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A selection of home exercise equipment: yoga blocks, yoga mat, dumbbells, pull-up/chin-up bar, push-up handles and gloves.

Exercise equipment is any apparatus or device used during physical activity to enhance the strength or conditioning effects of that exercise by providing either fixed or adjustable amounts of resistance, or to otherwise enhance the experience or outcome of an exercise routine.

Exercise equipment may also include such wearable items as proper footgear, gloves, and hydration packs.

General strength training equipment

A lifting strap.

A lifting belt.

A broad range of different types of exercise equipment are available, including:

Free-weight training:
- Dumbbells, preloaded or conventional
- Barbells, preloaded or conventional
- Kettlebells
- Weight plates: bumper plates, steel plates, micro-plates
- Collars
Weight machines
Cables
Rower grip bars
Neck trainers (neck strengthening devices, neck strengtheners, neck training devices) - devices or tools designed to strengthen the neck muscles, improve neck mobility, flexibility and posture through various neck stretches and neck strengthening exercises. They are commonly used in athletic training, physical therapy, or rehabilitation to enhance neck stability, increase muscle endurance, and prevent or recover from neck injuries.
Head/neck harness
Variable resistance training:^[1]
- Elastic bands^[2] (resistance bands): monster bands, hip circles, floss bands, mini bands
- Chain accommodation training:^[3] chains
Lifting accessories:
- Straps, wraps and sleeves:
  - Lifting wrist straps
  - Wrist wraps
  - Elbow sleeves
  - Knee wraps
  - Knee sleeves
- Grip: Gym chalk, gloves (the use of gloves during weight training is controversial. Some believe gloves improve grip, while others believe the extra material between the skin and bar worsens grip. In either case, grip strength must be trained to improve performance.^[4]^[5])
- Sling shots
- Shoes (specifically made for Olympic weightlifting, squats, deadlifts, overhead press, etc.)
- Belts (10 mm, 13 mm; small, medium, large; prong belts, lever belts)
Flywheel training devices

Strongman (strength athlete) equipment

Yokes
Training sleds
Logs
Axles
Farmer's walk handles
Stones: Atlas stone, stone of steel (hollow ball loaded with barbells inside)
Kegs^{[citation needed]}
General grip strength: Torsion-spring grippers, wrist rollers, rubber grips (Fat Gripz), pinch blocks, pull-up spheres
Power pins (kettlebell loaded with barbells inside), loading pins (aka. lifting pin, barbell holder for training with weighted pull-ups, et cetera)
Hammers, slammers, maces, clubs
Sandbags
Bulgarian bag^[6]

Bodyweight training, calisthenics and gymnastics equipment

Dip bar, U-shaped bar designed for being gripped by the hands while performing the dip exercise
Exercise balls, often soft, elastic and filled with air, used in physical therapy, athletic training and exercise, and sometimes also for weight training
- BOSU ball, an inflated rubber hemisphere ("half-ball") attached to a rigid platform, used for balance training
- Medicine ball, a weighted ball whose diameter is about a shoulder-width, often used for rehabilitation and strength training
Parallel bars (P-bars): high P-bars, low P-bars
Parallettes
Plyo box, a box used for plyometric exercises, which are a type of explosive power, like for example jumping
Power tower or knee raise station, commonly with a backrest and forearm rests with vertical handles at the ends of the rests, used for abdominal exercises since little arm strength is needed and the movement occurs in the hips and torso.
Push-up handle bars
Pulling-related:
- Pull-up/dip belts
- Peg boards
- Pull-up bars:
  - Free standing bar
  - Wall-mounted
  - Ceiling-mounted
  - Doorway (use leverage around door frame)
  - Extending door frame (extends out to fit between door frame)
Pole dancing poles, vertical bars used for dance and acrobatics
Resistance bands
Rope:
- Jump rope
- Rope climbing
- Agility ladder, ground-laid rope ladder in which one can move the feet quickly across the squares to improve coordination and speed
- Battling ropes
- Climbing rope
Suspension training:^[7]

- TRX System ("Total Resistance Exercises"), a suspension training scheme developed by former U.S. Navy SEAL Randy Hetrick
- Gymnastic rings
Roman chair, mainly used for the lower back
Training sleds, scrum machine
Vault, gymnastic apparatus and exercise, with variations including the vaulting horse and vaulting table
Wall bars
Weights:
- Weighted vest
- Ankle weights
- Wrist weights

A knee raise station
Modern vaulting table
Dip bar used for the dip exercise
Roman chair used for a hyperextension exercise

Cardiovascular fitness

Elliptical trainer, a low-impact exercise machine claimed to decrease the risk of impact injuries
- StreetStrider, an elliptical trainer on wheels
Indoor rower or rowing machine, a machine used to simulate watercraft rowing
Stepper, also known as mini stepper or stair stepper
Stair machine, also known as stair stepper
Stationary bicycle, also known from degenerated and non-degenerated brand names such as spinning, gamebike and PCGamerBike
Treadmill, generally used for walking or running, but also climbing and cross-country skiing, while staying in the same place
- Treadmill desk, a computer desk where one can work on office tasks while treadmilling