City Council continues to expand the network of free sports facilities with a new calisthenics area

It is located in the Fair and Sports Park, and together with the new circuit that was inaugurated in the park of El Angel, are two of the most complete in Andalusia in this sport discipline.

The Estepona City Council informs that work has begun on the construction of a new calisthenics area, which will be located in front of the climbing wall of the Parque Ferial y Deportivo. In this way, the Consistory continues to expand the network of free sports facilities in the city.

The councilman attached to the area of Sports, Luis Gil, explained that this new circuit, along with the one that was recently inaugurated in the Angel Park, are the most complete in Andalusia in this sport. In this regard, he noted that they are using top quality materials such as galvanized steel and stainless steel for strength and durability suitable for outdoor locations. The municipal responsible has pointed out that the City Council has carried out an investment of 90,000 euros in the creation of these two new sports facilities in the city.

In the case of the new equipment being built at the fairgrounds, has an approximate area of 400 square meters, and will facilitate the practice of this discipline, which establishes a training system with physical exercises that are performed with the own body weight. The elements that are being installed are abdominal benches, double parallel bars, low parallel bars, single parallel bar, polished steel Pole Dance bar, Hammer parallel bars, double freestyle bar, push-up bar, Monkey bar incline, Monkey bar standard, Monkey bar snake, Swedish wall and French type push-up bar.

The mayor recalled that this new area is similar to the one that was recently executed in the Angel Park, which has 400 square meters and has several elements that allow you to perform sit-ups, push-ups or exercises on bars. Thus, it has double freestyle bar and 1 vertical railing, Swedish wall, snake Monkey bar, pull-up bars of different heights, triple French push-up bar, incline abdominal bench, double parallel bars, double low parallel bars, single parallel bar, rings, climbing rope and explosive pull-up bars.

These two new calisthenics areas are in addition to those already existing on the beach of La Rada, one next to Plazoleta Ortiz and another at the height of the viewpoint of Los Maniseros, and are included in the municipal plan that was launched to bring the sport to the neighbors. This network already has more than thirty sports courts as those executed in different parts of the town as in the neighborhood of Calancha, in the Parque Miguel Angel Blanco or in the Parque de los Derechos Humanos and in the suburbs in the urbanization Mar Azul, Arroyo de la Cañas, Nueva Atalaya or the skate park of Cancelada.

To these we must also add about thirty bio-healthy circuits that have been installed in various enclaves of the municipality, as the neighborhoods Armed Forces, Las Joyas, New Atalaya, Huerta Nueva, Saladavieja, Three Flags, Spring, Cancelada, La Lobilla, Avenida Litoral or at various points along the coastal corridor, among others.

Finally, the councilman announced that the Consistory will continue to promote actions to bring the sport to citizens, creating new facilities and organizing events of interest to promote the various disciplines.