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Old Aug 16, 2020 | 10:50 pm
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Originally Posted by obunewbie17
I’ll say the Ambassador in KC has impressed me. The front desk has to escort you into their gym, and they ask that you inform them which things you used so they can clean it as soon as you leave. They also have sanitary wipes in there already — I’ve used them before and after using equipment anyway. But that’s just for my own sanity I suppose.
Wow. I haven't seen anything approaching that anywhere. Personally, I perceive the risk of a gym to come from breathing in the droplets exhaled by others who are working out intensely in a small and poorly ventilated area. So i almost certainly wouldn't work out at a hotel gym or any other indoor gym within say 20 feet of someone else.

But I don't personally perceive a risk from surfaces or lingering droplets--at least no greater risk than i am willing to tolerate in stores etc.

So, given the lack of other people using the gym at the same time as me, I haven't viewed going to a hotel gym (on the occasions I've gone) as a high-risk activity at all.
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