When Club 16 Trevor Linden Fitness reopened its doors on Monday with new COVID-19 protocols, John Sardinha was one of the first people back. “I can’t just go running in the streets, I’m not that kind of person.
I need a closed space, like a gym environment,” Sardinha told Global News. He’s one of thousands of gym members in British Columbia navigating the new normal as fitness clubs reopen amid Phase 2 of the province’s pandemic reopening plan. “They are really prepared for this, everyone is keeping everything really clean,” he said.
Gyms were not closed province-wide by provincial health order, but several health authorities issued their own closure orders.