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Shape Fitness Awards 2024

After a full year of testing, this is the best strength training equipment for your strongest year yet.

The Core dock transforms your phone into an AI-powered personal trainer and streams your workouts to your TV.

While the tech is the highlight of the Tempo Core, we actually love the dumbbells too.

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Who Its For:Someone who loves trying the latest fitness tech but is running out of storage space.

TheFitbit Inspire 3does all that and more for under $100, earning it our best fitness tracker pick.

Best Kettlebell

Bowflex SelectTech 840 Kettlebell

So over dumbbells and barbells?

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Time to addkettlebell traininginto the mix.

Who Its For:The person whos bored with barbells and disinterested in dumbbells.

We wholeheartedly love and endorse thisworkout mat from Lululemon, which boasts several smart features specific to strength training.

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Wed also use this mat for yoga flows, too its just that versatile.

The best bang for your buck, in our opinion, are these surprisingly affordableadjustable dumbbells from FitRX.

These dumbbells are easy to adjust with just one hand, and the non-slip handle feels easy to grip.

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Who Its For:The budding strength trainer who wants to push her limits eventually.

During our testing, we appreciated the versatility of this set.

Who Its For:Anyone who doesnt want their strength training goals derailed by frequent travel.

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you might play around with angles and landscape vs. portrait mode shooting if youre capturing content.

Who Its For:The budding fit-fluencer who films her workouts on the reg.

Who Its For:The data nerds who love knowing exactly how every effort translates into metrics.

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Lifepro Vibration Plate Exercise Machine

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Tempo Core Shape Fitness Awards Repeat Winner

Fitbit Inspire 3 at Amazon

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Bowflex Adjustable Kettlebell

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lululemon Workout Mat

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FitRX SmartBells

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VEICK Resistance Bands at Amazon

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