Call for beachside outdoor gym for fitness fanatics
Gold Coast fitness enthusiasts are pushing for a central place to work out complete with the necessary equipment.
Similar workout sites have been successfully established at Los Angeles’ Muscle Beach and Sydney’s Bondi Beach.
The organiser of the Gold Coast Bar Alliance, Mel Mukti, said he was among thousands of fitness fanatics from Coolangatta to Southport, Queensland, who could benefit from a beachside gym.
Training outdoors, he said, was well supported on the Gold Coast and more people were joining the trend every day.
Gold Coast City Council has provided chin-up bars for regular training, but Mr Mukti said calls for the establishment of a large outdoor gym had fallen on deaf ears.
He said although he had prepared a proposed design for such a facility, he believed funds were an overriding issue.
Training regimes of locals keen to keep fit have attracted big crowds along the tourist strip, according to Mr Mukti, and he said a central location at which the fitness community could gather to showcase their talents was greatly needed.
He welcomed the concept currently available at Bondi gym where seating surrounded the training area, encouraging spectators to stop and observe the athletes and fitness professionals in action.
Beach events like muscle flexing pursuits such as this are often featured in regular Gold Coast marketing campaigns, which include poster and postcard printing.
Similar workout sites have been successfully established at Los Angeles’ Muscle Beach and Sydney’s Bondi Beach.
The organiser of the Gold Coast Bar Alliance, Mel Mukti, said he was among thousands of fitness fanatics from Coolangatta to Southport, Queensland, who could benefit from a beachside gym.
Training outdoors, he said, was well supported on the Gold Coast and more people were joining the trend every day.
Gold Coast City Council has provided chin-up bars for regular training, but Mr Mukti said calls for the establishment of a large outdoor gym had fallen on deaf ears.
He said although he had prepared a proposed design for such a facility, he believed funds were an overriding issue.
Training regimes of locals keen to keep fit have attracted big crowds along the tourist strip, according to Mr Mukti, and he said a central location at which the fitness community could gather to showcase their talents was greatly needed.
He welcomed the concept currently available at Bondi gym where seating surrounded the training area, encouraging spectators to stop and observe the athletes and fitness professionals in action.
Beach events like muscle flexing pursuits such as this are often featured in regular Gold Coast marketing campaigns, which include poster and postcard printing.