ergometer
noun
er·gom·e·ter
(ˌ)ər-ˈgä-mə-tər 
: an apparatus for measuring the work performed (as by a person exercising)
also
: an exercise machine equipped with an ergometer
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In her team’s study, more than 57,000 people with prostates underwent two fitness tests on cycle ergometers—stationary bicycles equipped to test fitness—about five years apart.
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Nick Blackmer, Verywell Health, 29 Feb. 2024
But more common for exercise purposes is the indoor rowing machine, or an ergometer.
—Tiffany Ayuda, SELF, 6 Mar. 2023
Bleakney also had Scaroni use an upper body ergometer, an indoor bike used primarily for arm training and cardio.
—Scooby Axson, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2022
Peloton Row — the company's first ergometer — will add a low-impact, high-intensity cardio workout to Peloton's lineup.
—Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 20 Sep. 2022
The ergometer joins the company's other at-home equipment offerings: Peloton Bike, Peloton Bike+ and Peloton Tread.
—Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 20 Sep. 2022
Motion cameras, a swim bench ergometer, and a treadmill on hydraulics are just a few of the gadgets placed around the lab, ready to measure how surfers move.
—Noah Lederman, Outside Online, 17 May 2022
And over this same span, elite rowers’ VO2max scores increased by 12 percent and their average power output in a six-minute rowing ergometer test grew by 10 percent.
—Matt Fitzgerald, Outside Online, 6 Jan. 2020
Lilly was a walk-on freshman rower with a competitive ergometer score, the calculation on a rowing machine by which rowers are often ranked.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2021
Nick Blackmer, Verywell Health, 29 Feb. 2024
But more common for exercise purposes is the indoor rowing machine, or an ergometer.
—Tiffany Ayuda, SELF, 6 Mar. 2023
Bleakney also had Scaroni use an upper body ergometer, an indoor bike used primarily for arm training and cardio.
—Scooby Axson, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2022
Peloton Row — the company's first ergometer — will add a low-impact, high-intensity cardio workout to Peloton's lineup.
—Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 20 Sep. 2022
The ergometer joins the company's other at-home equipment offerings: Peloton Bike, Peloton Bike+ and Peloton Tread.
—Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 20 Sep. 2022
Motion cameras, a swim bench ergometer, and a treadmill on hydraulics are just a few of the gadgets placed around the lab, ready to measure how surfers move.
—Noah Lederman, Outside Online, 17 May 2022
And over this same span, elite rowers’ VO2max scores increased by 12 percent and their average power output in a six-minute rowing ergometer test grew by 10 percent.
—Matt Fitzgerald, Outside Online, 6 Jan. 2020
Lilly was a walk-on freshman rower with a competitive ergometer score, the calculation on a rowing machine by which rowers are often ranked.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2021
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ergometer
noun
er·gom·e·ter
(ˌ)ər-ˈgäm-ət-ər
: an apparatus for measuring the work performed (as by a person exercising)
also
: an exercise machine equipped with an ergometer
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