Best At-Home Gym Subscriptions

If there was ever a brand with a cult following among fitness enthusiasts, it would be Peloton, the maker of treadmills and sleek and stylish stationary bikes. You can quickly identify a Peloton customer by how often they are found raving about their classes, the energy of the instructors, and how good their body feels afterwards. In 2018, Peloton released a digital subscription for both Peloton and non-Peloton users. It includes a variety of cycling, running, rowing, boxing, yoga, and strength classes, among others, led by iconic and well-known Peloton instructors. 

The app is packed with thousands of on-demand workout videos and access to live classes for about $3 a week. The basic membership doesn’t require you to own any Peloton gear. If you do, you can unlock more features such as movement tracking and leaderboard competitions, although these options also come at a higher monthly price.

There is a vast variety of programs and exercises to cater to every fitness level, as well as a generous amount of workouts that require no equipment at all. You can search the catalog and filter classes using various parameters, including duration, instructor, difficulty level, and type of music. Workouts range from five minutes to over an hour, which means you will still have options to exercise on your busiest days. However, you can’t do any keyword searches or filter the catalog by equipment required, which means you must read each class description to find out if you need any gear for it. 

The app is available on numerous devices including iOS, Android, Apple TV, Fire TV, and on the website. Be mindful that there are more Android users complaining about glitches in the app than in any other platform. 

Peloton’s most basic membership costs $13 per month and lets one person access thousands of on-demand and live classes on the app. A $24 per month guide membership, available to those who buy the $295 Peloton guide, grants you the same benefits as the basic app membership, plus movement tracking features and the ability to set up profiles for up to five people.

If you own Peloton equipment, go for the all-access membership, which will run you $44 per month. This tier includes all previous features, plus it lets you create profiles for all members of your household (up to 20 users), participate in leaderboard competitions and special challenges, and access special content. 

FitOn is the brainchild of husband-and-wife duo Lindsay and Russell Cook. Founded in 2018, the app offers free and paid membership tiers. The service boasts hundreds of on-demand workouts at various fitness levels that range anywhere from five minutes to an hour. There are over 40 different trainers to choose from, including celebrities like actress Gabrielle Union and stylist JVN. In 2022, the company also introduced a feature dubbed “courses,” which are trainer-led, four-week classes available for a $30 fee.   

One unique aspect that makes FitOn stand out from the pack is its social component. Users can join different communities such as Gain Muscle, Pilates Party, and Meal Preppers to find, connect, and share their fitness journey with other users. There is also an advice tab filled with trainer tips and articles about wellness, fitness, and nutrition.

Upgrading to the Pro version for $99 a year will get you access to tailored programs, offline workouts, personalized meal plans and recipes, and the ability to host a workout video party with your friends. The workout video parties are exactly what they sound like: You start a workout and simultaneously video call your friends so you can all do it together. Although relatively new, FitOn is often ranked in the top 100 health and fitness apps in both the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store.   

Signing up for the on-demand classes is completely free. A Pro membership includes offline workouts, personalized meal plans, and goal-specific programs for $79 for six months or $99 for a year.  

Launched in 2009, Nike Training Club has been around for a while. It used to require a premium membership for some of its features, but during the pandemic, Nike decided to make its app completely free. The no-frills app contains over 500 workout videos covering strength training, cardio, mobility, and yoga exercises. Nearly half of its workouts last under 22 minutes, making it one of the best options for busy people to get moving. Most workouts don’t require any equipment at all. 

Nike Training Club, or NTC for short, also offers 21 different goal-specific programs that last anywhere from one week to one year. While the app keeps track of which exercises you’ve done, and you can add non-app workouts to your history as well, it doesn’t really let you track progress in a meaningful way. You can’t log your weight, your photo progressions, or how much weight you’ve lifted. But if you’re looking for a no-frills app with a ton of good, trainer-led content available for free, Nike’s got your back. 

The app is free and does not have a premium or paid version.

Alo Moves is part of clothing company Alo Yoga, which is headquartered in Los Angeles. The app has a big focus on yoga, but it also offers barre, Pilates, meditation, and cardio classes. The on-demand library contains more than 1,000 yoga-specific videos, ranging anywhere from five to 150 minutes in duration, and encompasses a variety of styles including vinyasa (high endurance), Ashtanga (strength training), and hatha (relaxing and meditative) yoga. It has one of the largest workout libraries in this roundup.

This at-home gym subscription also has over 80 different trainers so you can browse the content until you find an instructor that matches your energy. Keep in mind, however, that the task may be a little difficult given that there are no filters to narrow down instructor specialty or any user reviews of the workouts. On the plus side, most workout videos only require a yoga mat and a couple of blocks. On the downside, the company used to host live classes but these are not currently supported on the app.

Alo Moves costs $20 per month or $200 per year, which comes out to less than $4 a week for an annual subscription. There are often deep discounts offered on the membership, sometimes as much as 50%, so keep an eye out for when they pop up. 

Sweat features several high-intensity interval training (HIIT) programs, as well as strength training, Pilates, and yoga classes. The app was co-founded in 2015 by Australian personal trainer Kayla Itsines, who jumped to fame thanks to her wildly successful BBG program, an acronym that stands for Bikini Body Guides. The workouts and programs in the Sweat app are led by Itsines herself and a dozen or so other certified trainers. 

Sweat introduced at-home and zero equipment programs to ensure you can work out from anywhere at any time, but it also has full equipment versions better suited for a gym visit. The HIIT programs last anywhere from four to 40-plus weeks, and you can also add on-demand workouts as you see fit. The content is full of challenging yet achievable exercises for any fitness level. 

A cool feature is that the app lets you track how much weight you’re lifting, so you can measure your progress, and it also offers a workout planner and a weekly meal plan with recipes. As an added bonus, you can join the Sweat community, which is a discussion forum filled with like-minded users. Unfortunately, there are no live classes and you can’t download workouts for offline use. 

You can sign up for Sweat with a $20 monthly membership or a $120 annual membership. 

CrossFit Linchpin’s Private Track was created by former Navy SEAL Pat Sherwood, who used to work at CrossFit—the company—programming events for its CrossFit Games, among other things. You should know that Linchpin doesn’t have its own app. You have to access it through the Beyond the Whiteboard app. If you subscribe to Linchpin’s program, however, you will automatically get a subscription to the BTWB app. 

The best thing about Linchpin’s workout of the day (WOD) is that it comes with five different variations, depending on your fitness level and what equipment you have available, which makes the benefits of CrossFit accessible to a wide audience. You have an Rx version, or recommended workout of the day.  Other options include a wild card option, a scaled version, a limited-equipment option that uses dumbbells, and a no-equipment option that only requires your own body weight. In addition to the WOD, you also get daily warm-up and cool-down videos, demo videos showing you the proper form to do the exercises, and an optional accessory workout video for the days you want to push yourself a little harder. 

The subscription unlocks all BTWB features as well, letting you track your progress and stack up against others in a leaderboard competition. Additionally, you get access to a private Facebook group for the Linchpin community. You can test the service with a 30-day free trial. 

CrossFit Linchpin offers two different pricing tiers: an $18 month-to-month subscription and a $90 six-month subscription, which lowers the monthly cost to $15. 

If you’re looking for an at-home gym subscription with a special focus on Pilates, you don’t need to look any further than Pilates Anytime. The service offers over 3,700 on-demand classes from more than 200 certified instructors, all for less than $5 a week when purchased on an annual basis. The broadness of its library and trainers means there’s a good chance you will find a teacher that matches your learning style and workouts that require whatever Pilates equipment you have on hand.

One thing to keep in mind is that while Pilates Anytime has classical Pilates classes, which closely follow Joseph Pilates’s teachings, a lot of its content is focused on contemporary Pilates, a slightly different style that incorporates some elements of physical therapy and exercise variations. There are no live classes, but new ones are added every week. You can narrow down the massive library with a series of filters including Pilates apparatus, props, teachers, pace, duration, and muscle focus. The average class can last anywhere from five to 60 minutes, and you can sign up for a two-week free trial. 

There are two membership tiers: a monthly membership for $22, and an annual membership for $240, which saves you $24.

Barre is a workout that combines the elegance and discipline of ballet with the breathwork and mindfulness of yoga and the full body-burn of Pilates. Barre3 offers all of that, plus it sprinkles in a little bit of cardio and strength training into its workouts to make them stand out from all the rest. In its online app, you will find classes featuring several barre modes focusing on different muscle groups and fitness styles. You are encouraged to try them out to find out which style is better suited to your goals.  

The app has more than 500 different workouts, ranging in length from 10 to 60 minutes. New classes are added weekly, and the app also provides a weekly plan that includes newly released and classic classes to support your at-home gym experience. You don’t need too much equipment other than a yoga mat, core ball, and some handheld weights for most of the workouts. If there's a case where you need more than that, the instructor will provide several modifications to accommodate you. You can also download your favorite workouts for offline use. 

A monthly subscription will run you $29 for unlimited access, a three-month subscription runs $25 per month, or you could get the cost down to $20 per month when you choose an annual subscription priced at $240. 

FightCamp, which launched in 2016, offers more than 600 at-home boxing and kickboxing workouts. The on-demand classes are suitable for people at any fitness level, and range in duration from 10 minutes to one hour. If you want to get a better sense of your performance, you will need to buy the company’s trackers ($99) to monitor and record your punches and then pair them with your app. This will also allow you to compare your performance to other FightCamp users. 

At $39 per month or $421 for an annual membership, this service is the most expensive one featured in this roundup. However, starting in 2022, the company decided to make a portion of its classes free to the public. This includes about 50 boxing and kickboxing classes, and a hundred or so more bodyweight exercises. There are minimal equipment requirements involved, but because we are talking about boxing and kickboxing, you will eventually need to get a punching bag to complete all the workouts. FightCamp sells punching bags, gloves, and trackers on its website. Full access to the classes requires purchasing at least the trackers, and a paid membership tier. 

FightCamp offers a free version with limited access to its on-demand classes. For full access, you will need to purchase either a monthly subscription for $39, or a yearly subscription for $421, plus a set of the company’s trackers, which cost $99. 

Whether you want to go for a run or do some yoga, Pilates, or strength training, Aaptiv has a class and a trainer ready to lead the way and help you excel in your performance. Its content library has over 6,000 classes on-demand, and the company adds over 30 new classes every week. The app boasts a broad variety of workouts across 10 different categories including cycling, meditation, and treadmill routines. 

Unlike other fitness services, Aaptiv focuses mostly on audio-only workouts, with upbeat background music and high-spirited trainers coaching your every move. This means that there are not as many videos or visual cues available in the app, which may put off visual learners from using the service.

In addition to normal search filters, you can filter classes by equipment, so it’s easy to find a routine that works with what you’ve got on hand. There are quick 10-minute workouts and hour-long sessions available as well, all offered in varying degrees of difficulty to suit your fitness level. If you’re interested, you can get a seven-day free trial on the company’s website. 

A monthly subscription to Aaptiv costs $15. Annual membership costs $100, which decreases your monthly price to about $8.