By Wu Pei-hua and Dennis Xie / Staff reporter, with staff writerSales of home exercise equipment have soared as people spend more time at home due to the COVID-19 epidemic, industry sources said on Monday. The self-training trend is becoming popular as people avoid crowded gyms or fitness classes, creating a business opportunity for the home fitness equipment sector, the sources said. Online retailer PChome said that male customers mostly purchased simple weightlifting equipment, whose sales rose 30 percent from a year earlier, with two-in-one barbells and dumbbells being top sellers, followed by Blades brand dumbbells. Sales of post-workout tools that relax and massage the muscles have been increasing as well, it added. Active daily players of the game rose to 600,000, from 500,000 a year earlier, he added.

Source: Taipei Times March 03, 2020 15:56 UTC