Equipment Part 1 Flashcards
Towels are important for hygiene at the gym, please wipe your sweat off machines, barbells, floor mats and anything else you use.
Towels -/taol/
Exercise mats are a helpful workout accessory, providing cushioning and support for your body, and even protection for the floor beneath you.
(Exercise/Gym/Yoga) Mat
Traditional block ‘chalk’ is actually made from Calcium Carbonate whereas the main ingredient of liquid chalk is Magnesium Carbonate.
chalk /tchók/
I bring a bottle of water with me to the gym, I don’t like to use the drinking fountain.
bottle of water
drinking fountain.
My gym has hand sanitizer on the walls around the gym.
hand sanitizer
/sa-ne-taiz-r/
If your knees cave when squatting, try using a band. The banded squat will help keep your knees from caving inward and help to engage your abs while toning your glutes.
band
TRX (Total Body Resistance Exercise) is a suspension trainer.
TRX - /Tea-are-ex/
Foam rolling is a self-myofascial release (SMR) technique. It can help relieve muscle tightness, soreness, and inflammation, and increase your joint range of motion.
Foam Rolling
/foum rolêng/
The dumbbell, a type of free weight, is a piece of equipment used in weight training. It can be used individually or in pairs, with one in each hand.
dumbbell
The kettlebell is a cast iron or cast steel ball with a handle attached to the top. It is used to perform many types of exercises, including ballistic exercises that combine cardiovascular, strength and flexibility training.
kettlebell
The clubbell is a club swinging tool that is primarily used for strength and conditioning, fitness training, and athletic performance enhancement.
clubbell
The principle of starting with the heaviest plate closest to the centre of the bar applies to all barbell exercises. This ensures that the load is closest to your body’s centre of gravity - optimizing your force production.
You may hear - plate/disc/weight
It is critical to keep good form when doing barbell exercises, particularly when picking them up off the ground and placing them back down, as during that period the risk of injury is particularly high!
barbell
The hex bar deadlift variation brings the hips closer to the ground, tilting the trunk more upright, and making the exercise look more like a squat.
Hex bar
The digital scale at my house is always really different from the scales at my gym, I wonder which one is wrong?
Weighing scale - /wheying skeil/
scale -/skeil/
scales -/skeilz/
You can fix the plate onto the bar using weight clips.
Weight clips/clamps/collars
/wait kleps/klampz/colarz
