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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.
Example of modern treadmill. A treadmill is a device generally used for walking, running, or climbing while staying in the same place.Treadmills were introduced before the development of powered machines to harness the power of animals or humans to do work, often a type of mill operated by a person or animal treading the steps of a treadwheel to grind grain.
These range from simple spring-like devices to computerized electromechanical devices to recirculating-stream swimming pools. Most exercise machines incorporate an ergometer. An ergometer is an apparatus for measuring the work a person exerts while exercising as used in training or cardiac stress tests or other medical tests.
Equipment used in various forms of exercise. Subcategories. This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total. E. Exercise equipment companies (24 P) W.
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A barbell is a piece of exercise equipment used in weight training, bodybuilding, weightlifting, powerlifting and strongman, consisting of a long bar, usually with weights attached at each end. Barbells range in length from 1.2 metres (4 ft) to above 2.4 metres (8 ft), although bars longer than 2.2 metres (7.2 ft) are used primarily by ...
Equipment used by a player or a team for a sport. Subcategories. ... Exercise equipment (3 C, 72 P) F. Sports facilities (5 C, 1 P) Flying disc (3 C, 13 P) G.
A 16-kg (35-lb) "competition grade kettlebell" In weight training , a kettlebell is a cast-iron or cast-steel ball with a handle attached to the top, resembling a cannonball with a handle. [ 1 ] It is used to perform a range of exercises ; primarily ballistic exercises that combine cardiovascular , strength and mobility training .