Free Outdoor Fitness Equipment at Long Beach Parks

Staying active in Long Beach doesn’t require a gym membership. The city offers free and readily available fitness options from walking and biking paths to outdoor Fitness Zones. Located in parks, neighborhoods and along the shoreline, these open-air resources are available citywide, making it easy to raise your heart rate and boost your mood anytime of day. Did we mention it’s free?!

ADMIRAL KIDD/CESAR A. CHAVEZ PARKS

These westside parks feature fitness areas arranged in and around playground equipment and picnic areas. Admiral Kidd Park’s Life Trail (2125 Santa Fe Ave) runs through the 12-acre park with stops at posted activities and stationary exercise equipment, appropriate for all ages. Cesar A. Chavez Park (401 Golden Ave) features a loop with half a dozen distinct pieces of self-use exercise equipment including three that are specifically ADA accessible.

DOWNTOWN FITNESS LOOP/LINCOLN PARK

The Downtown Fitness Loop is the city’s longest fitness zone; a 4.8-mile walking/running path bordered by Alamitos Avenue, Shoreline Drive and Ocean Blvd. Distance markers connect various stations offering equipment to develop for strength, balance and flexibility. Lincoln Park (101 Pacific Ave), which borders the Billie Jean King Main Library, is a cozy four acres, has a skate park, dog park and turf sports fields as well as a variety of ADA accessible outdoor fitness equipment. In the past, it has hosted fun events like Bollywood dance classes.

HOUGHTON/COOLIDGE PARKS

On the city’s north side is one of its most innovative fitness zones, located at Houghton Park (6301 Myrtle Ave), where a half-mile Fitness Loop contains bilingual fitness activity signs with a QR code linking to instructional videos that can be scanned by mobile devices. The nearby Coolidge Park Fitness Zone (352 E Neece St) has numerous pieces of exercise equipment located in close proximity to its playground so people can workout while keeping an eye on their kids.

Walking Paths in Long Beach

Lace up your sneakers, let’s go for a walk in Long Beach! Whether you’re looking for a beach stroll or a park hike, Long Beach is the place to set your pace.

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BIXBY PARK

Bixby Park (130 Cherry Ave) is not only one of the city’s most popular parks–home to a skatepark, public activities such as yoga and tai chi classes, concerts and a twice weekly farmers’ market–it also has breathtaking ocean views. Winding itself through the Bixby Park Fitness Loop is a walking path with distance markers connecting six different stations, each with its own fitness equipment.

Long Beach Bike Paths

Many of us resolve to get outside more and there are few ways more enriching to do that than jumping on a bike and checking out what Long Beach has to offer. From spectacular bridge and beach views to park and art rides, here are a few ways to get rolling.

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ORIZABA PARK

One of the most popular features of this jewel of a park is exercise equipment positioned along a walking path. Orizaba Park (1435 Orizaba Ave) arranges the equipment so that each area focuses on particular types of exercise. One area focuses on cardio and plyometrics, another is for lower body, one is for chest and back, another for abs. ADA accessible equipment is also available.

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Steve Lowery is a longtime local. Over the years he has written for the Los Angeles Times, ESPN, and others. If you're looking for the hidden gems of Long Beach, Steve is your go-to.