The recent Welsh government’s decision to keep gyms closed until May is extremely harmful to the society and especially young people that are choosing healthy lifestyle over drowning their mental health problems in drugs and alcohol.

the government is failing at promoting healthy lifestyle during pandemic.

Based on recent Welsh government’s decisions it is safe to assume that there’s no one within the government that understand the importance of sports in some peoples lives as well as fail to understand that some sport disciplines simply cannot exist without gym.

The government also fail to understand that some people that practice weightlifting, powerlifting or bodybuilding are currently losing YEARS of hard work because of their decision, the gym equipment prices skyrocketed since the beginning of the pandemic and the gym cannot be substituted with outdoor activities. 

It is extremely upsetting to see that the government fails to notice what is actually happening in Wales - looking at their decision it is safe to assume that the Welsh Government failed to notice that people are way too tired with lockdowns already to follow the restrictions, the politics did not even bother to check by themselves if anyone follow restrictions - popular spots like parks and beaches are packed with people that ignore social distancing. 

it is extremely upsetting to see that the government would rather have people sitting in pubs drinking beer than spending time actively at the gym.

it is extremely upsetting to see that the government believes that children will be safe at schools - children that will most definitely continue sharing food and drinks, and will not practice social distancing - and at the same time believes that adults at the gym are not smart enough to clean the equipment and keep distance. 

I don’t even want to mention the benefits of gym mental health-wise and how healthy body helps fighting the virus - because it was mentioned for months now and the government failed their people to provide them with good explanation why their mental health and healthy body is not important enough.

Me, and any other gym users will agree that recent news about keeping gym closed until 10th of May will do more harm than good both in terms of fighting off the virus and in terms of coping with further lockdown.

hopefully that petition will help the government realise that their decision to keep the gyms closed until 10th of May is extremely damaging to the society.