If seeing all those toned bodies at this past summer's London Games inspires you to go from spectator to contender, TIME has put together a list of equipment used in the Olympics and Paralympics. This way, even if you can't compete like an elite athlete, you can at least look like one Diving: The Sammy China's Wu Minxia throws her towel prior to compete in the final of the women's 3m springboard diving event at the London 2012 Olympic Games in London, Aug. 5, 2012. Slipping on the diving platform can happen to even the most well trained Olympian. In 1992 German diver Albin Killat looked like a lock for the gold medal, until, on one of his last dives, he slipped and ended up doing an embarrassing belly flop - much like Germany's Stephan Feck, who this year who flopped on his back, dropping him well out of medal contention. That's why you see divers carefully using a small synthetic chamois cloth to dry off before stepping off the board. Any swim chamois will absorb water off a swimmer's body dive after dive, but the preferred cloth of many divers is the Sammy ($13.95), named after Greg Louganis's coach Sammy Lee, who popularized the clothes in the US diving community in the 70s. Next: Diving: Tuf-Skin Diving: Tuf-Skin Chuck Myers / MCT - Getty Images Divers Sarah Barrow and Tonia Couch of Great Britain execute a forward 3 1/2 somersault dive in the fourth round of the women's synchronized 10m platform competition at the Aquatics Centre in Olympic Park during the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London, July 31, 2012. This product is technically for creating a sticky surface for bandages, but many divers use this spray ($17) on their hands and legs so that their hands don't slip off their shins while grabbing their legs during a mid-air somersault. Some gymnasts also use this to keep their leotards in place. Next: Swimming: Goggles and Cap