People tend to worry about communal places and objects because they fear coming into contact, directly or indirectly, with someone who can get them sick. One of these places is their local home gym – and you can avoid coronavirus at your gym, by having your own home gym setup!
Viruses that cause illnesses such as COVID-19 (coronavirus) and the seasonal flu are often spread via direct exposure to respiratory droplets expelled in the sneezes or coughs of a sick person, but they can also live on surfaces and inanimate objects for days at a time. It’s logical to think that the more people who touch shared objects—like, say, weights and cardio machines—the higher the risk that someone could leave behind a virus, potentially passing it on to others.
When you work out at home, you’re not coming in contact with anything someone may have left behind. With viruses such as COVID-19 being transmitted by both the air, and by touch, there’s no way of knowing how well your local gym is disinfecting their facilities. And even if they just wiped down surfaces 15 minutes ago, all it takes is for an infected person to come in 5 minutes later, to expose you to the virus.
Plus, there are a multitude of benefits to working out in your own home gym, even once this health threat has passed. You can work out whenever the mood strikes you. You don’t have to travel to a gym to work out – you only have to go into whatever room you’ve set your equipment up in. You don’t have to deal with a crowded gym, waiting for an open machine, so your workouts can be just as intense, yet be done faster than going to the gym.
At Fitness 4 Home Superstore, we carry the fitness industry’s top lines of home cardio fitness equipment, strength training equipment, and fitness accessories, as well as a full selection of pre-owned fitness equipment. Stop into any of our three Phoenix-area locations, and find that perfect piece of home gym fitness equipment for your home!
