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- 3. Use them to crank up reverse or lateral lunges (place one foot on the disk and glide into the lunge and back to the starting position).
- 8. This exercise works the muscles in your hips and legs.
- 13. This exercise works your quadriceps, hamstrings, calves, and glutes.
- 15. Commonly used by gymnasts and CrossFit athletes, parallettes let you test (and push) the limits of your physical strength.
- 17. These strength-training devices look like overgrown, colorful beach balls, but can be very effective pieces of exercise equipment.
- 19. is a biceps curl, but it feels much different if you're doing it with a cable machine than a barbell
- 20. are iron bars covered in foam rubber, making them a friendlier (and lighter weight) alternative to standard barbells.
- 21. works the muscles in your lower body, including your quadriceps, hamstrings, glutes, and calves.
- 24. The unassuming straps hanging from your gym’s ceiling are really an all-in-one gym.
- 25. a tool that builds mobility, stability and dynamic strength through loaded movement training.
- 26. These are some of the most common machines you see, machines with rectangular plates that allow you to insert a pin underneath the amount of weight you want to lift.
- 27. are slightly larger (and sometimes heavier) versions of medicines that don’t bounce.
- 29. Body bars are foam-covered weights that may be used in a total body workout class to combine aerobic exercise with strength training.
- 30. This exercise works the muscles in your back, shoulders, and arms.
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- 1. machines are a staple of gyms and can be quite effective if used correctly.
- 2. These work the same as stack machines in that they work on a fixed path. The difference is you have to load the plates onto the machine.
- 4. It stands for “both sides utilized,” meaning you can use both the dome stability ball-like side and the flat platform for exercises.
- 5. strength training with machines is as effective as free weights, plus machines have the advantage of being safer and easier to use.
- 6. work the chest muscles (pectorals), as well as the shoulder muscles, triceps, and abdominals.
- 7. This fitness tool was developed in Russia for use in strength training and aerobic exercise to work all muscle groups at the same time.
- 9. as chicken soup for the swole. You’ll often see people use these basketball-shaped weights to add resistance to core exercises like sit-ups or Russian twists.
- 10. can be a lifter’s best friend for moves like back squats, deadlifts and snatches.
- 11. Barbells are long bars with weights attached at the ends.
- 12. is a versatile type of workout that you can do almost anywhere.
- 14. These giant inflatable beach ball-like tools are another way to up the anté on strength training exercises.
- 16. are an excellent exercise for improving your core strength and stability.
- 18. are just like they sound weighted bags of sand that look like big duffle bags
- 19. Grab one of these giant ropes in each hand and begin lifting the rope up and down explosively creating waves.
- 22. Bands are portable and inexpensive.
- 23. are a good place to start if you’re new to strength training.
- 28. The cannonball-like weight with a single loop handle looks like something out of Game of Thrones but it’s a great way to build power.