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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