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Going to the gym is one of the various ways of being healthy
Instruments in the gym
Dumbbells
Dip station
Triceps bar
Pull-up bar
Bench press
Pecan deck mashine
Hand grip exerciser
Inclined bench press
Lat pull down mashine
Hammer strength mashine
Plus boxes
Calf mashine
Stair stepper
Ankle weights
Reverse hyper
Leg curl machine
Leg press machine
Road bike
Spin bike
Power rack
Dixie bike
Cruiser bike
Mountain bike
Treadmill
About coaster
Maxi climber
Smith mashine
Health benefits:
Proper form while exercising is a lot more critical than the weight you’re pushing.
This is especially important during strength training when you deal with a huge amount of weight. There are immediate and long-term problems if you do not use proper form to deal with heavy weights.
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Identifying Various Gym Equipment – An Elaborated Guide
Before you get started on building your own garage gym, you need to know what different pieces of equipment in the gym do. Only then would you be able to figure out where they figure in your fitness routine.
Food for thought:
Would you be able to tell the difference between a maxi-climber from a lat pulldown machine?
Or, what muscles does a dip station work?
Or, the difference between a leg adduction and abduction machine?
If you even got one of those wrong, you need to better your gym equipment knowledge quotient.
Through this article, we hope to break it down a few notches which can help you get that sculpted body you’ve always dreamed of.
Click here to expand gym equipment by image search or quickly jump by equipment name:
Upper Body:
Dumbbells
Dip station
Tricep bars
Pull-up Bar
Bench Press
Battle Ropes
Preacher Bench
Pec Deck Machine
Handgrip Exerciser
Inclined Bench Press
Lat Pulldown Machine
Hammer Strength Machine
Lower Body:
Plyo Boxes
Calf machine
Stair stepper
Ankle weights
Reverse hyper
Leg Curl machine
Leg Press Machine
Hack Squat Machine
Leg Extension machine
Air Resistance Exercise Bike
Leg Adduction Abduction machine
Full Body:
Road Bike
Spin Bike
Power Rack
Fixie Bike
Cruiser Bike
Mountain Bike
Vibration Plate
Mini-Trampoline
The Roman Chair
Abdominal Bench
Suspension Trainer
Stretching Machine
Treadmill
Ab Coaster
Kettlebells
Maxi Climber
Smith Machine
Stationary Bike
Inversion Table
Recumbent Bike
Mini Exercise Bikes
Cable Pulley Machine
Prowler/Dragging Sled
Why you should learn to identify gym equipment
Gym related stresses and strains are the most common reason why people don’t turn up to workouts the next day.
An easy way out – learn what each piece of equipment does.
This can help you turn them to your benefit rather than work against your efforts.
Here’s how it can help:
Avoid injuries
Maximize benefits
Get fit quicker
Benefits of proper form and technique
Proper form while exercising is a lot more critical than the weight you’re pushing.
This is especially important during strength training when you deal with a huge amount of weight. There are immediate and long-term problems if you do not use proper form to deal with heavy weights.
Let’s look at a few:
Strength Training Injuries
Short Term
Fractures
Sprains
Strains
Dislocations
Long Term
Muscle overload and fatigue
Nerve damage
Rotator cuff injuries
Bone-related stress injuries
The key to avoiding MOST of these is just to be mindful of the type of movement you’re executing and not forgetting to warm up properly.
Warming up is more important than you know – it increases blood flow to muscles, improves oxygen delivery and preps your muscles for the impending workout.
One other way to be healthy by being physically active is swimming it is a wonderful way of keeping fit
Equipment
Swimming trunks etc.
What are the health benefits :
keeps your heart rate up but takes some of the impact stress off your body
builds endurance, muscle strength and cardiovascular fitness
helps maintain a healthy weight, healthy heart and lungs
tones muscles and builds strength
provides an all-over body workout, as nearly all of your muscles are used during swimming.
I urge steemians to engage in any of these events
Need to get yourself a good leg press machine and work on those legs.