The Best Smart Home Gym Equipment

Rowing has to be one of the best all-around forms of exercise there is; building up your leg, arm, and abdominal muscles, and providing you with an intense and satisfying workout. And the E-Riding Bluetooth Rowing Machine is a cut above the rest when it comes to the home rowing experience.

A patented water flywheel is equipped on this impressive piece of kit and is designed to create the natural resistance that your body would encounter when rowing on water. Adding to the sensory experience, this machine also emits the sound of rushing water with every stroke.

An intelligent Bluetooth monitor provides you with all the key information you could want from your workout; distance traveled, calories burned per hour, total workout time, and so on. The flywheel can also be easily drained with the automatic pump that is included; allowing for easy storage after use.

This is an elegant machine that looks great and serves up the goods; offering a fully resistance-based, home rowing workout. It's pricey, but you're definitely getting what you pay for with this one. Its smooth motion is kind to the joints as well, allowing for a consistent workout that won't impede on those crucial performance stats.

• Intelligent monitor to track workout intensity
• Absorbs sound and vibration for a smooth, quiet workout
• Emits the sound of rushing water with every stroke

• Brand: E-Riding
• Connectivity: Bluetooth
• Color: Oak Wood
• Material: Walnut Wood
• Weight: 62.8lbs
• Dimensions: 82.7 x 22.4 x 20 inches

As far as celebrity endorsements go, Shaquille O'Neal is up there with the most impressive of them. It's therefore no wonder that the MAXPRO Fitness Cable Home Gym has garnered as much publicity and hype as it has. Does it live up to that hype? Yes, it does, and with some impressive chops too.

This package includes a quick connect long bar with two MAXPRO handles, ankle and wrist straps, door mount brackets, and a USB charger. This cable system can be fully adjusted to provide resistance of up to 300lbs.

Connect to the MAXPRO coaching app and MAXPRO's onboard sensors will communicate your workout data and progress. Monitor your reps, heart rate, velocity, and power from here, and choose from a library of coached classes to suit your own personal workout goals. There's even a world leaderboard for you to really test your mettle against.

Whether you're into strength, HIIT, resistance, or suspension training, the MAXPRO Fitness Cable Home Gym has got you covered. It's as portable as you are too; perfect for hotel rooms, holidays, and nights away from home. In fact, you can take this with you wherever you go, so there are no excuses to not keep those workouts up!

• Bluetooth connected model with onboard sensors
• MAXPRO app tracks your progress
• Coach led workouts
• Adjustable resistance markings

• Brand: MAXPRO Fitness
• Weight: 8.26kg
• Dimensions: 19.2 x 15.7 x 5.9 inches
• Connectivity: Bluetooth

For any practicing pugilists looking to step up their game, the Move It Smart Bluetooth Punching Bag might be just the ticket. This has everything you need to come out swinging, and you can track and monitor all your progress while you're bobbing and weaving.

Lightweight but heavy-duty, this punching bag has a rechargeable gyroscopic sensor attachment that can calculate your punch intensity from all directions, as well as your speed and accuracy. The Move It boxing app pairs nicely with this bag and can be used to track your own personal fitness goals; whether you're looking to burn calories or lose weight, or simply compete against friends and budding boxers around the world.

Whether you're a beginner or more advanced, the Move It Smart Bluetooth Punching Bag can be adjusted to suit your ability. Alloy springs at the base of the stand can be adjusted to change the speed and intensity of your workout, giving this product longevity as your ability improves.

The accompanying app features professional coaching and tips for techniques, game modes (great for kids), and access to an interactive community of other boxers and boxers in-training. A great all-rounder; whatever your size, weight, or ability.

• Bluetooth connectivity
• Six-axis gyroscope sensor
• Companion app for tracking personal fitness goals and boxing coaching
• Adjustable speed for variable difficulty

• Brand: Move It
• Color: Gray
• Weight: 5.6kg
• Dimensions: 23 x 20 x 7.12 inches
• Connectivity: Bluetooth

Skipping is an excellent way to stay fit, and an integral part of many exercise regimes; including CrossFit, cardio, gym, and of course boxing. The Charmline Smart Bluetooth Adjustable Jump Rope makes skipping better than ever. Its smart tech ensures that you're getting the best from whatever type of workout you're building it into.

This lightweight marvel connects to your smartphone via Bluetooth and works in conjunction with the free Skipjoy app to measure your number of jumps, calories burned, and time elapsed. Your daily exercise can be mapped over the course of the year (in a daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly breakdown), helping you stick to your program and smash your goals.

Three skipping modes are included to help you stay motivated; Free Skip, Countdown Timer, and Countdown Number. USB charging is fast and easy. allowing the rope to be fully charged in around an hour, with good long-lasting battery life.

The rope itself is fully adjustable for height, so is suitable for both adults and children. It looks cool and has an even cooler price tag, making it an affordable choice. A very reasonable investment for the long-lasting benefits you'll enjoy from jumping rope. This is one product that you won't want to skip over!

• Links to smartphone via Bluetooth
• Different usage modes
• Data recording and sharing
• USB charging

• Brand: Charmline
• Connectivity: Bluetooth
• Battery: USB
• Weight: 0.27kg
• Dimensions: 7.99 x 4.76 x 2.01 inches

Ever wanted to punch water - as hard as you can? Well, now you can! And you can even measure how hard you can as well! The Aqua Training Bag Sensor is made from a heavyweight vinyl material that can be filled with as much (or as little) water as you like, to provide you with just the right amount of resistance and intensity to your boxing workout.

Its teardrop design allows it to be battered with all manner of combos; hooks, uppercuts, straight punches, and even knee strikes and kicks for martial arts enthusiasts. The bag can be paired with the Aqua training app to measure that all-important data - speed, power, accuracy, and can even give you round-by-round analytics.

The app has a calorie counter, a timer start/stop bell, and counts your punch frequency so you'll know whether you're working as hard as you want to be. And if not, you've got a goal to reach for next time. Personal data is stored on the app so that you can track your progress over time. The sensor can also be paired with multiple users.

The Aqua Training Bag can be easily drained and stored when not in use. On the downside, the Aqua Training Bag A-Frame Home Boxing Stand is not included and is pretty much an essential purchase for this product - unless you happen to have your own stand already. Nevertheless, this is still a decent option for any home gym setup. It comes in a variety of sizes; allowing you to train up with a bigger amount of water if you plan to use the Aqua Bag for the long haul.

• Links to smartphone via free app
• Round-by-round analytics
• Personalized user experience

• Brand: AQUA
• Connectivity: Bluetooth
• Color: Black
• Weight: 0.18kg
• Dimensions: 3.9 x 3.78 x 3.74

Looking like something that could sit comfortably on Iron Man's chest, the BlazePod LED Flash Reflex Training Pods are a very neat little bit of kit. This pack of six pods can operate for up to eight hours on a single charge, and each has powerful LED lights with multiple color options. They can be fixed to training pads, gloves, posts, and belts, and create exciting workouts for each user.

The light flashes on the pad (or body part) as you hit or kick it in response. The fact that they can be fixed onto a moving target or sparring partner is very cool and adds another dimension to your training. The BlazePod app is simple to pair with your pods and comes loaded with a wide variety of routines and drills to test the ability of any martial arts or boxing enthusiast.

Naturally, you can track your progress via the app, monitoring your reaction speed, power, and performance. The beauty of this app is that it can provide a workout for you: you're just reacting to what it's asking you to do. React and attack - honing your fighter's instinct.

The pods are stylish and built to take some heavy punishment. You needn't worry about kicking or punching these pods too hard, they can take it! The multi-color LED light system also makes the BlazePod LED Flash Reflex Training Pods an ideal choice for boxing gyms and dojos, as a different color can be assigned to each participant. Perfect for practicing those drills.

• Long range auto-connection up to 40 meters
• LED light system for targeted training
• Designed to improve cognitive decision-making

• Brand: BlazePod
• Connectivity: Bluetooth
• Weight: 1.86kg
• Dimensions: 12.95 x 6.2 x 5.2 inches

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