May 5, 2021

Dear R2 Members,  

WE REMAIN OPEN FOR RETAIL!

 As of Sunday, May 9/21 @ 11:59pm, we will be TEMPORARILY SUSPENDING our 1 to 1 Personal Training Services.

We will continue to be a full retail store where we have teamed up with our equipment suppliers to be a distributor of their products. We will still provide licensed supplement sales and official gym attire.  All our equipment will be for demo purposes in our spacious show room.  Just like at Costco, you will need to have a current membership with us in order to shop here. When deciding on equipment to purchase, we strongly encourage you to ‘try it before you buy it’ as this is a very important purchase, we want to ensure you are happy with your decision. If needed, try the item multiple times, in fact take a few days/weeks to decide.  Decided upon equipment can then be purchased and ordered directly through us.

We will continue to adhere to our sanitization practices and all COVID protocols meaning that MASKS ARE MANDATORY, AS IS BOOKING YOUR ARRIVAL TIME ONLINE (NO DROP-INS ALLOWED AT THIS TIME) as this ensures we are at that 10% retail fire capacity.

BOOKING LINK for SHOPPING ARRIVAL TIME (same as before and can be found on our website)
 

Memberships will not be frozen/turned off at this time. Time lost is time lost. If you have questions or concerns, please contact the office.

Thank you for your continued support and stay safe!

The R2 Crew

April 7/21 

Dear R2 Members, 

WE ARE OPEN! 

We would like to announce that we are now a full retail store where we have teamed up with our equipment suppliers to be a distributor of their products. We will still provide licensed supplement sales and official gym attire. All our equipment will be for demo purposes in our spacious show room.  Just like at Costco, you will need to have a current membership with us in order to shop here. When deciding on equipment to purchase, we strongly encourage you to ‘try it before you buy it’ as this is a very important purchase, we want to ensure you are happy with your decision. If needed, try the item multiple times, in fact take a few days/weeks to decide.  Decided upon equipment can then be purchased and ordered directly through us.

We will continue to adhere to COVID protocols meaning that MASKS ARE MANDITORY, AS IS BOOKING YOUR ARRIVAL TIME ONLINE (NO DROP-INS ALLOWED AT THIS TIME) as this ensures we are at that 15% retail fire capacity. As well as continued sanitizing on your behalf too.

BOOKING LINK for SHOPPING ARRIVAL TIME (same as before)

     BOOK ONLINE
 

If you are not comfortable with this, you need to contact us directly ASAP, as memberships will not be frozen/turned off at this time. Time lost is time lost, so if you want us to freeze your membership, do so sooner than later.

Thank you for your continued support and stay safe!

The R2 Crew

We are excited to announce that WE WILL OPEN March 3^rd @ 5am! We cannot wait to welcome you back to our facility.

Here’s what you need to know: 

1. Low intensity individual training, such as walking on treadmill, light weight training and stretching are now allowed without a trainer (as mandated by the Government of Alberta). 

2. You MUST PRE-BOOK your workout ARRIVAL TIME (see link below). NO DROP-INS will be allowed at this time. You use the link to book in and, of course, have an active membershp. 

BOOKING LINK:   Book Now!  

3.       High intensity, such as heavy weight lifting, HIIT, or any activities that have a high depth and rate of respiration is only permitted by booking a one to one session with a trainer (as mandated by the Government of Alberta) 

4.       All previous Gym/Covid protocols remain the same. 3 meters physical distancing as well as MANDATED MASKS. 

Renewals and new membership sign-ups will still be done during office hours. Renewals can be called in and renewed with a credit card. 

ALL MEMBERSHIPS THAT WERE FROZEN during this recent shut down have been reactivated and any time lost during these past 79 days has been added accordingly.  If you are unsure of your membership status, please contact us ASAP. 

Finally, a huge thank you for all your support this past year from the kind words, check ins, supplement a & swag purchases as well as to those who chose not to freeze their memberships and continued to have them run during this shut down! 

Please do your part as we all need to work together to keep the gyms open. 

We look forward to seeing you in here and moving forward together,

The R2 CREW

·      We are taking the following control measures in response to COVID-19:

o   If a case or outbreak is reported, Rip’N Ronnie’s Fitness management reserves the authority to modify or cancel services. 

o   If a staff member or gym attendee reports that they are suspected or confirmed to have COVID-19 and have been in the facility, the gym will implement enhanced cleaning measures. Anyone currently in the facility will be asked to leave and individuals who have been in the facility will be advised to:

§  Self-isolate

§  Monitor symptoms daily and consult the COVID-19 Self-Assessment Tool available on the AHS website to help determine if further assessment is required.

§  Call 8-1-1 for health advice and 9-1-1 for emergencies

o   In the event of a suspected or confirmed case of COVID-19 related to the gym, Rip’N Ronnie’s Fitness management will immediately report this to a medical health officer at Alberta Health Services.

o   If Rip’N Ronnie’s Fitness is contacted by a medical health officer in the course of contact tracing, all individuals associated with the gym are expected to cooperate with health authorities.

·      Along with these procedures, Rip’N Ronnie’s Fitness is taking measures to follow all guidelines and precautions from the Government of Alberta. We encourage staff and patrons to refer to the Government of Alberta and Alberta Health Services websites for more information.

 ·      Please observe all AHS recommendations for safety protocol. Keep at least 2m (about 1 barbell length) between yourself and others at all times.

·      You MUST read COVID Screening questionnaire. If answer NO to all questions, you may proceed to SIGN IN with your FOB (this is a requirement, FOB is needed 100%). This verifies that you do not have any symptoms related to COVID-19.   If you answer yes to any of these, you still sign in that you’ve read screening questions but you will not be permitted to come in. If you do not have your FOB, you will be asked to leave and return with it.

·      Please grab your own disinfectant spray bottles and rag located by the front desk to clean equipment before and after use. Take this with you for the duration of your workout.

·      Please come dressed in gym attire. Water bottles are permitted, but we ask that you leave all other personal belongings/equipment at home or in your vehicle. The water fountain is not in use but the drink machine is.

·      Changerooms can be used for emergency washroom use only. Personal items can not be left in the changeroom, however, gym bags can be stored up front in the 'darker' tile area, supplement counter or the counter of our kids’ corner.  We cannot have a lost and found box during this time. Showers and towel service are also unavailable at this time.

·      Frequent hand washing and masks worn by all staff

·      Physical distancing of 3 meters (about a barbell length) minimum observed at all times. Staff will be monitoring and enforcing as needed.

·      Daily screening routine for everyone entering the gym, including staff

·      Frequent cleaning throughout the day. We have implemented a cleaning checklist that will be completed on a regular schedule.

·      Spacing between equipment, some machines will be unavailable

·      Touchless payment options

 Starting Feb.8/21, we will be offering 1 to 1 training.

As per the Government of Alberta's current COVID restrictions, we are only able to offer these private/pre-booked sessions. Unfortunately, this does not allow for regular membership use at this time. Memberships will continue to be frozen until we are able to open the front doors for all our members again!

Please contact Craig, Melissa or Sheldon directly to book your private training session, if interested or for more details!

Please contiue to watch our social media platforms for all the updates as we are unable to hire any front end staff back or have any office hours at this time!

 Not the news we were hoping for!  

 To our valued and awesome members:

On March 17/20 we made the tough decision to close our doors and FREEZE everyone's membership. Meaning any time that you still had at R2, you wouldn't lose.

We've missed all of you and look forward to seeing you soon

 Check out our CALENDAR LINK for all fitness classes!  Click on the class name for more details.  [ Calendar ]

We would like to celebrate our local talent here at R2.  So, if you have an athletic accomplishment that you are particularly proud of and willing to share, we want you! 

It can be anything from losing 10lbs., gained 10lbs of muscle, conquering your first obstacle race, body building competition, running your first 5km, etc.  If R2 helped, we want to celebrate you…

All we require from you is a photo (ex. Before/After, Crossing the Finish Line, etc.) and if you want, a brief description!

We look forward to celebrating all your accomplishments!

COVID-19 MEMO

POSTED JUNE 11, 2020

Rip’N Ronnie’s Fitness is excited to announce our reopening on June 12, 2020 at 6am. Outlined below are our conditions of reopening and what we are doing to ensure safety throughout this process. We understand that these new conditions are not ideal for everyone but ask that you bear with us as the safety of guests and members is our priority. Please read the following information thoroughly and contact the gym if you have any questions.

Some areas, including the kids corner (and in fact, kids are asked not to accompany members at this time), and water fountain, sauna, will not be accessible. Keep in mind some equipment may not be available based on our safety regulations. At the moment we currently believe we won’t have a problem with capacity levels due to our square footage/usage ratio. However, if we see that this is changing, we reserve the right to refuse entry until levels resume to an acceptable ratio.

We are unable to accept entry within 1 hour of our closing time.  For example, if we close at 10pm (meaning all members need to leave at or before 10pm), you are not permitted after 9pm. Again, if we can all get these new protocols figured out, we’ll be able to get to our 24/7 access sooner!