{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.exercise-equipment","code":"thing-q352222","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q352222/","name":"exercise equipment","alternateNames":["chin-up bar","push-up grip","jump box","outdoor fitness equipment","exercise equipment mat","suspension trainer","agility ladder","dactylion","standing long jump mat","sit-and-reach box","gliding disc","Sculptformer"],"kind":"thing","status":"published","version":"0.1.0-research.1","language":"en","classifiers":{"family":"Thing Registry","category":"Physical world and living systems","entryKind":"thing","plane":"PHY","domain":["PHY.OBJ"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":[],"facets":{}},"whatItIs":"Exercise equipment is apparatus designed to support physical training by providing resistance, guiding or enabling movement, or controlling exercise workload.","purpose":"Enable an AI agent to recognise exercise equipment, assess its suitability and condition for a proposed exercise, and identify permitted setup, use and maintenance actions.","scope":{"in":["Equipment intended to provide resistance, support, guidance or a controlled movement environment for physical exercise","Exercise functions, supported movements and equipment-specific user fit","Resistance mechanisms, power requirements, adjustments and operating states","Exercise-relevant capacities, performance measurements and feedback","Installation, inspection, wear and protective features affecting equipment use"],"out":["Exercise programmes, coaching plans and training-session records","Medical diagnosis, rehabilitation prescriptions and individual clinical clearance","General-purpose furniture or tools used incidentally for exercise","Sports playing implements whose primary role is participation in a game","Wearable clothing and standalone physiological monitoring devices","Gym operations, memberships and building-wide facilities management"],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["Its documented purpose or exercise-specific construction supports physical training; an ordinary object does not become exercise equipment solely because someone lifts or steps on it.","It directly loads, supports, guides or enables exercise movement; a standalone device that only records activity belongs to a neighbouring monitoring-device model.","Its identity is the apparatus, such as a resistance band or treadmill, rather than the exercise, training method or workout performed with it.","Assessment concerns exercise-specific properties such as resistance, movement path, user support or operating speed, rather than only generic object dimensions.","The registered kind includes multiple mechanisms and product designs; a named commercial model or a serial-numbered unit is a specification or instance of that kind."],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"exercise-identity-and-boundaries","name":"Exercise identity and boundaries","description":"Establishes why an apparatus belongs to exercise equipment and which training functions it supports.","layers":[{"id":"intended-training-role","name":"Intended training role","description":"Connects equipment identity to documented exercise functions.","findings":[{"id":"exercise-purpose-evidence","name":"Exercise purpose evidence","description":"Record the evidence that the apparatus is designed for physical training and the limits of that stated purpose.","questions":[{"text":"Which physical training functions is this equipment intended to support?","id":"exercise-purpose-evidence-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Which manufacturer documentation or other evidence establishes that intended purpose?","id":"exercise-purpose-evidence-q02","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"apparatus-category-boundaries","name":"Apparatus category boundaries","description":"Separates exercise apparatus from incidental objects, sports implements and product instances.","findings":[{"id":"kind-and-neighbour-separation","name":"Kind and neighbour separation","description":"Identify exercise-specific design features and distinguish the registered kind from commercial models and observed units.","questions":[{"text":"What feature distinguishes this apparatus from general-purpose furniture, a game implement or a standalone activity monitor?","id":"kind-and-neighbour-separation-q01","kind":"boundary"},{"text":"Which attributes define the exercise-equipment kind, and which belong only to a product design or individual unit?","id":"kind-and-neighbour-separation-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]}]},{"id":"movement-and-user-fit","name":"Movement and user fit","description":"Describes how equipment supports, contacts and constrains the exercising body.","layers":[{"id":"exercise-motion","name":"Exercise motion","description":"Identifies intended movement paths and the body contacts used to produce them.","findings":[{"id":"supported-movement-and-contact","name":"Supported movement and contact","description":"Record intended grips, supports, foot contacts and free or guided movement paths.","questions":[{"text":"Which body contact points and movement paths define each supported exercise?","id":"supported-movement-and-contact-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Which travel limits or clearance requirements constrain the exercise in its selected configuration?","id":"supported-movement-and-contact-q02","kind":"measurement"}]}]},{"id":"fit-and-adjustment","name":"Fit and adjustment","description":"Captures usable adjustment ranges and evidence that adjustable components are secured.","findings":[{"id":"fit-envelope-and-locking","name":"Fit envelope and locking","description":"Record the positions available for seats, pads, handles and pedals, together with their locking requirements.","questions":[{"text":"What adjustment ranges and documented user-fit limits apply to the intended exercise?","id":"fit-envelope-and-locking-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"How must the user verify that adjustment pins, clamps or stops are engaged before loading the equipment?","id":"fit-envelope-and-locking-q02","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"exercise-load-and-performance","name":"Exercise load and performance","description":"Explains how exercise demand is generated, specified and reported.","layers":[{"id":"resistance-and-assistance","name":"Resistance and assistance","description":"Relates the load mechanism to the force or assistance experienced during movement.","findings":[{"id":"load-generation-and-transmission","name":"Load generation and transmission","description":"Record how weights, elastic elements, transmissions or powered components create and deliver exercise load.","questions":[{"text":"Which mechanism generates resistance or assistance, and how does its transmission affect the user's movement?","id":"load-generation-and-transmission-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Where and under what motion, extension or speed conditions is the stated mass, force or torque specified?","id":"load-generation-and-transmission-q02","kind":"measurement"}]}]},{"id":"performance-and-feedback","name":"Performance and feedback","description":"Separates controllable exercise parameters from measured or estimated workout outputs.","findings":[{"id":"settings-and-output-meaning","name":"Settings and output meaning","description":"Record operating ranges and the basis of displayed speed, distance, power, cadence or energy estimates where present.","questions":[{"text":"What are the supported ranges, increments and units for resistance, speed, incline or other exercise settings?","id":"settings-and-output-meaning-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Which displayed outputs are measured versus estimated, and what documentation establishes their accuracy or calibration basis?","id":"settings-and-output-meaning-q02","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]},{"id":"setup-operation-and-protection","name":"Setup, operation and protection","description":"Captures conditions for entering, exercising on, stopping and leaving the apparatus.","layers":[{"id":"installation-and-capacity","name":"Installation and capacity","description":"Establishes support, anchoring, movement space and configuration-dependent load limits.","findings":[{"id":"supported-installation-envelope","name":"Supported installation envelope","description":"Record installation requirements and distinguish user capacity from added-load and attachment ratings.","questions":[{"text":"What floor support, anchoring, overhead clearance and surrounding exercise space does the documented installation require?","id":"supported-installation-envelope-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"What user, added-load and attachment limits apply, and which configurations change those limits?","id":"supported-installation-envelope-q02","kind":"measurement"}]}]},{"id":"motion-control-and-exit","name":"Motion control and exit","description":"Addresses normal controls and applicable protective measures during unexpected or interrupted movement.","findings":[{"id":"start-stop-and-load-retention","name":"Start, stop and load retention","description":"Record start and stop behaviour, load-retention arrangements and applicable guards, catches or emergency controls.","questions":[{"text":"How can a user start, stop, unload and leave the equipment, including during loss of power or inability to complete a repetition?","id":"start-stop-and-load-retention-q01","kind":"action"},{"text":"Which guards, collars, catches, safety keys or interlocks are required for this configuration, and how is their readiness verified?","id":"start-stop-and-load-retention-q02","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"condition-maintenance-and-evidence","name":"Condition, maintenance and evidence","description":"Connects exercise-specific deterioration and service requirements to evidence supporting continued use.","layers":[{"id":"wear-and-serviceability","name":"Wear and serviceability","description":"Identifies applicable wear points and the criteria for service or withdrawal.","findings":[{"id":"exercise-component-condition","name":"Exercise component condition","description":"Record the condition of applicable cables, bands, belts, grips, pads, bearings, frames and retention devices against documented criteria.","questions":[{"text":"Which load-bearing or moving components require inspection, and what evidence establishes their inspection intervals and rejection criteria?","id":"exercise-component-condition-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which observed defects require adjustment, replacement, isolation or withdrawal before further exercise?","id":"exercise-component-condition-q02","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"use-context-and-conformity","name":"Use context and conformity","description":"Links intended operating environments and applicable requirements to verifiable documentation.","findings":[{"id":"documented-use-and-compliance-basis","name":"Documented use and compliance basis","description":"Record intended domestic, shared-facility, outdoor or other use contexts and evidence for any standards or certification claims.","questions":[{"text":"Which intended environment and usage limits are supported by the product documentation?","id":"documented-use-and-compliance-basis-q01","kind":"boundary"},{"text":"Which standards, issuing bodies, editions, tests or certification records apply to this equipment category and configuration, and what evidence supports each claim?","id":"documented-use-and-compliance-basis-q02","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]},{"id":"evidence-and-external-alignment","name":"Evidence and external alignment","description":"What the world already says about this thing, gathered so the model can be checked against it.","layers":[{"id":"reported-evidence","name":"Reported evidence","description":"Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.","findings":[{"id":"evidence-confidence-notes","name":"Check these first","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these check these first hold for the sense of exercise equipment this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-confidence-notes-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-kinds","name":"Kinds and varieties","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of exercise equipment this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-kinds-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-identifiers","name":"Identifiers and schemes","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these identifiers and schemes hold for the sense of exercise equipment this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-identifiers-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-standards-and-regulation","name":"Standards and regulation","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these standards and regulation hold for the sense of exercise equipment this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-standards-and-regulation-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-real-world-use","name":"Real-world use","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of exercise equipment this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-real-world-use-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-measurements","name":"Typical measurements","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of exercise equipment this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-measurements-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards","name":"Failure modes and hazards","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of exercise equipment this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-regional-variation","name":"Regional variation","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of exercise equipment this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-regional-variation-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-neighbours","name":"Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to 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illness."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Badly maintained equipment injures people who trust it.","Fitness data reveals health information and should stay private."],"affectedParties":["Users","Children in homes with equipment","Gym staff"]},"owners":{"steward":"The owner of the equipment, such as a household or gym operator.","roles":[],"masterSystems":[]},"relations":[{"target":"Q768186","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.exercise-equipment","Wikidata: Q352222 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q352222)"]},"properties":{"applicability":"required","items":["Primary exercise function: Resistance training; cardiovascular exercise; balance training; mobility or flexibility; mixed; other documented function","Supported exercises and movement constraints: Links to supported exercises, contact points, movement paths and prohibited configurations","Resistance or assistance mechanism: Gravity; elastic; friction; magnetic; fluid; pneumatic; motor-driven; bodyweight-mediated; none; combination","Resistance specification: Mass in kg, force in N, torque in N·m or a documented device-specific setting, with measurement location and conditions","Operating performance envelope: Applicable ranges of speed in m/s, power in W, cadence in revolutions/min, incline in degrees or %, and travel in mm","User fit and adjustment envelope: Seat, pad, handle and pedal positions in mm or degrees; documented user-fit limits","Rated capacities: User mass in kg; added load in kg; attachment force in N; simultaneous users as a count, each with configuration","Power and actuation: Unpowered; user-powered; mains-powered; battery-powered; hybrid, distinguishing movement power from display power","Use and service state: Stored; awaiting setup; ready; in use; stopped; faulted; isolated for service; withdrawn; unknown","Installation and accessory dependencies: Links to required anchors, supporting 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met."]},"hazards":{"applicability":"required","items":["Falling weights and failed cables can crush or strike users.","Moving belts and flywheels can trap fingers, especially children's."]},"interfaces":{"applicability":"required","items":["ISO 20957 series on stationary training equipment, International Organization for Standardization."]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["Exercise equipment is used in gyms, homes, sports facilities and rehabilitation settings to support physical training.","Different apparatus provides resistance, supports balance, guides movement or enables sustained cardiovascular exercise.","Suitability depends on the intended movement, user capabilities, equipment adjustment and condition."]}},"sources":[{"title":"Wikidata item Q352222: exercise equipment","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q352222","note":"identity and sense of the item"},{"title":"Wikipedia: Exercise 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