'You can't make the money you were making before'. Gym owners are counting the cost of Covid-19

The health and fitness sector has been severely impacted by Covid-19 and are now trying to balance the health of their patrons while still making enough money to operate

Social distancing means gym owners are trying to balance the health of their patrons while still making enough money to operate. Picture: Eddie O'Hare

With gyms permitted to reopen on June 29 in a surprise easing up of lockdown restrictions, many gym owners were caught on the hop.

Some chose to open on the date, many took a few more weeks to prepare. Most had frozen their customer's memberships for the duration of lockdown and organised online personal training sessions instead.