En el gimnasio
Gym Spanish is almost entirely phrases, and the one everybody needs first is how to ask someone to spot you. There is no single word for it, so this set gives the versions that work and says where.
Pedir y ceder
¿Me haces seguro?
Can you spot me?
Spain and much of Latin America. In Peru and Mexico you will also hear ¿me cuidas? The safest anywhere is ¿me puedes ayudar con la última?
¿Está ocupado?
Is this being used?
Perdona, ¿está ocupada esta máquina? · Sorry, is this machine being used?
¿Cuántas series te faltan?
How many sets do you have left?
The polite way to ask for a turn without asking for it.
¿Te falta mucho?
Will you be long?
Te lo dejo
I'm done with it
Said as you hand a machine or a bench over.
¿Puedo meterme contigo?
Can I work in with you?
Sharing a machine between sets. Alternar is the neutral verb: alternamos.
El entrenamiento
la seriefnoun
the set
Cuatro series de diez. · Four sets of ten.
la repeticiónfnoun
the rep
Almost always shortened: diez repes.
el pesomnoun
the weight
la mancuernafnoun
the dumbbell
la barrafnoun
the barbell
el discomnoun
the plate
la rutinafnoun
the programme
calentarverb
to warm up
Siempre caliento diez minutos. · I always warm up for ten minutes.
estirarverb
to stretch
al fallo
to failure
Llegar al fallo: to the point where you cannot do another rep.
Las máquinas
la cintafnoun
the treadmill
La trotadora in Peru and Chile, la caminadora in Mexico and Colombia.
la elípticafnoun
the cross trainer
la bicicleta estáticafnoun
the exercise bike
el bancomnoun
the bench
Also a bank, and a park bench. Context decides.
la poleafnoun
the cable machine
el vestuariomnoun
the changing room
Los vestidores across most of Latin America.
el casilleromnoun
the locker
La taquilla in Spain, which elsewhere means ticket office.
El día después
estar adolorido
to be sore
Latin America. Spain says tener agujetas.
el dolor muscularmnoun
the muscle ache
descansarverb
to rest
Mañana descanso, me toca pierna el jueves. · Tomorrow I rest, legs are on Thursday.
me toca
it is my turn, I'm due
Me toca pierna: it is legs day for me.
el/la entrenador(a)noun
the trainer
El profe in a Latin American gym, whatever their title.