Fitness and Wellness Equipment Descriptions

• Fit-Chairs- This balance ball chair encourages active sitting, strengthens the back and promotes good posture.
• Balance Stability Balls (large, medium, and small)
• Stability Ball Seat- This is more convenient if you already have an office chair, you would place this in your office chair and it would act like a fit chair just smaller, promotes good poster and strengthens the back.
• Stability Ball Exercise Cards – Featuring jumbo, easy-to-read cards, your exercise guide set has 62 cards — 50 exercises, 12 stretches, 6 workouts, & custom workout templates.
• Incline Board- An incline board is a slanted platform used to stretch and strengthen the lower body, especially the calves and ankles. It helps improve flexibility, balance, and overall mobility.
• Fit Balance Board- This balance fit board can sculpt your body from head to toe – use as a balance board to increase core and leg strength and practice your mental focus, tone your arms with resistance bands, or twist to carve your abs, and more other exercises like squats, pushups, planks.
• Balance (Spooner) Boards – A balance board is a piece of exercise equipment designed to improve balance, coordination, and core strength. The user stands on the board and must engage their muscles to maintain balance as the board tilts or shifts.
• FitDeck (Office) -For individuals who sit at their desks for long periods of time. Increase blood circulation, keep muscles limber, de-stress, and maintain mobility. Exercises performed in office attire (no need to change into workout clothes).
• Yoga Kit – This yoga kit includes two yoga blocks and a yoga strap to help provide stability, balance, and support in order to improve strength and deepen your yoga poses.
• Yoga Mat
• Yoga Exercise Cards – Deck has yoga poses and flows for every level. Cards include clear posture illustration, with full text explanation to guide you through the poses.
• FitDeck (Stretch)-FitDeck Stretch is a popular title because of its applicability to all fitness routines and sports training. Use FitDeck Stretch prior to exercise to improve performance, prevent common injuries, and reduce post-workout soreness. Stretching helps reduce muscle stiffness, improves circulation, and fends off potential repetitive stress injuries. 
• Fitness Stretching Exercise Cards – Includes 50 of the best stretching exercises to increase range of motion, prevent injury, and speed up recovery time.
• Exercise Dice – Versatile and fun workout combining cardio, strength, and flexibility training. 
• Muscle Roller – These are hand-held rollers that help with alleviating muscle soreness from any area on your body. Provides a deep tissue massage to the targeted muscles.
• Foam Roller – Great addition to any pre/post physical activity regimen. The use of foam rollers can help improve flexibility by relieving muscular tension and injury prevention.
• Foam Roller Cards – Features 50 foam roller workout exercises you can combine to loosen tight muscles and accelerate recovery.
• Soft Spike Massage Balls – The “spikes” on these balls create a sensation of tingling on the skin when used to massage tight or tender spots. Great for stimulating and massaging areas of concern!
• Peanut Roller – Similar effects of a foam roller with the precision of a smaller tool that can be used on localized portions of the body to relieve tension. This roller has small “spikes” along the roller which allows the roller to break up fascia and improve blood circulation.

• Resistance Band Set (with door hook)- Strengthen and tone your body with 3 different resistance types that can hook to a door for a tougher workout.
• Resistance Band Loops – A set of four resistance loops varying in strength. A great addition to your at home or in office workout program.
• Resistance Band Circles with Handles – A set of three resistance band circles varying in strength. These bands come with handles attached for easy use.
• Resistance Band with Handles – A resistance band of moderate strength with handles on either end. Great for a variety of exercises.
• Resistance Band Tube Exercise Cards –  Tone and tighten with these exercise cards! Includes 50 individual workouts, with 6 unique workouts, and 12 stretches.
• TRX Suspension Bands – A portable fitness system that targets power, strength, balance, and flexibility exercises. These bands utilize your body weight to help build and maintain strength while doing functional movements. In addition to strength building TRX bands can be used to gain balance and flexibility.
• Bosu Ball – A great tool for integrating strength training while also working on balance and even cardio. Use ball side up or flat side up for a variety of exercises.
• Medicine Balls (4 lbs. and 8 lbs.)
• FitDeck (Body Weight)- FitDeck Bodyweight is our original and most popular deck of Exercise Playing Cards. It contains illustrations & instructions describing 50 upper, middle, lower, and full body exercises. Just shuffle cards and go – anywhere, anytime.
• Bodyweight and Dumbbell Exercise Cards – Work every part of your body: arms, legs, glutes, abs, core, shoulders, and more! Pack includes 50x Dumbbell Cards and 50x Bodyweight cards.
• Dumbbells (2 lbs., 3 lbs., 5 lbs., 8 lbs., 10 lbs., 15 lbs., 17.5 lbs., 20 lbs., 25lbs., and 30 lbs.)
• FitDeck (Dumbbell)- Strengthen & tone entire body. Pre-arrange cards for custom sequences or shuffle cards for randomness. Unique cross-training opportunities when combined with other titles. Put common piece of equipment to uncommon use.
• Dumbbell Exercise Cards – Build muscle, tone & tighten your body with 50 of the best dumbbell exercises!
• Kettlebells (5 lb, 10 lb, 15 lb, 20 lb, 25 lb, 30 lb)
• FitDeck (Kettlebell)- Use this intense fitness tool to harden your entire body in one workout (upper, middle, and lower body). Intended for a broad range of users from first-time Kettlebellers to Kettlebell experts. Perfect title for cross-training.
• Pull up bar – When installed in the doorway, the device lets you perform pull-ups and chin-ups, with three grip positions–narrow, neutral, and wide–for working the inner and outer back. This equipment holds up to 200 pounds and is designed to fit residential doorways 24 to 32 inches wide, with doorway trim or molding up to 3.5 inches wide.
• BodyBoss 2.0 Full Portable Home Gym Workout Package + Resistance Bands – this device allows you to use this equipment as a squat system, allows you to stand on the platform and easily adjust band length through weaving, allows you to work out your upper body, allows you to work out your lower body, allows you to meet fitness goals and take it anywhere you like to train at any level!
• Pilates Exercise Cards – Tone, sculpt, and tighten your body with these cards! Includes 50 mat exercises, 12 stretches, and 6 total workout routines.
• Core Sliders- Core sliders may be an affordable and effective way to switch up your exercise routine. Designed to be placed underneath feet or hands, these simple tools add a layer of difficulty to your existing bodyweight exercises. As your core muscles stay engaged while moving through movements, you may end up feeling soreness in muscles you didn’t even know you had. 
• Ab Roller Kit- 3 in 1 kit that includes an ab roller, push up bars, and a mat for your knees. Great exercise to strengthen your core!

Cardio

• Weighted Hula Hoop- This item weighing 3 pounds, is an exhilarating total body, yet low impact, workout that will shake up your fitness routine. The DVD walks you through 3 different workouts that are creative, have fluid movement that reshapes your waist, builds power in your core, and gets your heart pumping.
• Desk Peddler- This machine is similar to the pedals on a bike that is great for getting exercise while at your desk! This peddler is sturdy yet light-weight and comes complete with an attached display. The peddler monitors and records five different functions that can help you improve your overall health and well-being. The display includes a scan feature that allows you to monitor the calories you’re burning, how long you’ve been exercising, as well as your revolution count (rpm) per minute.
• Desk Elliptical – This machine includes the basic foot pedals of an elliptical without the arm handles, size, and weight of what you might find in the gym. This can be done standing or sitting at your desk. It also includes resistance bands and an adjustable resistance knob for added intensity. The digital screen keeps track of calories burned, workout time, and strides per minute. The desk elliptical can be easily moved around your office by using the easy-grip handle.
• Jump ropes – Just like the ones you used in grade school! These jump ropes are a great way to bump up your heart rate for an intense cardio workout.
• Steppers- Get your steps in with this stepper machine that can fit right under your desk!
• Pedometer- Keep track of how many steps you accomplish each day by wearing this lightweight pedometer.
• Polar Heart Rate Monitor Watch- Measure how many calories you burn each day while tracking your heart rate by wearing this watch.
• Core Sliders – Lightweight, portable discs that are appropriate for all fitness levels. These discs can be used to add intensity and variety to your workouts.
• Stopwatches

Wellness

• Sun Light Therapy Lamp – UV-Free LED Light that mimics the full spectrum of light found in daylight, the lamp delivers the recommended 10,000Lux.
• Acupressure Mat and Pillow Set – The acupuncture mat and pillow set can decrease the muscle soreness, and increase the levels of feel-good harmonies endorphins. They can also increase the level of uptake oxygen in your body, which improves the quality of sleep, digestion, and metabolism. 
• Grounding (Earthing) Mat – The mat is a tool designed to help people connect with the Earth’s electrical field. When a person makes skin contact with the mat, it is thought to transfer the Earth’s natural energy to the body, promoting a variety of potential health benefits. These benefits are believed to include improved sleep, reduced inflammation, stress relief, and better overall well-being. The concept is based on the idea that direct physical contact with the Earth can neutralize positive electrical charges in the body, which may contribute to improved health.
• Infrared Light Therapy Lamp – RLT is a treatment that uses low-level wavelengths of red or near-infrared light to penetrate the skin and promote healing, reduce inflammation, and improve cell function. Red light therapy is believed to stimulate the production of ATP (adenosine triphosphate), which is the energy source for cells. By boosting cellular energy, RLT can support faster healing of wounds, reduce pain and inflammation, and improve skin health by reducing wrinkles and scars. It’s also used to treat conditions like arthritis, muscle soreness, and joint pain.
• Vibration Plate- A vibration plate is an exercise platform that sends gentle vibrations through the body to activate muscles and enhance workouts. It’s often used to support strength, balance, and overall wellness.
• Massage Gun Deep Tissue Percussion Massager- A massage gun is a handheld device that uses rapid percussion to target deep tissue, helping to relieve muscle tension, improve circulation, and speed up recovery. It’s commonly used for relaxation, pain relief, and post-workout recovery.
• Neck Massager- A neck massager is a device designed to relieve tension and stiffness in the neck and shoulders through soothing vibrations, kneading, or heat. It promotes relaxation, reduces muscle strain, and supports stress relief.
• Shiatsu Massager- A shiatsu massager uses rotating nodes that mimic the pressure and motion of a traditional shiatsu massage. It helps ease muscle tension, improve circulation, and promote deep relaxation.
• ‘Breathing Lotus’ Mindfulness Guided Breathing Trainer – The Breathing Lotus offers a visually captivating and calming experience during meditation. It has breath synchronization, mindfulness enhancement, stress reduction properties, personalization options, and portability make it a valuable accessory for individuals seeking to deepen their meditation practice and find inner peace.
• Blood Pressure Monitor/Cuff – The Omron Silver Wireless monitor stores up to 80 Blood pressure readings for 1 user, and also features Bluetooth connectivity to sync with the free Omron Connect app for unlimited memory, graphs and trend tracking, as well as Unlimited users. It also works with Amazon alexa-enabled devices using the Omron Health skill.

Other Equipment

• Bicycle Helmets – Don’t have a helmet or don’t have one you keep in your office? Check out a bicycle helmet from the Fitness Lending Library. All helmets are sanitized after each use and we will help you with a custom fitting upon request!
• Field Day Equipment- Contact Healthy UNCG to rent equipment for a departmental event!