According to the CDC the coronavirus is thought to spread similarly to how the common cold spreads: person-to-person spread, and contact with infected surfaces or objects. The gym is a place where you’ll be in close proximity with other people, and where you’ll be touching surfaces that many other people have touched, and thus is a place where the risk of getting infected is high.
On top of that, the downside to working out at home seems quite low. There is so much that you can do without gym equipment (burpees are awesome if you don’t mind the intensity), and there are large diminishing returns to exercising more and to exercising more efficiently. Plus, changing up your routine is good for both effectiveness and for fun.
Work out at home instead of at the gym.
According to the CDC the coronavirus is thought to spread similarly to how the common cold spreads: person-to-person spread, and contact with infected surfaces or objects. The gym is a place where you’ll be in close proximity with other people, and where you’ll be touching surfaces that many other people have touched, and thus is a place where the risk of getting infected is high.
On top of that, the downside to working out at home seems quite low. There is so much that you can do without gym equipment (burpees are awesome if you don’t mind the intensity), and there are large diminishing returns to exercising more and to exercising more efficiently. Plus, changing up your routine is good for both effectiveness and for fun.
How to exercise with dumbells to hit all the major muscle groups.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/QDMZ8gaCPFioW6Jw5
Another great resource for those without equipment:
https://www.reddit.com/r/bodyweightfitness/wiki/
See also: my related answer advocating intense cardio workouts starting right now and my own non-gym exercise routines