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Taylor found out how The Edge Fitness clubs are making sure they provide a safe environment for you to work out in.

As states across the U.S. lift coronavirus lockdowns, gyms are starting to reopen their doors – within limits. We talked to David Thomas, Director of Infectious Diseases for Johns Hopkins Medicine, and Natalie Bushaw, spokeswoman for Lifetime Fitness, to find out how safe you should feel at the gym.

“There’s a whole feeling that you get when you work out.  It just feels better all over.  I miss that,” said Victor Sargent of Bristol. Sargent said he’s been a member of the same gym for more than three decades.  Like all gyms in Connecticut, Malibu Fitness in Farmington was forced to close on March 16.  “Between the two...

NBC Connecticut takes a look at what’s be required for gyms to get open and back to business

Gov. Ned Lamont estimates that 95% of the economy will be reopening in Phase 2.

The fitness industry in Connecticut remains on pause until around June 20 leaving fitness trainers on hold and out of work

Gyms are used to seeing attendance drops a few months into the start of a new year when resolutions fade. But nothing could have prepared them for the drop they experienced because of the coronavirus pandemic. In late February, as the outbreak worsened, gyms took steps to protect customers, such as limiting class sizes and ramping up cleaning procedures. By mid-March,...

Not knowing of the decision the governor was going to make two days later, on Saturday, the owners of Joey Garlic’s Restaurant and Pizzaria turned half of their Newington parking lot into curbside pickup so people could get their food to go. Monday morning, the governor ordered all restaurants and bars to close indefinitely after 8 p.m., with the...