Picture this: It’s a beautiful Tuesday afternoon – 72 degrees, a slight breeze, and the local foliage fully in bloom – but you’re stuck at work until 5:00. Maybe the end of the day rolls around sooner rather than later, but even then, you’re stuck inside once again, as you promised a friend to work out together at a local gym.

Fortunately, there are other options, such as exercising at an outdoor fitness park. Parents can even work out at these gyms as children play with the adjacent playground equipment.

Read on to learn more about outdoor fitness equipment and how to design a fitness park.

 

The Importance of Outdoor Fitness 

One benefit to creating outdoor fitness spaces is its appeal across generations. Every age group benefits from engaging with nature, as it decreases overall stress, improves coping abilities, encourages multigenerational interaction, reduces social isolation, enhances relationship-building skills, and improves or maintains cognitive function.

Investing in multigenerational fitness experiences can heighten the social advantages associated with time spent outdoors in ways that are not realized by exercising with same-age peers. Each generation comes with unique experiences that shape their perspective on life, and having these different age groups connect improves generational intelligence.

Multigenerational households are up 16% from 1971, and these families want to find ways to enjoy the outdoors together. Outdoor fitness equipment can create a common ground among different age groups and lend itself to more meaningful connections.

 

 

Challenge Course

The Challenge Course is an innovative way to inspire all generations to get active. Its design encourages friendly competition as each racer pushes themselves, and cheers on loved ones, to beat the standing record.

Our preconfigured Youth and Pro obstacle courses make it fast and easy to select a course that fits your space and budget, or you can build your own course by exploring our individual component offerings.

 

 

The Stadium

If you’re looking to create a Challenge Course experience for children and space constraints are an issue, the Stadium might be the optimal solution. The Stadium offers a complete obstacle course experience within a compact design, featuring 10 unique challenges in less than 1,200 square feet. It feels especially at home within parks or schools.

Each element of the Stadium was thoughtfully designed to incorporate multiple routes of travel for children to forge a different path every time they play. It also comes with optional integrated shade to keep children cool and inspire them to play longer.

 

 

THRIVE

THRIVE fitness systems are designed to remove barriers to high-quality functional fitness by incorporating a wide range of exercise options in as little as 250-square-feet. Not only is this compact design a cost and space-saver, but it encourages building connection among those within your community.

THRIVE systems also come with instructional booklets for beginner, intermediate, and advanced users, allowing everybody to get the most use from the space. Additionally, there are labels with QR codes on the equipment that a user can scan to access instructional videos, as well as optional instructional signage.

 

 

GTFit

Each piece of GTfit outdoor workout equipment focuses on addressing one of the five elements of a well-rounded fitness routine, allowing you to create comprehensive fitness stations that appeal to adults of all abilities and fitness levels. You can choose between our preconfigured fitness packages, or select individual GTFit components, to create an outdoor gym unique to your space.

 

 

Fun in the Sun 

Outdoor fitness parks are a great way to not only bring your friends and family together but engage with those in your community. With the help of our Challenge Course, Stadium, THRIVE, and GTFit equipment, all the time you usually spend inside at an indoor gym can be replaced with something that packs a little bit more Vitamin D – or, if getting too much sun is a concern, you can add shade structures to make the experience cooler and more comfortable.

Need help figuring out what outdoor fitness equipment is optimal for your space? Contact a GameTime representative today to learn more about the difference this equipment can make in the lives of many.