Sunday Survey Results for 2/14/2021

Highlights

• Massive amounts of home gym space does not exist for most, so larger specialty pieces are of the premium.
• The Multi-Grip Pull Up Bar is the Favorite.
• People are way more likely to sell their used equipment on Facebook Marketplace over other platforms.
• More were interested in the Fray Lat Pulldown/Low Row System than the new REP Omni Rack and Endless Rope from Torque.
• More are interested in a set of real dumbbells vs. adjustable options.
• Over half would be interested in a rack setup where you could start and stop on demand without a spotter’s intervention.

All Results

There are a lot of strong people out there. 37% say they would be interested in a rower that provides more resistance than your classic Concept 2 Rower.

Larger specialty items such as a Reverse Hyper, GHD, Functional Trainer, Leg Press, etc., are premium products for home gym owners not just because of the price. Many do not have room for these more pieces. Only 42% say they even have the space for two or more, while nearly a quarter can’t fit any. The most popular response with 35% of the votes was one.

When asked what pull-up bar people are most interested in, multi-grip is the winner with 55% of the votes. In second was the straight bar (41.5%), while the Globe Grip Bar was a distant third (3.6%).

Facebook Marketplace is the go-to place to sell your used gym equipment. When asked where you’d most likely post it for sale first, the Marketplace made up 69% of the votes. Let Go/Offer Up were in a distant second, while Craigslist actually came in last.

Rep recently released the Omni Series as its new line of racks. When asked about the level of interest in this, 17% voted high, 28% voted medium, 35% voted low, and 21% said they know nothing about it. Overall, it’s pretty spread out, but an overwhelming appetite for this doesn’t exist right now.

The same question as above was asked about the new Endless Rope from Torque. This received a similar response with a little less interest. 13% voted high, 26% medium, 48% low, and 13% know nothing about it.

The Lat Pulldown/Low Row from Fray with a weight stack performed much better than the two products above. 30% went with high, 34% medium, 32% low, and only 5% said they know nothing about it.

Next week, we’ll ask about this Plate Loaded Option from Titan.

Regular or Strongman Sandbags? This one was VERY CLOSE. Strongman beat out the standard sandbags by less than a percent. About 27% say they do not know the difference.

58% say they would be interested in a rack setup where you could start and stop on demand without a spotter’s intervention. Below is the XPT Half Rack, which does just that.

A 5-50 set of dumbbells or any Adjustable Dumbbell of your choice? 64% went with the full set of dumbbells.

Lastly, if you were interested in a set of adjustable dumbbells, would the potential money saved or space saved be more important? This was as close as it gets, with 50.1% choosing the spaced saved option vs. 49.9% wanting to save some money.

Thanks for peeping at the results. Please reach out if there is anything you’d like to see covered.

Stay warm out there!