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Here in Italy in order to subscribe to a gym you need to bring your ECG (not mandatory by law but a number of gyms will ask for it), and every year you need to
by antirez 8y ago
Here in Italy in order to subscribe to a gym you need to bring your ECG (not mandatory by law but a number of gyms will ask for it), and every year you need to make a new one, so I would say that the percentage of "active" population that is not regularly checked is small. How is this matter in the rest of the world?
- inglor 8y agoIsrael used to be this way and it used to be a requirement by the government (not an ECG but a doctor note). Like a lot of other regulation it made it less likely for people to work out. Now it's a questionnaire instead. I think the new system works better here since it's one less hurdle to get over before you can sign up for a gym and work out.
- antirez 8y agoI would say yes and not: yes it may become a barrier, but no, here most gyms organized that they have a doctor inside and for 40 euros they do the doctor checkup + ECG.
- inglor 8y agoOh, in Israel getting a doctor checkup or an ECG is free and most gyms don't have doctors or even a nurse (all gym instructors must get CPR certification though).
- twic 8y agoI've never heard of a gym asking for an ECG, or anything like that, in the UK.