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9Round Fitness kicks COVID to the curb with cleanliness

Mar 8, 2021 | 12:37 PM

Mental and physical health have been among the many casualties of the COVID-19 pandemic, but 9Round Fitness in Lethbridge can help you to get both back on track.

At this stage of the pandemic, 9Round Fitness is once again able to offer personalized sessions with trainers. Sessions are conducted in a way that is ideally suited to address all regulations and guidelines from Alberta Health Services.

Their two locations – on 8 Aquitania Blvd West and 23 Southgate Blvd South – are run by sisters Teri-Lee Morphy and Erica Tornack.

When considering what kind of business they wanted to open in May 2017, they chose 9Round Fitness because it was something they could do together and would help those in their community to achieve their lifelong goals of improving their physical fitness in a fun and flexible fashion.

Plus, Teri-Lee adds, “I like punching stuff.”

They provide nine rounds of exercise through 30-minute kickboxing fitness classes with a different workout every day.

The classes aim to engage every part of your body with each station focusing on different aspects of strength, kickboxing fitness, and core.

Their trainers will customize your workout to your fitness level, meaning you will get the session that is right for you whether are new to the gym or are a fitness fanatic. In the time-lapse video below, Erica and Teri-Lee demonstrate what a typical session might look like.

Especially during a stressful time like now, this kind of physical exertion is important.

One of the top pieces of feedback they get from their members is that they like being able to take out all of their stress, anger, and frustration in a healthy way with no… legal consequences.

The best part is that you don’t have to worry about getting hurt yourself. After all, one of their taglines is “get fit, not hit.”

Through 9Round workouts, you will not only burn “massive amounts of calories” and boost your stamina and endurance, but your body will also release feel-good brain chemicals.

Increased serotonin and dopamine have been shown to relieve stress, improve sleep, and increase your energy levels.

Under normal circumstances, 9Round Fitness allows members to drop in at any time without an appointment and be able to take part in fully-guided trainer-lead sessions.

COVID-19 restrictions have forced some of those elements to change, but it has been done in a way that provides members with the highest levels of safety and sanitization.

On a temporary basis, members have been required to schedule a time.

However, the biggest advantage to working out at 9Round Fitness right now is that they are able to be cleaner than most other physical fitness facilities.

Since the pandemic began, Erica and Teri-Lee say they have been transformed from “trainers into cleaners.”

Every person that comes in for a workout must have their temperature taken through a scanning device. Although Erica says this is not something they are required to do, it was another step they wanted to take to make their members and staff feel as safe as possible.

9Round employees, wearing face masks at all times, also sanitize every surface after each session, whereas some other gyms ask members to clean their own equipment after use with little assurance that it is done properly.

The health and safety aspects are important to Erica and Teri-Lee as they do not consider their members to be “customers”, but rather, part of the “9Round Family.”

Since moving to Lethbridge a few years ago, the sisters say they have made all of their friends through the club and have come to know most of their members on a first-name basis.

The personal connections they have formed are a major part of why they are so passionate about their business.

For more information on 9Round Fitness including how to sign up, what is included in your membership, and more, go to their website here.

Call 9Round Fitness to receive their best-of-the-season COVID-19 membership offers at 403-593-4323.

You can follow everything happening at 9Round’s Lethbridge locations on Facebook and Instagram.

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