A barbell is the bar that you load the plates on, either empty (the “empty bar”) or loaded (for example, “a 225 pound barbell”).
Cable machine
A cable machine has a thin rope, or cable, that connects the weights to a handle through one or more pulleys. Typically you can choose the attachment you'd like to use as a handle, and you may also have the option of moving the pulley to your desired height. Pulldowns, pushdowns, cable flyes, and cable crossovers are a few exercises you can do on a cable machine. Here is a list of even more.
Dumbbells
Dumbbells are the smaller hand weights around the gym. They typically come in pairs, and cannot be taken apart. (You can buy adjustable dumbbells for home gyms, though, which have their own teensy little plates on each end.) They are so named because some of the weights historically used for strength training were in the shape of bells (think of a kettlebell, but more...bell-shaped) and since they didn’t make noise, they were silent, or “dumb.” Dumbbells are usually "fixed," with each dumbbell weighing a certain amount, but there are also adjustable dumbbells, popular for home gyms, that let you adjust the weight on the fly.
Kettlebells
These are the round weights with a handle on top. You can use them for most of the same lifts you'd do with a dumbbell (like rows, or overhead presses) but you can also swing them or do more advanced moves like kettlebell snatches.
Plates
Weight plates are the heavy, round discs that typically load onto the ends of a barbell. In American gyms, the largest ones are typically 45 pounds.
Weight lifting basics
A circuit, sometimes called a giant set, is when you do several exercises (usually three to six) by doing one set of each, then return to the beginning of the list and start over. (It's called a "circuit" or "rounds" because you keep going through the list in a circular fashion. While these can save time, the goal of circuit training is often to keep your heart rate high, so that you’re getting a bit of a cardio stimulus even though the main focus is weight training. Compound lift
If you do a lift "to failure," that means you cannot physically do another rep. You might do 10 bicep curls, 11, 12, thir—nope, that's it, can't finish the thirteenth rep. You "went to failure" on that exercise.
In bigger lifts, like a squat, you may not want to go to actual, physical failure very often. So you might go until technical failure—in other words, for as many reps as you can while you can maintain good form.
Isolation lift
Sometimes lifting programs tell you to do a set at, say, 80% of your max. This instruction assumes that you know what your maximum, or 1RM, is. So, if you can bench press 100 pounds once, you might be asked to do a set of five reps at 80%, which is 80 pounds. Reps
If your program asks you to rest between sets, that means you sit down and do nothing. Really. Depending on the exercise, you may rest anywhere from 30 seconds to five minutes. Read my explainer here on how long to rest and why. RPE
A group of reps is a set. You might do five sets of three reps, for example. This is usually written as 5x3 (sets x reps), although a few people out there will flip the numbers around. If you’re not sure, ask. Superset
Weightlifting doesn't just mean lifting weights—it's the name of a sport contested in the Olympics, where people explosively raise a barbell from the floor to overhead. They'll do it in one movement, called a snatch, or in a two-step process called the clean and jerk. To avoid confusion, this is sometimes called "Olympic weightlifting" or, if you're a Crossfitter, "oly lifting." Weightlifters commonly drop their barbells from overhead (intentional or not) and thus need rubbery bumper plates and plenty of space on a platform.Ways of lifting weights
1RM, 3RM, 5RM
In other words, a 1RM is the maximum weight that you can move for one rep. When somebody asks “how much ya bench?” they are asking for your 1RM. This weight might also be called your “max” or your “best,” as in, “my best bench press is 150 pounds.”
As many reps as possible. Or, if you’re doing a workout with multiple lifts, it may mean as many rounds (of the whole circuit) as possible. Sometimes either of these may be written AMAP (as many as possible). If you're going to technical failure rather than true failure, I've seen that called "AMAP (as many as pretty)."Drop sets
Every minute, on the minute. For a 10-minute EMOM, you’ll start your stopwatch, do the exercise (say, 10 kettlebell swings), and then rest for the remainder of the minute. The quicker you get the lifts done, the more time you have to rest. (If you're doing an exercise every two minutes, that's sometimes written E2MOM.)Forced reps
A negative rep of an exercise is where you just do the lowering-down, or eccentric, portion, while using assistance (often a spotter) to reset to the top of the rep. Negative pull-ups (jumping up to the top of the bar, then lowering yourself down) are a good way to build strength to be able to do even more pull-ups. Spotting
Some lifts, like bench and squats, are commonly spotted. Others, like deadlifts and Olympic lifts, cannot be. Spotting is mainly for safety, but can also be used for forced reps (more on those below).
Submaximal
Submaximal training is work that does not go to failure. Your program might ask you to lift a certain weight until you feel like you have two reps “in the tank.” That means you’d pick a weight you could lift 10 times if you had to, but to follow the instructions you’ll only lift it eight times. Submaximal training can be less fatiguing than taking your lifts to failure.
Read More Details
Finally We wish PressBee provided you with enough information of ( A Beginner's Guide to Gym Terminology )
Also on site :