diff --git a/app/models/exercise_type.rb b/app/models/exercise_type.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..26441fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/exercise_type.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class ExerciseType < ApplicationRecord
+  validates :name,
+            :unit,
+            presence: true
+end
diff --git a/db/migrate/20231229112847_create_exercise_types.rb b/db/migrate/20231229112847_create_exercise_types.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cf51922
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20231229112847_create_exercise_types.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+class CreateExerciseTypes < ActiveRecord::Migration[7.1]
+  def change
+    create_table :exercise_types do |t|
+      t.text :name, null: false
+      t.text :unit, null: false
+
+      t.timestamps
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 02fed34..3afa1f7 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema[7.1].define(version: 2023_12_29_112620) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema[7.1].define(version: 2023_12_29_112847) do
   # These are extensions that must be enabled in order to support this database
   enable_extension "plpgsql"
 
@@ -63,6 +63,13 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema[7.1].define(version: 2023_12_29_112620) do
     t.index ["user_id"], name: "index_blog_posts_on_user_id"
   end
 
+  create_table "exercise_types", force: :cascade do |t|
+    t.text "name", null: false
+    t.text "unit", null: false
+    t.datetime "created_at", null: false
+    t.datetime "updated_at", null: false
+  end
+
   create_table "foods", force: :cascade do |t|
     t.text "name", null: false
     t.datetime "created_at", null: false
diff --git a/test/fixtures/exercise_types.yml b/test/fixtures/exercise_types.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0f6cb6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/exercise_types.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+running:
+  name: Running
+  unit: km
+
+cycling:
+  name: Running
+  unit: km