Lifestyle
City offers open-air gym at 15 BDA parks
Taking the motto of better health and lifestyle practices forward, the Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) has provided for Open Air Gym at 15 parks spread across various corners of the city. The open air gyms are now accessible at Madhusudan Park Pokhariput, Buddha Jayanti Park, Niladri Vihar,Kharvel Nagar Park, Kharavel Park, Khandagiri, Kalpana Park, Harekrushna Mahatab Park, BJB College Arts Block, Dumuduma Phase III Park, Biju Patnaik Park, Forest Park Area, Indira Gandhi Park, Kelucharan Park, Gadakana, Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Park, Satsang Vihar, Judhisthira Das Park, IRC Village, Gopabandhu Nagar Park, Dharma Vihar Park, Sailashree Vihar Phase VII Park. The open air gym set includes air walker, sit-up bench, air swing, twister, set back or glider, push and pull up chair, knee/hip raise on parallel bars, big shoulder wheel, spinner, bench with fixed dumbbell, bench with fixed weight lift and poles with fixed weight. Based on the size of the park two different sets of equipment, i.e. twelve or six are fixed for exercising.
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