TEMPORARY AR CLOSURE
Hello Friends,
Out of concern about the escalating COVID-19 situation, and an ongoing commitment to place the wellbeing of our members and our community at the highest priority, we believe the time has come to suspend in-person classes for at least the next two weeks. While we are not aware of any cases of COVID-19 in our gym community, we believe the increasing prevalence in San Francisco more broadly warrants this measure. Needless to say, we remain committed to our mission of helping our clients live happier, healthier lives.
Here is our plan:
In addition to continuing to publish at-home workouts, we will begin conducting virtual classes during their normal timeslots. We’ll be using a video conferencing service called Zoom. If you are unfamiliar with it, Zoom is a platform which is free to use, easy to stream on any device, and will allow us to continue community interaction & coaching while in our own spaces (as long as you choose a reasonable camera angle!).
We will be holding our first virtual community gathering via Zoom tomorrow at 11:00 AM. Coach Kim will be performing one of her Online Games Qualifier workouts, and we will be streaming for all to see. Please use this link here to join the meeting.
You’ll continue to sign into class like normal (via app or online), and we plan to continue capping classes so the virtual coach is able to keep track of all athletes in the session. Given the number of people now working from home we will also investigate the possibility of different class times for those who no longer need to plan around a commute (or sleeping housemates).
We are not sure how we’re going to handle food delivery/pickup and will update everyone once we’ve been able to coordinate with our vendors.
We will continue to monitor the situation as it develops, and will update you if anything material changes.
As we’ve been doing for the past week, we will continue to program workouts requiring minimal equipment and intended for maintaining fitness in a home setting. Our hope is that we will be able to maintain a sense of community support, and continue to offer a few moments in your day that are free from the many worries we all face now more than ever. Please consider avoiding commercial/apartment gyms as clearly that would defeat the point of this measure.
As always, we will be taking ongoing feedback, and will appreciate your patience as this will be new to all of us. Please keep a line of communication open with us and share your feedback through this process.
We’re also thinking about other ways we can help our community cope with this crisis. If you have any ideas or need further support, please reach out to the AR email - info@arenaready.com. This is sent to Katoa, Rob, Sarah, and Tony, and we can all work together to discuss your idea or support needs.
In conclusion, we realize that this measure is inconvenient, but we hope that proactive actions like this will help San Francisco to be spared the tragic fate of so many cities around the world as this unfolds. At our core, we don’t want to contribute to accelerating the spread of this virus to our friends, family, and the vulnerable members of our broader community. Stay healthy friends, and we’ll see you online soon!