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10X Fitness in Pennsylvania reopened on Monday during the state's stay-at-home order.A Pennsylvania gym that reopened during the state's stay-at-home order closed again after receiving four citations.
10X Fitness, a gym in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, reopened Monday despite the state's stay-at-home order requiring gyms to remain closed.The gym received four citations -- two on Monday and on Tuesday -- from the local police. Co-owner Dan Cronauer told ABC News on Tuesday that he is estimating each fine is worth around $200, but doesn't know for sure. The gym has 10 days to respond, and plans to plead not guilty, Cronauer said.
Cronauer said there are"a lot of gray areas" with categorizing businesses."How's a gym not essential? Not everyone has access at home," he said."The gym can be essential to a lot of people."The 4-month-old, 24/7 gym, run by Cronauer, his brother and father, had opened for free with reduced hours, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
"You can sanitize any machine, you can wear a mask, if somebody's close, there's ways around it, there's ways to protect yourself. so, just be smart, and you're good," Mike Lyons, who worked out at 10X on Monday,Last week, Pennsylvania started to lift some restrictions on work and social interactions in select counties under its phased reopening plan.
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