Common Gym Equipment

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List of common gym equipment

  • Yoga mat: A mat used to prevent hands and feet slipping when doing yoga.
  • Gym ball: It is also called fitness ball. It is a large ball for sitting or lying on while exercising.
  • Punching bag: A bag filled with material or air, hung from a frame or attached to a stand and used by boxers and others for training or exercise.
  • Hand grippers: Used to test and increase the strength of the hands.
  • Dumbbell: a short bar with a weight on each end that you lift up and down to make your arm and shoulder muscles stronger.
  • Barbell: a long bar with a weight on each end that you lift up and down to make your arm and shoulder muscles stronger.
  • Kettlebell: a heavy rounded object with a handle used for exercise.
  • Jump rope: a rope that is used for jumping over as an exercise or game
  • Treadmill: an exercise machine that consists of a moving strip or two step-like parts on which you walk without moving forward
  • Stationary bike: used for a low-impact cardio workout.
  • Elliptical: a stationary exercise machine on which the user stands on two small rimmed platforms and moves them forward and back in almost elliptical path.
  • Leg press: Used to test and strengthen the legs.
  • Abdominal bench: Used to do various styles of crunches
  • Bench press: used to exercise and tone upper parts of the body.
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