# BlackBobs.ai ExerciseDB API

> BlackBobs.ai ExerciseDB API is a paid API for AI agents from blackbobs-ai.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.174853/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Retrieves exercise data including muscle groups, equipment, and workout information from the ExerciseDB dataset

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://blackbobs-ai.vercel.app/api/exercisedb
- Price: $0.174853/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/blackbobs-ai-exercisedb-api-d0de41d0
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_yS4e8VeobwHXKtwEpR0mP

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability blackbobs-ai-exercisedb-api-d0de41d0 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you look up exercises that target the chest muscles using dumbbells from the ExerciseDB database?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need structured, comprehensive exercise database lookups — particularly when filtering by muscle group, equipment, or body part. Prefer this over building your own exercise library or scraping fitness sites. Useful for fitness apps, workout planners, or health-focused AI agents that need standardized exercise data with associated metadata.

## Known failure modes

- Empty or missing query parameters may return no results or a generic error
- Misspelled muscle group or equipment names may return empty result sets
- Rate limiting or payment failures on the x402 Base chain can block requests
- The underlying ExerciseDB dataset may not include obscure or regional exercise names

## How this service works

194 production-ready API endpoints. AI, Search, Social, Finance, Crypto. Pay-per-call with x402 on Base chain.

## Output

Returns structured exercise data including exercise names, target muscle groups, secondary muscles, required equipment, body part categories, and GIF/image references for each matching exercise.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "result": {
   "type": "object",
   "description": "API response data"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "example": {
  "result": {
   "data": "example response"
  }
 },
 "properties": {
  "result": {
   "type": "object",
   "description": "API response data"
  }
 }
}
```

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