BREAKING: Gyms, Fitness Centers Allowed to Reopen in Florida on Monday

By  //  May 15, 2020

SPACE COAST DAILY TV: Gym owners Lou Manley and Steve Ash talk about how COVID-19 has impacted Fitness Club Merritt Island as they begin welcoming former Pro-Health & Fitness Center members following the recent news by Health First to close the Pro-Health & Fitness locations in Merritt Island and Melbourne.

ABOVE VIDEO: Personal Trainer Angela Stanley at Fitness Club Merritt Island provides some workout tips that people can do from the comfort of their home.

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – Gov. Ron DeSantis announced on Friday that gyms and fitness centers in Florida will be allowed to reopen on Monday, May 18.

“Today, we are going to move into, effective Monday, into a full phase one,” the governor said in a Jacksonville press conference.

“I think that this is appropriate given the progress that Florida has made.”

Gov. DeSantis continued to stress the need for social distancing guidelines

Gov. Ron DeSantis announced on Friday that gyms and fitness centers in Florida will be allowed to reopen on Monday, May 18.

In addition to Friday’s announcement, it was also stated restaurants and retailers can expand capacity to 50-percent from 25-percent.

Movie theatres are still not allowed to open at this time.

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