No gym for 4 months? Tell me more about your First World problems. In the meantime, I’ll speak for those who REALLY need to be heard.
For most people reading this, it goes without saying; you’d be a fool to enter the gym without a training goal. Anything outside of this structure is a waste of your time as a lifter. And I’d usually agree. But my age and personal experiences have me singing a different tune at this point in the game. It’s likely an unpopular opinion subject to ridicule from purists – but I believe there’s a time and place for fitness goals.
It’s been a couple of months, and most heavy training die-hards are going stir-crazy trying to makeshift training programs that prevent them from losing their gains.
This pandemic has brought out the best of the innovators, as they’ve been able to make ends meet with home training programs in the absence of their precious barbells and dumbbells.
That’s commendable, since for many, it’s more difficult to transition away from a classic gym setting to one more poorly equipped. These days, when I drive the streets of Toronto, a quick glance at most sidewalks reminds me of the other method people are using to cope with gym closures: Running.
With the rise of Instagram “influencers”, group training studios, and do-it-yourself training apps, few would have thought it would be a global pandemic that sends the grass roots of the personal training industry into question.
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