With the end of state mask mandates in March, an industry that took one of the hardest hits during the COVID-19 pandemic finally began to bounce back – the fitness industry.
“The last two years have brought proactive health to light for many of us,” said Lacy Thomas, who owns Precision Personal Training with her husband Trevor Thomas. “Since the mask mandate has ended, we think this has really led our community to feel it is safe to get out and get back to their training goals. We’ve had a huge wave of new clients coming back in the last few weeks.”
The fitness industry was one of the hardest hit industries during the more than two-year COVID-19 pandemic, with fitness studios and gyms forced to close for six months or more. Many local fitness business owners attribute their ability to remain in business to their loyal and dedicated customers.
“I am very lucky to have some very dedicated customers,” said Sherrie Robertson, owner of Vancouver Fitness Studio. “As of March 16, 2020, we had to close our doors and cancel all of our classes for the rest of the month. My customers are all members and pay monthly, so I was scrambling trying to figure out a way for them to still exercise and ‘get their money’s worth’ for the month. Thankfully, Jazzercise already had an online program available for people who wanted to work out from home, so they gave all of our customers that program for…
