[Closed] Using a friends garage gym?

Re you allowed to visit other people's houses north of the border? In England this would be a 'no' because, unless you're in a bubble for support or childcare reasons there's no popping round to a mate's allowed.

If no rules apply common sense.
You are allowed to exercise outside with one other person, garage door open?
But alone shouldn't be an issue, the thing we are supposed to avoid is human contact, keep that to a minimum and just be careful.
I guess the issue here is neighbour's perceptions regardless of how careful you are

Unnecessary travel knocks it on the head right away doesn't it? Travel for outdoor exercise is one thing, travel for indoor exercise doesn't seem within the intention of the rules. Of course if it's just a walk around the corner then that wouldn't seem so bad, but then it's just back to "neighbour’s perceptions"

Build your own gym

But alone shouldn’t be an issue, the thing we are supposed to avoid is human contact, keep that to a minimum and just be careful.

sweet, so aslong as my sister and her kids stand out in the garden i con nip round and have a coffee and watch the TV?

I'm not saying I'd dob you in, but if you did it and someone did, you're so clearly breaking rule 1 i woul dhave little sympathy.

Its almost been a year now, everyone is suffering, you know the rues and you know what the rules and guidance is trying to achieve. suck it up.

If you need to ask if it is okay, then the answer is nearly always no.

Garage would count as part of someone's home, I'd have thought.

You are not allowed in someome elses garden, so garage is worse....

but is it within the law or is it a grey area?

You seem to be missing an option.

In Scotland, one person can go to another persons garden to meet one person (2 people max meeting outside/in private garden). Not that I'd be doing that anyway. It is just around the corner so travel can be taken out the equation.
There's no chance of airborne transmission if ventilated prior to use and with a thorough wipe-down after use no chance of contact transmission. So, as said... would probably come down to neighbor’s perception, however, if the old bill were called in I think it might fall into their discretion of how they treat it fine/warning.

I think you know the answer.

So, as said… would probably come down to neighbor’s perception

and the fact its indoors...

If you want to do it, then do it. Just don't try to pretend you're unaware of the current rules that prohibit it

and the fact its indoors…

and in someone else's home...

and in someone else’s home…

And you're handling lots of metal objects, potentially coughing, sweating and slevering over them

Unlike the others here, this feels to me like it would be within the spirit if not the letter of the law. We're in unprecedented times, and the current rules can't foresee every situation. Use common sense, and this feels within common sense to me, especially if the garage door is open.

Or - bubble with the friend and you'll be 100% within the letter of the law.

Build your own gym

Because this is affordable and based on stock levels easy for everyone to do? I've just spent a lot of cash on a bar and 100kg of weight, but I agonised over doing this for a while and appreciate not everyone can afford to do it.

I have to agree with the others though, entry to someone else's house is clearly against the letter of the law. My garage is external to my house, but I'm not letting anyone else in at this point.

It's entering someone else's property so it's a big fat no-no in the rules

The garage in question is detached from the main house but I don't think that makes any difference technically. I guess what I could do is, assuming the Scottish weather permits it, get him to leave out his bar and some plates in the garden and I could go round and use them within the current guidelines.

assuming the Scottish weather permits it, get him to leave out his bar and some plates in the garden and I could go round and use them within the current guidelines.

All you need are some logs and a stuck sledge.

An interesting how far can we push the rules, it doesn't mention my very niche and particular circumstances in the guidance thread...

There’s no chance of airborne transmission if ventilated prior to use and with a thorough wipe-down after use no chance of contact transmission. So, as said… would probably come down to neighbor’s perception, however, if the old bill were called in I think it might fall into their discretion of how they treat it fine/warning.

Well there might be a very substantially reduced chance but I don't think you can say there is no chance.

I saw mention recently that the definition of "indoors" was whether you would be permitted to smoke there is it was a public place (ie. if it would pass the test for being an outdoor smoking area)... I don't think that's in the law, but it seems both a sensible "test", and that if you wanted to argue the toss in court about what was in/outdoors that the fiscal might point to a definition in other parts of the law... A garage will not meet this standard even with the door open.

It’s against the rules as you are visiting a house.
If you are looking for loopholes you are part of the problem.

Scotland had 500ish infections and 50,000ish vaccinations one day last week so I think it’s ok to say that things are likely to improve soon.

Whilst I think what you are describing is probably fine it’s still an offence.

Unlike the others here, this feels to me like it would be within the spirit if not the letter of the law. We’re in unprecedented times, and the current rules can’t foresee every situation

Hmm first couple of months were unprecedented, my issues after that perhaps the spirt and letter of the law should have been ‘harmonised’ so interpretation is not left to the ‘normal’ lay person.

One man’s meat is another mans poison an all that 🙂

"Letters of the law" aside,

Isn't using a gym, even a private one, inherently a more hazardous pastime? As someone else said above, you'll be breathing way harder than normal, bodily fluids going in all directions, a quick once-over with a wet wipe ain't gonna cut it I don't think. I think it'd be a particularly reckless thing to be doing regardless of what the rules say.

If you're that desperate to lift things, is there seriously nothing heavy in your own house? Go carry the washing machine upstairs a couple of times.

If you need to ask if it is okay, then the answer is nearly always no.

This ^^

I guess what I could do is, assuming the Scottish weather permits it, get him to leave out his bar and some plates in the garden and I could go round and use them within the current guidelines.

If you need to ask if it is okay, then the answer is nearly always no.

This needs making into a tshirt

It's not "niche or particular circumstances" - it's a fekking clear NO.

It's someone else's home - and you can't guarantee that the wipedown is to a clinical standard.

Do some flipping pressups and lift some home made weights. It's a no, very very clearly.

But you already know that.

Sounds like a gazebo might be the answer...