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Kompan UK LI Webinar: Creating Healthier and Happy Communities: Outdoor Fitness with Local Benefits Available to download on LI Campus All around the world people of all ages and abilities are moving towards the outdoors to exercise. People’s wellbeing and mental health, especially after Covid, has never been more important. Offering a ‘free to use’ community fitness hub that everyone can access whatever their age or ability can positively contribute to this. When it comes to community open air fitness areas, it is extremely important to include universal outdoor fitness facilities that cater to the most users. This could be stationary outdoor cardio equipment, or fitness facilities that require body weight such as calisthenics or cross training equipment. Outdoor strength training machines are now completely changing the game for outdoor fitness, as they have adjustable weights to ensure everyone can get a workout at their fitness levels. Consultation can be key. Consulting the local community through the design process, where everyone has a say on what is required, can ensure the right scheme for everyone is installed to suit their various needs and goals. This avoids installing token pieces of equipment no one uses and wasting valuable funds. As an end result, carefully chosen equipment with fitness related apps allows for everyone to have a full and beneficial workout. 70
KOMPAN’s purpose is to create healthier and happier communities through impactful outdoor play and fitness solutions. We strive hard to provide our customers with products that deliver outstanding performance on all parameters.
creations. Tom switched up his design process to create playgrounds that were beautiful and timeless, like objects of art. Since then, KOMPAN’s mascot figure – Homo Ludens – has become the iconic mark of inventive quality that says, ‘this is the art of playing.’
KOMPAN was born from art. Half a century ago, sculptor Tom Lindhardt observed children playing on his artistic
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