaomi Mi Band 5 is coming soon to the US, bringing a wealth of impressive features to your wrist on the cheap. How impressive and how cheap? Let's start with the latter: If you simply can't wait to get your mitts on one, Walmart has the Xiaomi Mi Band 5 for $41.99. Note that it's being offered via a third-party seller, and that it says delivery will take about two weeks.

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While being in quarantine undoubtedly has its downsides, for many, it presented an opportunity to establish a new fitness routine. Now the tough part: continuing such routines as we try to find a normal footing in a post-quarantine eraalthough that era is looking more distant as cases continue to rise in some areas of the country.

Before we move on to tips for maintaining these new fitness levels, it helps to understand one of the reasons some people have been able to adopt healthier habits during quarantine.

According to Charles Duhigg, author of The Power of Habit, all habits involve cues and rewards. A cue, which could be a time of day, triggers you to perform the habit, while the reward is the outcome motivating you to perform it. For example, hunger pangs in late afternoon trigger you to perform the habit of grabbing a snack; you are rewarded with renewed concentration.

Interruptions to our default schedules can make it easier to alter our habits, Duhigg says. Consider the fact that many people find it easier to quit smoking on vacation, for example, when your cues and your rewards are suddenly destabilized in a useful way, Duhigg says.

That same destabilization has occurred during the pandemic. Someone forced to work from home might have taken advantage of this upheaval by choosing to begin running at 7 a.m., when they otherwise would have been commuting, which triggers them to run. The reward is increased energy and focus.

But nowor at some point in the futurethey might have to return to commuting. How will they continue running? Happily, as Duhigg says, experiencing a new way of doing things during quarantine has changed our sense of the possibleperhaps our runners will decide to get up early to run, for example. Here are some strategies that also will help maintain fitness habits as schedules change and time gets shorter.

Focus on your why

When free time is again at a premium, having a powerful reason to exercise is vital. Duhigg explains, If you have better whys, then its probably going to maintain your motivation.

Tasha Edwards, a Huntsville, Ala.-based mind and movement health coach and personal trainer, encourages her clients to examine the benefits of exercise and ask themselves, Whats the cost of surrendering that?

Edwards, who has a family history of chronic disease, sees fitness as a long-term investment in her health. Im fighting for the life that I want, she says. I want to be able to run with my grandchildren the same way I ran with my kids.

But a long-term motivation that helps you establish a routine isnt always enough to keep it, says preventive medicine professor Michelle Martin, founding director of the Center for Innovation in Health Equity Research at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center. If your goal is to avoid heart disease 20 years down the road and youre faced with the choice of watching a funny movie or exercising after a long day of work, she says, I think we probably could tell what someone is likely to choose.

If you have a meaningful short-term reward, she says, such as improving your mood, there is a stronger chance youll choose the workout. Edwards can relate; while she exercises to avoid disease later in life, activities such as dancing and yoga, make her feel good on a daily basis.

Michelle Rogers, a Mebane, N.C. certified personal trainer, hit a turning point when she found her why. As a self-proclaimed yo-yo dieter, shed exercised solely for weight loss for decades. But in 2008, at age 41, she started walking to alleviate the aches and pains she experienced at her desk job. She felt better not just physically, but emotionally and mentally, too. Though the scale didnt budge initially, for the first time in her life, Rogers stayed consistent and has continued to exercise ever since. While she has lost weight as a result, she and Edwards are adamant that the scale is not a sustainable source of motivation.

Try scheduling

Its not enough to say youll exercise three times a week post-quarantine and hope that somehow in the mix of 500 million things were doing were going to find that perfect time to exercise, Martin explains. She suggests marking your workouts on your calendar as you would an appointment or meeting. Rogers recommends taking it a step further by setting a reminder on your phone.

According to Rogers, not only can scheduling your exercise ensure you make time for it, it also eliminates the indecision that often leads to excuses. Instead of expending the energy to decide when, where, and how youre going to exercise, all you have to do is stick to the schedule.

For Rogers, mornings work best. No matter what the rest of the day throws at me, my workout is finished. Edwards agrees. At 5:30 in the morning, unless somethings on fire or someones dead or in labor, she says, nobodys looking for you.

That said, theres no right or wrong time to exercise. Both trainers advise choosing the time that works best for you.

Embrace good enough

The imperfect workout you complete is always better than the perfect workout you never start. Often, we think that if were going to exercise it has to be CrossFit or nothing, explains Rogers. But even a short, low-intensity walk is better than nothing. Martin calls this something or nothing thinking and says this mind-set is crucial.

Also crucial: planning for failure (sometimes called coping planning). Planning for failure means strategizing about what youll do when your plans fall through. She suggests creating blueprints for specific situations.

For example, if you might be late to a class, you could decide that youll still attend, no matter how much youve missed. If youre too tired for your scheduled five-mile run, your backup plan could be a 20-minute walk.

According to Martin, coping planning is key because when youre in the moment, its so hard to think about how youre going to address those barriers. Her advice for almost any exercise snag? Be ready for the 10-minute workout.

Be creative

Creativity will help you prioritize fitness as demands on your time increase. Martin suggests tracking your time. She says when people closely examine the way they spend their time, they often find ways to tweak their schedules to make room for exercise.

Multitasking gets a bad rap, but it can be an effective way to squeeze a workout into a busy day. For Edwardss clients who love reading, she recommends selecting an audiobook to listen to only while exercising. If its feasible, Rogers suggests inviting colleagues to a walking meeting rather than reserving a conference room.

If youre pressed for family time, consider expanding your idea of exercise to include all kinds of movement and involve your partner and/or children. Edwards recently enjoyed a 45-minute sweat session with her kids, ages 16 and 22, dancing to The Michael Jackson Experience on their Wii. Rogers suggests going for walks and bike rides with your kids (including your furry ones). Martin says during quarantine, she and her sister have enjoyed doing the same YouTube workout video together over Zoom.

Martin encourages us to think of the restaurants, schools, and live events that have pivoted abruptly during coronavirus. We all have to bring that agility and creativity and flexibility to our physical activity routines.

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Pam Moore is a freelance writer, speaker, marathoner, Ironman triathlete and group fitness instructor.

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A longtime rumored development in the sport of fitness has finally taken shape Thursday as the Professional Fitness Athletes Association(PFAA) has formed as a way for athletes within the sport of fitness to collectively organize and put forth a unified front for their voice and interests. The PFAA is officially incorporated as a Washington-based non-profit to serve the needs of the competitive fitness athlete community, and the formation comes at a time when the CrossFit community and the sport are in a massive state of flux. For the first time in history, CrossFit Inc. is going through an ownership change, and the sport is still working through the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic to try and salvage some of its season.

Membership for the PFAA currently includes all 60 qualified athletes for the 2020 CrossFit Games along with an additional collection of prominent hand-picked members of the CrossFit community who have historically played major roles in representing other areas of the sport such as masters, teenagers, teams, and national champions from around the world.

The primary function of the PFAA lies in its collective bargaining power by unifying athletes to augment their voices and interests to give them a seat at the table when it comes to the future of the sport, which includes the decision-making process for any changes or improvements being made. A handful of immediate matters include:

A major step for athletes: Every major professional sport with the exception of MMA has a players union or association that provides representation and collective bargaining on the athletes behalf. They also provide a key element of checks and balances to ensure that players and athletes dont get railroaded by corporations and organizations with only their interests in mind.

The PFAA is still in the early stages of development, and plenty of details are still needing to be hashed out, but the most crucial step in any moment of progress is the first. There is no question that the athletes are stronger together, and for the sport to evolve to reach its potential, unification will be a necessity.

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The entrance of Station 6 Fitness and Martial Arts welcomes those who want to get into shape.

Those looking for a challenge and wanting to get into shape are invited to check out Station 6 Fitness and Martial Arts.

Located at 1802 N. Jackson St., Suite 650 behind Chick-fil-A, the business recently celebrated their ribbon cutting thanks to the Chamber of Commerce.

Despite the name sounding like a TV station, Station 6 Fitness and Martial Arts is two gyms in one which holds both a small group, personal fitness gym while also teaching Brazilian jiu-jitsu and kickboxing.

Owner and head instructor Jon Haskew said one of the biggest reasons he opened Station 6 was because what he saw as a personal trainer over the past 10 years.

The staff of Station 6 prepares to cut the ribbon of their grand opening. From left Kids Jiu-Jitsu instructor Hollie Yokley, gym manager Carrie Haskew, Owner and Jiu-Jitsu instructor Jon Haskew and Kickboxing instructor Alex Roberts.

If males workout it tends to be more resistance training and when females workout it tends to be more cardio vascular and both over the age of 30 years old need increased mobility, said Haskew. So my business partner and I spent about a year and half coming up with a program that would answer all of those problems. Mobility, strength, cardio vascular and some kick boxing to keep some good variety in there and to have some good cardio vascular.

Haskew explained there are six different stations where people will start off with mobility before moving on to cardio vascular, strength training, core training, back to strength training and ends with kickboxing to wrap up the 36 minute workout.

Haskew said one of their members did the numbers of his five week progress and has lost 13 pounds of pure fat.

Thats pretty impressive for five weeks of work, said Haskew.

A mural on the side of Station 6 Fitness and Martial Arts by SEVEN, was done by an artist from Chattanooga.

Station6 has been open for about six weeks before the grand ribbon cutting and Haskew said they have been welcomed by the community with their martial arts classes already full and their fitness classes close to filling up.

Im really excited to be in the Tullahoma area, said Haskew, We believe its an up and coming area and we have really been received with open arms. It seems to be a great fit for us coming to the Tullahoma community.

Anyone interested in joining a class can call 423-488-3317 or send an email at station.6.fitness@gmail.com. People can also follow Station 6 Fitness and Martial Arts on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

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Gyms and fitness centers, which are allowed under the states phase three reopening plans, are looking at ways to reintroduce their in-person programming and facilities.

Included in phase three are movie theaters and performance venues working outdoors, museums and cultural and historical sites, gyms and health clubs, some indoor recreational activities that dont have much potential for high contact, like casino gaming floors, and professional sports without spectators.

In order to ensure the safety of guests at gyms and fitness centers, customers are being required to wear masks when indoors, and certain protocols are being implemented to minimize the possibility of spreading illness.

Owner of Airport Fitness, Connie McHugh, said working out at the fitness center currently works like reserving a table at a restaurant, although the gym does take walk-ins, if theres enough space.

Members are encouraged to pre-register online to secure a timeslot.

There are 17 spots available for members in the club for each hour-long workout session.

McHugh said Airport Fitness is lucky enough to have plenty of space to keep guests separate, often in their own rooms or workout spaces. With nine fitness rooms, McHugh said it is relatively easy for Airport Fitness to keep the required 10 feet of distance between guests.

Masks will be required at all times in the building. The only exception will be activities on the tennis court.

Members are encouraged to bring their own workout towel, water bottle, yoga mat, and sterile gloves. Each day, the facility will be closed between 1 pm and 3 pm, and the entire building will be thoroughly disinfected with an electrostatic spray. That procedure is also done each evening after the gym closes.

Spa facilities like the steam room, sauna, and showers will be closed for the time being. The fitness club offers senior fitness time from 3 to 4 pm, in order to allow elderly and immunocompromised individuals to exercise safely away from others. Tennis lessons and other fitness classes are also available for those who pre-register online.

McHugh said a lot of the rooms at Airport Fitness have been repurposed to allow for proper distancing, and a smooth flow through the facility that doesnt require people to double back or be in too many different places.

This is normally a large classroom, but now it serves as a workout space. We are teaching some classes in-person on the tennis courts, and simultaneously live streaming them online, McHugh said. Inside Airport Fitness, folks could be seen in their own corners, and often their own rooms, wearing masks as they get their sweat on.

For McHugh, these first few weeks will be a trial run to see just how many people will come to the gym, and how many people can be safely accommodated. We werent sure if two or 22 or 222 people were going to come, McHugh said. It seems like we are seeing a combination of brand new people to our facility, and people who cant go to their original gym but still want to work out.

According to McHugh, Airport Fitness is unique because guests can have their own space to use, and there is plenty of space so that people are not forced to pass close by each other when moving around the building.

And some unique sanitation procedures have been adopted by guests and staff, like providing a reusable bottle of disinfectant and hand sanitizer to gym members upon entry, then washing the bottle after use.

We are just really excited to be back up and running, and we will see where we go in the next few weeks, this is all very new to us, McHugh said. Im glad we can provide a safe environment for people who want to get back to the gym.

Other fitness centers, like Crossfit MV, will continue to operate outdoors, with group sessions and classes available. Crossfit has a portable handwashing station set up outside, as well as hand sanitizer at each individual workout station. All members are required to either wash their hands or use hand sanitizer upon arriving. Crossfitters must wear a mask whenever the mandatory six-foot distance cannot be kept. All are also required to have a mask at the ready (either around their neck, in their pocket, or on their mat) to be ready to use whenever social distancing isnt possible. Each workout station will have its own basket of CDC-approved cleaning products so that members can sanitize their designated space before and after use.

The Mansion House Health Club is delaying its opening as they begin to implement changes that will meet the health and safety guidelines issued by the state.

Weights, machines, treadmills, bikes, and other equipment must be spaced at least 14 feet apart, unless physical barriers are placed in between, in which case they must still be six feet apart. Equipment must be sanitized between each use, and everyone inside the club must wear a face covering. Additionally, the guidelines instruct gyms to limit circuit training and encourage members to use just one piece of equipment at a time, as opposed to alternating between several machines or areas.

According to a letter issued by the Mansion House to members, the health club will look at hiring additional staff, and will review the layout of the facility to see what needs to be moved, and what new equipment needs to be bought.

We cant wave a magic wand. We have to do it right and that will take several weeks. We are so thankful that our members appreciate that you cant just increase a room size overnight, or conjure up staff. As a year-round family-owned health club, the well-being of our friends and neighbors comes first, the letter states.

In a letter from the YMCA of Marthas Vineyard to members, membership coordinator Lindsay Webster writes that as a multi-use facility, the Y will be taking a phased approach to reopening, with one-on-one lifeguard trainings kicking off the reopening, and the fitness center being the last facility to reopen on a date to be determined.

The current guidance restricts us from having certain programs and services operating simultaneously, so in alliance with our mission weve made the decision to phase our opening with social responsibility at the forefront, Webster wrote.

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HALIFAX Nevell Provo knows the importance of maintaining a healthy diet to stay in shape.

For much of his life, the Halifax native played basketball at a high level, going so far as playing in the NCAA for Loyola University. When Nevell returned to Halifax in 2018, he returned to amazing cooking by his mother, Karen Provo, which gave him an idea.

I came home around two years ago. My mom (Karen Provo), she was making meals for myself -healthy meals, recalled Nevell. She decided that she wanted to do that for some other people.

It was only natural that Nevell wanted to get into business in his early 20s. He studied the subject in university and his older brother, Corvell Beals, was an entrepreneur himself. The future basketball star also tried his hands in the food market at age four, when he discovered a way to make money with no overhead cost.

I went and got some potatoes from my uncles garden, recalled Nevell with a laugh. I didnt really ask permission and took them to my moms work and was selling potatoes to her coworkers for a dollar.

So, in late 2018 the two brothers and their mother created Smooth Meal Prep, a business that prepares ready-to-eat healthy meals and delivers them to your door. This way, you can meet your fitness goals, even if you have little time to cook. They even have different meal options depending on what your fitness needs are.

We just try to be creative, said Corvell. Well take peoples favourite meals and just make them healthy. Well drop some sauce and find a real healthy replacement. Even myself, Im not the healthiest eater in the world but Ive learned that healthy food can actually taste good if you put the right flavours to it and you find the right replacements.

If you order from Smooth Meal prep, you can expect delicious dishes like kale chicken salad, deconstructed taco, salmon with vegetables, and cabbage rolls to name a few. While Nevell and Corvell have the business acumen, its Karens lifetime experience in the kitchen that provides the flavour to the company.

Food has always been a passion for me. Its something that makes people happy, said Karen.

They always tend to think that eating healthy means having a bland choice of food. It was our mission to show that wasnt necessarily the case.

Karen recalls visiting her best friends house after school and spending lots of time with her friends mother in the kitchen, learning how to cook and bake. Karens skills came in handy when she had to feed a large family of her own.

My Mom loves her family, said Corvelle. Were big eaters and she was always trying to find that balance between what tastes good and what we would like. Shes been dealing with that challenge a long time.

Smooth Meal Prep began small, but as word got around more and more people wanted to order from the company. But the business owners found out that trying to start up a new business, while being in the black community, can have a lot of challenges.

This is my first business, I dont have uncles that have run businesses before, I dont have people around me who would know the places to go, said Nevell. Where, maybe, one of my white counterparts might have that education and knowledge because of his surroundings.

Those kinds of challenges, being black, we see those across the board. Theyre more systemic issues, and were trying to fight those and we have to do a lot of extra work and do a lot of extra steps.

But Smooth Meal Prep overcame those systemic obstacles and survived the economic downturn caused by Covid-19. In fact, now that gyms are reopening, people are trying to get rid of their excess Covid weight, which means more business for the company.

Coming out of Covid, were actually seeing ourselves growing at a more rapid rate than this time last year, said Nevell.

Were kind of seeing a new wave of New Years resolution-ers. We really want to play on that and help people get back to where they want to be.

The trio estimates that they cook for between 50-60 people a week and employ nine staff members. The great news is that 90 percent of their business comes from return customers, which means the future of the company looks bright. Best of all, every day at work the owners get to spend quality time with family.

Every day Im coming to work with my family and its hard to let each other down when we know that the other persons depending on you, said Corvell.

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Small gyms in Ontario have a warning for the provincial government:lump us in with with larger gyms for reopening regulations and countless independent operators will close.

The realityis thatscores of small, local gyms have already shut their doors, unable to survive the pandemic, says theOntario Independent Fitness Studio Association.

The grouprepresents about 100 gyms throughout the Greater Toronto Area, Waterloo region, London and Windsor, and is calling for more government relief for the industry before the situation becomes worse.

It's asking small gyms be put in their own category, separate from their larger counterparts, allowing them more tailored rules around how many people can use the facilities while safely distancing.

The association argues that unlike big-box gyms, small gyms have a more personalized fitness experience and are better able to managedistancing requirements. And even though opening at30 per cent capacity may be sustainable for a larger gyms, it would cripple smallerplayers, it says.

"If [capacity] is too low, I feel that some gym owners will not open, because at that point they'll just be losing money," saidAlex Kucharski, a director with the Ontario Independent Fitness Studio Association.

"We're already suffering. Relief measures haven't always applied to our industry, so a lot of us have been left out of those things," saidKucharski.

Gyms will likely be part of Stage 3 of the province's reopening plan.

Brittany McLeanand her boyfriend Aaron Lukasik opened an F45 gym in Kitchenerin February, just weeks before the shutdown in Ontario.

They had 140 members, but the pandemic hit the business hard.

"Literally the moment we shut our doors, we lost 98 per cent of memberships. People can't afford it or were confused about what was happening," said McLean.

Since they had been open for such a short time, McLean says they didn't qualify for government supports.

So they pivoted to online offerings. It's been enough tostay afloat, but the pair is anxious to get back in the studio. They say their small gym, which uses a circuit stationwhere everybody brings their own equipment and gets their own taped-off zone, is much safer than larger gyms.

"We have full control of what's happening in studio at all times," said McLean. "We always have two trainers in studio watching what's going on so we can control safety protocols."

The Fitness Industry Council of Canada, which represents large and small gym operators, has said gyms of all sizes will be focused on being"as careful as possible when reopening and ensuring that members feel safe in the environment of our clubs/studios."

The stakes were high for Adam and Michelle DeJong when the pandemic hit.

They say Limitless Performance, which they opened eight years ago in Kitchener, is at the core of who they and how they live their lives.

"The gym is our life and the community is our family," said Adam DeJong

"Most people call it their second home," said Michelle DeJong.

They continued to pay rent, but weren't able to access the building at first. Like many other small studios, they've offered online classes.

Then after Stage 2 took effect last month, the DeJongs started running distanced workout classes in the parking lot of their gym until they're able to fully reopen.

Even though they feel the outdoor classes are a step in the right direction, Adam DeJong says he hopes the government considers relief measures for smaller gyms.

"With limited number of members using the space at a time, revenue and membership base is not going to be where we expected it to be probably for along time," said DeJong. "[We'd appreciate] some sort measure or subsidy supporting that until we get back to what we're calling the new normal."

CBC News asked the Ontario government for a response to these calls from small gyms for support,and if it will consider different accommodations for independent, smaller, operators as compared to larger gyms.

In a statement, Prabmeet Sarkaria, the associate minister of small business and red tape reduction, said it has held more than 80 roundtables since the pandemic began with small businesses across the province including small gyms.

"We are quickly working through issues like these and finding solutions that are workable, make sense, and keep Ontarians safe," the statement said.

If supports aren't introduced,Kucharskisays changes will come fast.

"You'll see a lot more gyms closing in your communities and a lot less access to fitness and the ability to improve your physical well being."

In the meantime he says his association and the owners of the independent gyms it representswill be watching closely.

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