{"id":52781,"date":"2025-08-08T13:43:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T13:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/52781\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T13:43:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T13:43:07","slug":"worlds-largest-installation-of-accessible-fitness-equipment-coming-to-the-abilities-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/52781\/","title":{"rendered":"World\u2019s largest installation of accessible fitness equipment coming to the Abilities Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.durhamradionews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/AC-HUR-Rockmount-Staff-Image-August-7-2025-420x315.jpeg\" title=\"World\u2019s largest installation of accessible fitness equipment coming to the Abilities Centre\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img width=\"640\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AC-HUR-Rockmount-Staff-Image-August-7-2025-640x315.jpeg\" class=\"left wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The Abilities Centre is partnering with Helsinki University Research (HUR) and Canadian distributor Rockmount Medical Solutions to bring the world\u2019s largest installation of accessible HUR equipment to Whitby.<\/p>\n<p>The Abilities Centre made the announcement on Thursday saying the project will launch this fall.<\/p>\n<p>The Centre says they along with HUR, and Rockmount are building a model for what inclusive fitness should look like.\u201cThis isn\u2019t just about upgrading equipment \u2013 it\u2019s about a powerful partnership built on research, wellness, and shared values,\u201d said Abilities Centre President and CEO Michael Cvitkovic in a statement. \u201cTogether with HUR and Rockmount, we\u2019re advancing accessible fitness and rehabilitation for our members, high performance athletes, sports clubs, and community members \u2013 right here in Whitby.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Officials say this will be the largest accessible HUR installation in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Representatives from Abilities Centre were invited to Finland earlier this year by HUR and Rockmount to see first-hand how their equipment works.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are honoured to partner with Abilities Centre on this landmark project,\u201d said Mats Manderbacka, Founder &amp; Chair of HUR Finland. \u201cThis will be the largest accessible installation of HUR equipment in the world, and a testament to our shared vision of inclusive, research-driven fitness that empowers people of all ages and abilities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBringing new HUR equipment to Abilities Centre has shown how transformative this technology can be,\u201d explains David Smith, Founder of Rockmount Medical Solutions. \u201cThe response so far, from both members and staff, has been incredible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mistape.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"mistape-link mistape-logo\"><\/p>\n<p>If you have found a spelling error, please, notify us by selecting that text and pressing Ctrl+Enter.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.durhamradionews.com\/archives\/javascript:history.go(-1)\" class=\"button\" onmouseover=\"self.status=document.referrer;return true\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Go Back<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Abilities Centre is partnering with Helsinki University Research (HUR) and Canadian distributor Rockmount Medical Solutions to bring&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":52782,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[6647,102,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-52781","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fitness","8":"tag-fitness","9":"tag-health","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52781"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52781\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}