Medeiros, Rosie Marie Nascimento deSilva, Adriano Marques2021-12-222022-06-152021-12-222022-06-152021-05-06SILVA, Adriano Marques da. O conhecimento sobre a utilização dos aparelhos de uma Academia ao Ar Livre (AAL), por um grupo de usuários na Grande Natal: Reflexões para a Educação Física. 2021. 59f. Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso (Graduação em Educação Física, Bacharelado) – Departamento de Educação Física, Universidade Fede-ral do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, 2021.https://repositorio.ufrn.br/handle/123456789/48072When observing the growing number of Outdoor Academies installed and distrib-uted in several states, municipalities and cities in Brazil, it is observed that there is a con-cern of the government to develop actions through public policies that encourage the population to be more active and less sedentary. Outdoor academies (AAL) are among these public policies, however, their growing number leads to an important observation; do users really know how to use the devices, if they really have the ability to exercise without professional guidance, since the design of these gyms assumes that users can exercise in a way considered "intuitive", thus performing the runs on the devices. Therefore, we present as study objectives to investigate the knowledge of users regarding the use of equipment in outdoor gyms, as well as to reflect on the importance of these gyms for this population. This work uses a qualitative, descriptive and participative methodology, using a semi-structured interview as a research data collection technique, containing six (6) questions about an Outdoor Academy in the city of Natal/RN. Eight (8) users of both sexes were interviewed. The results indicate that users believe they know how to use the devices, even though they have doubts in their statements, that they understand that the explanatory board with the use of the devices does not provide sufficient and satisfactory information for the correct use of the equipment, that the equipment of the site have limited ergonomic characteristics, not offering comfort and even causing some kind of injury, in relation to possible improvements in the site, users demonstrate greater concern and need to invest in the physical structure, in addition to the need for professional guidance. Given the results, it can be concluded that the users of the Outdoor Academy in the present study know how to use the devices, even with doubts, which can be explained by the lack of information on the explanatory board, as well as by the lack of local professional guidance and this is worrisome, as there is no guidance, most users interviewed have as a reference to perform their exercises, a source such as the internet (social networks) which can be an unreliable source.Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Brazilhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/br/Academia ao Ar Livreconhecimentoeducação físicaOpen Air Academyknowledgephysical educationbachelorThesis4.09.00.00-2 Educação Física