Exercise Equipment Guide: Treadmills, Weights, and Home Gyms

What happens when your treadmill stops suddenly, and how can you troubleshoot common home gym equipment? Selecting the best mini-trampolines, resistance bands, and cross trainers can significantly improve your at-home fitness results and safety.

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How to Blow Up an Exercise Ball

An exercise ball can revitalize your fitness workout. Also called Swiss balls, balance balls or stability balls, exercise balls are known for working your core and can also strengthen every major muscle group. Physiotherapists use exercise balls to treat patients who have undergone surgery or been in an accident.

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What Exercise Machine Works the Triceps?

When it comes to arm muscles, the biceps at the front usually get all the attention. Biceps are the glamorous muscles displayed in the classic “show me your muscles” pose, but your triceps make up the bulk of your upper arm size.

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