Exercising in Parks

As lockdown measures are gradually lifted, Moscow parks are again offering their regular outdoor sports activities. Below is a selection of parks where you can go running, boxing, Nordic walking, or dancing.

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Hermitage Garden

3 Karetny Ryad Ulitsa; 10 mins walk from Pushkinskaya metro station

Free training sessions with resistance bands by RAKAMAKAFIT. Every Sunday, from 1 to 2 pm, on the grass to the left of the central entrance to the garden.

Kuzminki Park

15 mins walk from Kuzminki metro station

Running by Run Is Life school. Dynamic warm-up, correct running techniques, and cooldown. Mondays at 6 pm, on the grass near the skate park. The coach is Elena Glazkova, a world-class athlete in track and field. 

Fitness dancing by JeeFox. Mondays and Thursdays at 7 pm, on the main square of the park, near the stage. Plus flexing, energetic music, and healthy eating advice. 

Sadovniki Park

58A Andropova Prospekt; 15 mins walk from Kashirskaya metro station

Severnoye Tushino

56 Svobody Ulitsa; 20 mins walk from Skhodnenskaya metro station

Stretching, Wednesdays at 6.30 pm, near the Bear figure. Instructor Anna Barsukova. Register by phone: 8(926)567-95-65.

Usadba Vorontsovo

3 Vorontsovsky Park; 20 mins walk from Novye Cheremushki metro station

Breathing exercises. Saturdays at noon, near the main stage. Free admission.

Boxing exercises. Saturdays at 10 am, near the workout area on Severnaya Alleya. Free admission.

Track and field. Tuesdays at 8 pm, near the workout area on Severnaya Alleya. Register by phone: 8(495)5802678.

Izmaylovsky Park

10-min walk from Sokolinaya Gora MCC station

Aerobics. Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays at 6 pm; Saturdays and Sundays at 5 pm. Solnechnaya stage, near Chess and Checkers Pavilion. Free admission.

Please remember that it is still important to follow social distancing rules in these parks.