Pollution from the burning of Indonesia's rain forests appears to be claiming another casualty: physical fitness in Singapore.
Poor air quality is keeping people indoors, denting demand for outdoor exercise in the usually balmy city-state.
"We're an outdoor fitness company, with up to eight sessions a day outside," Lisa Clayton, a director of OzFit/UFit Bootcamps, said Wednesday. "We have had to cancel pretty much most of them over the last two weeks."
She said her company usually catered to as many as 100 people a day training outside, but has instead hosted bootcamps at indoor locations, such as condominium function rooms, for about 60 people a day. Full story...
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Poor air quality is keeping people indoors, denting demand for outdoor exercise in the usually balmy city-state.
"We're an outdoor fitness company, with up to eight sessions a day outside," Lisa Clayton, a director of OzFit/UFit Bootcamps, said Wednesday. "We have had to cancel pretty much most of them over the last two weeks."
She said her company usually catered to as many as 100 people a day training outside, but has instead hosted bootcamps at indoor locations, such as condominium function rooms, for about 60 people a day. Full story...
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