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After thousands of hours of testing, these essentials stood out.
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With that, were excited to announce our 2025 Fitness Awards winners.
Shape received an impressive 100+ submissions from leading fitness brands likeBrooks, New Balance, Therabody, and others.
Get ready to get motivated as you dive into Shape’s 2025 Fitness Awards.
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The Build Up features equipment that our editors swear by for getting a major sweat on at home.
Think of these items as everything you need tobuild the perfect home gym.
If cardios your jam, youve got to check outAvirons Fit Bikeand theHorizon foldable treadmill.
Each has unique design features that make them so much more functional and fashionable than their competition.
The Recovery: Best Recovery Gear
In case nobodys told you: you better recover to perform!
The best of the best recovery gear includes one of our favoritefitness trackers, theWhoop 4.0.
Bombas also wowed us with itsrunning socksthat prevent blisters and discomfort on supremely long and sweaty test runs.
There are some fan favorites still reigning supreme, though.
There still isnt a pair of leggings out there that we love as much asLululemons Fast and Free Tights.
For gym goers, you cant go wrong withReeboks Nano Gym Shoes.
The Long Run is all about the gadgets andsafety gearyoull need for training season.
We prep for these strides withBodyGlides anti-chafing balmand track each step with theGarmin Forerunner 165.
Trust us, we tested these in our NYC apartments.
You probably already know and lovePeloton and we do, too.
Last but not least isStrava Unlimited.
Its a runners dream and tracks everything but what youre wearing.
JK, you might actually add in your gear to each workout you publish.
Its that granular and that fantastic.
We then narrowed these down to 30 award winners.
Summer Cartwrightis a marathon runner, certified cycling instructor, and the senior commerce editor at Shape.
She has expertise in running shoes, performance gear, and recovery equipment.
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