Adult fitness and exercise things in Peckham Rye Park

[PeckhamRose]

Has this been mentioned in local press?

This one near Herne Bay, made BBC news!

I think it's a great idea.

I need to get fit enough in private though, to feel confident enough to be seen using one in public!

[Nero]

They have them in China, wheer they are very popular with older people. They think nothing of rowing, x-training and the like. Can't see it catching on here, I am afraid.

[PeckhamRose]

You haven't been out to see it then, have you Nero.

There were loads of adults on all of the bits of machinery!

Good for them!

Whether it will attract NEW people to exercise as distinct from people who exercise regularly anyway, we will see. I certainly would not as I said in the first post. But already it has caught on and I think it's fab.

[cate]

I saw them last week. Great idea. Tried a few of them out. Also saw loads of parents letting their small children 'exercise' on them even thought the signs said for over 12s.

[Applespider]

Will have to go down and take a look. I remember suggesting them to various people (including those doing up the Horniman Triangle) as being potentially fun after seeing them while in Macau last year.

[v_the_gelfling]

How exciting, will have to go check out and have a go, fantastic idea!

[digitalronin]

Whereabouts in the park is this stuff?

[cate]

Right next to the skateboard park.

[digitalronin]

Ah, thought it might be around there. I'll have to go take a look. Thanks.

[Mick Mac]

They have these in Goose Green pay park, a horse and a bird, my kids use them regular.

[Moos]

Mick Mac, this is pedantry of the highest order so I apologise - but isn't it a hippo?

(or did you MEAN a river horse....)

More importantly, they is rubbish, innit. It would be so nice if the Council would replace them with ones that move.

[LostThePlot]

cate Wrote:

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> Right next to the skateboard park.

Where is that then? I've never seen that?What's the neares road junction to it, can aonyone say, or offer directions?

Also what sort of stuff is there?

[cate]

It's behind the duck pond. You can get to it from the car park entrance or from the entrance near the school on Colyton road.

[Cassius]

Looks fun to me - might give it a go over Easter.........

[PeckhamRose]

Er.. cate... sorry but the "duck pond" is actually the LAKE. I know this because Southwark Council spent a lot of money making signs telling us that it is a LAKE. So that's what it must be. "Pond" indeed. Pahhh..

Yes, the adult exercise things are on SE15 side of the park, and by the skateboard area. Likewise I saw lots of little kids on them, yet Southwark Council spent a lot of money on signs telling us it is for over 12s only. And they spent a lot of money on signs saying that dogs should be on leads in certain areas of the park, yet the park keepers were clearing out the water fountain area in the middle of the Sexby Garden once again because dogs jumping in shortcut the electric bits that make the water fountain go whoosh. Apparently.

We are signed out, it would appear.

[ZEHRA]

ITS A DUCK POND, ITS TOO SMALL TO BE A LAKE!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Sandperson]

From Wiki:

A pond is a body of water smaller than a lake, both being examples of terrain features. Although the term pond is universally used to describe waterbodies that are smaller than lakes, an internationally recognised size cutoff has not yet been agreed, with values ranging from 2 hectares (20,000 m2) to 8 hectares (80,000 m2) used to distinguish the smaller from the larger waterbody.

[PeckhamRose]

Yeah I know and agree. But official sign says lake.

I agree though. it's a pond.

[Sue]

Oh come on, it's quite big, a pond is quite small :))

[Danstable]

Personally I think the gym is a stroke of genius although the machines could do with a drop of oil already (they creak and squeak), and they should have built in a means of increasing or decreasing the resistance.

The annoying bit is that the area is covered with kids and pushchairs every time I have wandered past....but I expect if I turned up in my mankini and started limbering up the parents would soon disappear with their kids.

The thought of a gentle jog followed by a short workout close to home is getting more and more attractive as the weather gets better. Best of all, it's free!

[woodie]

just one lil warning, if you have v small kids watch them on the seated devices. the ones for pecs and arm strength. the seat moves and kids who stand on them to reach the 'arms' will fall off as they bring the arm pieces down and the seat moves. then they bang the back of head on the front of the metal seat which produces..an egg ! on my girl it was a large one. Id looked away for 2 secs tending to my older one when, wham!

[Rita]

sorry bout your child but these machines are not meant for them. its pretty obvious that they are too big for them and it does state that they suitable for over 12's . You woulnt find young kids allowed in a gym !

[Pickle]

My thoughts exactly... the machines aren't meant for small children, and there are signs stating that. I have small kids, we use the playground - I think it's a shame that the gym equipment is swarming with children as it could be a great facility for people who want to use it properly.

[Rita]

Good on yer pickle

[LegalEagle-ish]

I had a go today with my other half. They are great. There were a few kids there 2day, but they left when the guys there started having competitions on the parallel bars.

The way to increase resistance is to get someone to sit on your knee!