The Pandemic Is Turning Americans Against the Gym. That Could Be a Good Thing for the Nation’s Health

Jack Raglin, a kinesiology professor at the Indiana University Bloomington School of Public Health, has been a weightlifter for 45 years. But he stopped going to the gym during the COVID-19 pandemic, and now has “no interest in going back to the university weight room.”

That doesn’t mean he’ll stop exercising—only that he won’t be hitting the gym. Raglin started working out at home during the pandemic, using weighted clubs for strength-training. “I intend to them for the rest of my life,” Raglin says.

He probably won’t be the only one ditching the weight room… READ MORE @ TIME