An apparatus for hand protection includes a flexible sheet that extends from a first end to a second end of the flexible sheet along a length thereof. Adhesive material is located on one side of the flexible sheet. A backing layer is on the adhesive material. The flexible sheet includes at least one finger opening closer to the first end than to the second end. A method enables a flexible sheet with adhesive material thereon to be applied to a person's hands. Fingers are inserted through one or more finger openings. The backing layer is removed. The flexible sheet is adhered to the person's hand.

Embodiments of improved closed-piece and open-piece trap bar having adjustable properties that enable the user to have a safer and more effective weightlifting experience. Closed-piece trap bars comprise a trap bar wherein the user steps into a structure that entirely surrounds him or her during the lifting and lowering process. Open-piece trap bars comprise a trap bar wherein the user steps into a structure that partially surrounds him or her during the lifting and lowering process. These trap bars are adjustable either because the width of the trap bar itself may be adjusted or the length of the handles may be adjusted or the space in between the handles may be adjusted.

A grip assist apparatus for weightlifting that includes a gripping portion with spine insert that is sufficiently pliable to be bent to allow a user to reach the end with their fingers and wrap the gripping portion around an axle bar but sufficiently resilient to substantially return to its starting position after the gripping portion is released.

A weightlifting apparatus has at least one indicia on at least one weight plate indicating the amount of weight of the weight plate. The barbell of the weightlifting apparatus can have alignment indicia on an outer surface thereon. The weightlifting apparatus is configured to selectively display the amount of weight on the weightlifting apparatus. The alignment indicia of the barbell is aligned with the at least one indicia on the weight plate to mark or indicate which indicia of a plurality of indicia is the selected indicia to be viewed.

An exercise system has an elongate rigid housing, and an elongate extension arm mounted via a pivot to a bottom end of the elongate rigid housing. A first pulley system is rotatably mounted to a fixed position of the elongate rigid housing. An adjustable mounting mechanism is mounted on the elongate rigid housing. A second pulley system is rotatably mounted on the adjustable mounting mechanism so that the second pulley system can be moved relative to the first pulley system, thereby adjusting the distance between the first pulley system and the second pulley system. An elastic cord extends back and forth between the first and second pulley systems, around the arm pulley of the elongate extension arm, and to a free end that may be used for performing exercises.

A lifting apparatus having a bar with a shoulder bar supportable on a lifter's shoulders and a weight sleeve configured to receive at least one weight. The lifting apparatus includes an adapter that allows adjustment of the distal member to one of a plurality of different positions relative to a longitudinal axis of the shoulder bar.

Exercise grip and methods of forming exercise grips are disclosed. In one aspect, an exercise grip includes a wrist strap and a protective portion. The protective portion has a palm end and a finger end. The palm end is located closer to the wrist strap than the finger end. The finger end is formed offset from a centerline axis of the palm end of the protective portion.

According to an embodiment, a device for recognizing a free weight training motion comprises a depth camera obtaining image information for measuring a user's body information before exercise and obtaining image information including a unique identifier attached to a piece of exercise equipment and motion of each joint of the user and a variation in body surface due to a motion of the body of the user doing exercise using the piece of exercise equipment, a sensor unit measuring a state of the piece of exercise equipment and recognizing the user, and a controller controlling the depth camera and the sensor unit and processing various pieces of information obtained by the depth camera and the sensor unit.

A bar and weight discs assembly with disc holding elements intended for sports reveals a set with a bar and at least one disc for weight exercises or weightlifting, where said set is obtained by coupling the discs to the bar without the need to use other coupling means such as bar clamps or safety collars, the set can be used both for an exercise bar of the conventional type of 28 mm in diameter or for an Olympic bar of 50 mm in diameter, as well as the discs that are inserted in the bar (1) which can be of different weights.

A system and method for tracking physical activity of a user performing exercise movements and providing feedback and recommendations relating to performing the exercise movements is disclosed. The method includes receiving a stream of sensor data in association with a user performing an exercise movement over a period of time, processing the stream of sensor data, detecting, using a first classifier on the processed stream of sensor data, one or more poses of the user performing the exercise movement, determining, using a second classifier on the one or more detected poses, a classification of the exercise movement and one or more repetitions of the exercise movement, determining, using a third classifier on the one or more detected poses and the one or more repetitions of the exercise movement, feedback including a score for the one or more repetitions, the score indicating an adherence to predefined conditions for correctly performing the exercise movement, and presenting the feedback in real-time in association with the user performing the exercise movement.