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.
Exercise equipment may also include such wearable items as proper footgear, gloves, and hydration packs.
General strength training equipment
A broad range of different types of exercise equipment are available, including:- Free-weight training:
- *Dumbbells, preloaded or conventional
- *Barbells, preloaded or conventional
- *Kettlebells
- *Weight plates: bumper plates, steel plates, micro-plates
- *Collars
- Weight machines
- Cables
- Rower grip bars
- Neck trainers are devices designed to strengthen the neck muscles and improve mobility, flexibility, and posture through targeted stretches and strengthening exercises. They are commonly used in athletic training, physical therapy, and rehabilitation to enhance neck stability, increase muscular endurance, and support recovery from—or prevention of—neck injuries.
- Head/neck harness
- Variable resistance training:
- *Elastic bands : monster bands, hip circles, floss bands, mini bands
- *Chain accommodation training: chains
- Lifting accessories:
- *Straps, wraps and sleeves:
- **Lifting wrist straps
- **Wrist wraps
- **Elbow sleeves
- **Knee wraps
- **Knee sleeves
- *Grip: Gym chalk, gloves
- *Sling shots
- *Shoes
- *Belts
- Flywheel training devices
[Strongman (strength athlete)] equipment
- Yokes
- Training sleds
- Logs
- Axles
- Farmer's walk handles
- Stones: Atlas stone, stone of steel
- Kegs
- General grip strength: Torsion-spring grippers, wrist rollers, rubber grips, pinch blocks, pull-up spheres
- Power pins, loading pins
- Hammers, slammers, maces, clubs
- Sandbags
- Bulgarian bag
Bodyweight training">Bodyweight exercise">Bodyweight training, [calisthenics] and [gymnastics] equipment
- Dip bar, U-shaped bar designed for being gripped by the hands while performing the dip exercise
- Exercise balls, often soft, elastic and filled with air, used in physical therapy, athletic training and exercise, and sometimes also for weight training
- *BOSU ball, an inflated rubber hemisphere attached to a rigid platform, used for balance training
- *Medicine ball, a weighted ball whose diameter is about a shoulder-width, often used for rehabilitation and strength training
- Parallel bars : high P-bars, low P-bars
- Parallettes
- Plyo box, a box used for plyometric exercises, which are a type of explosive power, like for example jumping
- Power tower or knee raise station, commonly with a backrest and forearm rests with vertical handles at the ends of the rests, used for abdominal exercises since little arm strength is needed and the movement occurs in the hips and torso.
- Push-up handle bars
- Pulling-related:
- *Pull-up/dip belts
- *Peg boards
- *Pull-up bars:
- **Free standing bar
- **Wall-mounted
- **Ceiling-mounted
- **Doorway
- **Extending door frame
- Pole dancing poles, vertical bars used for dance and acrobatics
- Resistance bands
- Rope:
- *Jump rope
- *Rope climbing
- *Agility ladder, ground-laid rope ladder in which one can move the feet quickly across the squares to improve coordination and speed
- *Battling ropes
- *Climbing rope
- Suspension training:
- *TRX System, a suspension training scheme developed by former U.S. Navy SEAL Randy Hetrick
- *Gymnastic rings
- Roman chair, mainly used for the lower back
- Training sleds, scrum machine
- Vault, gymnastic apparatus and exercise, with variations including the vaulting horse and vaulting table
- Wall bars
- Weights:
- *Weighted vest
- *Ankle weights
- *Wrist weights
[Cardiovascular fitness]
- Elliptical trainer, a low-impact exercise machine claimed to decrease the risk of impact injuries
- * StreetStrider, an elliptical trainer on wheels
- Indoor rower or rowing machine, a machine used to simulate watercraft rowing
- Stepper, also known as mini stepper or stair stepper
- Stair machine, also known as stair stepper
- Stationary bicycle, also known from degenerated and non-degenerated brand names such as spinning, gamebike and PCGamerBike
- Treadmill, generally used for walking or running, but also climbing and cross-country skiing, while staying in the same place
- * Treadmill desk, a computer desk where one can work on office tasks while treadmilling
Myofascial release and recovery tools
- Massage rollers, e.g. foam roller with or without knobs
- Balls: lacrosse ball, spiky, dimple, rad roller or peanuts
Other
- Balance board
- Glute hamstring developers for developing glutes and hamstrings
- Slant board
- Training masks