Exercise equipment
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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.
Exercise equipment may also include such wearable items as proper footgear, gloves, and hydration packs.
General strength training equipment[edit]
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)
- Straps, wraps and sleeves:
- kBox flywheel training devices
Strongman (strength athlete) equipment[edit]
- 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 bags[citation needed]
Bodyweight training, calisthenics & gymnastics equipment[edit]
- 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:[6]
- Training sleds
- Resistance bands
- Power tower
- Push-up handle bars
- Parallettes
- Wall bars
- Plyo Box
Myofascial release and recovery tools[edit]
- Rolling: foam roller, RumbleRoller, GRID STK foam roller
- Balls: lacrosse ball, spiky, dimple, rad roller or peanuts
Other[edit]
- 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[7]
See also[edit]
- Outdoor gym
- Exercise machine
- Fitness (biology)
- Physical exercise
- Weight training
- Hojo undō, conditioning exercises used in martial arts
References[edit]

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- ^ Williams, Brett; NASM (2019-02-08). "Why Guys Love Arguing About Weightlifting Gloves". Men's Health. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
- ^ Grip Strength for Weightlifting
- ^ Calatayud, J; Borreani, S; Colado, JC; Martín, FF; Rogers, ME; Behm, DG; Andersen, LL (2014). "Muscle Activation during Push-Ups with Different Suspension Training Systems". J Sports Sci Med. 13 (3): 502–10. PMC 4126284. PMID 25177174.
- ^ Kassel, Gabrielle (February 12, 2020). "Your Ultimate Guide to Using the GHD Machine". Shape.