Lauren Fleishman

Muscu des Rues (Street Workout)

Created a decade ago in The United States, “street workouts” originally took off in France within the prison system in response to a lack of adequate equipment. Inmates used towels to protect their hands from gravel floors and mesh fences. 

Today in France, street workouts consist of using urban furniture: fences, benches, slides, scaffolding poles. Most street workout groups will consist of a team of four to five people, each with a name to help identify their group from the others. Websites like Facebook and Youtube, where team members upload photos and videos, are essential components. 

Lauren Fleishman Pour Le Monde Magazine

http://www.lemonde.fr/sport/article/2013/01/04/muscu-des-rues_1812215_3242.html

Square de l’Hôtel de Ville, Paris

Lauren Fleishman for The New York Times 

Lauren Fleishman Pour Le Monde, Paris 

http://www.lemonde.fr/cgi-bin/ACHATS/acheter.cgi?offre=ARCHIVES&type_item=ART_ARCH_30J&objet_id=1218440