Best 15 Gym Equipment to Lose Weight at Home

In this article, we have selected 15 best gym equipment and gear you should consider for your home workout needs. These are our top picks and we have ensured each listed item meets two or more of the five exercise goal categories.

Moreso, our list includes gym products chosen for all body workout targets. Do you wish to work your arms, chest, shoulders, abdomen, and legs? You will find a machine suited for that.

Additionally, our products have been screened to qualify for the above-explained qualities of good home gym equipment, to help you make the best-informed purchase decision and get a good return on investment.

01.Treadmill

Pros

• For strength, endurance, and balance training
• Full body workout
• Burns more calories than any other machine
• Improve fitness
• Control your workout
• Improves your heart rate
• Multi-person use

Cons

• On the pricey side
• Not portable
• Needs space
• Requires electricity

No other workout machine gives a total body workout value than the treadmill. It’s the best machine for you is your workout tends toward strength, endurance, and aerobic.

Treadmills can be used for running, jogging, or walking. It helps you burn calories, increase fitness, and improve your heart and lung conditions.

Check out these stats on a 30 minutes treadmill workout:

• Walking at 3 miles per hour burns about 8 kilojoules/2 calories per kilo of body weight. This means that if a person weighs kg, he burns 800 kilojoules or 200 calories every 30 minutes.
• Jogging at 6 miles per hour burns about 21 kilojoules/5 calories per kilo of body weight. This means that if a person weighs 100 kg, he burns 2100 kilojoules or 500 calories every 30 minutes.
• Running at 9 miles per hour burns about 30 kilojoules/7 calories per kilo of body weight. This means that if a person weighs 100 kg, he burns 3000 kilojoules or 700 calories every 30 minutes.

The above stats on the treadmill workout is just too impressive. No other workout will give you a well-rounded body workout like running—and that’s where the treadmill comes in.

Another benefit of using a treadmill is being able to control your workout with intensity adjustment options. If you wish to own your treadmill, the benefits are even more: train anytime, no gym charges, and family members can benefit.

Indeed, the treadmill is the BEST weight loss machine for ladies (and for everyone, for that matter). We cannot say it any other way.

The most prominent downside is that treadmills are not inexpensive workout equipment. However, you can get cheap treadmills under $500. You can also consider factors like durability, ease of use, features, functionality, warranty, among other things.

Our editor's choice is  NordicTrack T Series Treadmill 

Also, Check out our selections on the Best Treadmills For Home Use.

02.Stationary bike

 

Pros

• Aerobic, balance, and endurance training
• Improves general fitness
• Tones and strengthens the thighs, legs, and stomach
• Improves lower body strength
• Weight loss
• Can burn up to 600 calories per hour
• Safer than road training
• Allows for interval training
• For therapy fitness
• Easy to use
• Can also be used outdoors
• Multi-person use
• Doesn’t require electricity
• Affordable

Cons

• Decreased sexual function (with extended use)
• Focus on the lower body

The stationary bike is great fitness equipment, much like the treadmill. Riding a stationary bike can help you burn calories and body fat, boost your cardio fitness and strengthen your entire body. The physical results are a slimmer, fitter, stronger, and more toned body.

Specifically, though, the exercise bike focuses more on your lower body. It tones and strengthens your thighs, legs, hips, and stomach muscles. It also strengthens the joints in those areas. The benefits are HUGE.

Depending on the intensity of your workout and your body weight, you can burn up to 600 calories and more in one hour on a stationary bike. In this regard, only the treadmill does better.

The stationary bike great indoor workout equipment. With it, you can work from the comfort and safety of your home or at the gym, unlike cycling outside. Built to mimic outdoor riding experience, the stationary bike can also be enjoyed in your balcony, verandah, garden, or just about any place where you can enjoy open fresh air.

Our editor's choice is  Pooboo Indoor Cycling Bike 

If you want to buy your stationary bike, you can check out our article on the Best Stationary Bicycles For Home Exercise. 

03.Barbell Set

Pros

• Strength, endurance, aerobics, balance, and flexibility
• For total body workout
• Flexible and multipurpose equipment
• For HIIT (high-intensity interval training)
• Great muscle builder
• Easy to use
• Durable
• Affordable

Cons

• Requires proper technique

What’s a gym without barbells? INCOMPLETE!

Have you ever wondered why every gym has a barbell (and dumbbell)? Wondered why every sports or physical fitness training requires athletes or performers to use barbells in one way or another?

There are reasons.

The barbell is one of the really few gym equipment’s that meet all the five exercise goal categories: strength, endurance, aerobics, balance, and flexibility. That emphasizes even in hushed tones why the barbell is must-have equipment in every gym.

Whether you’re training for total body workout or isolation workout, you should consider incorporating the barbell into your routine for maximum benefits.

If the goal is muscle building, barbell programs can be adapted to work for any muscle group on the body. You can work your shoulders with barbell press push, chest with the bench press, arms with barbell curls, and legs & glutes with squat.

Even small or often overlooked muscles can be isolated. Do you want bigger Batista traps? Shoulder shrugs can work the magic. You can build back and hips with barbell deadlift, and calves with calf raise. You can even spice up your routine with some naughty flavors like barbell hip thrusts which helps improve your thrusts while having sex. One of the good things about barbell exercises is that they also have direct effects on your abdominal muscles.

Like already mentioned, the barbell can be adjusted to fulfill all five categories of exercise benefits. All barbell exercises improve strength and endurance. However, for aerobics, you can do barbell complexes, for balance you can perform squats, and for flexibility, say at the waist, you can do hip thrusts.

We cannot mention the benefits of barbell training enough. The benefits are tremendous.

Barbells are not only easy to use but also durable. You can use a barbell for more decades without worrying about damage, repair, or replacements as with other gym equipment. They are cheap and easily available.

Like all gym equipment, barbells, however, do come with a small downside. You have to use it with proper technique & form and for the right program. This helps you get results faster and avoid injuries.

Our editor's choice is  CAP Barbell Set of 2 Hex Rubber Dumbbell with Metal Handles 

04.Adjustable dumbbells

Pros

• For total body workout
• Flexible and multipurpose equipment
• Save time
• For HIIT (high-intensity interval training)
• Great muscle builder
• For cardio training
• For strength training
• Improves athletic performance
• Cheap
• Easily available
• Easy to use
• Durable

Cons

• Requires proper technique

Pretty almost everything we’ve said about the barbell also applies to the dumbbell. The main difference has to do with technique and form adjustments to suit the intended program. For instance, dumbbells are more suitable for flexibility and variations of workout programs, while barbells are more ideal for heavyweight training. Most times, dumbbells are used in a pair for balance.

Dumbbells are great for strength, endurance, aerobics, balance, and flexibility training, which makes them great equipment for total body workout.

Like barbells, they are cheap and easily available. Even if you miss out on the barbells (for whatever reason), dumbbells are gym accessories you should try to have at all costs.

While they look simple, there are still chances of a good or bad purchase with the dumbbells. They come in different shapes & sizes and for different programs.

Our editor's choice is  ATIVAFIT Adjustable Dumbbell 71.5 

05.Rowing machine

Pros

• Strength, endurance, aerobic and flexibility training
• Total body workout
• 60% legs, 20% core, and 20% arms
• Burns calories
• Ideal for users of all fitness levels
• Low impact on the joints
• Lower body conditioning
• Better posture
• A great alternative to the treadmill
• Mid-range cost

Cons

• Needs initial coaching
• Not portable

The Rowing Machine is a great fitness machine that will help you improve strength and cardiovascular health, while you achieve a slimmer and toner body. It’s also suitable for calorie burn and posture improvement.

Even though the Rowing Machine gives a total body workout, it can still target specific muscle groups, depending on your chosen program. Generally, it strengthens and tones the legs, core, and arms in a 60:20:20 proportion on a scale of 100.

People of all fitness levels can use this device. It has adjustment settings that help users customize programs and intensities to preference. This provides comfort and safety.

The Towing Machine is a mid-range price exercise machine and is easily available for purchase.

Our editor's choice is  Sunny Health & Fitness Water Rowing Machine 

06.Elliptical Trainers & Cross Trainer

Pros

• Endurance, aerobics and balance training
• Total body workout
• Accelerated weight loss
• Works on the legs, calves, thighs, glutes, buttocks, tummy, pecs, and arms
• Zero impact on the joints
• Multi-program and flexible intensity adjustments
• Doesn’t require electricity

Cons

• Challenging on the legs

The Elliptical Trainer and the Cross Trainer are similar but often confused fitness machines. They’re often referred to as elliptical machines—and they are.

The difference is that a Cross Trainer is just a type of elliptical device, with an extra feature. While the standard elliptical machine trains only the lower body muscles—glutes, quads, hamstrings, calves, and lower shin—the Cross Trainer works add the upper body as well—triceps, biceps, chest, and abdominals. This added advantage to the Cross Trainer is aided by the moving handlebars which allow a push and pull motion.

Those are the basic differences between these two amazing fitness machines. However, because of this singular extra benefit, we are going to use the Cross Trainer for this review.

Our editor's choice is  Schwinn Compact Elliptical Machine 

Cross Trainer

The Cross Trainer is great gym equipment for accelerated weight loss, cardiovascular improvement,  and muscle toning. It compares favorably with the treadmill in these regards but feels both easier to use and more protective of the joints. Also, it isolates larger muscle groups, unlike the treadmill.

The Cross Trainer is used for total body workout, which helps burn a large number of calories. However, it can be adapted to different workout styles and varying intensities to target specific muscle groups on the body. The machine can be used in the following ways:

• Front pedaling

With your hands on the moving handlebars, keep your back not too straight (in a slightly forward-leaning angle) while you pull and push on the handles and match the pedals in a forward motion. This style uses your arms, chest, and back muscles.

A variation of this can challenge your legs, thighs, and stomach muscles. To do this, place your two hands on the inner handlebars in the middle of the machine, while you tuck your elbow and chin in slightly.

• Backpedaling

Again, with your hands in the handlebars, assume a slight sitting position, while you backpedal. This focus on your calves, glutes, quads, and buttocks.

• Hands-free

Taking your hands off the handlebars gives you’re an intense workout to the legs and abdomen. It can be done in a forward or backward motion. This builds a tremendous amount of body balance and works your legs and abdomen mostly.

However, this can be risky as you can fall off the machine. So, please, practice slowly.

Overall, the Cross Trainer is one of the most effective gym equipment for weight loss. For this reason, we recommend it most highly.

Our editor's choice is  SF-E905 Elliptical Machine Cross Trainer 

07.Power Tower

Pros

• Strength, endurance, balance and flexibility training
• For isolation workouts
• Versatile
• Saves cost
• Saves more space than multiple individual sets
• Strong and durable

Cons

• Not ideal for total body workout

Similar to the Multi Gym, the Power Tower allows multiple functions in a single unit. It is ideal for 4 major isolation workouts like chin-ups, press-ups, dips, and vertical knee raises. This saves you the time of going from one gym equipment to another.

On the Power Tower, you can perform chin-ups to build biceps and back, press-ups or dips to sculpt chest and triceps, and vertical knee raises to strengthen the core.

The Power Tower is great to have in your home because it takes up little space. It is also easy to use and convenient to handle.

Our editor's choice is - HARISON Multifunction Power Tower 

08.Aerial Yoga Swing

Pros

• Strength, aerobics, balance, and flexibility training
• Reduce stress, relieves back pain, corrects posture, counters insomnia and helps metabolism
• Cardiovascular and circulatory health
• Improves athletic performance
• Muscle toning
• Versatile and multiple uses
• For all fitness levels and yoga experience levels
• Safe and easy to use
• Cheap

Cons

• Not ideal for people with health complications; check with your doctor before use

For our yoga lovers, this one is for you. Whether you’re already into yoga or still weighing up your options, investing in yoga is a wise decision.

And what better way to do it than with the Aerial Yoga Swing—especially if you’re new because it’s the easiest yoga accessory to start with.

The Aerial Yoga Swing offers all the benefits of yoga: strength, aerobics, balance, and flexibility. It helps your body to reduce stress, relieve back pain, correct posture, counter insomnia, and improve metabolism.

Hanging in the air doing all those amazing acrobats while supported by the Aerial Yoga Swing helps tone your body and improve coordination. Don’t worry–it’s safe and easy to use. An Aerial Yoga Swing made of nylon tricot material provides more comfort, safety, and flexibility.

Aerial Yoga hammocks (as they’re also called) are for everyone, regardless of their yoga experience or fitness levels. You’d be surprised at what you can achieve with this yoga accessory.

The Aerial Swing has one marked demerit, however: it is not ideal for persons with health complications, and you should check with your doctor before you begin to use it.

Overall, the Aerial Yoga Swing is a great fitness accessory—and it is cost-effective.

Our editor's choice is - UpCircleSeven Aerial Yoga Swing Set 

09.Ab Roller Machine

Pros

• Endurance, aerobic, flexibility (upper body) training
• Strengthens and tones your abdominal muscles
• Strengthens and tones your arms, shoulders, and waist
• Helps reduce extra weight
• Light machine
• Easy to use and convenient to handle
• Doesn’t require electricity
• Affordable

Cons

• No significant demerits

The Ab roller machine is great fitness equipment for strengthening and toning the muscles on your stomach. It also works on your waist, hips, arms, and shoulders.

It’s small and light, which makes it easy to handle. You can enjoy it from anywhere in your house or store it out of sight without needing an extra pair of hands to help you move it around.

If you want to reduce belly fat—fast and easy—the Ab Roller Machine is a great choice. Another BIG upside: it’s a super cheap ab machine.

Our editor's choice is - EnterSports Ab Roller Wheel 

10.Ropes

Pros

• Strength, endurance, aerobics, balance and flexibility training
• Full body workout
• Improves coordination
• Perfect for HIIT (High-Intensity Interval Training)
• Calories burned
• Tones the body
• Improves breathing efficiency
• Completely portable and fun
• Cheap

Cons

• Not for muscle building

With rope exercises, the more you look the less you see. They are simple yet offer tremendous benefits for body workouts. Rope exercises are one of the few workouts that meet all five exercise goal categories: strength, endurance, aerobics, balance, and flexibility training.

Ropes training is ideal for a full-body workout. They allow you to burn calories, tone the body, improve coordination, boost agility, and raise breathing capacity.

There are different types of ropes for training in the gym. We especially like the jump rope and the battle rope. They are easy to use, convenient to handle, flexible for variety, and, ultimately, available and affordable to buy. However, while both offer the same benefits, the battle rope offers more workout intensity. It’s more suited for HIIT (High-Intensity Interval Training).

Rope training offers one advantage over most other workout types: they are suitable for everybody and fun to do. That explains why even school kids catch so much excitement doing them.

Simple as they are, rope exercises have been tested and proven to burn more calories than the treadmill in workouts with the same time frame.

If you want to lose bodyweight faster, improve cardiovascular health, raise your fitness level, and add spice to your workout routine, then you should consider throwing rope training into the mix.

Lest we forget, training ropes are affordable.

Our editor's choice is - Sonic Boom M2 High Speed Jump Rope 

11.Inversion table

Pros

• Flexibility training
• Lower back pain therapy
• Spine stretching
• Can help tone the torso
• Helps circulation
• Doesn’t require electricity
• Affordable

Cons

• Requires flexible
• For fit or agile users
• Not ideal for people who have glaucoma, ear problem, or heart condition
• Tiny risk of fall

An Inversion Tables is great for stretching the back and spine. To do this, you stand in them upside down for several seconds or a few minutes before you invert the position with your legs strapped to the machine tight and safely. This process is repeated any number of times as you want.

There are several types of Inversion Tables. Users often choose the model that helps them to also exercise on the machine. Typically, this is an endurance training that incorporates torso rotation and ab crunches into your overall workout experience on the Inversion Table.

The Inversion Table is ideal for treating back and spine pain, stretching the spine, and torso workout. These exercises give a total body workout that strengthens your body, tones your muscles, and burns some calories.

There are few downsides to consider.

The machine is for flexible and agile users. Persons should not use it who has glaucoma or related eye problems, ear problems, and heart conditions like high blood pressure. There is a very tiny possibility of fall in the unlikely event that the straps holding you to the machine should unlatch.

Overall, the Inversion Table is a great fitness equipment and a should-have for those who want to treat back and spine pain.

The prices vary depending on several features. But generally, it’s an easily affordable fitness machine.

Our editor's choice is -   IRONMAN Gravity Capacity Inversion Table 

12.Vibration machine

Pros

• Strengthen muscles and improve cardiovascular health
• Weight loss
• Massaging effect that relieves joints and back pain
• Relives stress
• Improves circulation
• Improves bone density
• Fair price range

Cons

• Requires electricity

The Vibration Exercise Machine is a recent weight loss device. Unlike most exercise machines that require muscle contractions, this one uses vibrations which are generated by the machine. It transfers it to your whole body, working out your muscles and joints. This workout helps you lose weight by aiding cellulite reduction.

Few things about this machine stand out impressively. The generated vibrations give a soothing tingling sensation in the body and a massaging effect that relieves the stress, aches, and pain in the back, joints, muscles, and other parts of the body. With loosened up muscle fibers and veins, blood flows easier round the body.

Our editor's choice is -  LifePro Waver Vibration Plate Exercise Machine 

13.Gym Ball

Pros

• Flexibility and balance training
• Strengthens, relax and stretches your muscles
• Improves your posture
• Tones muscles and improves the figure
• Flat tummy
• Easily available for purchase
• Easy to use
• Doesn’t require electricity
• Affordable

Cons

• No significant demerits

Don’t judge a book by its cover.

To most people, the Gym Ball doesn’t fit the picture of what gym equipment would look like. Looking at it you just wonder what exactly it is that it does in the gym.

Well, a lot!

Why is there a Gym Ball in almost every gym? This simply emphasizes its importance in the gym. The Gym Ball is used mainly in flexibility and balance training. But it does more.

Working on your flexibility with the Gym Ball stretches your muscles and joints, helping you achieve better posture, relaxed muscles, and strengthened body.

All exercises with the Gym Ball require body balance. Without a steady and firm control on the ball, you cannot effectively carry out any workout program using it. Trying to keep yourself balanced on the Gym Ball engages your entire body, muscles, and brain, helping you achieve the following simultaneously:

• A total body workout
• Firm and tones body
• Calories burn
• Core workout
• Balance training

The Gym Ball is cheap and easily available for purchase. It’s an amazing gym equipment women love to use.

Our editor's choice is - URBNFit Exercise Ball 

14.Punching bag

Pros

• Strength, endurance, and aerobics training
• Improves general fitness and health
• Great for stamina
• Builds upper body strength and power
• Burns calories and tones body
• Improves core stability and coordination
• Decreased stress
• Build stronger bones and ligaments
• For martial arts and boxing technique
• Saves space
• Cost-effective

Cons

• Needs a strong and durable hanging platform
• Must be supported with other fitness equipment

You might need to kick some ass sometime, so keeping a punching bag handy isn’t a bad idea.

Okay, pals, e-a-s-y, don’t let your Mike Tyson mode kick in. We’re only talking about the Heavy Bag, not H-Bomb.

The heavy bag does more than improve your boxing and martial arts techniques. It’s a great fitness accessory for strength, endurance, and aerobics training. Working the heavy bag helps you improve general fitness, build strength, power, stamina, core stability & coordination. It also helps you burn calories and tone the body.

Punching the heavy bag also builds denser, stronger bones, and ligaments.

Easily available and affordable, a punching bag is something you might want to buy if you want to take your fitness goal up a rung (or to the ring).

Ideally, you will also need a pair of gloves and hand wraps. A complete punching bag kit includes these along with suspenders and hand grippers.

Our editor's choice is - Dripex Freestanding Punching Bag 69'' 

15.Multi Gym

Pros

• For total body workout
• Versatile
• Saves cost
• Saves more space than multiple individual sets
• Strong and durable

Cons

• Can take up space on its own

A multi-gym, also known as a home gym, features several work stations assembled into one compact design. The engineering and health intentions behind this machine are to provide a well-rounded workout experience that meets the five standard exercise benefits: strength, endurance, aerobics, balance, and flexibility.

With its unique multipurpose design, a multi gym saves you more cost than multiple individual exercise equipment. There are low budget ones which you can get for less than $500. Check out our review on the Best Home Gym Under $500.

With several workout stations featured into one unit, a home gym can save up more space than several individual workout accessories. On its own, though, it can take up a portion of your room space.

Multi gyms are also built sturdy and durable, which makes it a long-term exercise investment.

Our editor's choice is - Marcy 150-lb Multifunctional Home Gym 

Final Thoughts

If you can practice regularly and dedicatedly, then home workouts can be super effective. And the more gym accessories at your disposal, the better.

With so many amazing gym equipments listed on our review, it can be confusing to make wise selections, especially if you do not have enough budget or home space to accommodate several gym gears. This is why you should properly evaluate your situation and decide what’s best for you. And that is why we have selected for you some of the best home gym equipment based on key factors: budget, function, and space.