French Fitness Vocabulary
Here you will find a complete list of French fitness and personal training words. You will find that while there are specific words for different kind of gym exercise in English, the French use very generic terms. For example, to say “chest press” in French you say: “l’exercise pour la poitrine“, or “exercise for the chest”. Another example is “l’exercise pour les biceps” (exercise for the biceps), which means curls.
| le conditionnement physique fitness | l’exercise exercise | s’entraîner to train/workout |
| le vélo d’entraînement exercise bike |
les poids free weights |
l’appareil de gym gym machine |
| le banc bench | la barre bar | le gymnase gym |
| la piscine swimming pool |
la machine à ramer rowing machine |
la tapis roulant treadmill |
| l’entraîneuse individuelle personal trainer |
la machine de randonée cross trainer |
l’escalier d’entraînement stepping machine |
| le sauna sauna | l’étirement stretch | la fente en avant lunge |
| la traction push-up | la flexion de jambes squat | le redressement assis sit-up |
| l’exercise pour les biceps curls | la traction pour les jambes less press |
l’exercise pour la poitrine chest press |
| l’entraînement poids et haltères weight training | le jogging jogging | l’aérobic aerobics |
| jogger sur place to jog in-place |
s’échauffer to warm up |
étendre to extend |
| les exercise Pilates Pilates | l’entraînement en circuit circuit training |
fléxir to flex |
| tirer to pull up |
la saut à la corde jumping/skipping rope |
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