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Search and Discover New Exercises

Search the full exercise database by name, keyword, or browse by category to discover new movements for your training.

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Doing the same 10 exercises every session is the fastest route to a plateau and the slowest route to results. Most people have no idea how many exercise variations exist for each muscle group, or which specific variations would address their particular weaknesses. The gap between knowing you need to work your posterior chain and knowing which exercises to pick is where most training programmes stall.

The search_exercises, get_exercise, and browse_exercises skills give access to a structured database of hundreds of exercises with descriptions, form cues, and muscle activation information. Search by name to find a specific movement, browse by category to discover variations you haven't tried, or look up a specific exercise to understand its mechanics before attempting it.

Trainees looking to add variety to their programmes, coaches searching for regression and progression alternatives, rehabilitation patients relearning movements, and fitness content creators building instructional libraries all use this to find the right exercise for the right situation.

Agent Guides

Claude

  1. Connect ToolRouter to Claude: claude mcp add toolrouter -- npx -y toolrouter-mcp
  2. Ask: "Search exercises for rowing movements using workout-planner"
  3. Claude returns a list of row variations with descriptions
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ChatGPT

  1. Add ToolRouter to ChatGPT using the MCP JSON configuration
  2. Ask: "Browse shoulder exercises using workout-planner"
  3. ChatGPT returns a categorised shoulder exercise list
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Copilot

  1. Add ToolRouter to your Copilot MCP configuration
  2. In Copilot Chat: "Search exercises for push-up variations using workout-planner"
  3. Copilot returns structured exercise data
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OpenClaw

  1. Connect ToolRouter to OpenClaw: openclaw mcp add toolrouter -- npx -y toolrouter-mcp
  2. Run: "Browse all exercises across all categories using workout-planner"
  3. OpenClaw returns the complete exercise library
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Open Find Exercises Based on Available Equipment

Find Exercises Based on Available Equipment

Get a full list of exercises you can do with any specific equipment — barbell, dumbbells, resistance bands, or bodyweight only.

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