Weighing up return to the gym when lockdown rules fully ease
ore than a third of Brits won’t return to the gym when lockdown restrictions fully lift.
A survey has found that 40.40% of people will ignore communal fitness centres in the UK.
Nearly 11,000 people with gym memberships across the world were asked if they would be returning and just under half (46.67%) said no.
The findings across the world showed that women (52.5%) were less likely to go back to the gym than men.
Least likely to go back to working out alongside others in a public place were those living in the United States (50.16%) while at the other end of the scale only 33% of Australians said they would not return to their gym.
MPeople in the United Kingdom topped the table for those who had already cancelled their gym memberships (18.92%). Of those surveyed in the UK, 62% said they would not cancel their membership and 19.08% were considering cancellation.
Australians had the highest percentage of gym members who had either already cancelled or were considering cancelling their gym membership (41.15%).
Only 10.2% of people living in the United States had cancelled their gym memberships, 64.43% were keeping them and 25.58% were considering cancelling.
Around the world men were more likely to cancel their membership (37.2%) than women (32.26%).
The findings were released by sports website RunRepeat.
In separate findings, it was revealed that UK fitness enthusiasts are saving up to £90 a month on average by not going to the gym or sports centres.
Whilst the lockdown is bad news for the sports and leisure industry due to temporary closures, many Brits will save large sums.
The average gym membership in the UK comes in at a whopping £40, and the UK average cost of a personal training session is £50, experts at financial website The Money Pig have found.
Following self-isolation measures implemented by the British government in March, gyms froze members’ direct debit payments.
During lockdown, fitness fans have turned to free classes on YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram to keep themselves, and their bank balance healthy.