Fitness Center & Mabee Pool

Fitness Center Protocols for Fall

Fitness Center to operate up to 50 percent capacity.
No alumni, visitors, or anyone with passes be allowed to use the Fitness Center.
Showers and lockers are closed for use.
No towels will be available from the front desk.
Users will wipe down their equipment when finished.
Begin the semester by having no cardio machines available for use. Encourage those wanting cardio to run the Krost Fitness Trail around Bulldog Stadium.
Resistance training machines will be spaced in accordance with social distancing practices with the removal of some machines.
Design signage to designate areas as “1 participant at a time” for certain clusters of benches and machines in the free weight area.
Require all participants to use wipes to clean bars, dumbbells, machines, and benches and encourage the use of hand sanitizer often.
All stability balls, medicine balls, kettlebells, foam rollers, jump ropes and resistance bands should be checked out and/or returned to the front desk after use for cleaning.
Workers will be required to clean the computer keyboard and mouse at the start of their work shift.
Close the drinking fountains to allow for only the use of the water refilling station.
Taped spaces on the floor will serve to mark spots for equipment.

Pool capacity will be 30 people.
Pool opens no sooner than August 29.
No guest passes for the fall semester.
Pool staff will determine the number of lifeguards that needs to be on site.
Lifeguards will wear masks except when they are on the lifeguard stand.
Pool staff will set up times/days for lap swim with 1 per lane for a total of 8 swimmers and any given time.
Pool staff will set up times/days for open swim and communicate to the TLU community.
Removal of all pool furniture, basketball hoop.
Masks will be worn at all times except when in the water.
Physical distancing practiced by all participants.
Equipment which can be checked out (kickboards) will not need further cleaning due to the chlorine in the water.
Students, faculty, and staff will need to bring their own towels.
Red Cross training protocols for lifeguards must be followed. Close contact will be 5 minutes or less if needed for a rescue.