Build Your Home Gym With These Essentials

We love the versatility of this POPSUGAR 4-lb. Wrist and Ankle Weight Set ($15). Use them for upping the intensity of a workout, or just wear them around the house.

Tempo Move ($395, originally $495) brings the personal training experience into your own home with technology that scans your body (and equipment you're using) to check for proper alignment throughout your workout. Metrics are displayed on the screen along with encouraging words from the trainer. Tempo Move comes with two adjustable hand weights, four clamps, four 1.25-pound plates, and four 2.5-pound plates, but has a much smaller footprint than a lot of at-home equipment, including the original Tempo Studio. A $39/month membership fee gives you access to an assortment of live and prerecorded classes ranging from HIIT to strength training to yoga.

This POPSUGAR Mini Resistance Band ($15) comes with three great resistance bands. If they want to tone their muscles, this is an easy tool to help them get there, and it's also great for traveling. Plus, how adorable are the sayings?!

A treadmill is one of the most versatile pieces of equipment, and it's a great investment piece. If you're ready to step your game up, go with this NordicTrack Commercial Series 10" HD Touchscreen Display Treadmill ($1,600, originally $1,999). It has everything you need for your best run yet.

The POPSUGAR Fitness at Target 9-ft. Jump Rope ($13) is one of the best ways to get a well-rounded workout in a short period of time. Jump rope regularly, and you can also improve your coordination and boost your heart and bone health. Sign us up!

If you're reading this, you probably need to foam roll. Yes, it might be painful in the moment, but the results are well worth it. I like this Love Sweat Fitness 2-in-1 Foam Roller ($35).

Weights are essential equipment for muscle-building workouts at home, and I love these POPSUGAR Fitness at Target Dumbbells ($7-$35). This square-head design will put an end to rolling weights, and the line offers weights ranging from three pounds to 20 pounds. Please note each dumbbell is sold individually.

POPSUGAR's biodegradable and recyclable TPE Yoga Mat ($36, originally $45) has 5mm of cushioned support for any workout. You can plank, jump, and do your mountain climbers knowing that you won't be sliding around on the nonslip surface. Bonus: the mat is embossed with constellations, so you might even find your zodiac sign while you're in downward dog.

These POPSUGAR Sliding Core Discs ($13) are maybe the most portable fitness equipment. They're flat enough to fit seamlessly into a backpack or suitcase and will take simple bodyweight exercises to the next level; these intense slider core exercises are all the proof we need of that.

If they're ready to take their home workouts to the next level, they need The Mirror ($1,495). It has hundreds of different workouts to choose from, at various different levels and lengths. Take a yoga class or do a bootcamp-style workout, all from the comfort of home.

The ultimate in minimalist gym gear, the TRX Home Gym Suspension System ($170, originally $200) sets up in less than 60 seconds and can be anchored almost anywhere — even a doorway or a tree. The purchase includes a one-year subscription to an app with over 80 workouts using the system . . . so you'll never get bored and never have an excuse.

This BOSU Balance Trainer ($146) is amazing for, you guessed it, balance work. I love using it for abs and balancing in a plank.