How To Design Spaces That Encourage
Physical Activity And Wellness
The Great Outdoor Gym Company is
looking to work with landscape architects
and parks to design in wellness.According
to the World Health Organization physical
inactivity is one of the top four leading
risk factors for health. Globally, 1 in 4
people are not doing the recommended
30 minutes of exercise a week and there
are strong links between this and rising
epidemic levels of Obesity, Diabetes,
Cancer and Heart disease.
Physical activity is now seen the wonder
drug but how can a society that has
previously designed out opportunities
to become more physically active now
start to provide mass and affordable
opportunities for hundreds of thousands
of people to get more active?The Great
Outdoor Gym Company (TGO) has the
solution with its equipment that has
proven effective at reaching inactive
groups (26% surveyed on an outdoor gym
in London were previously inactive).
TGO started its venture in 2007 with
a mission to break down the barriers
to exercise by making gyms and free,
accessible and usable at any time for
people of all ages and abilities . Now 9
years later, TGO are even more focused at
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making a difference at a time when they
are needed the most.
With over 700 outdoor gym sites in over
65 countries, British manufacturer of
outdoor gym equipment, TGO is now the
world’s leading outdoor gym provider.
Creative Director of TGO, Georgie
Delaney commented
“We are very keen to work with landscape
architects and designers to design in every
day opportunities for physical activity and
wellness. We have a range of equipment
that can be used to enhance landscapes
and promote a culture of wellness. They
can be installed as an outdoor room or in
a trail. ” TGO has always taken a holistic
view to its design and always strived to
be greener, safer and stronger than any
other provider. 100% designed, tested,
engineered and manufactured in the UK,
TGO has the biggest range of outdoor
fitness equipment on the market with
equipment ranging from low impact
cardio units, equipment that uses the
bodyweight of the user as resistance
through to TGO new calisthenics ‘Rig’
designed to push even the most advanced
of users.
TGO has recently launched its ‘Green
Energy Range’ that actually harnesses the
energy created by the user and converts
it into usable electricity that can charge
mobile devices, light the gym or even go
back into a local building or the grid.
With TGO outdoor gym equipment everyone
can now workout at a time it suits them in
the great outdoors and for free. Design in
wellness with us! For more information go
to www.tgogc.com for more information or
contact 01795 373301 or info@tgogc.
com