Spanish vocabulary: Fitness-related terms

Here is a list of fitness-related terms. They might be useful if you decide to hit the gym while traveling around Spain or Latin America.

• Fitness - Fitness

• Entrenar (lit. to train) / hacer ejercicio - To workout

• Correr - To run

• Saltar - To jump

• Levantar - To lift

• Gimnasio - Gym

• Comba / cuerda - Jump rope

• Pesas - Weights

• Barra - Bar

• Mancuerna - Dumbbell

• Pesa rusa (lit. Russian weight) - Kettlebell

• “Press” de banca - Bench press

• “Press” de hombro - Shoulder press

• Extensión - Extension

• Dominada - Pull-up

• Sentadilla - Squat

• Zancada / estocada - Lunge

• Flexión - Push-up

• Saltos de tijera (lit. scissors jumps) - Jumping jacks

• Abdominales - Sit-ups

• Burpee - Burpee

• Hacer el pino (lit. to do the pine tree) - To perform a handstand

• Hacer el pino-puente - To perform a handstand into a bridge

• Peso muerto (lit. dead weight) - Deadlift

• Cargada y envión - Clean and jerk

• Arrancada - Snatch

• Salto mortal (lit. mortal jump) - Front flip

• Mortal hacia atrás - Back flip

• Agujetas (used with tener) - muscle ache after working out (there is no term in English!)