For many people, the gym is not just a facility to work out. It is a lifestyle, a community of likeminded individuals with the same goals, a place to relieve stress and anxiety after a long day at the office, a place to find and cultivate your happiness, and of course, a license to eat a well-deserved cheat meal without feeling too bad. Genuinely, it can be a motivating and welcoming environment â no matter your fitness level. Once gyms opened in Montreal again after a 6-month break, the positive energy it breaded had come back. It was evident in conversation.Â