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Good story here

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/shoppers-buying-online-ecom...

Food, workout items, entertainment. A lot of categories are through the roof!

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I wonder if gyms will ever come back from this. Gold's announced yesterday they are permanently closing 30+ locations. Even when people go back out, gyms were never the cleanest places to start with. Some places will require masks for the near future, so how does that work at a gym? Now that I'm been forced to finish my home gym, I'll likely cancel my membership once things open again.

I’m worried about the YMCA. They do an admirable job of serving the community and poorer populations, but they apparently do so (at least here) by discounting on income.

If they lose any significant portion of the people who could afford to buy home equipment, can they still serve those who can’t?

I still keep my YMCA membership at the moment. YMCA and Boys and Girls Club had a huge impact on my childhood.

Yeah, I'm fine with my small contribution to the cause; it's been very important to me over the last few years, so I'm not in any hurry to terminate my membership.

Whether I'll use it again once it's open, though, is a much trickier question.

I prefer to workout with other people around vs being at home all day. Crossfit gyms have a community feeling but I don't want to do those type of workouts. :P

Personally, I really miss going to the gym. I like the routine of going somewhere else, and having lots of other people around. My gym has lots of equipment and classes I want to try, and also has saunas and pools that I really miss. I am working out in my living room or basement now, and it's really not the same.

Odd timing for me specifically. I had my home gym 90% built before this started. I had planned to dump the gum shortly.

Home gyms have always been decent in places where space is cheap, not so great in NYC and SF.

I went to my local big box store maybe three weeks ago and the whole fitness section had been cleaned out. It seems like bikes are getting very popular (at least here in PNW) and I wouldn't be surprised if it's very hard to find a decent bike in 2 or 3 months. As we cycle through the seasons different items / categories are going to get unexpectedly popular. Nobody really knows how to keep themselves sane during August in a pandemic, but there's probably a product or product category that will help with that.

we will get forest fires in August and everyone will be sitting inside.

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