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Exercises API

A searchable library of hundreds of exercises with target muscles, equipment, and step-by-step instructions.

Request Headers

Name	Required	Description
`X-RapidAPI-Key`	required	Your RapidAPI key. Get one free.
`X-RapidAPI-Host`	required	`exercises.p.rapidapi.com`

Endpoints

GET /v1/exercises

Search exercises by target muscle, category, or name

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Default	Constraints
`limit`	integer	optional	—	—
`muscle`	string	optional	—	—
`name`	string	optional	—	—
`offset`	integer	optional	—	—
`type`	string	optional	—	—

Code Examples

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://exercises.p.rapidapi.com/v1/exercises?limit=0&muscle=example' \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-key: YOUR_API_KEY' \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-host: exercises.p.rapidapi.com'

const url = "https://exercises.p.rapidapi.com/v1/exercises?limit=0&muscle=example";
const options = {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    "x-rapidapi-key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    "x-rapidapi-host": "exercises.p.rapidapi.com"
  }
};

const response = await fetch(url, options);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

import requests

url = "https://exercises.p.rapidapi.com/v1/exercises"

querystring = {"limit": 0, "muscle": "example"}

headers = {
    "x-rapidapi-key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    "x-rapidapi-host": "exercises.p.rapidapi.com"
}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers, params=querystring)

print(response.json())

GET /v1/exercises/equipment

List all equipment types available in the exercises dataset, sorted alphabetically.

Code Examples

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://exercises.p.rapidapi.com/v1/exercises/equipment' \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-key: YOUR_API_KEY' \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-host: exercises.p.rapidapi.com'

const url = "https://exercises.p.rapidapi.com/v1/exercises/equipment";
const options = {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    "x-rapidapi-key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    "x-rapidapi-host": "exercises.p.rapidapi.com"
  }
};

const response = await fetch(url, options);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

import requests

url = "https://exercises.p.rapidapi.com/v1/exercises/equipment"

headers = {
    "x-rapidapi-key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    "x-rapidapi-host": "exercises.p.rapidapi.com"
}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.json())

GET /v1/exercises/forces

List all force types available in the exercises dataset, sorted alphabetically.

Code Examples

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://exercises.p.rapidapi.com/v1/exercises/forces' \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-key: YOUR_API_KEY' \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-host: exercises.p.rapidapi.com'

const url = "https://exercises.p.rapidapi.com/v1/exercises/forces";
const options = {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    "x-rapidapi-key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    "x-rapidapi-host": "exercises.p.rapidapi.com"
  }
};

const response = await fetch(url, options);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

import requests

url = "https://exercises.p.rapidapi.com/v1/exercises/forces"

headers = {
    "x-rapidapi-key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    "x-rapidapi-host": "exercises.p.rapidapi.com"
}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.json())

GET /v1/exercises/levels

List all difficulty levels available in the exercises dataset, sorted alphabetically.

Code Examples

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://exercises.p.rapidapi.com/v1/exercises/levels' \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-key: YOUR_API_KEY' \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-host: exercises.p.rapidapi.com'

const url = "https://exercises.p.rapidapi.com/v1/exercises/levels";
const options = {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    "x-rapidapi-key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    "x-rapidapi-host": "exercises.p.rapidapi.com"
  }
};

const response = await fetch(url, options);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

import requests

url = "https://exercises.p.rapidapi.com/v1/exercises/levels"

headers = {
    "x-rapidapi-key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    "x-rapidapi-host": "exercises.p.rapidapi.com"
}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.json())

GET /v1/exercises/mechanics

List all movement mechanics available in the exercises dataset, sorted alphabetically.

Code Examples

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://exercises.p.rapidapi.com/v1/exercises/mechanics' \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-key: YOUR_API_KEY' \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-host: exercises.p.rapidapi.com'

const url = "https://exercises.p.rapidapi.com/v1/exercises/mechanics";
const options = {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    "x-rapidapi-key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    "x-rapidapi-host": "exercises.p.rapidapi.com"
  }
};

const response = await fetch(url, options);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

import requests

url = "https://exercises.p.rapidapi.com/v1/exercises/mechanics"

headers = {
    "x-rapidapi-key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    "x-rapidapi-host": "exercises.p.rapidapi.com"
}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.json())

GET /v1/exercises/muscles

List all target muscles available in the exercises dataset, sorted alphabetically.

Code Examples

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://exercises.p.rapidapi.com/v1/exercises/muscles' \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-key: YOUR_API_KEY' \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-host: exercises.p.rapidapi.com'

const url = "https://exercises.p.rapidapi.com/v1/exercises/muscles";
const options = {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    "x-rapidapi-key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    "x-rapidapi-host": "exercises.p.rapidapi.com"
  }
};

const response = await fetch(url, options);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

import requests

url = "https://exercises.p.rapidapi.com/v1/exercises/muscles"

headers = {
    "x-rapidapi-key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    "x-rapidapi-host": "exercises.p.rapidapi.com"
}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.json())

GET /v1/exercises/types

List all exercise types (categories) available in the exercises dataset, sorted alphabetically.

Code Examples

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://exercises.p.rapidapi.com/v1/exercises/types' \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-key: YOUR_API_KEY' \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-host: exercises.p.rapidapi.com'

const url = "https://exercises.p.rapidapi.com/v1/exercises/types";
const options = {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    "x-rapidapi-key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    "x-rapidapi-host": "exercises.p.rapidapi.com"
  }
};

const response = await fetch(url, options);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

import requests

url = "https://exercises.p.rapidapi.com/v1/exercises/types"

headers = {
    "x-rapidapi-key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    "x-rapidapi-host": "exercises.p.rapidapi.com"
}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.json())

Interactive Example

exercises

$ GET /v1/exercises?muscle=biceps&type=strength
{"data":[{"name":"Barbell Curl","force":"pull","level":"beginner","mechanic":"isolation","equipment":"barbell","primaryMuscles":["biceps"],"secondaryMuscles":["forearms"],"instructions":["..."],"category":"strength"}],"meta":{"total":1,"limit":10,"offset":0}}

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