Exercise equipment

A lifting strap.

A lifting belt.

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
• 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)
• Flywheel training devices

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 ("half-ball") 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 (P-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 (use leverage around door frame)
    • Extending door frame (extends out to fit between 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:[7]

a) TRX Suspension Trainer. b) Jungle Gym XT. c) A pair of gymnastic rings. d) Flying. e) AirFit Trainer Pro

• • TRX System ("Total Resistance Exercises"), 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

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  A knee raise station
• 
  Modern vaulting table
• 
  Dip bar used for the dip exercise
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  Roman chair used for a hyperextension exercise

• Massage rollers, e.g. foam roller with or without knobs
• Balls: lacrosse ball, spiky, dimple, rad roller or peanuts

• Balance board
• Glute hamstring developers (GHD) for developing glutes and hamstrings[8]
• Slant board
• Training masks

• Communications Specification for Fitness Equipment, a fitness industry-wide communications specification
• Exercise machine
• Fitness (biology)
• Fitness trail, a path with exercise equipment along its length
• High-intensity interval training
• Hojo undō, conditioning exercises used in martial arts
• Indoor rower
• Outdoor gym
• Physical exercise
• Weight training