Back To Gym After COVID-19 Lockdown
UPDATED Wed 23 June 2021
The HPA have announced a process for gym opening. We will be reopening on Mon 28 Jun at 5.30 am. Our opening hours are from 5.30 am till 5.30 pm daily.
Back to gym after lockdown may be easy for some. For others, it is not as easy as it sounds! Two months of movement restrictions can have different effects on different people.
While some may feel lazy, others may be ready to hit the gym running! Few may delay gym for a “tomorrow” that may never come! The super organized will book their gym visits well in advance.
Booking gym visits is a welcome new habit the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic have introduced to our gym culture. New HPA regulations require gym visits be scheduled. Ten months of experience, since reopening in July last year have helped us familiarise the idea to members and management alike. We believe this is the future of membership management. Members appreciate individual attention.
Gym management software helps us give individual attention to members while enabling seamless gym visit bookings. We have installed a new management software called Zen Planner. We will be rolling out this software to members through the Zen Planner App. (Android, iOS). Members will be able to make advance bookings and also change bookings as required. Flexibility is assured.
Scheduling gym workouts is no different than a doctors appointment, or for that matter your dentist appointment. We schedule gym visits for one and a half hours (90 minutes) per visit. We have a fixed schedule while enabling flexibility for the member.
For example, our early morning session kicks off at 5.30 am with the #Fathispeople. The first time-window is from 5.30-7.00 am. The next is from 7.00-8.30 am and so on. Your Trainer will however be able to let you in say at 6.00 am, should there be space in the gym. We allow only 12 members at a time into our 2,000 sq. ft. gym floor. The Zen Planner App also provide a waiting list, should you wish to schedule a workout at a different time than your usual time.
Fitness Test gives a useful benchmark for members returning after 2 months of sedentary life under lockdown. Our Basic Fitness Test (BFT) comes free with your membership package. We will give you a measure of your body composition, aerobic capacity, strength and flexibility with a Fitness Score of 1-10, where 10 is what you will be aiming for! Most make it between 5 & 8.
We administer this test quarterly to guide members into advanced levels of fitness. Ask your Trainer to book your fitness test. You will also have access to your test scores, gym visits, and appointments on the Zen Planner App.
Intermediate & Advanced Fitness Tests are taking shape for later this year.
Vaccination is a precondition! Almost half or 42% of members are fully vaccinated. 21% of members have updated their status by sharing their vaccine card on MFC Viber 747-2535. However, 34% or a third of our members have not shared their vaccination updates. Those waiting for Covishield 2nd dose may expect vaccines in July according to Government Authorities.
Reopening Date (updated 23 Jun) was predicted to be Thursday 1 July 2021. However, as per govt. announcements (last night Tue 22 June), gym opening can now be fast tracked by a week to Mon 28 June at 5.30 am. Our closing time is shortened by 5 hours as HPA now maintain a 6 pm travel curfew.
For the immediate future gym opening hours are from 5.30 am till 5.30 pm weekdays, except Friday.
