I have been to parks all over the country, as well
as overseas, and had excellent workout experiences.
I love the creativity a park offers and being able
to see the landscape as a gym. I bet it is similar
to how a skateboarder sees the urban landscape
as a canvas to paint their four-wheeled art.
I remember on the coast of Spain finding an outdoor
gym that used bodyweight machines. I could not
believe I was doing lat pull-downs while looking at
the Mediterranean Sea. After college I lived in my
hometown for a bit before moving to the Rockies.
I would return regularly to the pullup bars that my
dad would take me to when I was just a kid. Back
then all I could do was hang. I can do much more
now, but what was even more amazing was that
the aging wooden beams could still su