Overall, I really like Woodside and most elements of it. It's got nice equipment, separate areas for tennis, spa services, and is essentially two gyms with multiple buildings. I've been going here many years and hope to continue. It's a little bit of a two part review in that I feel like the staff is doing a good job with Covid precautions in most ways. They wear masks, have dedicated cleaners, lots of wipes for equipment, hand sanitizer, drinking fountains shut down, added virus filtration, and spaced out cardio machines.The members are another story. I feel like I might literally be the only person who wears a mask when working out. Sure, the policy states to enter the building wearing one, but everyone takes it off immediately. I'm sorry, but it's not that hard when working out to wear it, it's just not. It defeats the purpose of a mask policy if no one wears it indoors, and being around someone with a compromised immune system, it's giving me pause on continuing to go here during the pandemic. Some suggestions?-Enforce mask wearing in the weight areas. I do understand enforcing it for cardio is a different animal, but the weight areas can deal with it. I do, and it's been fine. -Maybe consider workout appointments similar to the group classes for all Woodside visits? This could help ensure it's not super packed, which at times it is. (Side note, is an area is packed, I leave and just call it to be safe). If not appointments, maybe limiting capacity could be the play.-Enforce the distancing. It's frustrating to be mid set and have someone come up a foot away huffing and puffing on me. I ain't about to go viral in confronting someone but I've certainly been put off by it. Overall though, I like Woodside and their staff. The food is also good, and love the pool (and the fact that they keep it open if it's warm well past Labor Day).
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