| Health is wealth. In today's world, so many people are | | | | * Weight lifters generally prefer to use the dumbbells |
| leading a rather sedentary life and also working at | | | | and barbells. These instruments are weights attached |
| very boring or stressful jobs, and exercise and | | | | to a small and long bar respectively. They are used to |
| maintaining body fitness is often pushed to the back | | | | exercise biceps, triceps, forearms, shoulders, thighs, |
| burner. | | | | calf muscles etc. |
| Fitness equipment is essential for proper exercise and | | | | * The treadmill is an exercise equipment used for |
| a full body work out, and the regular use of fitness | | | | walking or running. |
| equipment is very beneficial to the body and for | | | | * The rowing machine is used to exercise pecs and |
| exercising specific groups of muscles. The benefits of | | | | the lower back. The motion when using the rowing |
| exercising include weight loss in obese people, increase | | | | machine resembles that of rowing a boat. |
| in vitality, improvement of strength, increase in flexibility, | | | | * The Swiss ball is a rubber ball for developing balance |
| improved looks, a feeling of well-being etc, and also a | | | | and exercising the abdomen and back muscles. |
| boost in confidence. A study conducted by doctors | | | | * The exercise bike is a stationary bicycle with friction |
| has shown that, with only 60 days of proper exercise | | | | boards for exercising the legs. |
| and diet a person can look almost 10 years younger. | | | | * Balance boards are for developing balance. |
| Nowadays a lot of fitness equipments, used fitness | | | | * Punching bags are used by boxers for boxing |
| equipments, home fitness equipments etc are available | | | | workouts. |
| on the market at affordable prices. The most popular | | | | * Resistance bands are elastic bands used for |
| fitness equipments are multigyms, dumbbells, bar bells, | | | | exercising quadriceps and deltoids. |
| skipping ropes, rowing machines, tread mills, exercise | | | | Many people initially buy average fitness equipments |
| bikes, balance boards, Swiss balls, resistance bands, | | | | and at a later stage as they get fitter, buy newer and |
| punching bags, heart rate monitors, electronic counters | | | | better fitness equipments. For a beginner it is |
| etc.: | | | | economical to begin with used fitness equipments. For |
| * A multi-gym is an exercise equipment where | | | | people who are short on time and cannot visit a |
| incremented plates are used for variable loads. They | | | | professional gym, a multi-gym with few dumbbells and |
| are used to strengthen the chest, shoulders, arms, | | | | barbells are sufficient for workouts at home. |
| thighs, calves, pectorals etc. | | | | |