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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.
Typical consumer-level weight bench with leg exercise attachment Two weight training benches in a fitness center in Nürnberg, Germany Hyper bench for hyperextension Negative bench or decline bench
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.
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."
Performing the crunch. 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.
Keene P. Dimick created an exercise bike in 1968. In 1977, Augie Nieto incorporated the company in as Lifecycle, Inc. to sell exercise bikes that were based on Dimick's design. [1]
A gym, short for gymnasium (pl.: gymnasiums or gymnasia), is an indoor venue for exercise and sports. The word is derived from the ancient Greek term " gymnasion ". [ 1 ] They are commonly found in athletic and fitness centres, and as activity and learning spaces in educational institutions.
The first-person plural expressions nosotros, nosotras, tú y yo, or él y yo can be replaced by a noun phrase that includes the speaker (e.g. Los estudiantes tenemos hambre, 'We students are hungry'). The same comments hold for vosotros and ellos.