ExerciseDB V1 (free, by AscendAPI)
FreemiumLiveLast verified 29 Sept 2026
1,500 exercises with animated GIFs, target and secondary muscles, equipment and step-by-step instructions.
Example request
curl -s 'https://oss.exercisedb.dev/api/v1/exercises'
Free tier, in plain English
The hosted V1 dataset of 1,500 exercises is free with no key. Larger datasets with videos and images are paid plans sold through RapidAPI.
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