Since the pandemic, many people opted to stay home and get creative with their in-home workouts creating their own version of a gym at home. The perfect home gym setup means you no longer have to pay for a gym membership or a personal trainer — all you need is the right workout equipment. Now is the time to build out your home gym ahead of the colder winter season, and many of these items make great gifts for fitness-minded people, too.
Your tools of choice will vary depending on your fitness level and fitness goals. Want to tone up or build muscle? Grab a set of dumbbells and get into a strength-training routine. Trying to lose weight? You might prefer to burn calories with cardio equipment like a treadmill or stationary bike. Snag the Equinox+ SoulCycle At-Home Bike on major sale now and save $600 for a limited time.
In case you need a refresher on the benefits of regular exercise: According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it can improve your brain health, help you manage your weight, reduce your risk of cardiovascular disease, strengthen your bones and muscles, and make you so much happier.
Whether you’re setting up shop in your garage, your living room or your bedroom — hey, whatever works! — here’s the home gym equipment you need to create your own killer indoor workout.
Join live classes offered daily or search through SoulCycle’s library of on-demand cycling and sculpt classes based on time, intensity, music genre and instructor. The “free ride” feature even allows you do your own thing while listening to music, streaming your favorite shows, or exploring a new city.
$2,500$1,900
Not able to use your gym membership or hire a personal trainer right now? The Mirror — now owned by Lululemon — is a full-length, interactive mirror that streams all kinds of live and on-demand workouts (barre, yoga, boot camp) taught by world-class fitness instructors. Everything displays right on the LCD screen and it tracks your progress through a heart rate monitor and smart app (or Apple Watch). With $500 off, this is MIRROR’s biggest discount ever, plus free delivery (an additional $250 savings).
$1,495$995
Keep fit with this Bowflex treadmill and walk, jog, or run your way to this $1,300 discount!
$2,700$1,400
The Myx Plus is more than just a stationary bike — it’s a complete fitness system that comes with everything you need for a full body workout. That includes the durable but compact Myx stationary bike (which has a handy swiveling touch screen), exercise and stabilizing mats, a six-piece weight set, a kettlebell, a foam roller, a resistance band and a heart rate monitor. The Myx membership, which is an additional $29 per month, gives you unlimited access to hundreds of workouts, world class coaches, progress tracking and heart rate monitoring and reporting. Seriously, what more could you need for a home studio? Get $175 off with promo code MAYDEAL.
$1,499 AT MYXFITNESS
Row from the comfort of your home by investing in the Hydrow for an authentic rowing workout experience. This smooth and quiet ergonomic design features a 22? HD sweat- and dust-resistant touch screen that projects instructions, music and sounds of the water. Membership is sold separately.
$2,245 AT HYDROW
Handmade with American cherrywood, this rower is both durable and beautiful. Ergatta uses a chamber with real water for smooth resistance. It’s also nearly silent and easy to store vertically with wheels. The rower has an HD touchscreen to access Ergatta’s gaming-inspired program with the membership ($29 per month). The fitness content ranges from competitions and group challenges to races, goal-based training and interval workouts. A personal dashboard tracks your progress, and the rower is compatible with your Strava account, heart rate monitor, headphones and speakers.
$2,199 AT ERGATTA
Free weights are a no-brainer for any home gym, especially ones that won’t take up tons of space. Sculpt and strengthen with this set of 2-, 3- and 5-pound dumbbells. From curls and lateral raises to adding weight to your normal cardio, you can work multiple muscle groups and get a seriously good sweat with these guys.
$35 AT AMAZON
This foldable treadmill with a LCD display has 10,000+ rave reviews on Amazon for being compact, relatively easy to assemble and quiet when in use.
$373 (REGULARLY $500)
Resistance bands are a small but mighty form of home gym equipment. This set of three loop bands ranges from light to heavy, meaning you can get a solid full-body workout no matter your current fitness level or the size of your garage gym. It comes with a starter guide and carrying bag. Great resistance training exercises include bicep curls, shoulder presses, fire hydrants (for glutes and hamstrings) and side plank leg lifts (for obliques and glutes).
$15 AT WALMART
Another affordable and versatile home gym staple, the exercise ball — also called a Swiss ball — is your ticket to a stronger core and booty. (This one comes with an air pump for quick and easy setup.) Try it with single leg bridges, pushups, pikes and more.
$19 AT AMAZON
This Weider weight bench is compatible with 6.5-foot standard barbells and 1″ standard weight plates. This bench has four bench positions: two levels of incline, flat or decline positions to execute a variety of strength-building exercises.
$119 AT AMAZON
The VIGBODY Exercise Bike is an indoor cycling bike with a heavy-duty bidirectional flywheel. This adjustable stationary bike boats a two-way adjustable non-slip handlebar and four-way adjustable padded seat for superior comfort. Save an extra $35 with the coupon, while supplies last.
$200 AT AMAZON (REGULARLY $400)
Even if you have a small space, you can still get a powerful workout in your home gym. This piece of exercise equipment is sturdy, portable, easy to install and extremely versatile — use it as a doorway pull-up bar or for sit-ups, pushups and dips.
$50 AT DICK’S SPORTING GOODS
The bestselling Bowflex Max Trainer M6 is an advanced elliptical with 16 levels of resistance, large console, burn rate display, heart rate monitor and magnetic media rack for tablet or smartphone. Get a free two-month trial of the Bowflex JRNY App ($19.99 per month regularly) to access custom workouts, trainer-led videos, virtual coaching, fitness assessments, personal goal tracking and visual destinations. You can also stream entertainment and listen to curated playlists.
$1,699 AT BOWFLEX
A throwback activity — and great workout — that never gets old. This jump rope has an adjustable length, so it’s good for any height, and molded handles for a secure comfort while you hop, skip and jump.
$11 AT TARGET
You’ve probably heard that you should you use a foam roller before and after your workout in order to relieve muscle soreness, stiffness and tightness for a quicker recovery. But even if you’re not regularly working out, this piece of fitness equipment can boost your circulation and flexibility. This 12-inch foam roller has a textured, non-slip surface and illustrates the most common stretching exercises to do with a foam roller.
$25 AT AMAZON
An alternative to spinning classes (and the famously pricey Peloton), the Echelon Connect Bike EX-3 allows you to follow along with streaming classes on your tablet — or just ride freestyle.
$800 AT ECHELON
The Bosu Balance Trainer has inspired tons of similar fitness products, but we love the original. Through various challenging exercises you can improve your strength, balance, flexibility and muscle tone. This is a great piece of home gym equipment to use while streaming your favorite shows.
$120 AT AMAZON (REGULARLY $130)
Bringing the fitness studio to you at home, the Tempo Studio features a 42″ HD touchscreen and small 3-square feet footprint. The system comes with dumbbells, barbell, collars, plates, heart rate monitor, workout mat and recovery roller. For an additional $39 per month, the Tempo membership gives you personalized, AI-powered training with live and on-demand classes, including rep counting, weight recommendations and feedback on form.
$2,495 AT TEMPO
