{"id":17915,"date":"2022-08-24T13:00:56","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T13:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/squad\/?p=17915"},"modified":"2022-08-24T13:00:56","modified_gmt":"2022-08-24T13:00:56","slug":"fresh-air-is-saving-crossfit-gyms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/crossfit\/fresh-air-is-saving-crossfit-gyms\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresh Air Is Saving CrossFit Gyms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All kinds of fitness gyms suffered when the country, and the world, was locked down with fears of COVID-19 running rampant.<\/p>\n<p>It was also one of the hardest industries to recover with the onslaught of online fitness classes and regulations limiting capacity of those attending gyms.<\/p>\n<h3>A New Concern<\/h3>\n<p>CrossFit was caught in the crosshairs of regulations and gym owners had to adapt or die.<\/p>\n<p>Many implemented new and improved sanitary safety standards upon reopening.<\/p>\n<p>However, some invested in something others haven\u2019t thought of: the air.<\/p>\n<p>Many CrossFit gyms started implementing better air quality filtration systems into their facilities to reduce the risk of COVID-19 and help those working out regain confidence in coming to a gym rather than going at it on their own at home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy concerns led me to wonder if our facility, environment, procedures are providing the BEST possible<br \/>\noutcome and LEAST possible chance for COVID infections,\u201d said KC Stallsmith, Founder CrossFit AllStar LLC in Kamuela, Hawaii.<\/p>\n<p>The first step for Stallsmith was to call a professional company to come test the air quality of his 2,500-square foot space.<\/p>\n<p>The air quality robot was there for seven days running 24 hours a day.<\/p>\n<p>Test results were good, but the test led to suggestions to move certain fans that decreased air particle count further.<\/p>\n<h3>A Breath of Fresh Air<\/h3>\n<p>The gym owner was given an education about how to properly move air to prevent COVID infections.<\/p>\n<p>Other gyms used overhead fans and, according to the air quality company official, that makes for bad air<br \/>\nfiltration because the fans push air down.<\/p>\n<p>That basically just stirs the indoor air, moving possible infectious matter around the room.<\/p>\n<p>CrossFit gyms that have fresh air ventilation serve their clients better because the facility has a constant flow of fresh air moving into the space.<\/p>\n<p>Those CrossFit gyms that add an exhaust fan are even better because they move air out of the space.<\/p>\n<p>All of this is the safest way to handle COVID risks through air quality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All kinds of fitness gyms suffered when the country, and the world, was locked down with fears of COVID-19 running rampant. It was also one of the hardest industries to recover with the onslaught of online fitness classes and regulations limiting capacity of those attending gyms. A New Concern CrossFit was caught in the crosshairs [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17961,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[658],"tags":[632,1621],"class_list":["post-17915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crossfit","tag-crossfit","tag-crossfit-gyms"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17915\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}