Gyms in parts of Florida can reopen Monday, but they will look different.

Gyms in parts of Florida will be allowed to open as soon as Monday, Gov. Ron DeSantis said on Friday. While Palm Beach gyms seem to be included in this group, Broward and Miami-Dade remain in limbo.

Whenever the doors to your local gym open up, you’ll notice quite a few changes — in addition to the reduced number of bodies allowed inside.

Touch-less hand sanitizer, disinfectant wipe and water stations will dot the walls. A few treadmills, ellipticals, benches and squat racks may be cordoned off to promote social distancing. Circuit training won’t involve much sharing anymore.

As you work out, maintenance staff will buzz around, wiping down surfaces and spraying lockers with disinfectant. In between group fitness classes, an extra halfhour break will be added to sanitize stationary bikes, rowing machines and mats.

In some cases, your temperature might be taken. You’ll also probably have to sign a waiver attesting to the fact that you don’t have any symptoms of COVID-19.

With specific guidelines yet to be released by the state, exactly what measures your gym will take will largely depend on the owner or a corporate body for bigbox gyms with multiple locations.

Barbara Fleming, owner of CycleBar in Fort Lauderdale, is one of many small-gym owners preparing after DeSantis’ remarks Friday. The staff at her studio was installing touch-less hand sanitizer stations. On Monday, they will lay down stickers to help keep customers six feet apart and manage the flow of traffic. Recently, they installed an air-purifying unit that kills bacteria, mold and viruses.

Although some business owners in Broward and Miami-Dade were confused whether DeSantis’ announcement on Friday applied to them, Fleming said she anticipated the hardesthit counties would have a different start date than everyone else. She hopes to get the green light to open by May 25.

Over the next week she will be briefing her staff of their new responsibilities. They include getting their temperature taken before the start of each shift and donning a face mask and gloves. In addition to normal cleaning routines, they’ll clean all door knobs, surfaces, benches, counter tops and used rental bikes and shoes after each class.

Class instructors will stay six feet away from riders in a special designated zone. Instead of physically assisting members with bike set-up, a pre-class video will be shown to provide instructions. After each class, an extra half-hour break will be added so staff can sanitize equipment, again.

Fleming said cycling studiossuch as hers, which normally have a capacity of 50 people but will downsize to about 20, are uniquely positioned to be able to provide a safe experience. Riders have to book a class ahead of time and when they do they are assigned to a bike that will be cleaned before and after they work out. “It’s not like we’ll have people going around from one piece of equipment to another.”

Planet Fitness, which has over a dozen locations in South Florida, are among the big box gyms that will navigate the challenge of practicing safety with frequent customers who come in and out and touch a lot of equipment.

Becky Zirlen, a spokeswoman for the chain, said they have yet to determine a reopening date for South Florida stores. She pointed to safety measures on the Planet Fitness website, which include touch-free check-in and cleaning stations stocked with disinfectant spray and paper towels.

According to the website, Planet Fitness will put an onus on customers to practice good habits and encourage them to wash their hands frequently during their workouts, wipe down equipment and practice “social fitnessing” by “putting an imaginary treadmill, or two,” between themselves and others.

Equinox, which has a handful of gyms in Miami, will take the temperature of all members before they enter a club. “Individuals with a body temperature greater than 100.4 degrees will be not be permitted entry,” their website reads. Inside the gyms, maintenance staff will deep-clean and disinfect four times a day and they will use backpack sprayers to disinfect lockers after each customer is done using one.

At Orange Theory gyms, members are accustomed to sharing treadmills, rowing machines and dumbbells throughout their classes. But Lisa Birer, owner of five Orange Theory gyms in Broward, said among the new changes they can expect is a moratorium on sharing.

Birer said reduced class sizes will allow each member to use untouched equipment as they hop around to each station. While rigorous floor exercises were once the norm, a premium will be put on standing-up moves. Coaches leading the class will remain distanced and wear a face shield.

Birer said she watched DeSantis’ press conference with excitement on Friday. Although she initially thought his green light applied to her, she is still pleased he mentioned gyms at all. “We have been trying to guess when we might be able to open,” she said. “Gyms aren’t always discussed with specifics.”

Christine Hoogenbergen-Lamas, the owner of two Pure Barre studios in Palm Beach County, was also watching DeSantis’ press conference on Friday. She’s watched nearly all of them since shutting down. She and her husband opened their two barre studios at the beginning of this year, expecting things to go differently. “This was definitely not in the business plan,” she said.

Hoogenbergen-Lamas said she is anxious to get her studio open, but is still taking her time. Instead of opening on Monday, she plans to open sometime the following week.

“We want to have people back the right way, the safe way.”

Her studios normally hold 20 people, but will be cut down to 10. Although barre classes usually utilize balls, steps, bands and free weights, all classes will be adjusted so no equipment has to be used. She will also continue to live-stream classes for any members who don’t feel safe coming in at first.

Like other owners, she said many of her members have reached out to her, asking when she will open up. Wale Dada, owner of Takeover Fitness in Fort Lauderdale put it simply. “There is a lot of pent-up energy to work out out there.”