Pandemic diaries | Trainers beat Sydney lockdown with outdoor gyms

Personal trainers have turned a waterfront park into an outdoor gym to get around Sydney’s pandemic lockdown restrictions. (Image: AP)

Personal trainers have turned a waterfront park into an outdoor gym to get around Sydney’s pandemic lockdown restrictions. (Image: AP)

Personal trainers have turned a waterfront park into an outdoor gym to get around Sydney’s pandemic lockdown restrictions. (Image: AP)

Cook has been setting up his equipment at Reg Bartley Park at 5 a.m. each day since the Sydney lockdown began in late June. Gyms are set to reopen in a few weeks as vaccination rates rise. “I think everyone’s excited to get back inside,” Cook said. “Even though outdoors is great, there are still a few downsides, the weather being one of them.” (Image: AP)

A woman workout in a park in the eastern suburbs of Sydney. (Image: AP)

A personal trainer watches a client workout in a park in the eastern suburbs of Sydney. (Image: AP)

People workout in a park in the eastern suburbs of Sydney. (Image: AP)

A bottle of disinfectant sits by gym equipment in a park in the eastern suburbs of Sydney. (Image: AP)

People workout in a park in the eastern suburbs of Sydney. (Image: AP)

A personal trainer watches a client workout in a park in the eastern suburbs of Sydney. (Image: AP)