This repository is provided for educational and non-commercial research purposes only. All exercise media (images, videos) belong to their respective copyright holders. Commercial use is strictly prohibited. If you are a copyright owner and wish to have your content removed, please open an issue or contact the repository owner.

The exercise media (images & animation GIFs) and the base exercise data in this repository originate from ExerciseDB v1 by AscendAPI (API docs).

Each media file is named {index}-{exerciseId}.{ext}, where exerciseId is the original ExerciseDB v1 id. The same asset is served from AscendAPI's CDN — e.g. static.exercisedb.dev/media/EIeI8Vf.gif is byte-for-byte identical to this repo's videos/0025-EIeI8Vf.gif. The assets were obtained via a Kaggle re-host by omarxadel.

Added in this repository on top of the original ExerciseDB data:

• 🇪🇸 Spanish, 🇮🇹 Italian, 🇹🇷 Turkish, 🇷🇺 Russian, and 🇨🇳 Chinese translations of the instructions
• the interactive browser (index.html) and developer setup guide (setup.html)
• formatting, cleanup, and 1:1 media alignment

License & credit: The exercise media and base data belong to AscendAPI / ExerciseDB — please review ExerciseDB's terms before any reuse. Everything here is provided for educational, non-commercial use only. Original-source attribution was added following issue #5 (thanks to @shinkaidev for the report). If you are a rights holder and want your content removed, please open an issue.

• Data Source & Attribution
• Overview
• Interactive Browser & Developer Setup
• File Structure
• Statistics
• Data Schema
• Sample Exercises
• Usage Examples
• License

This dataset is a curated collection of 1,324 fitness exercises sourced for educational and research purposes. It covers a wide range of muscle groups, equipment types, and exercise categories — making it ideal for:

• Building fitness or workout planning applications
• Machine learning projects involving exercise recognition or recommendation
• Health and wellness research
• Educational demonstrations and prototypes

Each exercise entry contains:

This repository includes two ready-to-use HTML tools — no server required, just open in a browser.

A fully client-side exercise explorer with:

• Live search across all 1,324 exercises
• Filter by category, equipment, and target muscle
• Infinite scroll grid with thumbnail previews
• Click any card to see full details, GIF animation, and instructions in English, Spanish, Italian, Turkish, Russian, or Chinese

A step-by-step guide for integrating the dataset into your own application:

1. Database Setup — CREATE TABLE SQL for SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, and SQLite. Generate a ready-to-run .sql file with all 1,324 INSERT statements, built entirely in your browser.
2. API Integration — Copy-paste client code in JavaScript, Python, C#, Java, PHP, Go, and cURL showing how to call your backend API. Enter your base URL and all examples update live.
3. Ask Your LLM — A structured prompt (choose your framework + database) that you can paste into ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini to generate a complete, production-ready REST API in one shot. Supports Express.js, FastAPI, ASP.NET Core, Spring Boot, Laravel, and Gin.

exercises-dataset/
├── data/
│   └── exercises.json       # Full dataset — 1,324 exercise records (JSON array)
├── images/                  # Exercise thumbnail images (.jpg) — 1,324 files
├── videos/                  # Exercise animation GIFs (.gif) — 1,324 files
├── index.html               # Interactive exercise browser (client-side, no server needed)
├── setup.html               # Developer setup guide (DB import + API integration)
└── README.md

• data/exercises.json — The primary data file. A JSON array of 1,324 exercise objects with all metadata and paths to corresponding media files.
• images/ — 1,324 thumbnail JPGs named with the exercise ID (e.g. 0001-2gPfomN.jpg).
• videos/ — 1,324 GIF animations demonstrating each movement (e.g. 0001-2gPfomN.gif).
• index.html — Standalone exercise browser. Open directly in any modern browser.
• setup.html — Developer guide for DB setup, API integration, and LLM-assisted backend generation.

Note: ~25% of exercises require no equipment at all — great for at-home workout applications.

Each record in data/exercises.json follows this structure:

{
  "id": "0001",
  "name": "3/4 sit-up",
  "category": "waist",
  "body_part": "waist",
  "equipment": "body weight",
  "instructions": {
    "en": "Lie flat on your back with your knees bent and feet flat on the ground. Place your hands behind your head with your elbows pointing outwards. Engaging your abs, slowly lift your upper body off the ground, curling forward until your torso is at a 45-degree angle. Pause for a moment at the top, then slowly lower your upper body back down to the starting position. Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.",
    "es": "Túmbate sobre tu espalda con las rodillas flexionadas y los pies apoyados en el suelo. Coloca las manos detrás de la cabeza con los codos apuntando hacia afuera. Activando el abdomen, levanta lentamente la parte superior del cuerpo del suelo, curvándote hacia adelante hasta que tu torso forme un ángulo de 45 grados. Haz una pausa por un momento en la parte superior, luego baja lentamente la parte superior del cuerpo de vuelta a la posición inicial. Repite el número de repeticiones deseado.",
    "it": "Sdraiati sulla schiena con le ginocchia piegate e i piedi appoggiati a terra. Metti le mani dietro la testa con i gomiti rivolti verso l'esterno. Coinvolgendo gli addominali, solleva lentamente la parte superiore del corpo da terra, piegandoti in avanti finché il busto non forma un angolo di 45 gradi. Fermati per un momento in alto, quindi abbassa lentamente la parte superiore del corpo fino alla posizione di partenza. Ripetere per il numero di ripetizioni desiderato.",
    "tr": "Sırt üstü yatın, dizlerinizi bükün ve ayaklarınızı yere düz koyun. Ellerinizi başınızın arkasına, dirsekleriniz dışa bakacak şekilde yerleştirin. Karın kaslarınızı kasarak üst vücudunuzu yerden kaldırın ve gövdeniz 45 derecelik açıya gelene kadar öne doğru kıvırın. Bir an için bu pozisyonda bekleyin, ardından yavaşça başlangıç konumuna geri dönün. İstenen tekrar sayısı için hareketi tekrarlayın.",
    "ru": "Лягте на спину, согните колени и поставьте ступни на землю. Положите руки за голову локтями наружу. Включив пресс, медленно поднимите верхнюю часть тела от земли, наклоняясь вперед, пока туловище не окажется под углом 45 градусов. Задержитесь на мгновение в верхней точке, затем медленно опустите верхнюю часть тела обратно в исходное положение. Повторите необходимое количество повторений.",
    "zh": "平躺，膝盖弯曲，双脚平放在地上。将双手放在脑后，手肘向外。收紧腹部，慢慢将上半身抬离地面，向前卷曲，直到躯干呈 45 度角。在最高点稍作停留，然后慢慢将上半身放回起始位置。重复所需的重复次数。"
  },
  "muscle_group": "hip flexors",
  "secondary_muscles": ["hip flexors", "lower back"],
  "target": "abs",
  "image": "images/0001-2gPfomN.jpg",
  "gif_url": "videos/0001-2gPfomN.gif",
  "created_at": "2026-03-18 12:31:32.854798+00:00"
}

Animation: videos/0025-EIeI8Vf.gif Equipment: Barbell · Target: Pectorals · Secondary: Triceps, Shoulders

The Barbell Bench Press is the cornerstone of chest training and one of the "Big Three" powerlifting movements. Lying flat on a bench, you lower a loaded barbell to your chest and press it back up explosively. It simultaneously recruits the pectorals, triceps, and anterior deltoids, making it the single most effective exercise for upper body pushing strength and chest mass development.

Key cues: Retract and depress your scapulae before unracking. Keep your feet flat on the floor, arch your lower back naturally, and maintain a shoulder-width grip. Lower the bar under control to mid-chest and drive up through the heels.

Animation: videos/0032-ila4NZS.gif Equipment: Barbell · Target: Glutes · Secondary: Hamstrings, Lower Back

The Barbell Deadlift is widely regarded as the ultimate full-body strength exercise. It engages virtually every major muscle in the posterior chain — glutes, hamstrings, and lower back — while also demanding significant contribution from the upper back, traps, and grip. Proper spinal alignment and bracing technique are critical for both performance and safety.

Key cues: Set up with the bar over your mid-foot. Hinge at the hips, grip just outside your legs, brace your core hard, and keep the bar in contact with your shins throughout the lift. Drive the floor away, lock out at the top by squeezing glutes and extending hips fully.

Animation: videos/0043-qXTaZnJ.gif Equipment: Barbell · Target: Glutes · Secondary: Quadriceps, Hamstrings, Calves, Core

Often called "the king of all exercises," the Barbell Full Squat demands coordinated strength across the entire lower body and core. Breaking parallel maximizes glute and hamstring activation compared to partial squats. It is the foundation of nearly every strength and hypertrophy program.

Key cues: Bar on upper traps (high bar) or rear deltoids (low bar). Brace your core before descent, push knees out in line with toes, sit into your hips, and descend until your thighs pass parallel to the floor. Drive through the whole foot to stand.

Animation: videos/0294-NbVPDMW.gif Equipment: Dumbbell · Target: Biceps · Secondary: Forearms

The Dumbbell Biceps Curl is the most recognized isolation exercise for the arms. Training each side independently helps identify and correct strength imbalances between limbs. The supinated (palms-up) grip maximizes biceps contraction at the top of the movement.

Key cues: Stand tall with elbows pinned to your sides. Supinate your wrists as you curl up, squeeze at the top, and lower under control without swinging. Avoid using momentum from the shoulders or lower back.

Animation: videos/0652-lBDjFxJ.gif Equipment: Body Weight · Target: Lats · Secondary: Biceps, Forearms

The Pull-up is the gold standard bodyweight exercise for upper body pulling strength. It primarily develops the latissimus dorsi — creating the coveted V-taper — while heavily involving the biceps, rear deltoids, and core stabilizers. It scales from beginner (band-assisted) to advanced (weighted).

Key cues: Dead hang from an overhand grip, shoulder-width or slightly wider. Initiate with your lats by depressing your shoulder blades, then pull your chest toward the bar. Lower fully between reps to maintain range of motion.

Animation: videos/0334-DsgkuIt.gif Equipment: Dumbbell · Target: Delts · Secondary: Traps

The Dumbbell Lateral Raise is the go-to isolation exercise for building shoulder width. It directly targets the lateral (middle) head of the deltoid, which is responsible for the broad-shouldered look. Controlled tempo and strict form matter far more than load.

Key cues: Stand with a slight bend in your elbows throughout. Raise the dumbbells out to the sides until your arms are parallel to the floor — no higher. Lead with your elbows, not your wrists. Lower slowly under control to maximize time under tension.

import json

with open("data/exercises.json", "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
    exercises = json.load(f)

print(f"Total exercises loaded: {len(exercises)}")

# Filter by category
chest_exercises = [ex for ex in exercises if ex["category"] == "chest"]
print(f"Chest exercises: {len(chest_exercises)}")
# -> Chest exercises: 163

# Filter by equipment
bodyweight = [ex for ex in exercises if ex["equipment"] == "body weight"]
print(f"Bodyweight exercises: {len(bodyweight)}")
# -> Bodyweight exercises: 325

# Get all unique categories
categories = sorted({ex["category"] for ex in exercises})
print("Categories:", categories)

# Access multilingual instructions
ex = exercises[0]
print(ex["instructions"]["en"])  # English
print(ex["instructions"]["es"])  # Spanish
print(ex["instructions"]["it"])  # Italian
print(ex["instructions"]["tr"])  # Turkish
print(ex["instructions"]["ru"])  # Russian
print(ex["instructions"]["zh"])  # Chinese

import json
import pandas as pd

with open("data/exercises.json", "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
    data = json.load(f)

df = pd.DataFrame(data)

# Top categories by exercise count
print(df["category"].value_counts().head(10))

# All barbell exercises targeting upper legs
barbell_quads = df[(df["equipment"] == "barbell") & (df["category"] == "upper legs")]
print(barbell_quads[["name", "target", "equipment"]])

const exercises = require("./data/exercises.json");

console.log(`Total exercises: ${exercises.length}`);

// Bodyweight exercises only
const bodyweight = exercises.filter(ex => ex.equipment === "body weight");
console.log(`Bodyweight exercises: ${bodyweight.length}`);
// -> Bodyweight exercises: 325

// Group exercises by category
const byCategory = exercises.reduce((acc, ex) => {
  acc[ex.category] = (acc[ex.category] || []);
  acc[ex.category].push(ex);
  return acc;
}, {});

// Access multilingual instructions
const ex = exercises[0];
console.log(ex.instructions.en); // English
console.log(ex.instructions.es); // Spanish
console.log(ex.instructions.it); // Italian
console.log(ex.instructions.tr); // Turkish
console.log(ex.instructions.ru); // Russian
console.log(ex.instructions.zh); // Chinese

interface Exercise {
  id: string;
  name: string;
  category: string;
  body_part: string;
  equipment: string;
  instructions: {
    en: string;
    es: string;
    it: string;
    tr: string;
    ru: string;
    zh: string;
  };
  muscle_group: string;
  secondary_muscles: string[];
  target: string;
  image: string;
  gif_url: string;
  created_at: string;
}

import exercises from "./data/exercises.json";
const data = exercises as Exercise[];

const shuffled = data.sort(() => Math.random() - 0.5);
const randomWorkout: Exercise[] = shuffled.slice(0, 6);
console.log("Random 6-exercise workout:", randomWorkout.map(e => e.name));

This project is for educational and non-commercial purposes only.

• You may use this dataset for personal projects, research, and learning.
• You may not use this dataset or its media for any commercial application or product.
• All images and videos are property of their respective copyright holders.
• For commercial use, please contact the original content owners directly.

Data source: Media and base exercise data originate from ExerciseDB v1 by AscendAPI (obtained via a Kaggle re-host) — see the Data Source & Attribution section above and ExerciseDB's terms for reuse.

If you are a copyright holder and wish to have your content removed, please open an issue.