Client and Trainer

Re-Opening Policy & Procedures

Before Coming to the Studio

While at the Studio: Before, During and After Your Training Session

  • Each client will be required to sign a covid-19 liability waiver, and agreement to follow Our Health & Safety policies and procedures. Please bring it with you, we will have them on hand also.

  • Upon arrival, after restroom use, and upon leaving wash and sanitize your hands

  • Place your personal items in the cubbies outside of Studio B Door. Cubbies will be sanitized after each use.

  • If you wish for your trainer to wear a face covering please ask them to do so.

Safety and Social Distancing Practices

  • Educate workers in the language they understand best about coronavirus and how to prevent transmission and the employer’s COVID-19 policies.

  • Maintain minimum six-foot separation between all employees and clients

  • We will Provide personal protective equipment (PPE) such as gloves, goggles, face shields and face masks as appropriate or required to employees.

  • Ensure frequent and adequate hand washing with adequate maintenance of supplies.

  • Screen employees and Clients for signs/symptoms of COVID-19 at start of shift.

  • Sick employees, contractors or clients will be required stay home or immediately go home if they feel or appear sick.

  • Cordon off any areas where an employee with probable or confirmed COVID-19 illness worked, touched surfaces, etc. until the area and equipment is cleaned and sanitized. Follow the cleaning guidelines set by the CDC to deep clean and sanitize.

  • Each Trainer will be the site-specific COVID-19 Supervisor designated to monitor the health of clients and enforce the COVID-19 job site safety plan. Leanne will be designated to monitor employees and contractors.

  • A worker or client may refuse to perform unsafe activities, including hazards created by COVID-19.

  • Employees,, Contractors or clients may choose to remove themselves from a worksite because they do not believe it is safe to be present due to the risk of COVID-19 exposure

  • All suspect COVID-19 related incidents will be reported and location disinfection procedures followed.

  • Post-exposure incident project-wide recovery plan. A copy of the plan must be available at the location and available for inspection by state and local authorities. Failure to meet planning requirements will result in sanctions, including the location being shut down.

  • COVID-19 Trainer Responsibility 1. Personal trainers conducting personal training will be responsible for ensuring that the COVID-19 Safety Plan is being adhered to.

  • COVID-19 Safety Training A safety briefing must be conducted at the beginning of each personal training session to reemphasize the protective measures for everyone to include maintaining social distancing, sanitation protocols, and pre-session screening.

  • Alternatively, a safety video can be shared and emailed to the client prior to the scheduled appointment.

  • Each client will sign a waiver of consent and commitment to the facility’s reopening policies prior to their scheduled appointment time.

  • Clients will be informed to wear training attire to the facility, and bring their own hand towel (we are forgoing the towel). Pre-Session Screening

  • High risk clients are not permitted as part of Phase 2 re-opening. High risk clients include people over the age of 65, people with serious underlying medical conditions like chronic lung disease, moderate to severe asthma and people who are immunocompromised.

  • Place signage at facility entrances to instruct patrons that they cannot enter if they have been diagnosed with COVID-19 (have not recovered or are still within the required 14-day quarantine), had symptoms of COVID-19 (within the last 24 hours), or had contact with a person that has or is suspected to have COVID-19 (within the last 14 days).

  • A facility may conduct a temperature screening and/or questionnaire of clients at the facility entrance. Safety and social distancing practices

  • Social distancing guidelines of at least six feet of separation must be maintained by every person in the facility at all times to the greatest extent possible. Each facility will have a social distancing plan that explains where clients can be at a given time in lobby or waiting areas, private offices, and the training area. Place signage at entrances and throughout the facility to instruct clients of the enhanced social distancing requirements.

  • Tissues and trash cans are available throughout the facility, please use the ones located outside the studio door by the cubbies.

  • C10. Training equipment will be adjusted or access restricted in order to maintain proper social distancing standards. Frequently clean and disinfect high-touch surfaces, such as gym equipment, handrails, doorknobs, and restrooms. Sanitation workers disinfecting these areas must be provided appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) for these work tasks and trained on work expectations. If these areas cannot be cleaned and disinfected frequently, these locations shall be shut down until such measures can be achieved and maintained. 11. Total Number of people in the facility, to include staff, trainers, and clients, will be limited to 30 percent of the facility’s building occupancy, as determined by the fire code. 12. Congregations of no more than five people will be allowed in common areas such as employee break rooms and lobbies, and only if social distancing may be maintained. 13. Training sessions must be staggered to maintain social distancing and limited capacity in a facility. Sanitation Protocols 14. Ensure restrooms are frequently cleaned and appropriately disinfected throughout the day. 15. Clients shall be required to bring their own water bottles. Water fountain use shall be restricted to water bottle filling stations only. Congregating at water bottle filling stations shall be limited. 16. Soap and running water shall be abundantly provided for frequent handwashing. 17. Hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol must be available and distributed throughout the facility 18. All clients will wash their hands or use facility provided hand sanitizer upon entrance to the facility and prior to entering the training floor. This will be confirmed by the trainer. 19. Equipment will be sanitized immediately after each use. Sanitation spray or wipes will be dispersed throughout the training floor. 20. Trainers must wash their hands and use hand sanitizer before and after each training session. 21. Facility provided towel service will be discontinued during Phase 2. 22. For guidance on choosing safer disinfectants: Safer Cleaning, Sanitizing and Disinfecting Strategies to Reduce and Prevent COVID-19 Transmission, UWDEOHS https://osha.washington.edu/sites/default/files/documents/FactSheet_Cleaning_Final_UWDEOH S_0.pdf Limited Use of Facility and Business Adaptations 23. No large group fitness classes (more than 5) will be permitted during Phase 2. 24. No in-facility child care services will be permitted during Phase 2. 25. Small group fitness sessions will be limited to groups of 5 or less per session, not including the trainer. 26. The following areas will be closed during Phase 2: Showers, pools, basketball courts and other group athletic areas, hot-tubs, saunas, steam rooms, and tanning beds. Locker room use will be limited use for hand washing and restrooms only, or avoided if possible. Employee/Trainer Protection 27. Screen all employees and trainers reporting to work for COVID-19 symptoms with the following questions: ○ Have you been in close contact with a confirmed case of COVID-19? ○ Are you experiencing a cough, shortness of breath, or sore throat? ○ Have you had a fever in the last 48 hours? ○ Have you had a loss of taste or smell? ○ Have you had vomiting or diarrhea in the last 24 hours? 28. Ask employees and trainers to take their temperature at home prior to arriving at the business, or take their temperature when they arrive. Thermometers used at the facility shall be ‘no touch’ or ‘no contact’ to the greatest extent possible. If a ‘no touch’ or ‘no contact’ thermometer is not available, the thermometer must be properly sanitized and disinfected between each use. Any employee or trainer with a temperature of 100.4°F or higher is considered to have a fever and must be sent home. 29. Staff must be sent home if they’re sick or feel sick. If an employee or trainer reports feeling sick and goes home, the area where the person worked should be immediately disinfected. 30. Staff must wear face coverings (employer is required to provide) and other personal protection items as required by the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries. Facility owners should provide training on personal protective equipment based on CDC guidelines and in accordance with the Washington State Department of Health guidelines. 31. Staff must wash hands frequently with soap and water and use hand sanitizer. 32. If a staff member or trainer is confirmed to have COVID-19, facility owners should inform staff and trainers of their possible exposure but maintain confidentiality as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act. The facility owner should instruct employees and trainers how to proceed based on the CDC Public Health Recommendations for Community-related Exposure. Ventilation 33. Keep doors and windows open where possible and utilize fans to improve ventilation. Adjust mechanical ventilation systems to bring in as much outside air as possible. Increase filters to MERV 13 if the HVAC can accommodate. No fitness training facility may operate until it can meet and maintain all the requirements in this document, including providing materials, schedules and equipment required to comply. Additional considerations may be adopted, as appropriate.

Sanitation Protocols

  • Your trainer will disinfect and sanitize all surfaces, equipment, doors… before, and after each client session using a two step process, disinfectant followed by alcohol.

  • If you use any equipment, including cardio equipment, touch the sinks or water machine… Please use the disinfectant provided to wipe it down and follow with a misting of alcohol (leave the alcohol to evaporate).

  • If you use the bathroom wash your hands for 20 seconds and use hand sanitizer. Prior to exiting and after you are done washing your hands please use the spray bottle of alcohol to spray all surfaces touched including toilet and door knob.

  • We will have Clean sanitized towels on hand for your use. It has been discouraged… because our washer and dryer both have Sanitize cycles and we wash with bleach, we feel it is less of a risk than having clients bring in their own towels.