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Outdoor Gyms

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    #92
    ferike1
    Registered Users Posts: 1,785 ✭✭✭ferike1


    Great news!

    Any pics of the new park?


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    #93
    Thud
    Registered Users Posts: 2,535 ✭✭✭Thud


    Good work Ironé, was wondering how it ended up. Post some pics of the equipment for us?


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    #94
    Ironé
    Registered Users Posts: 260 ✭✭Ironé


    I have all the pictures up on the community website - we actually have 10 pieces not 12 - you'd think I would know that at this stage:

    http://www.athtrasna.com/gallery/?album=1&gallery=12

    The site is absolutely crawling for some reason today. One of the pieces has fencing around it in the photo as the concrete was still setting.

    It's early days yet with it and it'll be interesting to see in a years time if it will get the use out of it. I feel it will as people are obsessed with fitness and sport in this town :-)


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    #95
    nice_guy80
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,723 ✭✭✭nice_guy80


    Nice outdoor gym in San Fran, near the Presidio.

    Part of a new campaign in America. Free outdoor gyms in popular exercise locations.


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    #96
    Siim
    Registered Users Posts: 23 ✭Siim


    Hey..

    Don't want to be a thread digger here but I've gotta ask.

    Any outdoor gyms / calisthenics parks near Sandyford?


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    #97
    Thud
    Registered Users Posts: 2,535 ✭✭✭Thud


    Deer Park in Goatstown isnt too far from Sandyford


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    #98
    Alf Veedersane
    Registered Users Posts: 24,553 ✭✭✭✭Alf Veedersane


    Good list here put together by Ant11


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    #99
    meijin
    Registered Users Posts: 1,251 ✭✭✭meijin


    Siim wrote: »
    Any outdoor gyms / calisthenics parks near Sandyford?
    there is something in the park behind St Raphaela's school


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    #100
    conzy
    Subscribers Posts: 6,408 ✭✭✭conzy


    Alf Veedersane wrote: »
    Good list here put together by Ant11

    incorrect link

    Its hilarious though. Could have been a lot worse :pac:


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    #101
    Alf Veedersane
    Registered Users Posts: 24,553 ✭✭✭✭Alf Veedersane


    conzy wrote: »
    incorrect link

    Its hilarious though. Could have been a lot worse :pac:

    The correct link

    Uncannily like Patrick Stewart...


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    #102
    Siim
    Registered Users Posts: 23 ✭Siim


    Thanks. Went to Deerpark.
    Did pull-ups for 2 hours, over 20 sets LOL and some dips at the end.
    My palms are f@#ked but it was worth it.

    youtube.com/watch?v=bhT2tcDFUwA

    youtube.com/watch?v=cReY8eiChiA


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    #103
    pjcb
    Registered Users Posts: 322 ✭✭pjcb


    Have you ever seen anyone seriously use outdoor gym equipment, that councils are installing in lots of places (not pull/dip/monkey bars etc) but the more mechanical ones like these? https://www.outfit.ie/products



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    #104
    yellowlabrador
    Registered Users Posts: 1,175 ✭✭✭yellowlabrador


    They are used by quite a few people every day in our park. Very popular amongst the older crowd.



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    #105
    Black Sheep
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 3,032 Mod ✭✭✭✭Black Sheep


    Those machines are on the seafront in Clontarf, in a few locations.

    They're certainly sturdy, and hold up well to the elements.

    While personally I think for younger or generally healthy trainees a selection of bars and monkey bars at various heights (a calisthenics outdoor gym) is probably more use than these machines, they do get a fair bit of use from the older crowd, and passing famillies.

    Not all the machines are equally well-designed. The seated chest press and seated lat pull down are quite clever, they're essentially using your bodyweight for the resistance, once your feet are off the ground. The seated leg press is not very challenging but works along the same principle and I think it's decent for an older person. The rower / skier / cycling / walker machines don't work as well because there is no resistance and seated positions are fixed. The walker is a bit hazardous, to be honest.

    I suppose anything that fosters activity among our increasingly obese population is to be encouraged.



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