Outdoor Gym Equipment in both Adult and Child Sizes
12th August 2025
Learning to enjoy exercise from a young age helps shape healthy habits for life.
Our child-sized outdoor gym equipment is designed to support this early connection with physical activity in a fun and engaging way.
Modelled on our most popular pieces from the adult range, these scaled-down versions bring the excitement of outdoor fitness directly to primary school playgrounds.
Teachers value the impact, children love the experience and the result is a vibrant and energetic environment that supports physical development in a playful way.
In this blog, we take a closer look at The Double Cross Country Skier, the Rider and the Hip Twister, available in both adult and child sizes.
Adult Double Cross Country Skier
Just 150 minutes of moderate intensity cardio per week can reduce the risk of heart disease by up to 30%. This equates to just 21 minutes per day or around 30 minutes daily with two rest days.
The Fresh Air Fitness Double Cross Country Skier provides a fantastic cardiovascular, full-body workout.
Simple to use, and easy to enjoy with a friend, this fun piece of equipment engages both the upper and lower body simultaneously, making it highly effective for building overall strength and endurance.
Children’s Double Cross-Country Skier
Much like the Adult Double Cross-Country Skier, this smaller version is a firm favourite amongst our Primary School communities.
Children naturally love to work in pairs and as well as providing gentle exercise, it supports the curriculum by teaching the importance of movement, helps with good coordination and builds stamina, as well as encouraging sociable play and participation.
One of the most popular pieces of equipment, the Rider exercises the whole body whilst improving flexibility and coordination.
Suitable for ages 11+ and all abilities, the Rider builda cardio strength and stamina. It operates in a similar fashion to a rower, with the only difference is that the user is positioned upright, as they push with their legs whilst pulling with their arms against resistance.
Primary muscle groups exercised include the legs, core, arms and glutes and the secondary muscle groups include the shoulders, back and chest. Change your grip to palms facing up and target the biceps more.
Outdoor gym equipment encourages children to develop essential movement skills like pushing, pulling, balancing and coordination in a fun, hands-on way.
The Children’s Rider offers all of these functions, and most importantly it is fun to try, easy to use and low impact.
Suitable for all abilities, children don’t have to be ultra sporty to enjoy the Children’s Rider and can participate on a level playing field, along with the rest of their class.
Regular twisting helps maintain and improve the flexibility and range of motion in your spine, which supports better posture and reduces stiffness.
Integrate the hip twister into your exercise routine or use it to warm up or cool down before or after a workout.
The Hip Twister can be used by up to 3 people to use at once, so it is also a great group activity for use at a bootcamp, as part of a group PT session or just to enjoy with friends.
Twisting movements reflect many everyday activities (like turning to reach something or speak to someone), developing overall functional movement and coordination.
Being outside in fresh air while exercising also supports mental wellbeing, reduces stress and supports work in the classroom.
The Children’s Hip Twister adds variety to an overall outdoor gym setting and three children can hop on at once and get twisting and having fun!
Get in touch
To make an enquiry you can complete our online form here https://www.freshairfitness.co.uk/contact-us or reach out to our expert team by telephone here: 01483 608 860.
If you would like to explore more of our adult range, see our product pages here:https://www.freshairfitness.co.uk/our-products/category/adult
If you would like to view our full children’s range visit: https://www.freshairfitness.co.uk/our-products/category/children-ks-12
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