Location: GR Bricker Reserve Outdoor Gym, 117 Rowans Rd, Moorabbin, VIC 3189
Client: Kingston City Council
Age: From 10 years
Year: 2024
GR Bricker Reserve Outdoor Gym has been ACTI’vated, offering a welcoming space for the community to embrace fitness and fun. As part of Kingston City Council’s renewal master plan, the outdoor gym has received an upgrade that reflects council’s strong commitment to health, fitness, and inclusion, ensuring the reserve remains a valued destination for recreation and connection. Designed with accessibility, inclusion, and versatility in mind, it encourages people of diverse ages and abilities to stay active and have fun together! With sportsgrounds, a pavilion, playgrounds, landscaped gardens, outdoor exercise equipment, and an off-leash dog area, GR Bricker Reserve caters to a wide range of interests and activities.
Get strong with the Inclusive Fitness Station
At the heart of this outdoor gym is the J37101 Inclusive Fitness Station, designed to bring together a wide range of accessible features, ensuring it caters to people with diverse abilities, including those using a wheelchair. This station integrates key elements such as tai-chi wheels, a shoulder disc, sloping monkey bars, dip bars, and a low horizontal bar. These features maximise inclusion while providing a diverse and engaging workout experience.
Supporting a variety of fun fitness activities, the station encourages users to engage in balancing, jumping, hanging, pull-ups, dips, abdominal exercises, push-ups, and spinning. For people who use a wheelchair, features like tai-chi wheels and the shoulder disc promote upper-body mobility and coordination, while sloping monkey bars and low bars offer adaptable strength-training options. The station’s multifunctional design ensures a seamless blend of fun, fitness, and inclusion, creating a welcoming environment where everyone can challenge themselves and achieve their fitness goals.
Get sweaty with the Compact Fitness Station
Complementing the Inclusive Fitness Station is the custom J37100 Compact Fitness Station, a dynamic hub of fitness and fun. At the centre of the unit are a seat and a handy coat rack. This innovative setup offers six versatile workout elements that pack a punch in delivering an all-round fun fitness experience. With a balance board, vertical jump platform, and punchball, the station adds a playful twist to exercise, encouraging users to test their skills and challenge one another in a fun way.
Offering activities ranging from balancing, jumping, and boxing to hanging, pull-ups, dips, and abdominal workouts, this station is ideal for anyone looking to mix fitness with a touch of friendly competition. This custom unit has an additional Abs Bench to add even more exercise variety. Whether you’re mastering your moves on the balance board or going for gold with the punchball, the Compact Fitness Station turns every workout into an exciting adventure.
Abs Bench
Cardio Training with the Elliptical Trainer and the Stepper
The gym also includes additional equipment to enhance fitness routines. An J37215 elliptical trainer offers joint-friendly cardio workouts, mimicking walking or running. Meanwhile, the J37216 stepper provides six resistance levels of up to 60kg. It supports both forward and backward movements for a dynamic and varied workout. J5903 Plyo steps are perfect for jumpy exercises and to test your balance.
A Fun Fitness Experience
Experience an elevated outdoor gym, with QR codes on each piece of equipment connecting users to the ACTI’FUN app. This virtual fitness coach offers guided exercises at various levels, complete with instructional videos and cues. The app ensures accessibility and empowers people with diverse abilities to customise fitness plans. Users can also track progress, and engage in friendly challenges, creating a motivating and interactive fitness journey.
A Community-Centric Space
GR Bricker Reserve Outdoor Gym is where smart design meets cutting-edge technology to create an inclusive space that is inspiring and functional. From the Inclusive Fitness Station to the Compact Fitness Station and beyond, this outdoor gym invites the community to get moving, build strength, and have a blast in the fresh air. It’s a place where fitness meets fun, and everyone can enjoy embracing a healthier, more active lifestyle together!
