I'd rather not see this thread derail into matters of policy like the other one did and get locked. But, at the age of 48 I started a regimen of personal training in November 2019. I looked better, my shirts fit tighter in the right places rather than the wrong ones, and I could lift over twice what I started with by March 2020.
When the gyms closed, I though it was just a temporary thing for a couple of weeks. I thought, "No big deal, I'll get a few dumbells and a ball to hold me over." Oh, my sweet summer child self. Home gym equipment evaporated overnight. I managed to order a cheap dumbell set from Wal-Mart that kept getting delayed and delayed and then, after a month got canceled. I started using the jungle gym equipment in the park until THAT got taped over as off-limits.
Then, came the layoff. When neither myself nor my SO are working, paying minimum $600 for a dumbell set, much less thousands that would be necessary to have equipment comparable to what I was getting at the gym, was out of the question. It killed me to see myself lose those hard-earned gains and fall into flab and depression.
The gyms eventually opened back up with COVID precautions in place. The problem I had was my family. I got big pushback from my wife and daughter, because at the time gyms were the last place you wanted to be if you were trying to avoid COVID. I went back a few times, but the flack at home was too great. I'm not blaming my family since they had a point. I would have felt horrible had I brought COVID home and infected them.
I just got shot #2 of Pfizer last Saturday. I contacted my trainer and told her I'd like to restart. There's a road ahead of me, but I already have a goal in mind....just get back to where I was in March 2020.