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Re:Secret gyms and the economics of prohibition by matz1 on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @01:00PM (#24212706)
>Why would anyone choose the first option?

True if there is no downside, but I can easily think few benefit going to gym :

- some sports can't be done indoor

- some sports can't be done alone

- some sports require equipment that you don't have at home

- social benefit

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Re:Secret gyms and the economics of prohibition by juliansimioni on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @01:03PM (#24212745)
Yeah, as a former powerlifter I would really be missing my gym buddies if I was really into it now.

For now it seems like indoor gyms as we know them today are probably a bad idea. Hopefully due to a combination of better mitigations in the gym itself (sure put the squat rack in a giant bubble), decline in case counts, etc means the day where going back is not too far away (fingers crossed).

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