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Outdoor Gym at Sports Area in Ris-Orangis, France
Omnigym outdoor gym popup installed in Ris-Orangis, Greater Paris
The Ris-Orangis outdoor gym, located in the Plateau neighbourhood, consisted of six Omnigym strength-training machines installed on movable platforms.
A very good initiative. The equipment is simple, well-designed and suitable for both beginners and more experienced users. Thank you!
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The Challenge
As part of its commitment to sport-santé and accessible physical activity, the City of Ris-Orangis wanted to create more opportunities for residents to exercise in their local neighbourhood. In the Plateau neighbourhood, the city, together with Grand Paris Sud and Sport dans la Ville, sought to strengthen the existing sports offer by introducing outdoor gym equipment.
The Solution
To address these challenges, the City of Ris-Orangis decided to install Omnigym outdoor gym equipment next to the sports field in the Plateau neighbourhood. The installation was temporary and remained in place for 72 days, providing residents with free access to high-quality strength-training equipment in an accessible outdoor setting. The installation, using movable platforms, allowed the municipality to introduce a new outdoor training facility without requiring a permanent construction project. With adjustable resistance suitable for different fitness levels, the Omnigym equipment complemented the existing sports offer and activities in the area. The project was carried out in collaboration with Omnigym and its French reseller, WIITraining.
For municipalities, a temporary, movable outdoor gym offers a flexible way to activate public space, encourage physical activity and support sport-for-health initiatives. It can also provide an opportunity to see how residents engage with outdoor strength training before considering longer-term investments in outdoor training infrastructure.
It’s incredible. Perfect outdoor training equipment that inspired me to give it a try.
In my opinion, a simple pull-up bar would be a great addition, along with dip bars or other simple and effective equipment for street workout.
How Omnigym activated an underused public space in Ris-Orangis
Located next to a football field and basketball court, surrounded by residential buildings, the Omnigym outdoor gym brought physical training closer to where people live in the Plateau neighbourhood of Ris-Orangis. A key advantage of the project was the flexibility provided by Omnigym’s movable platforms. The equipment could be installed directly on the existing asphalt surface of an unused public space next to the sports field, without requiring a new permanent foundation. This made it possible to transform an underused area within the existing sports environment into a more complete outdoor fitness and strength-training space while keeping the installation flexible.
Over the 72-day installation period, the outdoor gym recorded 5600 visits, averaging approximately 78 visits per day. This level of engagement demonstrates the potential of outdoor fitness and strength training to complement existing sports facilities and activities in a residential neighbourhood. The Lat Pulldown was the most frequently used piece of outdoor gym equipment, proving so popular that it even moved slightly from its original position on the asphalt surface.
For the City of Ris-Orangis, the installation provided a way to make physical activity and outdoor training more accessible within the local environment, without requiring residents to travel far to exercise. Positioned alongside the sports field and close to residential buildings, the Omnigym installation became part of the wider local sports environment.
The results are particularly interesting when compared with Omnigym’s Paris outdoor gym popup at Parc André-Citroën, which recorded 13265 visits over approximately three months. While the central Paris installation benefited from a highly visible location with high pedestrian and cyclist traffic, the Ris-Orangis installation still attracted around 53% as many visits per day. This comparison shows that meaningful community engagement with an outdoor gym is possible not only in busy central locations, but also when outdoor training is brought closer to home and integrated into existing neighbourhood sports spaces.
Neighbourhood sports area in Ris-Orangis
The temporary Omnigym outdoor gym was located in the Plateau neighbourhood of Ris-Orangis, within an existing local sports area next to a football field. Ris-Orangis is a residential municipality in the Greater Paris area, with established neighbourhoods, local sports facilities and community spaces that support active living. The installation made use of an unused asphalt area, demonstrating how existing public spaces in residential neighbourhoods can be adapted to create accessible opportunities for outdoor exercise and physical activity.
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Omingym outdoor gym equipment at Ris-Orangis
Lat Pulldown: The Lat Pulldown helps to strengthen your back muscles, improving posture.
Bench Press: Bench press is an exercise that trains the chest muscles, triceps, and shoulders.
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.
Squat: Squats train multiple muscle groups simultaneously, primarily in the lower body.
Multi lift: The Multi lift strengthens your lower body, quads, glutes and trapezius.