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When one begins an exercise program it is slightly daunting. It is quite intimidating making a visit to the local gym. There are several exercise machines and equipment around. You wonder how all this stuff work? This article takes a look at the commonly used workout gym equipment that you can find.

Free weights are the basic workout gym equipment for bodybuilding. Free weights are not attached to cables, weight stacks and pins. They include weight plates, dumbbells and barbells. Barbells can be found in any local department store. They can be used in a home gym. Olympic barbells are seven feet long, slightly longer than the usual five feel barbell. The handles are made of heavy duty bars. They are mostly used for exercises such as squats and the bench press. A dumbbell is generally between ten and fifteen inches in length. Exercises are done using one dumbbell in each hand. You can find an assortment of dumbbells in a dumbbell rack. Another variety of workout gym equipment consists of dumbbells that are adjustable with little collars that hold the dumbbells by clipping the ends. This is also used in a home gym setting.

Another commonly used piece of gym equipment is the bench. There is the flat bench, the incline bench and the decline bench. Several of these benches can be adjusted to either one of these options. There is a bench known as the hyper tension bench which is used in an abdominal workout or for sit ups. An ideal piece of equipment for working on the biceps is the preacher bench. You are in a position to work on your bicep muscles by resting your upper arms on the angled pad. The stability ball can be made use of instead of a bench sometimes. Exercises such as dumbbell flyes, bench press, lateral raises, reverse crunches and pullovers can all be done on this particular kind of machine. The ball can be moved around and so it enables you to increase your balance and results in strengthening the smaller muscles.

The variety of machines found in a gym can be used for many exercise routines. Some machines allow you to work the entire body while others provide exercises to strengthen individual muscles. Home machines are built in such a way that they are able to work the whole body. These machines are also cheaper and less space is needed than having many kinds of machines for different muscle groups.