Fitness trainer Maryna Kushnirenko (C) trains her clients online via YouTube and Zoom in the Smartass fitness studio in Kyiv on May 8, 2020. Since the pandemic hit Ukraine in March, many Kyiv gyms started offering an option of online training as a safer way to stay fit.
Going to a gym has never been as controversial as during the pandemic.
While exercise helps to boost the immune system and health overall, with the start of the COVID‑19 spread, it came with a risk of getting infected with the coronavirus from fellow fitness enthusiasts.