SUNY Old Westbury prioritizes wellness with new Fitness Court – Community News – The Island 360

The SUNY Old Westbury campus community gathered to unveil the university’s newest quality-of-life addition; a sleek and modern outdoor Fitness Court with a supporting mobile app.

The new Fitness Court at SUNY Old Westbury is an open-air wellness center that allows users to leverage their own body weight to get a complete workout. Created with adults of all ages in mind, it features seven different functional training stations that provide a full-body workout to adults of all ability levels. Featuring weather-resistant bodyweight equipment, the court is located outside the Campus Center building and is available for year-round use.

New users can also download the free Fitness Court App — a coach-in-your-pocket style platform — that transforms the outdoor gym into a digitally supported wellness ecosystem. The app, entitled “Fitness Court”, is available for iOS and Android.

“We’re excited to bring our campaign to make world-class fitness free to SUNY Old Westbury,” Mitch Menaged, founder of National Fitness Campaign, said. “The National FItness Campaign is happy to be part of a wellness network growing across the nation. With funding to reach 1,000 cities and schools by 2024, our Fitness Courts, free mobile app, classes and clinics are building healthy habits for millions of people.”

This capital project is a featured part of a 2022 initiative launched by National Fitness Campaign, a nationwide consulting organization that partners with cities and schools to plan, build and fund healthy infrastructure.

SUNY Old Westbury was selected from hundreds of applicants around the country to be awarded a $30,000 grant from the campaign to help support the development of the court.

The fitness campaign developed the trademarked seven-station system in 2012, hoping to inspire municipalities to transform public spaces into community fitness hubs. There are currently 100 active Fitness Court locations across the country.