Fitness studio navigates reopening after coronavirus closure

The Sarasota location of The Exercise Coach has opened, closed and opened again in recent weeks, thanks to the pandemic.

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • | 4:00 p.m. June 17, 2020
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Courtesy. The Exercise Coach studio in Sarasota opened for five or six weeks and then closed for eight weeks due to the coronavirus. It opened again on May 18.
Courtesy. The Exercise Coach studio in Sarasota opened for five or six weeks and then closed for eight weeks due to the coronavirus. It opened again on May 18.
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It’s hard enough running a business during the pandemic — try opening a business during the coronavirus. That’s exactly what Chrystal Pruitt, owner of the Sarasota franchise of The Exercise Coach, has had to contend with.

Pruitt’s “smart fitness studio” that uses robotic exercise machines opened for five or six weeks and then closed for eight weeks due to the virus. It opened again — a grand reopening of sorts — on May 18.

 

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