Let’s Get Functionally Fit - Outdoor Functional Fitness Zone Now Open!
MoveStrong Outdoor Functional Fitness Site opened at The Linc Wellness Center
Offering diverse exercises in a less intimidating environment, the Linc is a popular gym among locals and students at Jefferson City Park and Lincoln University in Missouri. Just in time for summer, the gym extended its offerings with a brand new MoveStrong Outdoor Functional Fitness Zone.
After over a year of planning, designing, and construction, athletes can now perform full-body workouts focusing on real-life movements, while enjoying all the benefits of being outdoors in a fitness court.
MoveStrong’s Outdoor Functional Fitness Zone is ideal to serve a large variety of people with different lifestyles, fitness levels, and goals. The 38’ x 38’ site is divided into several training zones with a different focus for each. Whether wellness center members or athletes want to improve balance and agility work on strength and power, get a sweaty cardio workout in or stretch joints and muscles, they will be covered.
The Functional Fitness Zones incorporate proven FitGround equipment and specialty surfacing for comfort, instruction, and diversity while working out. Using primarily body weight and resistance in combination with free-form moving tools, the exercises aim to develop the necessary movement skills, strength, stability, agility, power, and balance to complete everyday body functions and perform at your best!
Agility dots, a ladder, and a balance beam create a great area for improving coordination, quick motion, and balance, while users working on strength and power will find numerous bars, a tire flip station, a stretch, core, lift, balance, step, conditioning, and lunge zones with more various push and pull exercises. Anyone who is looking for sweaty HIIT and conditioning workouts that target endurance finds battle ropes and plyo steps on site.
Last but not least there is a stretching zone for warm-ups and cool-downs, or developing flexibility in muscles and joints.
Additional features include specialty surfacing with track lanes, graphics for on-the-floor exercises, and QR codes for mobile training instructions to ensure a safe and efficient training experience.
The Linc is one of the first completed installations of MoveStrongs unique, customizable Functional Fitness Training Zones. It allows to shift any workout outdoors to live Life and Move Strong this summer!