One of the most common New Year’s resolutions is to eat healthier, workout more, and lose weight. However, people often end up struggling to find the time and money required each month to go to the gym, leading to this ‘new year, new me’ resolution only lasting a couple of weeks. Well, in 2025 we are bringing the gym to you! With our help, you can build your dream home gym setup for much less than the cost of a gym membership – saving you time and money in 2025.
The first thing to note, is that a home gym can come in all shapes and sizes. Therefore, no matter whether you have an entire spare room available, a garden building or shed to fill up, or hardly any space at all in your home – a home gym is still a viable option. Our gym equipment is foldable, lightweight, and easy to store away when no longer in use, meaning even if your workout space is minimal you can still build an ideal set up.
Read on for our recommendations for the best home gym equipment for 2025!
What Every Home Gym Needs:
- Centrepiece / Machine
- Range of Weights
- Stretching Equipment
- Comfort & Floor Protection
Other Non-Essentials, But Exciting Additions:
- Gym Clothing
- Accessories
- Post-Workout / Recovery Equipment
The Centrepiece / Home Gym Machine
Every gym has a statement piece of equipment, and your home gym should be no different. Choose from our range of gym machines and home multi gym equipment to be the statement piece in your home gym. Our machines range from as little as £8.00 to £89.00, and can help you target specific muscles, or provide intense full body workouts!
Range of Weights
You want your home gym to be everlasting, but you also want to progress. Therefore, investing in a wide range of weights and resistances is a suitable option when building your home gym. This way, you won’t outgrow your gym once you master an exercise at a certain weight. Additionally, while you might be able to bicep curl one weight, you will likely not be able to do lateral raises, for example, with the same weight, so having a wide range of options is ideal, and ensures a wide range of exercises can be completed.
We have a huge range of weights and weight sets available. From kettlebells, to med balls, to resistance bands – target various muscle groups with the same equipment!
Stretching Equipment
Stretching before exercising is extremely important in order to reduce the risk of injury. Therefore, ensuring your home gym space is equipped with suitable stretching equipment is essential. Yoga and stretching mats, foam rollers, and massage balls are definitely things you should be considering for your home gym!
Comfort & Floor Protection
Whether you are transforming your spare room into a workout area, or simply just unfolding your centrepiece machine for a quick session in the living room, it is important to remember that this is still your home. Covering your floor helps to protect it from scratches and damages from dropped weights or moving equipment about, as well as protecting you from injuries and falls.
Interlocking floor tiles are fantastic for padding out your workout space. Made with shock absorbing foam, these gym tiles are an essential addition to your home workout space. Easy to connect together and break apart after use, they can be easily stored away in between workouts to transform your workout space back into a homely environment when you are no longer working out.
Non-Essentials:
Sportswear
Gym clothes don’t just look the part, they can also play a huge part in ensuring greater performance, and superior recovery. Compression clothing such as t-shirts, shorts, and arm/leg sleeves help to increase blood flow, burn more calories, and reduce the risk of injury. As your blood circulation improves, more oxygen and nutrients are delivered to the working muscles, reducing fatigue and improving endurance during your workout. Therefore, upgrading your gym wardrobe for these home workouts is a great option.
Sports Accessories
Drinking water while working out is essential, so why not get your fix in style with a nice water bottle or flask. Obviously you will be at home, so will probably have access to cups and glasses, but if you want to replicate the full gym experience, investing in a quality water bottle is a fun way to do so. Additionally, if you take your cardio sessions outside for example, a water bottle can be a very handy accessory.
Post-Workout Recovery Equipment
Again, recovery post-workout is essential, so why have we put it in our non-essentials segment? Well, a warm-down after a workout can easily be completed on the same gym mat, and with the same foam rollers that you warmed up with. Therefore, to keep costs at a minimum, and keep your home gym as a cheaper alternative to a gym membership, we would not encourage you to buy more than you need to.
However, some people may want to take their muscle recovery that one step further than just a simple warm down stretch. A cryotherapy cooler system, while not essential, can be extremely beneficial, so if you have the space and the budget, it is certainly worth considering. A cryotherapy cooler system is a device which is designed to deliver ice-cold therapy to reduce pain and speed up recovery, and this can have huge benefits when used after a workout. It helps speed up the delivery of oxygen and nutrients to the muscles, which in turn helps repair damaged tissue more efficiently. So, while non-essential, it can be a fantastic way to fully transform your home into a high tech gym space.
Build Your Gym:
So, you’ve read through our list of essentials, non-essentials, and fun additional extras, but how much will it actually cost you to put your home gym together? Below we have put together a breakdown of costs, including some of our commonly bought together bundles for your ease!
How Much Will It Cost?
These products all vary in price, so the total cost of building your home gym will depend on what you decide to include. Our advice would be to make sure you have an idea of what your essentials are. Our gym machines range from as little as £8.42 (Ab Roller Wheel), up to £88.45 (Roman Chair & Back Extension Bench) for our more premium equipment, while you can get resistance bands, clothing, and accessories for less than £5 each!
Whatever you choose to invest in all depends on what you want to get out of your home gym. If building muscle is your aim, take a look at our machines, weights, and bands. Whereas, if yoga, stretching, and a more relaxed vibe is what you are looking for, our yoga accessories, foam rollers, and massage equipment can be your go to!