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How to Stay Healthy While Working Out During the Coronavirus Pandemic

| June 17, 2020 @ 2:00 pm

By Holly Gainer

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Now that states are reopening, many gyms and fitness studios are also reopening their doors. But if you choose to go to one, will you be protected from the novel coronavirus? Between shared equipment, heavy breathing and sweating, and the proximity of machines, a gym may be one of the dirtiest places you can walk into. Numerous studies have shown that gyms can be covered in cold and flu viruses, as well as E. coli, MRSA and other bacteria and virus strains that can make you sick.

Bryan Combs, a nurse practitioner at the UAB School of Nursing, explains the safest way to work out, how to protect yourself from COVID-19 while exercising in indoor, communal spaces and the dirtiest places in the gym.

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