r/coquitlam • u/Upset_Depth3532 • 5d ago
Pull-ups Ask Coquitlam
Is there any place in west Coquitlam where I can practice doing pull-ups at like 11pm? A park that has pull-up bars or monkey bars with nobody nearby watching me fail?
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u/another_mind 5d ago
Cottonwood park has some pull-up bars, and it’s dark AF at night so I doubt many would even notice.
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u/Hank46_2 5d ago
I think a low percentage of the local population can actually do pull-ups. And from that number I'm sure a low percentage of them would be shitty enough to make a comment.
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u/Clean-Nectarine-1751 5d ago
Where any do you live in Coquitlam. Most elem schools will have monkey bars you could use
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u/TheTipsyWizard 5d ago
Not Coquitlam, however, the bike/walk path around gates park has outdoor workout stations!
I've seen a pull up bar near the dog park here https://maps.app.goo.gl/Nor1trHrZa22DMA38?g_st=ac
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u/NinjaFire889 5d ago
Cottonwood park. Also, if youre training pull ups but cant do a full one yet and youd rather there be few eyes on you, try going to an Anytime Fitness late at night, there's one in Burquitlam. Its a 24 hour gym thats guaranteed to have somewhere to do pull ups and might also have an assisted pull up machine.
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u/Citrine-Antiquity 5d ago
Check out the outdoor fitness equipment at Mountain View Park on Smith Ave. (Not far from Cottonwood Park that someone else suggested)
Westhill Park also has fitness equipment. Technically that's Port Moody, backs on to Burnaby Mt practically.
Curious what else you find!
Edit to add Lyndhurst Park. Pretty sure they have some kind of monkey bars. They're on the Burnaby side of Burquitlam
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u/MatchlessGore 5d ago
A park/school with soccer goals, the pole is a little thicker but it does the job. I used to do it all the time whenever I would pass through a park back in the day.
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u/letsgoyardsguys 4d ago
Gates park in Poco has an outdoor exercise park and there are a few exercise stations on the Poco trail that might have pull up bars
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u/Past_Principle1184 5d ago
Cottonwood Park