Functional Training

This is where this club comes into its own – you’ll find all the functional equipment you’re used to seeing in a gym – and some. Don’t worry if you haven’t mastered running up vertical walls, you’ll find various sets of bars here for all your pull-up needs, a large rig with a rope to climb and several sets of rings suspended from it.

You’ll also see typical gym toys such as ViPRs, a range of medicine balls, BOSUs, Swiss balls, power balls and power bags of different weights (10-25kg) and some resistance tubes.

They’ve provided numerous mats laid out under the rigs which you can also use for floor work, and help yourself to foam rollers too.  I also found tyres and kettlebells up to 16kg.

And if you’re feeling like boxing someone, there’s a large hanging punchbag here.

Next to the entrance, they even have bales of hay, which I could smell before I saw!

Although the main room is not airconditioned (it has a very high ceiling), there is an absolutely huge ceiling fan which was doing a very good job when I attended at 8:30am.

Upstairs
has a separate medium-sized room which can also be used as an educational/conference room, or for additional floorspace area as a functional training area, I was informed. Bonus – it has aircon!

Cardio
‍Although there are no standard cardio machines as such, if you wish to attempt jumping over the obstacles and running up the walls, then you’ll probably find yourself cardiovascularly challenged. Joking aside, the floor space here allows for no end of burpees and other circuit-style workouts.

‍Classes
‍You’ll find around 27 classes a week here for adults and 17 for children / teenagers. As well as parkour, classes have titles such as Powermove, Steel Body, and Oct Lift & Load. The one I briefly observed was taught in English by a native speaker.

‍Summary of The Movement Playground
‍The Movement Playground Sukhumvit 69 is a gym with a difference. Being Bangkok it’s not cheap of course, especially considering it offers something fairly unique here. Well worth checking out for the novelty aspect if you’re not on budget.If you are more budget-minded, check out the Benjakitti Park where there’s a free running track and outdoor gym.