WHY WE CREATED OUR PARKS PLUS.
You don't need to be a fitness person.
You don't need an expensive gym membership, hours of spare time or another extreme plan that takes over your life.
You just need somewhere to start — and people to help you keep going.
Our Parks Plus was created to make losing weight, getting stronger and feeling fitter achievable for ordinary people with busy lives.
Realistic programmes. Expert coaching. A community behind you.
IT STARTED IN THE PARK 🌳
Our Parks began with a simple idea: everyone should have access to great exercise, regardless of their income or fitness level.
We brought free, professionally coached workouts into local parks and communities – creating a welcoming alternative to gyms and traditional fitness.
Today, more than 350,000 people have joined the Our Parks community, with over 95% of our community made up of women and girls.
Along the way, we created Couch to Fitness, our beginner-friendly programme developed with NHS support, helping people across the country take their first steps back into exercise.
And we learnt something important.
People didn't need more pressure to exercise.
They needed fitness to fit around their lives.
SO WE BROUGHT THE PARK HOME. 🏠
Our Parks Plus takes everything people love about Our Parks – great coaches, accessible exercise, encouragement and community – and makes it available wherever you are.
Join a live workout in the morning. Catch up later. Follow a course towards a specific goal. Get support from a coach. Or, increasingly, meet us back in the park for an in-person Plus session.
You don't have to organise your life around fitness.
We've designed fitness to work around yours.
WE DO FITNESS DIFFERENTLY.
NO BEFORE & AFTERS.
Your progress is about more than how you look.
NO PERFECT BODIES REQUIRED.
Our workouts are for real people, at different ages, sizes, abilities and stages of life.
NO ALL-OR-NOTHING.
Ten minutes counts. Missing a day doesn't mean you've failed. You can always come back.
NO DOING IT ALONE.
Behind every workout is a coach, a community and thousands of other Parkers getting on with it alongside you.
Meet the Founder
Our Parks was founded by Born Barikor with a mission to make exercise accessible to everyone.
Born has spent more than a decade helping people who don't necessarily think of themselves as "fitness people" discover that movement can be enjoyable, achievable and part of everyday life.
His approach is simple: meet people where they are, make exercise accessible and help them keep going.
You'll find Born leading workouts, coaching our courses, checking in with members and – just as he has from the beginning – getting people moving together.
KEY FACTS
350,000+
PARKERS
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Over 350,000 people have joined the Our Parks community, proving that fitness can feel welcoming, accessible and genuinely part of everyday life.
95%+
WOMEN & GIRLS
2
Our community is overwhelmingly made up of women and girls, many of whom were looking for a more comfortable, realistic way to get active and keep moving.
10+ YEARS
GETTING COMMUNITIES MOVING
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For more than a decade, we've been bringing expert coaching into communities, helping people of all fitness levels find a way to move that works for them.
100+
FREE CLASSES
4
Our original mission hasn't changed. We continue to provide FREE, professionally coached workouts in parks across the UK, so cost never has to be a barrier to getting active.
You don't need to be fitter first.
You don't need the right clothes, the right body or the perfect routine.
You just need somewhere to start.
Move more. Get stronger. Lose weight. Try yoga. Join us in the park.
Whatever your goal, we'll help you find a way of moving that works for you.
💙 Welcome to Our Parks Plus.
START WHERE YOU ARE.
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