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Get in a workout at the updated Butler Shores exercise area

The Butler Shores Exercise Equipment project was unveiled on Monday, Sept. 18.

September 19, 2023 • 
Brianna Williams
An exercise equipment station with a tree branch in the foreground and tall buildings in the background.

The newly-unveiled equipment supports a variety of exercises.

Photo by Thao Nguyen

Now open: Butler Shores’ newly updated exercise area.

The Butler Shores Exercise Enhancement project features:

  • New surfacing
  • Equipment that supports ~100 types of exercise combinations
  • A seating plaza
  • A solar powered, chilled drinking fountain

Austinites can join in on a community celebration of the project this Saturday, Sept. 23 from 9-11 a.m., where folks can explore the new equipment, enjoy the Music on Trail Series, enter giveaways, and take a community fitness class. (If you’d like to participate in the free fitness class, be sure to register.)

A person holding themself up on an exercise equipment bar.
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Photo by Thao Nguyen

Four people lined up behind exercise equipment. An orange ribbon is tied across the set of equipment, and a man in the center is cutting the ribbon.
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Photo by Thao Nguyen

A tree and landscaping in font of a trail.
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Photo by Thao Nguyen

A set of exercise equipment in front of trees, with a few tall buildings showing in the background.
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Photo by Thao Nguyen

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