[Série | Sport dans la ville] In Lyon, the street exercise facilities at Quai Claude-Bernard (Lyon 7th) are well known to fans of the discipline. Behind the image of muscles and performance, which nevertheless adheres to them, hides an area of sociability and mutual support that is popular with athletes, but still too little with sportsmen.
Meline Pulliat
This Wednesday afternoon in July, at 5pm, it’s hot in Lyon. There is nothing to stop those who regularly visit the sports facilities located on Quai Claude-Bernard (Lyon 7th).
From the top of the banks, you can see a small group of men, almost all dressed (or not dressed) in the same way: sports shorts, no shirt. In the shade of the trees, they take advantage of the space and the facilities to do figures, pull-ups, push-ups, or even – surprisingly for an uninformed public – push-ups “in the air” ”, hands on the ground and legs stretched towards the sky.
Street exercise, “it’s the poor man’s exercise”
Since then, street exercise has gained more and more fans in France, especially in Lyon where some people come to train on the quays almost every day. In the middle of this joyful show of muscles, we laugh, we meet and we give advice to each other. A “good atmosphere” is especially appreciated here.
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2024-08-03 04:03:36
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