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For example, seated presses may be done while standing. In recent years, many home fitness enthusiasts have begun incorporating a swiss ball into their workouts in place of a traditional bench, since it is both more space-efficient and requires engagement of the core abdominal muscles. This substitution is not without criticism, since it can be ...
An elliptical machine, a type of exercise machine. An exercise machine is any machine used for physical exercise.These range from simple spring-like devices to computerized electromechanical devices to recirculating-stream swimming pools.
A selection of home exercise equipment: yoga blocks, yoga mat, dumbbells, pull-up/chin-up bar, push-up handles and gloves. 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.
Actress Vivienne Segal using a "Battle Creek Health Builder" from an advertizement in the November 1, 1927 Vogue. A vibrating belt machine is a device that was promoted to passively reduce body fat through the use of an oscillating or vibrating belt around the exercise subject's waist, without active exercise by the user.
Technogym is an Italian world-leading manufacturer of sports and leisure equipment based in Cesena.It was founded in 1983 by Nerio Alessandri. [1] It has around 55,000 installations worldwide, in 35,000 wellness centres and 20,000 private homes.
Abdominal muscles have many important functions, including breathing, coughing, and sneezing, and maintaining posture and speech in a number of species. [4] Other abdominal functions are that it helps "in the function of support, containment of viscera, and help in the process of expiration, defecation, urination, vomiting, and also at the time of childbirth."
The crunch or curl-up is an abdominal exercise that works the rectus abdominis muscle. [1] It enables both building and defining "six-pack" abs and tightening the belly. Crunches use the exerciser's own body weight to tone muscle and are recommended by some experts [ like whom? ] , despite negative research results [ citation needed ] , as a ...
Archimedes of Syracuse [a] (/ ˌ ɑːr k ɪ ˈ m iː d iː z / AR-kim-EE-deez; [2] c. 287 – c. 212 BC) was an Ancient Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, astronomer, and inventor from the ancient city of Syracuse in Sicily. [3]