Outdoor Fitness Concepts

Drax launches in the UK and says it wants to be the global number one fitness brand South Korean fitness brand, Drax, has launched operations in the UK, with the acquisition of equipment supplier Outdoor Fitness Concepts.

It’s official! 🎉

We are proud to announce the launch of DRAX in the UK, with all direct operations through DRAX Fitness UK.

This means that the full range of fitness equipment and digital solutions are now available direct to UK gyms, including...

💪 SPEEDSYNC – the world’s first automatic speed-adjusting treadmill technology
💪 DRAXfit - DRAX’s unique AI platform which integrates all digitally controlled equipment and facility processes
💪 My Mountain - -5% to 50% incline trainer with 40% of the footprint of most treadmills
💪 Synergy Air HIIT line – three-piece self-powered range, with 1 million+ watts of resistance in a single machine

…plus much, much more!

Renowned for its technological advancements and innovative product lines, Drax is South Korea’s premier fitness brand. Since launching in 2001, DRAX has invested heavily in manufacturing and R&D, building its own Smart Factories as part of its commitment to innovation and improved production processes.

🖥️ Learn more: www.draxfit.co.uk

We're proud to have partnered with Waltham Forest Council to deliver an outdoor gym at a new Family Resilience and High Needs Centre, a purpose-built facility to support families and children in the local area.

As well as providing the equipment for the new facility, the Outdoor Fitness Concepts team supported on the entire fit-out, including construction of the space and layout, also working closely with the contractor to co-ordinate the equipment install.

➡️ Learn more about the project: https://loom.ly/JceiOxs

It’s time to redefine our relationship with outdoor gyms, with a new era of outdoor strength equipment.

One of the key principles of effective resistance training is ‘Progressive Overload’ - as the body adapts to increased demand, to continue to progress, we need to provide it with an increased challenge in the form of more weight or reps. This is what makes free weights, selectorised and plate load strength equipment in our indoor gyms such effective tools for maintaining and improving body composition.

However, with most of the current provision for outdoor fitness, it is difficult to make simple, small progressive increases in load - especially when catering to a wide range of users and in unsupervised workout spaces.

The new era of outdoor strength equipment from Outdoor Fitness Concepts feature biomechanically sound movement patterns combined with a variable load system and QR code video instructions, allowing users at all ability levels to get effective, safe and progressive resistance training workouts in public outdoor spaces.

Imagine an outdoor gym that can be used by all abilities that can be used in all-weathers and year-round with solar lighting for winter months, fenced enclosures and between 5 and 12 variable load resistance machines, and a variety of progressive bodyweight training stations with integrated technology to monitor usage.

Imagine the impact on public health, fitness and wellness if all our communities had free dedicated Training Parks.

Discover the new era of outdoor strength equipment: https://loom.ly/8Sn_cnk

Older adults represent the fastest-growing age demographic of the population, and physiological changes associated with ageing can adversely impact their functional capacity, health outcomes, and quality of life. These changes include a decline in muscle mass, strength and power.

Resistance training is the only therapy known to consistently improve muscle mass, strength and power, as well as overall physical function in older adults.

To combat this decline as we age, The ACSM (American College of Sports Medicine) recommends that older adults perform a minimum of 150 minutes of moderate or 75 minutes of vigorous-intensity aerobic activity, and two days of moderate-intensity strengthening activities. These strength activities should include 8 - 10 exercises involving the major muscle groups, with 8 - 12 repetitions of each exercise.

Think about the impact that free public access to outdoor training facilities in our parks and green spaces would have to the older adults in our community, and their longer term health outcomes and quality of life. Especially if these facilities feature well-designed, easy to use and, most importantly, variable load resistance equipment that’s accessible and free for all to use.

To find out more on how we can help improve access to outdoor fitness equipment, find our full range of equipment and contact information on our website: https://loom.ly/8Sn_cnk

What makes a great outdoor gym?

At first glance, you might not be sure whether you have the space or right location for an outdoor gym - but you might have a more suitable outdoor space than you think.

From choosing the right location, to investing in the right equipment for your needs, read our latest blog to find out all the key points to consider when planning your outdoor gym.

https://loom.ly/uZfKFDo

WHAT MAKES A GREAT OUTDOOR GYM? Our mission is to provide world class innovative outdoor fitness solutions to meet the varied needs, timescales and seasonal requirements of its customers. We supply OptiFit® Outdoor Fitness Equipment and are the designers of Fitness Parks® The Turnkey Outdoor Fitness Solution for communities and ...

Introducing the all new range of Phoenix outdoor rigs and racks from OptiFit, fully modular to suit your needs and your outdoor space.

Manufactured from 76mm x 76mm 11 gauge stainless steel, with westside hole spacing, these versatile, high-performance functional strength and conditioning rigs are built to excel in any location, and any outdoor conditions, for every user and every training programme.

A range of attachments are supported, from monkey bars, rope climbs and spotting arms, to dip bars and hip thrust pads, helping you and your users achieve a full body workout and providing a fully functional training solution.

➡️ View our full range of Phoenix rigs and racks, available to order today: https://loom.ly/ovLA-lg

Paradigm Housing Group provides affordable housing across the South East, providing their communities safe, high quality and affordable housing, managing over 16,000 homes across the South East.

We worked with David Kenyon, Senior Manager of Supported Accommodation at Paradigm Housing, to transform an unused outdoor space into an outdoor fitness facility, enabling their residents to get a full body workout.

"We wanted to be able to give our residents the facilities to get a full body workout, as an alternative to going to the gym. And people are really appreciative. Our residents use it a lot, and are really appreciative that there’s something there as an alternative to a gym membership. Getting in that workout can help with your confidence, helps with your sense of self, and helps with your mental wellbeing. So it’s definitely a positive thing.”

Are you looking to make the most of your outdoor space? Check out our incredible transformation at Goldenstones Leisure Centre, which turned a rundown courtyard with drainage issues into an all-weather day to night functional fitness space.

A 5m Element Fitness Functional Training Rig was floor mounted, including a 3.8m rope climb, 4 lifting stations, multiple pull-up bars, boxing bag arm, dipping station and jump platform. Finished with 40mm rubber surfacing with embedded logo and 43mm outdoor safety tiles for the rope climb.

We also replaced, integrated and upgraded the sections of drainage that had deteriorated and integrated a fire exit hatch for the plant room into the floor.

Read the full case study and find out more about the project: https://loom.ly/cjaIMeY

Posted • With a couple of months of regular exercise, you can notice plenty of benefits in your life, for example:

🧠 Brain function and well-being will improve.
💦 Metabolism is enhanced and fat cells lose fat.
❤️ Resting heart rate and blood pressure are reduced, heart muscle and respiratory muscle function improves, lung and vascular function is enhanced. This improves endurance fitness.
💪 Muscle strength increases as muscle cell size increases.
💥 The risk of prolonged back pain is reduced.
🏃‍♂️ Exercise maintains functional capacity and can relieve pain from other musculoskeletal pains.

So maybe have a quick workout during your lunch break or get that sweat on after work. It will pay back. ☝

Posted • A high school in Estonia got a new beautiful outdoor gym on their yard 🇪🇪 Pupils can take their extra energy to the gym during and after school days.

Posted • Rae Gümnaasiumi noortel on peagi võimalik uues Omnigymi välijõusaalis treenida 💪🏋️‍♀️

Great to finally meet the Omnigym team in Helsinki last week, a big thank you to Sami Kaivola and Juho Lahti for their time showing me around the production facilities, the incredible outdoor gyms around Finland and sharing some 'game changing' data.

The most impressive thing here is the culture, every outdoor gym we visited had users from the local communities working out, ranging from teenagers to the retired, snow and ice on the ground and sub zero temperatures. they walked, run or cycled to get there on the way from work or made a specific trip just to work out.

Omnigym equipment have been producing the highest quality outdoor strength equipment for over 30 years and in our opinion is some of the best we've encountered anywhere in world.

Yes... that's a stainless steel pressing arm covered in ice I have my hand on.

We look forward to strengthening our partnership with Omnigym and I will be sharing some exciting information with my network in the coming weeks.