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An online campaign group with thousands of members has quickly emerged on social media.
One of those to launch the campaign, strength and conditioning coach Emma Brennan who runs the Alpha Training NI facility in Carryduff, spoke to the News Letter about the negative consequences of keeping gyms closed.
While her facility has been allowed to remain open for elite athletes, including the up-and-coming lightweight boxer Paul Hyland Jnr, she said “ordinary people” also need access to training facilities – particularly in the winter months.
“It’s amazing that the government are still supporting us to train elite athletes but ordinary people need to be looking after their fitness and their health as well,” she told the News Letter.