Comments on: Chinese Old Man Exercises

By: Lynton Smith

Lynton Smith — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:39:17 +0000

We noticed a similar part on our trip to China, Several in fact. They fit in small places and were used by all ages. We saw similar equipment as pictured. But there was also a small cluster of metal pipes 8″ or so in diameter about 6″ tall. You used them by “walking” from one pipe to another. This was a balance and stretching type of activity. Did you see and/or get any information on the pipes. I would like to build them in our yard. I think these parks are an excellent idea, but the liability would definitely be an issue.

By: Egeko

Egeko — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 13:22:30 +0000

Well,these parks are so popular in China that everyone can enjoy it a lot.You cansee these kinds of 老年健身公园 in any parts of this country.Most of them are in public park(large ones),some of them even are next to our house.So that made trainning become easy,arent they?
Although they are popuar ,most of the users are the olds.(Eh,maybe not?I guess so.)They are really very(so!…)hardworking!!Many old people have their own club .they meet so often that they almost meet everyday in the mornings.(Even in winter.Dear me!….)
So,you must understand ,why do Chinese call themselves hardworking and amazing people……

By: Jet So

Jet So — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 09:58:11 +0000

It’s spread across borders too. Bangkok’s Lumpini Park has a set of those contraptions.

By: Kate.Shen

Kate.Shen — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:09:07 +0000

哈哈，厦门这里每个小区都有。It seems every Chinese city, even the small county has this kind of stuff, its popular.

By: northerner

northerner — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 20:08:53 +0000

You probably haven’t seen senior northerners doing their favorite sport – winter swim (in ice water!)

http://baike.baidu.com/view/384660.htm

simply crazy

By: Gustavo Bechtold

Gustavo Bechtold — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 18:16:20 +0000

There was also one right next to the building I was living at while in Beijing and after getting used to the scene of seeing old people exercising together every day of the week at 6AM sharp (even during the winter) I started realizing how incredibly healthy it’s for seniors to live in a Middle-Kingdom-state-of-mind.

By: drewsky

drewsky — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 16:48:10 +0000

This was great, it is sad that we couldn’t handle this type of thing in the U.S.

By: Maxiewawa

Maxiewawa — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 03:10:53 +0000

I”ve seen old guys doing chin-ups and showing off their kungfu skills on those things. I saw one old guy pull himself up in a chinup so far that he flipped himself over! Some old guys are really fit.

By: GAC

GAC — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 03:10:51 +0000

I think I’ve actually seen something similar right here in Morgantown, West Virginia (USA ). Maybe I’ll go get some pics of it.