Friday 12 April 2019, De Blaak exercise garden (Tilburg) was opened. Five different devices have been placed to stimulate the movement of young and old. The initiative came from a local survey for the 2600 55+ people living in this neighborhood. The exercise garden turned out to be highly desirable from the response of the survey and the interest in the opening.
Meaning
There were no fewer than 80 people present at the opening of the garden to try out the devices, after a few speeches by the initiators. The goal of bringing people into contact with each other was immediately achieved. The place now has much more meaning for the residents than before, a real fitness and meeting place. Wijkraad De Blaak expects this to motivate everyone even more to keep moving!
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Neighborhood participation
The WijkaanZet working group at Wijkraad de Blaak wanted to investigate whether there was a need for mutual social contacts among 55+ people in De Blaak. That need therefore appeared to be clear. To fulfill this, we have designed an exercise garden with the following 5 devices from our fitness range:
- The handbike (upper body)
- Crossfit (Legs + Arms)
- Rowfit (Whole body)
- WaxOn WaxOff (Arms)
- Pacewalk (legs)