![]() Pros: It’s not a clunky piece of equipment, but a sleek mirror that is just clicks away from offering thousands of workout classes and delivering plenty of exercise stats if you connect it with a heart rate monitor. Class subscriptions are $39 a month. Starter bundle with fitness packs and a heart rate monitor is $100, while Mirror care cleaning cap with privacy lens for the camera cost $19.95. Price breakdown: The Mirror itself is $1,495. When employed, the Mirror becomes a screen that allows you to see yourself, while also watching a trainer who’s leading a class and tracking various workout stats such as calories burned.Īpproximate cost for three years: $3,269. What is it? In shocking news, it is indeed a mirror! At least that’s what it is when the device is turned off. Also: There's a bit of a learning curve with adjusting the arms and switching out the handles and weights, but such is the case with most gym equipment. This is an all-in-one strength training device.Ĭons: While there is a library of more than 200 workouts, there aren't any live classes to join. And here's something novel: The machine can go on "spotter" mode to assist with heavy bench presses or squats. Pros: With Tonal, you don't need a rack of dumbbells to lift a variety of weights, because technology. Instead, you just attach handles to the machine's arm, click a button and pick the weight you want. Right now, the brand is offering $250 off of its accessories in certain locations, but we didn't factor that into the three-year cost.) (That will also include yoga in December. Price breakdown: It's $3,750 for the machine, installation and accessories $49.95 for the monthly subscription of on-demand strength training workout programs. The full accessories kit includes a workout bench, foam roller, mat, robot (OK, not really the last one, but it could).Īpproximate cost for three years: $5,550. and electromagnetic weights to deliver pounds of up to 200 when "smart" handles or a bar are clipped and tethered to the wall-mounted machine. What is it?: A digital weight machine that seems too futuristic to work. There, I tried out three of the hottest new smart home gyms that have showrooms, and came up with a list of pros and cons for each to help prospective buyers (with discretionary incomes) make some sticky New Year's resolutions. ![]() I took a fitness field trip to Los Angeles' glamorous outdoor shopping center Westfield Century City mall (home to Eataly, Tiffany & Co. ![]() For Orangetheory, that's roughly $5,600, and yoga studio Y7 could be close to $5,400, depending on which location you frequent.Īnd if you consider that home gyms don't require parking, transportation, locker room changes and malodor (other than your own), the scary price tag of the high-tech fitness machines might seem a little less scary. At treadmill fitness studio Mile High run club, that would be more than $6,500. Consider: Soul Cycle, the popular indoor cycling class, would set you back around $10,500 over three years. If you go to a boutique gym three times a week (because everyone thinks they will go that much when pricing out subscriptions) for three years, it would cost you as much – or more – than a smart home gym. (Yes, this is a reference to the maligned recent bike ad that drove down Peloton shares.)īut if you can afford pricey boutique fitness classes such as Orangetheory and Soul Cycle, it actually could be a good idea to invest inhigh-tech home gym equipment for your exercise-enthused family this holiday season. ![]() It is perhaps not recommended that you gift your selfie-videoing wife a Peloton for Christmas, if she seems to be scared of such a gift. Watch Video: Are smart home gyms the future? FightCamp and Bowflex think so ![]()
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