Residential Estate Industry Journal 3 | Page 62

INDUSTRY FOCUS PAGE 60 Outdoor FACILITIES Trims parks and play areas are designed to Green Outdoor Gyms - trim parks address the growing demand for a proactive Green Outdoor Gyms, trim parks offer residents health, fitness and recreation regime for children multiple workout stations with more than 130 and adults and with the increasing awareness of exercises and three different skill levels – the need for outdoor activities, trim parks and beginner, intermediate and advanced. Equipment play areas add greatly to the appeal of any combines functional fitness with body weight estate that installs them. Once the trim parks training, allowing users of all fitness levels, and playgrounds are in place, they are sure to abilities and capabilities to complete a workout attract regular visits from residents, thus creating routine that is both comprehensive and a new hub for socialising and strengthening the challenging. The gyms or trim parks are rugged sense of community. in design, with few or no mechanical parts to break or maintain, so they offer a really low- Of course, both trim parks and the playgrounds cost, low-tech, high-impact infrastructure suitable should be landscaped to fit in with the existing for any lifestyle estate, that wants to help their aesthetic of the estate. Adults and teenagers residents stay fit. enjoy the rugged, weatherproof outdoor gyms, and for children a range of safe, creative and If you are considering an outdoor fitness facility – most importantly – fun outdoor play areas. – and you really should be – we can design a