Weightlifting Accessories

Whether you train with kettlebells, dumbbells, barbells, or cables, the Authentic RDX Gel Weight Training Gloves have been designed with a gel inner section to protect your hands at the same time as helping you lift more weight. Grip design This is why a set of high quality gym gloves, such as the set produced by Authentic RDX can be so important. Designed with an anatomically cut palm, this has been added to add some additional friction between your hands and the bar, without risking damage to your skin if the bar was to slip. The finger tips have been ...

The Gym Ball, also known as a Swiss Ball, has played an important part in fitness workouts since the 1960’s. Since the concept was imported to America in the 1980’s, exercise balls have quickly become an essential addition to home and commercial gyms across the country. If you haven’t already experienced the benefits of a swiss ball workout, this product article takes a look at some exercise options, as well as some of the reasons why they have proved to be so popular. Benefits of training with a gym ball Despite its simple design, the support and versatility makes it ...

If you want to be able to perform a range of bodyweight exercises but don’t have the space for a power tower, the Tunturi Multi-Functional Pull Up Bar could be a better option. With no complicated assembly or heavy frame, there’s a whole range of exercises it can be used for, including sit ups and pull ups. Design features As well as saving space, this also makes it much easier to move around and store away when not in use. Although there are other pull up bar designs that are a much simpler straight bar, sitting between the door frame, ...

The Fat Gripz bar attachments have been developed as an effective alternative to the standard gripper training tools, and a way of increasing your forearm and grip strength without needing to add any new exercises to your current workout program. How do they work? Whereas many training aids such as weightlifting straps and knee straps can take a while to setup for the lift, these can be clipped onto the bar in less than 10 seconds. It doesn’t matter if you’re curling 60 lb or deadlifting 500 lb. Fat Gripz won’t compress – so you’re always getting effective thick bar ...

While there are many different variations of workout bars, the JML Iron Gym upper body workout bar is probably the most popular. With hundreds of highly rated 4 and 5 star reviews on sites such as Amazon, it’s worth taking a look at what makes this particular design so special. Design features The foam padded sections have been placed at points where you will be most likely to grip when performing exercises. Whether it is the underhand grip chin ups, or pull ups with a wide or neutral grip, the padding around the bar makes it easier to grip as ...

Together with the single handle attachment, the Bodymax Pro Revolving Bar attachment utilises the classic straight bar design but with some useful extra features. Design features The coating is important due to the effect it has on your grip. The rubber bar ends attached to the Bodymax Pro Revolving bar help to prevent the bar from slipping out of your hands if your hands are sweaty. The rubber also helps to add an element of comfort to the exercise and prevents any damage to your hands that can be seen with cheaper designs that use a crosshatched marking when lifting ...

The Bodymax Pro Triceps Pulldown attachment has been designed to attach to what would normally be a carabiner clip on a high cable pulley to allow you to add tricep pushdowns to your workouts. Design features Of course, although the Bodymax Pro Triceps Pulldown attachment is labelled as a tricep attachment, the angle can also be perfect for curling exercises to work your biceps. Due to the angle of the hand positioning this type of curl would focus much more on the short head and brachialis sections of the bicep, which is worth considering if these are areas of the ...

The thickness of the rope ensures that you will also be improving your grip and forearm strength no matter which exercise you use it for. Whether you are looking to use the Bodymax Tricep Rope attachment for tricep pressdowns, bicep curls or even upright rows, the high quality rubber handles give you a solid base to rest your hands against. Exercises possible with the rope cable attachment Although the name suggests the Bodymax Tricep rope attachment can only be used for tricep pushdowns, there is actually a whole range of exercises this can be used for. Standing rope pressdowns – ...

The Bodymax Pro Seated Row Cable Attachment has been designed to be used for various back exercises in conjunction with a cable workout machine, such as a multi gym. This is one of the great benefits of multi gyms and cable machines, in that the resistance has a fixed limit but you can use various cable attachments to make a whole new range of exercises possible. The Bodymax Pro Seated Row attachment has been designed to be both ergonomically effective and comfortable to grip. Different styles of seated row attachment The distance that the handles are apart is an important ...

The 66fit adjustable hand grip exerciser is a useful addition to any strength training program for helping to develop your grip and forearm strength. There are two models available and which one will be best for you will vary depending on your current level of grip strength. This particular product article takes a look at the design of the 10kg to 40kg version and situations where improving your grip would be useful. How does it work and what are the benefits? This makes it quick and easy to adjust the spring tension between different sets if you need to, the ...