Famous Outdoor Gyms Around the World

Free iron, sea air and a crowd watching: these are the open-air gyms people work into their travel plans. Each photo shows the equipment itself, usually with someone putting it to use, from the rings on the sand where Muscle Beach began to a Kyiv island gym built from scrap metal. A place earns its spot by its reputation among people who train outdoors, so ordinary neighborhood fitness trails and indoor gyms with a view are left out. Rio's beachfront bars and Moscow's Gorky Park are absent only because no clear, large photo of them turned up. Equipment and opening rules change, especially after renovations, so check locally before you plan a session around one.