This comes as good news for fitness enthusiasts looking for alternatives to expensive indoor gyms in Hyderabad.
The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), encouraged by the positive response to the open gyms initiative, is now in the process of establishing nine more in the State Capital.
It is reported that out of the nine upcoming open gyms, a total of five will come up in the Secunderabad zone while two each will be built in Serilingampally and Kukatpally zones.
The existing 137 open gyms are located throughout the city and were built in open areas, community halls, and other locations suggested by local elected representatives and Resident Welfare Associations (RWAs).
The GHMC decided to add more such facilities due to the positive response from the general public to this concept, which is popular in Europe and the United States.
In addition to these health and fitness facilities, 103 open gyms set up exclusively in parks have proven to be popular with the public.
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An open gym typically has a variety of exercise machines such as an abdominal rider, cross walker, seat twisters, pull chairs, vertical shoulder pull, leg extension, chest pushers, air walker machine, shoulder twisters, and circular swings.
People who visit parks today, after completing their walk/jog in the pathway of the lung space workout at these open gyms.
Residents have reportedly said that these gyms are very useful for people, especially to the ones who cannot afford private facilities offering the same services.
“The open gym in Kukatpally is being used by several people and it is being maintained well. Many people who do not want to spend money at private gyms but are interested in a workout using machines are very happy with the facility set up here,” Sai Teja, who is a techie, was quoted as saying.
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