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University of Minnesota Student News

The Minnesota Republic
University of Minnesota Student News

The Minnesota Republic

University of Minnesota recwell center

Kate Buhman, Contributor • February 19, 2024

The University of Minnesota Minneapolis RecWell gym offers students with plenty of options when it comes to working out. Located right next to super-block and around an eight minute walk from Walter library...

Current COVID-19 procedures are making it difficult for local gyms to not only stay open, but stay on top of reluctant anti-mask patrons. Once a place of gathering, now a place of robotic, socially distant, nervous energy. As staff desperately try to keep patrons in line, discarded masks and advisory signs now litter gym floors. Gym member Ming Dao says, “I would use the cardio equipment if I did not have to wear a mask, I hate it. Nobody uses the treadmills anymore so they won’t faint. I am tired of having staff remind me.”

Gyms during COVID-19: an employee’s perspective

Tiana Meador, Editor in Chief • January 25, 2021

You may be wondering: what does the gym look like nowadays? If you are not a gym-goer, then this may be a curiosity of yours, otherwise – those who do go, know the regulations are not only hard to maintain,...

Keeping Track of Our Physical and Mental Health During the Pandemic

Adam Erickson, Contributor • October 7, 2020
"For many people, going to the gym is their break from reality."
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