Exercise equipment

Exercise equipment is any apparatus or device used during physical activity to enhance the strength or conditioning effects of that exercise by providing either fixed or adjustable amounts of resistance, or to otherwise enhance the experience or outcome of an exercise routine.

A selection of home exercise equipment: yoga blocks, yoga mat, dumbbells, pull-up/chin-up bar, push-up handles and gloves.

Exercise equipment may also include such wearable items as proper footgear, gloves, and hydration packs.

General strength training equipment

 

A lifting strap.

 

A lifting belt.

A broad range of different types of exercise equipment are available, including:

• Free-weight training:
  • Preloaded dumbbells and conventional dumbbells
  • Kettlebells
  • Preloaded barbells and conventional barbells
  • Weight plates: bumper plates, steel plates, micro-plates
  • Collars
• Weight machines
• Cables
• Rowers
• Head/neck harness
• Variable resistance training:^[1]
  • Elastic bands^[2] (resistance bands): monster bands, hip circles, floss bands, mini bands
  • Chain accommodation training:^[3] chains
• Lifting accessories:
  • Straps, wraps and sleeves:
    • Lifting wrist straps
    • Wrist wraps
    • Elbow sleeves
    • Knee wraps
    • Knee sleeves
  • Grip: Gym chalk, gloves (the use of gloves during weight training is controversial. Some believe gloves improve grip, while others believe the extra material between the skin and bar worsens grip. In either case, grip strength must be trained to improve performance.^[4][5])
  • Sling shots
  • Shoes (specifically made for Olympic weightlifting, squats, deadlifts, overhead press, etc.)
  • Belts (10 mm, 13 mm; small, medium, large; prong belts, lever belts)
• kBox flywheel training devices

Strongman (strength athlete) equipment

• Yokes
• Training sleds: sleds, push sleds, pull sleds
• Logs
• Axles
• Farmer's walk handles
• Stones: Atlas stones, stones of steel
• Kegs^{[citation needed]}
• General grip strength: Captains of Crush Grippers, wrist rollers, Fat Gripz, pinch blocks, pull-up spheres
• Power pins, loading pins
• Hammers, slammers, maces, clubs
• Sandbags
• Bulgarian Bag^[6]

Bodyweight training, calisthenics & gymnastics equipment

• Parallel bars (P-bars): high P-bars, low P-bars
• Pulling-related:
  • Pull-up/dip belts
  • Peg boards
  • Pull-up bars:
    • Free standing bar
    • Wall-mounted
    • Ceiling-mounted
    • Doorway (use leverage around door frame)
    • Extending door frame (extends out to fit between door frame)
• Weights:
  • Weighted vest
  • Ankle weights
  • Wrist weights
• Exercise balls:
  • Medicine ball
  • Swiss exercise ball
• Rope:
  • Jump rope
  • Rope climbing
  • Agility ladder
  • Battling ropes
  • Climbing rope
• Suspension training:^[7]

 

a) TRX Suspension Trainer. b) Jungle Gym XT. c) A pair of gymnastic rings. d) Flying. e) AirFit Trainer Pro

• • TRX System
  • Gymnastic rings^{[citation needed]}
• Training sleds
• Resistance bands
• Power tower
• Push-up handle bars
• Parallettes
• Wall bars
• Plyo Box

Myofascial release and recovery tools

• Rolling: foam roller, RumbleRoller, GRID STK foam roller
• Balls: lacrosse ball, spiky, dimple, rad roller or peanuts

Other

 

Stair machine

• Elliptical trainer
  • StreetStrider, an elliptical trainer on wheels
• Stepper, also known as mini stepper or stair stepper
• Stair machine, also known as stair stepper
• Stationary bicycle
• Training masks
• Treadmill
• Glute Ham Developers (GHD) for developing glutes and hamstrings^[8]

See also

• Outdoor gym
• Exercise machine
• Fitness (biology)
• Physical exercise
• Weight training
• Hojo undō, conditioning exercises used in martial arts
• Indoor rower
• HIIT

References

 

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