Equinox Sports Club has unveiled its reopening plan, which comes with ramped up cleaning and sanitation, health checks, limited club capacity, PPE, contactless features, and changes in etiquette.
The luxury fitness club posted on its website, “Over the past several weeks, we established a task force, including a team of leading medical and infectious disease experts, who have been working tirelessly on a comprehensive reopening strategy. This plan builds upon Equinox’s already recognized high standards of health, safety, and cleanliness – and takes them to the highest level.”
Workouts must be booked in advance using the Equinox app and will be limited to three, 90-minute appointments per week. Additional workouts will be available for booking on a standby basis depending on the club’s capacity.
Classes like pilates or other group workouts and personal training sessions will be booked for enrolled members only, and there will be a 30-minute wait period between group fitness classes for cleaning.
Sanitary measures include deep cleaning and disinfecting three times per day and once overnight, and designated areas will be sectioned to facilitate the cleaning with adjusted club hours. Lockers will be cleaned after each use, and members will be asked to use hand sanitizer when entering the club and frequently throughout their visit.
Members will be asked to wipe down equipment before and after use, and also disinfect phones and personal devices under touchless UV-C sanitizers. They will also be required to wear face masks at all times in the club, except while exercising, and will be provided with a plastic bag to store their mask while working out. It is recommended but not required that members wear gloves.
Employees and members will also be required to submit to temperature checks before entering, complete a mandatory health declaration to confirm they are not experiencing symptoms of COVID-19 or have come in contact with someone experiencing symptoms, and alert their club’s general manager if they test positive within 14 days of their last club visit.
Showers, steam rooms, saunas, spa facilities, pools, Kids Club, coat check, basketball courts and team sports areas will remain closed during the initial reopening.
Last week, Equinox-owned spin studio SoulCycle announced its reopening plan with similar sanitation measures for health and safety, including socially distanced workouts, temperature checks and closed locker rooms
Photo courtesy Equinox Sports Club/San Francisco
