Last updated Jan 23, 2026 • Reading time: 1 minute
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!)