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Educational experiences on a school playground

We at Lappset understand the importance of creating experiences that last a lifetime. That's why our playgrounds and outdoor sports are designed to be more than just equipment; they're also meant to provide educational opportunities in schoolyard playgrounds and daycare outdoor areas. We all have an obligation to ensure children acquire the skills needed for life – it starts with providing them access at early ages through quality facilities.

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Taking risks is part of fun in the playgrounds

A well-designed play area works for a variety of users. Playgrounds are more and more often a feature that contributes to the overall feel of an area.

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10 inspiring playgrounds from 2022

We’re excited to share some inspiring Lappset playgrounds of 2022. Here you’ll find a range of playgrounds, ranging from traditional to modern designs and more.

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12 facts: Q&A about wood preservation used in Lappset products

Lappset uses safe, ecological and long-lasting high-pressure treated northern pine in its wooden product selection.

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From push-up racks to problem solving: a hundred years of playground history

The connection between play and exercise was understood already in the early decades of 20th century, when play and games were considered to provide incentive for children to start exercising.

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Pocket Parks – the future of urban parks and playgrounds?

We’ve all heard the saying that, “bigger is better.” When it comes to designing parks and playgrounds, we know that the more room you have the more fun you can pack into the space allowed; but what do you do when there’s limited space and you still need to create an attractive and engaging place for local residents to enjoy, despite its smaller footprint? One potential solution is the pocket park. Never heard of it? Allow us to introduce you to it.

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To be sustainable, wood needs to have a long service life

Lappset is expected to meet stringent requirements in terms of product safety as well as sustainability. One of the secrets underlying Lappset’s durable high-quality products is wood preservation, a process that the Swan, the official Nordic Ecolabel, has included in in its sustainability criteria.

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Ageing actively in an increasingly inactive world: maintaining the strength, confidence and health of seniors

As recent as 2019, approximately 9 per cent of the world’s global population (over 700 million persons) were aged 65 year or older. With this figure predicted to more than double to 1.5 billion people by 2050, there is a lot of discussion going on as to how society can work to maintain and even improve the quality of life for this ever-growing demographic. Some of the most common concern pertaining to this group are that of physical abilities and social interactions.

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Wood is an ideal playground material from the design point of view

Before Lappset’s playground and exercise equipment reaches users, it undergoes a multi-stage design process, which is always based on the needs of the end-users. Lappset’s products are made from impregnated wood because it is a high-quality, environmentally friendly, durable and appealing material.

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Outdoor Gym Trends of 2022

While gyms and sports halls are still somewhat struggling to get their feet back under them, outdoor sports facilities and training equipment have leapt to the forefront of exercise; with many new products and innovations taking the world’s park and playground by storm.

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Yield expectations for sports facilities

Aarni Mertala, Sport Concept Manager from Lappset Group, suggests us to treat outdoor sports facilities more like companies. Find out why!

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Ten Must-See Playgrounds Around the World

Ever wondered what playgrounds look like around the world? Here are ten must-see playgrounds that you absolutely have to check out!

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Dynamic and static pair workout for Sisu Fitness Frame

Sisu Fitness Frames are functional training equipment making it possible to complete many different exercises, while taking up much smaller footprint of space. In this blog, you'll find a fun pair workout for Sisu Fitness Frames.

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Parkour Circuit Training

One of the best things in parkour is that anyone can do it, at their own level and own style. We have created ready-made circuit trainings to inspire you to move and enjoy the multiple training options you have in our parkour parks!

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Midline- workout

If you were looking for an easy yet efficient workout for midline - you found it! This workout is also suitable for beginners.

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Exercise promotes longer lives and independence

There is still a shortage of outdoor exercise areas for older people. User-friendliness and comfort are key when designing for older users.

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Issues to consider in budgeting playground maintenance

Allocating annual resources for playground management is always highly advisable, whether you or an external contractor carries out the work. Budgeting is one of the most important aspects of the annual planning cycle of a playground.

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Playful approach to exercise

Personal trainer Oona Tolppanen writes about how playfulness approach exercising.

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Play is active learning

Playing promotes learning by stimulating the entire body and leaving a memory of the learning experience in the nervous system. The physical activity involved in playing boosts memory and teaches creative thinking.

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Designing Dash Parkour

Design is an empathic way of thinking and working, and in our field, designer is the cross-field intermediary who needs to understand all the aspects of his/her subject to be really successful.

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What makes a good parkour spot

Parkour training has always taken place in various surroundings, mostly in structures that are characteristic to urban spaces but also in parks, even in the woods. The best places are easily accessible, firm and have interesting structures that promote creative movement..

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From Lappset with responsibility, part 1: Sustainable development by making wise choices

Supporting sustainable development remains a central part of our philosophy. It is evident in every sector of our activities, from material acquisitions to production and transportation. Discover 9 reasons and download the article!

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Girly girls and daredevils

In this blog post, Elina Hasanen, researcher of sports sciences, discusses the spontaneous sports activities of girls. Typical girly sports activities do not fit a single mould. So who fits into sports facilities?

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Local outdoor sports facilities are for everyone and every age

Personal trainer Oona Tolppanen has compiled a list of the main features found in most local outdoor sports facilities as well as tips on how these sites can be used by everyone, regardless of age.

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5 Exercise Easy Full Body Workout

If you were looking for a easy yet efficient workout for full body - you found it!

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Young peoples self-organised physical activity

Young people’s self-organised physical activity has a strong social aspect

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11 Unique Playgrounds

Playground can be something that either pops out or blends in and at its best, it also serves as a landmark for people to remember the location. We collected eleven unique playgrounds from all around the world for your inspiration. Which one is your favourite?

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Thinking about safety

Safety consciousness is considered different ways all over the world. Lappset Creative`s Country Manager from China compares differences between China and Finland.

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Wellbeing from nature

According to a study conducted by Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke)‏‏‏‎, almost every Finn has nature experiences. These experiences can be swimming by the summer cottage, a bead of sweat on your forehead when searching for cloudberries from the swamps, or perhaps a walk along the fitness trails in the nearby forest after a day at work. In any case, after a nature experience you often feel relaxed and revitalised.

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Five steps to an active outdoor area for all ages

Are you designing an activity area? Here are the best five tips to consider, when starting the design work.

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Play areas in the future

When I was a child I would run to the play area, desperate to fly down the slide backwards and head first, or jump off the swing at the full extent of its arc to see if I could still land standing up. The seesaw was another favourite, my brother and I would bounce up on the seat so hard that the other rocketed into the air, we would see how high we could make each other go, and stopped when our bottoms hurt from hitting the seat so much. But how long ago was this, how much have play areas changed and what is in store for the future?

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What is Parkour?

Lappset is committed to develop Parkour in France and it enables us to work closely with all the local players. One of the important partners is a parkour association called ADD Academy Finistère in the eastern part of France in Breton. There are five ADD academies in France: Paris, Nantes, Bordeaux, Toulouse and Finistère.

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Age-friendly Cities and Communities

The inclusion of older people in community activities to better meet their needs has been acknowledged by the World Health Global Network.

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10 reasons why outdoor training is better than a gym workout

Have you ever thought why you should start to train when you see a proper outdoor gym? This blog might help you to decide!

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Story about parallel reality

Let me tell you a story about parallel reality. In parallel reality, many things are the same as in our familiar reality, but some things are a little bit, and sometimes a lot, different. I will use myself as an example citizen of this parallel world and tell you about a normal day in that parallel life.

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How to find the motivation to exercise?

Why do I want to exercise? What keeps me going and what is the importance of exercise for me? If physical appearance or a single result is the only goal, motivation is difficult to maintain.

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An inclusive playground is perfect for everyone

Terhi Tamminen is an expert on the accessibility of the built environment. Read from the blog how Inclusive Design thinking can be used to design a playground.

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Living environment

Aarni Mertala, Sport Concept Manager from Lappset Group, thinks that many sports have been invented inspired by our daily surroundings or by necessity imposed by them.

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Digital play in the future

Product designer Rob Tuitert from Yalp, Lappset`s subsidiary in The Netherlands, tells about his visions of digital play.

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Designing a Senior Park

Landscape designer Arja Paula speaks about aspects to consider when designing a Senior park.

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Street Workout for beginners

Street Workout - instructions and variations for beginners

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Thoughts of play

How do you recognise play and playfulness? And what do children perceive as being play? What makes children play? In this blog, I will try to answer these questions backing up my ideas with research done in Finland and abroad.

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Lappset Fitness Park

Outdoor fitness parks create variation to training for personal trainer Oona Tolppanen and her customers.

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Colours as a part of product design

Colour is in many cases the most salient quality of a product. We often identify and describe objects by their colour rather than their shape or structure.

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Life-long activity

A young child’s expanding sense of initiative is often observed within their curiosity, exploration and very active behaviour. Play is a natural component of a child’s everyday life and assists the child to make sense of his or her world, and learn about their bodies and movement capabilities. Children’s activities typically incorporates vigorous physical components, and is motivated through an inate drive to play, therefore it may be called as a physically active play.

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New requirements for sports and recreational areas

Playgrounds and fitness sites are increasingly perceived as a single coherent entity. And rightly so, because as children grow older, play develops into other types of physical activity. By the time they reach adulthood, they have hopefully adopted a lifestyle in which physical exercise plays an important part.

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Designing playground for a wide user group

It’s easy to distinguish a kids’ playground from a outdoor fitness site. However, designers tend to prefer that the area serves a wide range of users. Often the sites provide playground equipment for children and fitness equipment for adults. While it is fully possible to prepare a creative plan for such a site, it’s important to follow a few ground rules.

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Designed for children

When a designer is assigned to plan a playground, what do they consider first? Quite honestly: the money and the space available. In the worst case, the design process little else than fitting the playground equipment in place and calculating the costs. But is this good enough? No, nowhere near, but sadly this is how playground designers often tend to work.

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Bodyweight training

If you google the phrase “street workout” you will get more than 117 million hits. Street workout is a type of physical activity that has rapidly become a popular pastime of choice and is gaining new fans around the world.

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Why construct a bespoke, destination playground?

Think about it: many of us use notable playgrounds as recognizable landmarks by which to give directions to others or to inform people of our whereabouts.

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Playgrounds are interactive environments

Children are excitable by nature. They are innately full of enthusiasm and curiosity about their surroundings: the whole world is an adventure. A well-designed playground gives children endless opportunities to use their imagination and also appeals to parents.

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