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Outdoor Gyms

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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


  • #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



  • #104
    yellowlabrador
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,191 ✭✭✭yellowlabrador


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



  • #105
    Black Sheep
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 3,180 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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