Work-fit push-up bars, wooden fitness trail station for three users

The Work-fit push-up bars combine a glue-laminated Scandinavian pine structure with AISI-304 stainless steel bars, and are dimensioned for three users at once. The station occupies a safety area of 646 x 310 cm, approximately 18 m2, with a maximum free fall height of 0.5 m. Spare parts availability is guaranteed for ten years and the station is built to EN 1176-1:2017.

Three users, one station

Capacity is the specification that decides whether a trail station creates a queue or a group. Most push-up installations take one person; this one takes three, which changes how it is used: school groups work it as a set, clubs use it for partner sets, and a family passing through the park does not have to wait for each other.

• Pectorals, anterior deltoid and triceps through the pressing movement
• Abdominal wall and trunk stabilisers holding the plank position
• Bars set at height to reduce wrist extension compared with floor push-ups
• Progressive difficulty: bars allow a deeper range than the ground does
• Three simultaneous users, suited to schools, clubs and family routes

Technical specification

Timber behaviour and what to tell the client

Autoclave-treated laminated pine finished with two coats of Lasur will develop fine surface checks along the grain as it cycles through wet and dry seasons. This is normal behaviour in solid timber outdoors and does not affect structural strength. It is worth saying so in the handover documentation, because it is the single most common query a parks department receives in the first year after installation, and it is not a defect.

What does matter is the metalwork. AISI-304 stainless steel for the bars means no rust bleed down the timber, no staining at the fixing points and a grip surface that stays clean without repainting. On a station where the hands are in permanent contact with the metal, that is a hygiene and appearance decision as much as a corrosion one.

With an 18 m2 safety area and a 6.46 m span, this is one of the larger Work-fit modules, so place it where the route widens rather than in a corridor section of the trail. See the full wooden fitness trail range and the wider outdoor fitness trail catalogue.

Frequently asked questions

Why is the safety area so much larger than on other push-up stations?

Because three users work simultaneously, side by side, across a 6.46 m span. The 18 m2 figure covers the whole installation rather than a single working position, which is a better use of surfacing than three separate stations with three separate zones.

Are the small cracks in the timber a warranty issue?

No. Surface checking along the grain is the normal response of solid timber to seasonal moisture change and does not reduce load capacity. The autoclave treatment penetrates the section under pressure, so the protection is not lost when the surface opens.

Does the station meet playground standards?

It is built to EN 1176-1:2017, the general safety requirement for playground equipment, which is the reference used across the Work-fit wooden range. Where the trail passes through a designated play area, impact surfacing is specified against EN 1177 for the stated free fall height of 0.5 m.

Tell us the route length, the ground conditions and the groups you expect to use it, and we will return a scaled trail layout with the safety areas drawn and each station costed. Quotations are issued within 24 to 72 hours.