Over the past two decades, FITNESS, our industry has thrived through multiple challenges, including 9/11 and the financial crisis of the late 2000s-but we have never witnessed anything like this. Who could have imagined when we were ringing in the New Year that a pandemic would be threatening the health of our businesses and our loved ones? Nevertheless, this is precisely what we are facing today. The pandemic changed the Hong Kong fitness industry forever. From the beginning, we executed what was right, and more than 1,000 gyms across Hong Kong closed for weeks because of the coronavirus. Our Fitness industry is one of the hardest-battered industries amid the pandemic. Some small fitness studios shut down; the city's thousands of gym trainers have suffered a plunge in income for months. The city's joblessness has been surging; the jobless rate soared to 5.2 percent, the highest in more than 15 years. By comparison, last year the city's fitness industry was worth HK $ 2.8 billion (US $ 361 million). NO MORE! Those numbers are significant, but not indicate how much healthier we build our community. We care, we prevent, we help. Additionally, all of us need to understand FITNESS is more than you think. Fitness improves HEALTH, where health is defined as a state of complete mental, physical, and social well-being. Remember FITNESS gives you the ability to meet the demands of the environment. FITNESS improves the body mentally as well as physically, and it can be a great way to make your life sickness-free. Everyone needs to have a level of FITNESS for everyday activities; without it, our bodies will get weak, coming as an easy target to be attack and get unhealthy. @MackFitt We are the fitness industry of Hong Kong, please follow @SaveHkFitness, tag your gym buddy, tell your story, share, support, and stay HEALTHY by staying FIT Together we will #saveHKFitness Urgent Appeal to Hong Kong for Immediate Relief & Support of the Hong Kong Fitness Industry. #HKFitness, #hkyoga #hkfit #hongkong #MACKFitTeam #MackFitt #CovidFighters (at Hong Kong) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEruL9SDaxR/?igshid=w2n0tetniz8i