Post-Lockdown: Communications
Have you thought about how you will communicate new procedures and member expectations regarding re-opening? Can you utilise a members’ group – such as Facebook? Can you send out a special email? Can you put notices up at gym once reopened? Can you add a pop up/ check box to your booking system asking members […]
Post-Lockdown: Dealing with communal objects
1. Do you have automatic taps, automatic soap dispensers, single use paper towels and contactless, covered bins? 2. Can you remove the need to touch items such as doorhandles with bare hands? (Be careful not to break Fire Regulations by propping open internal Fire Doors!) 3. If you don’t already have it, can you implement […]
Post-Lockdown: PPE & Minimising Cross-Contamination
PPE – minimising cross-contamination…… Have you identified anything members could touch and decided how to minimise cross-contamination by using protective items of clothing? Can you minimise contact with objects unless absolutely necessary (e.g. other than workout equipment)? Can you insist members wear gloves at all times apart from them working out? Can you ask them […]
Post-Lockdown: Safe Access & Egress
Access and egress to buildings & toilets – (this is just the H&S terminology for how to enter and leave a building safely). Have you thought about how members will enter and leave whilst minimising social contact? Have you considered extra cleaning requirements between sessions and how to manage the time required? Have you considered […]
Post-Lockdown: Overview
Once the lockdown has been lifted, however that may look, have you thought about how you will manage the following? ✅ Access and egress to buildings & toilets✅ PPE: minimising cross-contamination✅ Equipment use, programming and spacing ✅ Dealing with communal objects✅ Equipment cleaning procedures✅ Communications to members and conditions for being allowed to attend✅ Alternatives […]
What next?
How might gyms operate post-lockdown? ✅ Sanitary measures✅ Spacing requirements✅ Enhanced procedures and communications Over the next few days we are going to explore what measures and considerations may help gym owners manage the likely business changes and operations required on re-opening, and suggest solutions to overcome logistical problems. These posts will only be a […]