This is an outdoor gym made entirely of discarded orchard tree limbs and other pieces of recycled material. It bills itself as an eco-gym. Neat idea, but I wonder if anyone actually works out in it. [GOOD] (Thanks to c-side!)
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It bills itself as an eco-gym
After-all, metal and rubber aren’t naturally occuring resources or anything.
@jodark: well… both take a lot more processing to make into gym equipment. i mean you could do a gym made of wood with a sharp knife if you were dedicated enough.
@katylostherart: Hmmm… this 50lb dumb-bell feels a little lighter this time. Well crap, stupid termites…
@katylostherart: What about all the processing to turn a piece of metal into a knife? They don’t grow on trees you know!!
@Mr_D: Depends. Is it ironwood? =P
@Difdi: Nope, Sapient Pearwood.
@jodark:
Well considering using rubber and metal that has been disposed of is eco friendly.
I’m gonna go pump me some wood!
Um.
@IamNotToddDavis: HAHA!
I’ll contribute some wood…FROM MY PANTS!!
I wonder if you still have to wipe the equipment down afterwards.
“Ow, I got a splinter from the free weights…”
If it rains do they re-mark the weights? Wet wood gets much heavier.
There goes their 15 minutes of fame…
killing trees for stupid stuff is actually anti-eco-friendly right? or did i miss something.
@JohnDeere: my bad it was discarded wood. so i reckon a discarded styrofoam cup gym would be eco friendly too. ill get to work on it.
Looks like a junk yard. Music was annoying.
@ncboxer:
Yes, it did look like a junk yard. I would be afraid the equipment would break while I was trying to use it.
I saw someone suggest making a simple mallet from a piece of branch with a sub-branch coming off at 90 degrees. It was a pretty good idea, as it is recycling, and the mallet is pretty gentle on the surface you hit it with.
I bet someone’s going to steal this gym for firewood.
@IHaveAFreezeRay: YES! I came here just to make that reference!
@IHaveAFreezeRay: Curses! Beaten to the punch!
This is how John Locke stays fit in the off-season.
George Washington’s false teeth were made of wood.
FYI
In my mom’s town there is a secluded park with circuit training apparatuses. It is made from treated lumber and such- not limbs and recycled items. We went as a family one day and had a blast competing against each other.
Nice.. this is only an hour from my parents’ house in Spain… Those crazy Spaniards..
Useless, but classic Spanish ingenuity..
Its a witch! BURN IT!!!!