Free fitness training sessions in the UAE: Meet Portuguese couple who started growing community

Free fitness training sessions in the UAE: Meet Portuguese couple who started growing community

Dubai: How to stay healthy? Join free fitness classes. That’s exactly what Portuguese expat Freddy Martins set out to do when he moved to Dubai. To make it easy for UAE residents to take the healthier route, he thought, why not provide free fitness classes? Now, people attending the regular fitness sessions has grown in number. For fitness enthusiasts, Martins believes in the ethos of accessibility. More importantly, he believes that money — or the type of training — should not be a hindrance for one to stay fit. Martins, a former football player who once represented Portugal, started a free fitness concept called At The Park in Dubai. Eight years out, the community has grown in number. Today, nearly 400 UAE residents train every week across a number locations in Dubai. From being just a concept, At The Park (ATP) has snowballed into a massive community where residents enjoy free fitness classes every day – seven days a week, 365 days a year. “We have people attending our fitness sessions from different emirates including Ajman, Sharjah and of course Dubai,” Martins told “Eight years ago, when my wife Tatiana and I came to the UAE, we started working out