TERRACE -- As the province approaches step two of reopening on june 15th, local gyms and activity centres are doing the same.
Maxxed Out, which operates in Terrace, has been waiting eagerly for stage 2 of the reopening plan which would allow for high intensity group training activities to once again start taking place indoors. Under the current mandate private sessions were still allowed but larger classes which contained a high level of activity were not allowed to happen indoors.
To combat this Maxxed Out has been offering outdoor fitness groups, which in the nicer weather were welcomed quite well, but now with the new eased regulations, they can start to offer access to their indoor facilities to their activity groups for the likes of adults, teenagers, and younger. Denise Manion, owner of Maxxed Out, says she is very happy to start offering indoor services once again outside of private bookings, but they are keeping everything in stride and are taking the cautious, slow approach.
"We're pretty excited to start indoor training again. We're starting off with the teenagers, we find they're a little bit more independent.” said Manion, “We're gonna hold off with the little kids because they tend to need a little bit more help, and we're still maintaining social distance, and we're going to keep that up obviously for quite a while. We're looking forward to eventually offering classes for little kids but for now we're going to stick with the adults and the teens.”
In addition to reopening, Manion adds that they have just acquired an additional unit next to them in the Skeena Mall, which they hope to have in full operation come July, when they are hopeful restrictions are lifted even further.
