Rack attached or standalone?
Here are several potential rack-mount options and standalone machines for your home gym, ordered from highest to lowest by rack-mount voting percentage.
Here’s a close-up view of the “not interested in either” vote.
In this section, you’ll also see year-over-year changes. Smith machines, belt squats, lat pulldowns/low rows, and functional trainers all showed significant increases in votes for rack trainers compared to last year.
Specific questions about home gym exercise
Here are a few questions about your home gym workout experience and how it compares to last year.
Overall, the results indicate that most people who train at home do enjoy this lifestyle.
Some standouts include:
- 64% of people say they exercise more in their home gym than in a public gym.
- 63% of people work out harder in a home gym than in a public gym.
- 78% of people exercise more because they have a home gym.
- 86% prefer home gym workouts to public gyms.
- Only 26% said they were less motivated at a home gym than at a public gym.
Level of interest in secondhand markets, DIY projects, and home gym hacks
Interest in these three potential ways/aspects of building a home gym isn’t particularly high, but the secondary market ranks higher than home gym hacks or DIY projects.
Everyone received less “high coupon” than last year.
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- Consumer preferences are divided between traditional Black Friday/Cyber Monday sales and the month-long sales offered by most brands.
- Nearly 80% follow an exercise program, 36% pay for a program, and 9% have one-on-one coaching. This is very similar to what we have seen over the past few years.
- About half of the respondents have owned a home gym for less than five years, while the other half have owned a home gym for longer. The most common response was 2-5 years, which may reflect the surge in home gyms during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Most people have made a significant investment in a home gym. Only 11% spent less than $2,500.
- In 2025, high interest in Rogue Boneyard is only around 18%, compared to 36% in 2023.
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