Arenzano has its own outdoor gym

The new outdoor gym in Arenzano

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Arenzano – There are pull-up bars, parallels, rings and other tools still in the new outdoor gym in Arenzano, inaugurated on Saturday 9 January on the Fabrizio De André seafront, a few steps from the Nazario Gambino football field.

A project that extends the training of all the numerous ones for free runners and cyclists that have always traveled the promenade between Arenzano and Cogoleto, and also designed for all those who – due to the health emergency – can no longer go to the gym. And in fact, immediately after the metaphorical “ribbon cutting” by the mayor Luigi Gambino, there was no lack of Saturday morning sportsmen who approached, intrigued, to immediately try the open-air gym.

The structure was strongly desired by the Consulta dei Giovani Arenzanesi which stimulated the administration so that it could be implemented quickly: “The proposal – says Agostino Calcagno, president of the consultation – came out of a collection of ideas that we young people organized. In particular, at the feast of the Consulta we created a “box of ideas” that allowed the children to express themselves on the projects that they thought could be more useful for the young people of Arenzano. It emerged that everyone would have liked the outdoor gym, it is an idea we have been talking about for years, and so we put pressure on the administration ».

“At this point, the council, the mayor and the council took action – explains Gabriele Teschioni, a member of the council and also of the municipal council of Arenzano – and we are pleased that the boys were followed a lot even in the planning stages, a job we did together. Involving the youngest people was very nice, a test that we want to carry out also in future projects and in those already in place, such as moving the headquarters of the Youth Council to the former Papillon building. We are proud that our ideas are listened to ».

«It will be an outdoor area in which to work outdoors with the whole body and the help of tools – says Andrea Bevilacqua, municipal and sports councilor -. The spaces are large enough, when the covid emergency is over and we do not have to respect the distances, up to 10 people can train at the same time. We think it is very useful for all people who want to approach the world of street workouts ».

The goal is not to stop there: «We hope in the coming years to be able to install other fixed installations in order to create an entire path. I think it is a good message considering that in this moment, unfortunately, sport is on the margins of our life », says Davide Oliveri, councilor for sport of Arenzano.

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