Gyms closed due to the health emergency? Managers discover the outdoor alternative. It happened yesterday morning in Borgomanero, in via Vecchia, where Giancarlo Tosi decided to move the barbells and mats out of the office to place them on the adjacent lawn or in the courtyard. A free demonstration, open to all, yesterday’s one, to entice fans to return to have fun with tools and exercises. «It was almost two years that I hadn’t come to the gym anymore – says Isabel Moscheni, who works at the Veruno clinic – and this morning I felt reborn. For the work I do I suffer from back pain and doing certain types of exercises is the best remedy. It’s beautiful, we’re back to breathing ». For Tiziana Schevchukt, a cook with a passion for dance, outdoor exercises «are much more pleasant than those done indoors. You can breathe clean air, and also in this respect the outdoor gym should be encouraged ».
Tosi observed the distancing and imposed masks on all the participants: «I also organized the shifts to avoid any type of overcrowding, but here there is no risk. We have plenty of space and it’s nice to practice this way. We can only hope not to end up in the red zone, because at that point this opportunity would also disappear ».
Tosi adds that the idea also came to him to bypass the discouragement of the closing months: “My category is experiencing a very difficult period and the collapse of revenues in 2020 and this year is not compensated by refreshments or contributions, while the rents and management costs must be paid. Mine is also an initiative to raise awareness among institutions and public opinion: in the gym the rules are scrupulously respected, we have spent a lot to adapt them, it is not right to be penalized ».
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