Exercise library
Exercises by equipment
Pick the kit you have, from nothing at all to barbells and machines, to see every exercise you can do with it. Each page explains how the equipment is used and lists its exercises by body part.
- 28Kinds of equipment
- 1,324Exercises
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- Body weight325 exercisesBody-weight exercises use your own body as the resistance, so you can do them anywhere with no kit at all.
- Dumbbell294 exercisesDumbbells are short, hand-held weights.
- Cable machine157 exercisesA cable machine runs a handle over pulleys to a weight stack, so the resistance stays steady through the whole movement and can pull from almost any angle.
- Barbell154 exercisesA barbell is a long bar loaded with weight plates.
- Leverage machine81 exercisesLeverage machines guide your movement along a fixed path using a lever arm loaded with plates or a stack.
- Band54 exercisesBands are flexible loops that get harder to stretch the further you pull them.
- Smith machine48 exercisesA Smith machine holds a barbell on fixed vertical rails with hooks you can rack at any height.
- Kettlebell41 exercisesA kettlebell is a cast-iron ball with a handle.
- Weighted36 exercisesWeighted exercises add load to a body-weight move, using a plate, vest, belt or similar, to make it harder once the body-weight version feels easy.
- Stability ball28 exercisesA stability ball (also called an exercise or Swiss ball) is a large inflatable ball.
- EZ bar23 exercisesAn EZ bar is a short barbell with a zig-zag bend.
- Assisted15 exercisesAssisted exercises use a machine, partner or support to take some of your body weight, so you can practise moves like pull-ups and dips before you can do them unaided.
- Sled15 exercisesSled exercises use a sled-style machine, most often a leg press or hack squat, where you push a loaded platform or carriage along a guided track.
- Medicine ball13 exercisesA medicine ball is a weighted ball you can hold, lift, rotate or throw.
- Rope10 exercisesRope exercises use a jump rope, battle ropes or a climbing rope.
- Foam roller8 exercisesA foam roller is a firm cylinder you lie or lean on to massage your muscles, often used in warm-ups and cool-downs.
- Resistance band7 exercisesResistance bands are flexible tubes or flat bands, often with handles, that add resistance which grows as you stretch them.
- BOSU ball3 exercisesA BOSU ball is a half dome with a flat base.
- Olympic barbell2 exercisesAn Olympic barbell is a full-length competition-style bar with sleeves that spin.
- Ab wheel2 exercisesAn ab wheel is a small wheel with handles.
- Elliptical1 exerciseAn elliptical (cross-trainer) moves your feet in a smooth oval path, with moving handles for your arms.
- Sledgehammer1 exerciseA sledgehammer can be swung onto a tyre for a conditioning workout that trains your grip, shoulders and core together.
- SkiErg1 exerciseA SkiErg is a cardio machine where you pull two handles down in a motion like cross-country skiing.
- Stationary bike1 exerciseA stationary bike is an indoor bike for low-impact cardio that is easy on the joints.
- Stepmill1 exerciseA stepmill is a moving staircase.
- Tyre1 exerciseA large tyre can be flipped end over end for a whole-body strength and conditioning workout.
- Trap bar1 exerciseA trap bar (or hex bar) is a hexagonal bar you stand inside.
- Upper body ergometer1 exerciseAn upper body ergometer is an arm bike: you turn the pedals with your hands.
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