Most people think about flooring last. They order the rack, pick out the barbell, and somewhere near the end of the list they type "gym flooring" into a search bar.
A functional trainer is one of the more expensive pieces in any home gym, and one of the harder ones to evaluate from a spec sheet alone.
Most people who are thinking about a home gym have already done some version of the math in their head. What they haven't done is actually run it.
How to Equip a Hotel Gym: What Facilities Get Wrong
Jul 18, 2026
Most hotel gym briefs start the same way. Treadmills. An elliptical. A cable machine. Dumbbells. Maybe a bench.
How to Build a Home Gym in a Small Space
Jul 11, 2026
The biggest thing stopping most people from building a home gym isn't money. It's the assumption that they don't have enough space.
The comparison always starts with money. People want to know when the home gym pays for itself, how long until the break-even, whether it actually saves anything in the long run.