{"id":8315,"date":"2020-09-14T09:36:56","date_gmt":"2020-09-14T09:36:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fitproblog.mysites.io\/changes-to-lockdown-restrictions-14-september\/"},"modified":"2020-09-14T09:36:56","modified_gmt":"2020-09-14T09:36:56","slug":"changes-to-lockdown-restrictions-14-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/changes-to-lockdown-restrictions-14-september\/","title":{"rendered":"Changes to lockdown restrictions &#8211; 14 September"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span class=\"\">Here\u2019s a further update concerning Indoor and Outdoor Exercise\u00a0in England subsequent to Government advice that social gatherings of more than six people will be banned effective 14th September.<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul class=\"\">\n<li class=\"\"><span class=\"\" lang=\"EN-GB\"><span class=\"\">People can continue to u<\/span><span class=\"\">se leisure facilities, including gyms and pools, and take part in organised indoor and outdoor physical activity and exercise classes.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"\">All facilities should\u00a0<span class=\"\">continue to follow current\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/fitpro85787.acemlnb.com\/lt.php?notrack=1&amp;notrack=1&amp;s=bad97c655476f96a390a72c05a742011&amp;i=366A667A30A3922\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"\"><u class=\"\">Covid-secure guidance<\/u>.<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><span class=\"\">Community halls can be used for classes, with owner\u2019s permission and following existing guidelines.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"\">There are no changes to existing guidelines around numbers of people who can be involved in these activities, including up to 30 people for outdoor group training.<\/li>\n<li>Outdoor events must take place on public land, or land operated by a business, charity or philanthropic institution. Any event taking place in a private dwelling or garden must be no more than six people, including the instructors.<\/li>\n<li class=\"\">People should, however,\u00a0<span class=\"\">avoid travelling in groups or gathering in\u00a0<b class=\"\">social<\/b>\u00a0groups of more than six people indoors or outdoors as per the new requirements.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b class=\"\"><span class=\"\">NOTE:<\/span><\/b><span class=\"\">\u00a0While this guidance applies to England, you should always consider whether there are local restrictions in place in your area. If you live, work or volunteer in an area that is experiencing a local COVID-19 outbreak and where local restrictions been imposed, different guidance and legislation will apply.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"\">Other commonly asked questions<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul class=\"\">\n<li class=\"\"><b class=\"\"><span class=\"\">Wearing masks?<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"\">There are no government recommendations suggesting that participants should wear masks during exercise. Evidence suggests that wearing masks during exercise should be discouraged.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"\">\n<li class=\"\"><b class=\"\"><span class=\"\">Effective Social Distancing for classes?<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"\">Classes must always enable class participants to stay at least 2m apart. (3m is advised for classes involving movement). We recommend the honeycomb pattern that we provided back in July. D<\/span><span class=\"\">ownload the infographics to create\u00a0<a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/fitpro85787.acemlnb.com\/lt.php?notrack=1&amp;notrack=1&amp;s=bad97c655476f96a390a72c05a742011&amp;i=366A667A30A3898\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-ac-default-color=\"1\">2m space<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/fitpro85787.acemlnb.com\/lt.php?notrack=1&amp;notrack=1&amp;s=bad97c655476f96a390a72c05a742011&amp;i=366A667A30A3899\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-ac-default-color=\"1\">3m space<\/a>\u00a0in group fitness.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"\">\n<li class=\"\"><b class=\"\"><span class=\"\">Risk Assessments?<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"\">Instructors must prepare a written COVID-19 risk assessment prior to activity.<br class=\"\" \/>See guidance\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/fitpro85787.acemlnb.com\/lt.php?notrack=1&amp;notrack=1&amp;s=bad97c655476f96a390a72c05a742011&amp;i=366A667A30A3923\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-ac-default-color=\"1\"><span class=\"\">here<\/span><\/a><span class=\"\"><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/fitpro85787.acemlnb.com\/lt.php?notrack=1&amp;notrack=1&amp;s=bad97c655476f96a390a72c05a742011&amp;i=366A667A30A3923\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-ac-default-color=\"1\">.<\/a>\u00a0When using third party-owned or managed facilities they should also have undertaken a\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"\">full risk assessment. A PAR-Q for all participants is also an important requirement.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"\">\n<li class=\"\"><b class=\"\"><span class=\"\">Track and Trace?<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"\">Those in control of administering attendance should collect participant details for a potential requirement for NHS Test and Trace purposes.<\/span><br class=\"\" \/><br class=\"\" \/><i class=\"\"><span class=\"\">Please note: these guidelines are only applicable to England and are subject to regional advice and ongoing COVID-19 guidelines from the government. &#8211; the guidelines may differ for other parts of the UK.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s a further update concerning Indoor and Outdoor Exercise\u00a0in England subsequent to Government advice that&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8316,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[2386,2574,2401,2575,2576,2513,2577],"class_list":{"0":"post-8315","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news-features","8":"tag-covid-19","9":"tag-government-guidelines","10":"tag-lockdown","11":"tag-masks","12":"tag-risk-assessments","13":"tag-social-distancing","14":"tag-track-and-trace"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8315"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8315\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fitpro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}