Attractive outdoor gym in Norway

The area around Månejordet has long been a lively hub for physical activity. Popular with walking groups, joggers, and local sports clubs, it also features a large skate park for younger users. With so much community activity, the location was ideal for expanding Larvik Municipality’s health and activity infrastructure.

In 2023, the municipality conducted a Omnigym Global User Study study to gauge local interest in an outdoor gym. The pilot project was a resounding success, with many residents expressing a desire to make the equipment a permanent feature.

When additional budget became available in 2024, the municipality moved forward with plans to establish a permanent outdoor excercise area. The goal was to create an inclusive space for outdoor workouts and strength training for all ages and experience levels, with a particular focus on older adults—a key demographic already using Månejordet for recreation. Supporting senior-friendly fitness and promoting physical activity for the whole community remained a central priority throughout the project.

To meet the community’s need for inclusive exercise, the Månejordet outdoor training park was designed as a multifunctional training area with a focus on full-body workouts. The park features a combination of Omnigym strength machines with adjustable weights, allowing users to perform exercises such as squats, bench presses, leg presses, deadlifts, and shoulder presses.

In addition to strength training equipment with adjustable weights, the park offers a variety of bodyweight training zone for leg raisees, dips chin-ups, and more, making it perfect for versatile outdoor workouts. The training area is surfaced with a mix of concrete and rubber, ensuring a clean, safe, and universally accessible outdoor gym environment suitable even for strollers, wheelchairs, and walkers.

The park’s inviting, organic layout reflects a close collaboration between Omnigym reseller Moovment and the Larvik Municipality’s architect, creating a community-friendly park with outdoor fitness equipment where people of all ages and abilities can stay active and connect.

The result is a vibrant and attractive outdoor training area that has quickly become a local hotspot. Månejordet outdoor gym is now a natural gathering place where residents of all ages come to exercise, socialize, and enjoy the outdoors. The park supports both spontaneous outdoor workouts and organized group activities, making it a versatile space for community fitness.

Since opening, the park has already proven its impact on promoting public health and well-being. According to the first Smart Report, Månejordet outdoor gym recorded over 2,300 visits in a single month, demonstrating its popularity and importance as a hub for active lifestyles.

The outdoor training area is thoughtfully divided into two functional zones to maximize usability and appeal. The main strength training area features an arch-shaped concrete layout equipped with Omnigym outdoor gym equipment, ideal for full-body strength workouts. Adjacent to this is a smaller, kidney-shaped bodyweight training zone surfaced with soft green rubber, providing a safe and accessible area for exercises such as dips, pull-ups, and back extensions. The Omnigym stations are arranged around the calisthenic area, creating a cohesive, visually appealing layout that balances functionality, safety, and aesthetic design, perfect for public outdoor fitness spaces serving users of all ages.

Core Rack: Core Rack combines abdominal bench, dips, and back lifts for a solid core and upper body workout.
Bench Press: Bench press is an exercise that trains the chest muscles, triceps, and shoulders.
Lat Pulldown: Lat pulldown is an exercise that focuses on training the latissimus dorsi muscles (broad back muscles).
Leg Press: Leg press is an exercise that trains the lowerbody, hamstrings, quads, glutes and calves
Squat: Squats train multiple muscle groups simultaneously, primarily in the lower body.
Low Row: Low Row is an exercise that trains the upper and middle back and biceps muscles.
Front Press: Front press is an exercise that trains the shoulders, biceps, forearms, and triceps.
Triceps Press: Triceps press builds upper body strength and hepls with shoulders and elbow movement.
Multi lift: The Multi lift strengthens your lower body, quads, glutes and trapezius.
Leg Raise, Dip and Chin-up: A  three-in-onemachinethat provides workout for chest, triceps, biceps, back, shoulders, abs, thighs and quadriceps.