Besides being a fun alternative to warm-ups, they're great for improving your general fitness, coordination and agility too.

The entire set is more portable than most we tested, packing up easily into an impressively compact bag. It has an easy-to-use 7” touchscreen for checking the progress of your workout or watching TV, and a tablet holder for your personal device.This additional flywheel disc for your Space Gym will take your resistance training to the next level. Typical examples come with a weight stack (the adjustable weight plates the pulley systems lift) offering between 50kg and 90kg. Flywheel exercise systems and how they operate are very different to other gym equipment and must be used in a specific way to get the best out of them.

This fun and easy-to-follow, full-body workout is designed to help you lose weight, increase fitness and energy levels and build and tone muscle as well as improve stability and strength in just 10 minutes a day.

One tester mused that her senior citizen-aged relatives would love the OYO, while another suggested it as a great option to take to the office and do small workouts during short breaks. It’s not cheap, but the Life Fitness G2 is a great piece of equipment that won’t look out of place even in a commercial gym. I rode at a range of speeds to test sturdiness and took into account the user interface, noise levels, and how easy each bike was to adjust. Most traditional lever and pulley systems will come complete with the weight stack, as well as a selection of accessories and attachments.

It’s also worth noting that the trainers are British spin instructors from the boutique Boom Cycle studio in London, which may be more palatable to those who find Peloton’s earnest instructors and affirmations a bit cheesy.

Steve Brenner from Sellindge, is hoping his weight loss journey will encourage others to join his new gym in Folkestone The team is hoping the gym will be a “safe space” for members. Here, users attach the pulley to metal rods that bend – the more rods you hook up, the greater the resistance and so the harder the exercise.

One small downside is that, unlike the Apex smart bike, it doesn’t have a USB charger to keep your device topped up while you cycle. If you commit to doing that every other day, you’ll find that consistency is far more valuable than intensity.The Gymwell comes with two lengths and two options for resistance levels, but the manufacturer does not currently offer any extra bands.