• Use the benches across the Park to complete step ups and triceps dips.
• Check out the Right Guard Aerocycle Gym in the south of the Park, next to the Pleasure Gardens Play Area.
• Look out for the body-weight machines by Mandeville Place.
• Use the long straight paths to practice short sprints.
• Practice your uphill running on the running routes – our favourite is the hill leading up from the waterways up to the Paralympic Agitos in the north of the Park.
• Strengthen your legs with body weight squats and lunges while taking in the view across the Park.
• Don’t forget to work on your core strength. Pick one of the many grassed areas to completes sets of sit ups and planks!
• Check out the gym facilities and world-class swimming pools with a membership to the London Aquatics Centre and Copper Box Arena.

Now, turn your training into reality – this season, there are numerous sports events for you to participate in! With opportunities to raise money for a charity close to your heart, challenge yourself for a new personal best or even pick up a new hobby, the Park is full of ideas for stepping up your fitness habits throughout spring. We even have the world-renowned Tough Mudder crew coming to the Park for the first time for an exhilarating 5K obstacle course!

• RunThrough 5k and 10k – Sunday 29 April
• Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park 10km series – Saturday 5 May
• Moore Family Fun Run – Monday 7 May
• Chase The Sun 5k and 10k – Wednesday 9 May
• The British Heart Foundation Run – Saturday 12 May
• Hackney Half Marathon – Sunday 20 May
• Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park 10km series – Saturday 2 June
• East London Bubble Rush – Sunday 10 June
• Chase The Sun 5k and 10k – Wednesday 13 June 
• London March For Men – Saturday 16 June