🏋️ 101 ways to level-up your home gym

It’s a new year! That means another rotation around the sun’s worth of time to set and annihilate your fitness goals. Whether you’re a true beginner building your first home gym—if that’s you, welcome—or a seasoned garage gym vet, we’ve got tips and tricks from the GGR community for taking your home fitness space to the next level. Let’s go!

What else is in today’s newsletter:

• We’ve found the best deals on treadmills for 2024.

• Whether you’re new or returning to training after a break, these beginner workout apps can help.

• Need a protein powder that fits your goals? A registered dietitian shows you what to look for.

Guide

100+ Home Gym Ideas

Are you trying to decide whether to build a home gym? There’s no time like the present!

Over the years, we’ve compiled some of the most helpful home gym ideas and tips and tricks for making your gym—whether in your garage, basement, or spare bedroom—a productive and enjoyable place to work out.

We took it to our community and polled over 100,000 people to figure out some of the most helpful ideas for building a home gym. Here are over 100 ideas, tips, and tricks you can use for your home gym.

Deals, Baby!

New Year’s Treadmill Sales

This is a great time of year to shop for fitness equipment. Instead of running all over the place trying to track down the best New Year’s treadmill sales, you can click on the button below. Our team updates this page daily after scouring the internet to find all the ways you can save from retailers like NordicTrack, Peloton, and more.

You’ll also find many of these brands extend deals to other exercise equipment. It’s time to save big and build your home gym to crush your New Year’s resolution and long-term goals.

Train

Best Beginner Workout Apps

If you’re new to the world of strength and conditioning, our team at Garage Gym Reviews welcomes you to an exciting journey! The GGR team may know the best home gym equipment like the back of our hands, but premium equipment can only get you so far if you’re unsure how to put it to good use.

While testing, we navigated the app, tried workouts, experimented with accountability features, and looked at workout plans on a macro scale. Whether you’re trying to lose weight, get stronger, or achieve a specific fitness goal, there is likely a fitness app for you. Our expert product testers have used over 50 apps to determine the best workout apps for beginners.

Fuel Up!

What to Look For in Protein Powder

Supplementing with protein powder can help you hit your protein target, saving you time in the kitchen and potentially room in your stomach (depending on how much you eat per day). Protein powder is convenient, affordable, and mostly tasty.

So, let’s talk about the most popular types of protein powder there are out there, things to look for while you shop, and what to avoid. We asked Destini Moody, RD, CSSD, LD, to discuss the differences between milk protein, animal-based protein, and plant-based protein powders so you can select a product that suits your dietary preferences and sensitivities.

Quick Hits

How to Time Your Pre-Workout

• It’s called a pre-workout, so you should take it right before you work out, correct? Not necessarily. We walk you through when to take pre-workout.

• Need a refresher on training fundamentals this year? Here’s a 6-week beginner workout plan from a certified personal trainer.

• For our Rootine Vitamins review, we tested the DNA-based custom multivitamins to give you the full rundown on what to expect from this service.