Fitness trainer Maryna Kushnirenko (R) trains her clients online via YouTube and Zoom in the Smartass fitness studio in Kyiv on May 8, 2020. Smartass introduced online workouts next day after the Ukrainian government on March 17 forced gyms to shut down under quarantine imposed to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus in the country.

Like tens of thousands of Ukrainian trainers, Nikolay Ihnatenko prefers to work with his clients face-to-face, without a screen between them.

“You don’t have the same contact when you work online,” says Ihnatenko, who owns the Voin CrossFit gym in Kyiv. “I’ve been doing it for two months, but I’m still not happy with the results.”