| Exercise has become an integral part of everyday | | | | forearm muscles, chest and shoulder muscles etc. |
| life of most people. An individual spends at least | | | | They usually come in pairs.Rowing machines are |
| some part of his life in exercise. Exercise can be | | | | gym equipment designed to stimulate rowing in |
| done with equipment or without equipment. Gym | | | | water. They are used to exercise pecs and back |
| equipment helps in exercising a specific part or | | | | muscles.Exercise bicycles are stationery bicycles |
| group of muscles or organs of the body. Today a | | | | with resistance discs for wheels. They are used |
| wide range of gym equipment are available in the | | | | to exercise thigh and calf muscles.Balance board |
| market.The most common gym equipment are | | | | consists of a board fixed on a bearing. It is used |
| multigyms, treadmills, swiss balls, dumb bells, bar | | | | to develop balance.Abdomen exerciser consists of |
| bells, rowing machines, exercise bicycles, balance | | | | an inclined board with leg rollers for doing sit ups. |
| boards, abdomen exercisers resistance bands and | | | | It is used to exercise the stomach and abdomen |
| punching bags. There are various facilities, | | | | muscles.All the above equipment except free |
| equipment associated with gym equipment like | | | | weights have attached electronics to monitor |
| heart rate monitors, sauna baths, swimming pools | | | | number of cycles and other parameters. |
| etc.A multi gym consists of incremented weight | | | | Resistance bands are elastic bands and in these |
| plates that move up and down on steel guides. It | | | | the resistance of the band to stretching is used |
| usually consists of attachments for exercise of | | | | to exercise muscles like quadriceps and |
| chest, arms, thighs, calves, shoulders and | | | | deltoids.Punching bag consists of sand filled |
| pectorals (sometimes called wings or | | | | cushioned bags or other rugged material bags for |
| pecs).Treadmill is an equipment used for running | | | | practice by boxers. They are either hung from |
| without moving any distance. It consists of a | | | | the ceiling or fixed on a stand.Most professional |
| conveyor belt which slides on rollers on which the | | | | gyms have the above mentioned equipment along |
| individual can run or walk.Swiss ball or yoga ball is | | | | with other facilities like swimming pools, sauna |
| a rubber ball of 50 to 85 centimeters which is | | | | baths, steam baths etc.For a home gym, a |
| used to develop balance and exercise the | | | | multigym with a few dumbbells and barbells are |
| abdominal and back muscles.Dumbbells and bar | | | | sufficient for workout of the entire body. The |
| bells are the traditional gym equipment. They | | | | starting price of a multigym is around 1500$. The |
| consist of variable or fixed free weights attached | | | | cost of other equipment varies according to the |
| to a small or long bar. They are lifted against | | | | make.Keith George always writes about valuable |
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