Fitness Equipment Glossary

Even an expert might struggle to keep track of all the many types of workout equipment available. Also, the steady flood of new exercise technology and equipment might scare newbies. In this section, we define the most commonly used terminology in relation to fitness equipment. If relevant, we’ve specified which body portion the gear addresses. This collection can help you understand terms like ergometer, P80 console, and Smith machine. We are continually updating our collection of fitness equipment names.

Ab Bench

Strength Category

Targeted Body Parts: Abs

With cushioned leg rollers, you may execute crunches or sit-ups while using an ab bench. These may be adjusted to conduct various activities.

Adaptable Bench

Strength Category

Body Parts Affected: N/A

They’re like flat benches, but they may be flat, slope, or decline.

AMT

The Precor AMT (Adaptive Motion Trainer) is an all-in-one elliptical machine. It can vary strides and adapt to the user automatically.

Trainer Arc

Cardiovascular

You need to work on your legs and your core (if you’re talking about your upper body: triceps, back, and biceps), as well as your lower body.

Cybex’s elliptical-like cardio machine has separate floating pedals that decrease stress on lower joints.

Help with Chin Dip

Strength Category

Targeted: triceps, deltoids, pectorals, abdominals, biceps

A tower with two projecting rods is an assisted chin dip machine. A weighted platform is used on certain devices. To complete the exercise, the participant begins with their arms at a 90-degree angle.

Crosstrainer

See elliptical for more.

Curved Benches

Strength Category

Body Parts Affected: N/A

Preacher curls This bench has a cushioned front part. Place your arm over the cushioned part of the bench and do curls the correct way.

Cybex

They are a leading manufacturer of exercise equipment. They produce over 150 unique pieces of strength equipment. Cybex is well known for its Arc Trainer cardio equipment.

Lowe’s

Strength Category

Body Parts Affected: N/A

On a bench, the legs must be higher than the head weight. It’s for lower chest bench presses.

Elliptical

Cardiovascular

hamstrings, quadriceps, gluteus maximus, gluteus medius, and core (if it includes the upper body, triceps, biceps, and back):

A stationary elliptical machine mimics running or climbing. The low-impact exercise is achieved by standing on pedals. Some ellipticals include adjustable arms for an added upper body workout. It is also known as an elliptical cross trainer or cross-trainer.

The word “ergometer” is a little perplexing. An ergometer is a gadget that measures your heart rate, calories expended, and distance traveled. An ergometer is a kind of indoor rower. More information about the word “rowing machine” may be found at the rowing machine.

Precisely

Strength Category

Affected Body Parts: N/A

A flat bench is intended for flat-lying. It’s designed to help people do bench presses properly.

Fitness in Motion

manufacturer of cardio and strength training equipment. Their FreeMotion Functional Trainer uses pulleys and cables to give you a more dynamic range of motion when you work out.

Trainer Function

Strength Category

The total number of body parts that have been targeted is:

The term “functional trainer” refers to multi-purpose workout equipment. A lot of them use cables or pulleys to allow several activities. Functional trainers focus on the upper, lower, and core bodies. Depending on the model, the workout differs.

Fitness Hoist

Based in San Diego, Hoist Fitness is a company that makes strength and indoor cycling equipment for both businesses and people who want to use it at home.

Riser Bench

Strength Category

Body Parts Affected: N/A

A weight bench that elevates the user’s head over the legs. Commonly used in curls and bench presses,

Incline press

Strength Category

Targeted Body Parts: Pectorals, deltoids, triceps

There are two grips in front of the user that is coupled to weights on an incline press machine. In order to finish a repeat, the user spreads their arms out and then slowly retracts them.

Cycle Indoors

Cardiovascular

Physique: hamstrings, quadriceps, calves, gluteus maximus, abs, tibilais anterior, core

Unlike an upright bike, an indoor cycle has a weighted flywheel for extra resistance. For example, in indoor cycling courses, cyclists follow a teacher and music in a group.

LeMond Sports

Greg LeMond founded LeMond Fitness, a stationary bike manufacturer powered by Hoist Fitness.

Health and Wellness

LifeWorkout is a well-known maker of fitness equipment. They make everything from treadmills to ellipticals.

Matrix Fitness

Matrix Workout produces commercial fitness equipment. They have an industrial design and a modern style.

Olympic

Strength Category

Body Parts Affected: N/A

Olympic benches are somewhat bigger than regular benches and are built of composite steel for optimal durability. Designed to handle bigger weight loads and heavier lifters, Olympic benches are also more cushioned.

Precor’s new P80 console for its cardio workout equipment. It’s a 15-inch LCD touchscreen. It also works with an iPod or iPhone.

Precor’s P30 console. Large LED display, motion controls

Racket

Strength Category

Body Parts Affected: N/A

In a power rack, two moveable horizontal bars grab the barbells. On many power racks, in addition to the barbell workouts, there are horizontal bars for chin-ups and pull-ups. It is wide enough to accommodate a person and an exercise bench inside.

Curl Preacher

Strength Category

Body Parts Affected: N/A

See curling bench entries.

Precor

A worldwide pioneer in home and commercial workout equipment, Precor is known for its exceptional quality, innovative design, and overall performance. They are known for their AMT (Adaptive Motion Trainer) strength and cardio equipment, which is different from other equipment.

Bike Recumbent

Cardiovascular

The tibialis anterior, hamstring anterior, quadriceps and calf muscles are all involved.

In a recumbent bike, the rider reclines while pedaling forward. The recumbent bike is helpful for back pain sufferers since it has

The relaxed posture relieves strain on the lower back.

Smith-Made

Strength Category

Targeted muscles: quadriceps, hamstrings, gluteus maximus, back

A Smith machine is weight training equipment with vertical steel rails. A barbell and a self-spotting machine are its main applications. With a simple wrist twist, a barbell may be attached to the Smith machine’s slots. It also has a minimum height safety to catch the barbell and avoid injury. Smith machines are used for squats and only allow vertical movement.

StairMaster

Established in 1983, this fitness firm specializes in stair climbing equipment. The stepper and stepmill are their most renowned items.

Trac

Star Trac has been making fitness equipment for homes and businesses since 1979. There are a lot of things that they specialize in, like their Pro Treadmill range, a whole line of selectorized strength equipment, and a lot more.

Stepmill

Cardiovascular

hamstrings, gluteus maximus, hip flexors, calves.

One of the most common types of stepmill is the escalator. The steps rotate around a belt. Stepmills use your body weight as a form of resistance to help you burn more calories.

Stepper

Cardiovascular

hamstrings, gluteus maximus, hip flexors, calves.

To replicate stair climbing, steppers feature two side-by-side pedals. Steppers are better for people who don’t have enough strength to move step mill, so steppers are better than steppers. Generally, steppers enable you to change the resistance to change the exercise intensity.

bike, upright

Cardiovascular

Physique: hamstrings, quadriceps, calves, gluteus maximus, abs, tibilais anterior, core

The pedals of an upright bike are almost exactly below the seat when you’re not sitting upright, like on a road bike. Upright bikes activate the core more than recumbent bikes, simulating true road cycling.

Bench Press

Strength Category

Body Parts Affected: N/A

Weightlifters use a weight bench (or fitness bench) to sit on or lie on. Weight benches come in a variety of shapes and sizes, including incline, decline, ab, preacher curl, and Olympic.