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Machine-Free Home Gym Essentials

Building up your own home gym is easier than it sounds and can even produce great workouts.

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Where home gyms of the past required you to dedicate the entire basement to a treadmill, weights and racks — or get a cumbersome all-in-one machine that was actually pretty limiting — the options available today are either compact enough or only temporary fixtures that allow for a wide range of workouts. So you can finally put that coat rack BowFlex in the corner out to pasture, because these are the tools to build the perfect home gym.

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Climachill Cosmic Boost Shoes $120

The lightweight, breathable mesh construction is the next-best thing to working out barefoot.

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Rogue Fitness Bar 2.0 $255

The 190,000 PSI tensile strength steel brings Olympic-grade workouts into your home gym.

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Perfect Fitness Multi-Gym $28

The best use of the negative space in a doorway.

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Lululemon The Reversible Mat $68

Because you need a barrier between your sweat and your carpet or hardwood floor.

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Wahoo Fitness KICKR SNAP Bike Trainer $850

Lets you use your own road bike and integrates easily with your smartphone or tablet.

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TRX Suspension Trainer and Door Anchor $187

The best way to put the weight you’re trying to shed to work.

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Mir Pro Adjustable Kettlebell $150

You get an entire set of kettlebells, with none of the drawbacks of actually owning an entire set of kettlebells.

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Freory 3 in 1 Foam Roller $60

Because “rolling” is working out, too, right?

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Black Mountain Products Resistance Band Set $33

Gives you all the benefits of a full rack of weights, with a fraction of the space.

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Pumping Iron $3

For timeless motivation.

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