Fitness goes free range

By Paula Goodyer
October 20 2012 - 3:00am
Take the lunge … open-air exercise is good for the body and soul.
Take the lunge … open-air exercise is good for the body and soul.

I'm sitting on a rowing machine, but instead of staring at a line of exercise bikes in the local gym, I'm gazing at two squirrels frisking in the grass. Beyond them are ducks paddling on a lake fringed with willow trees. I'm at a free outdoor gym in North London's Broomfield Park and if there's a heaven for fitness junkies then this is it.

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