The development of this open air gym is a highly complex process and takes up to three months. Nothing is wasted, since mulch wood shavings originating from the gym machine production process are used to line the grounds. Utilisation of driftwood from the river helps conserves the natural wood resources and raises environmental awareness on the importance of clean rivers.

– When we find a place with lots of driftwood, we set up a cleaning drive, and that requires several boats and volunteers. Once the recovered driftwood is sorted, it is transported to the drying kiln. This is followed by wood processing, production of gym machine segments, and grinding into mulch. Once manufactured, every gym machine is coated with environmentally friendly wax – the brains behind the eco-gym concepts explains.

The benefits of this exercise facility reaches far beyond mere recreation. Unline typical (mechanical) open-air gyms, Eco-gym equipment targets a broader array of broader muscle clusters – which in turn renders exercise more comprehensive, and practising on wooden devices is an entirely different, more amenable experience.

"Just cleaning the river banks and reducing the waste thre affects people’s awareness that waste can also be a resource to make something beneficial for the community. Moreover, cleaning the banks also reduces populations of insects, snakes, and rodents that use that environment as a breeding ground", Marko Ćirić concludes.