Andrea Chapman , a marketing manager in San Diego, Calif., hadn’t been to a proper gym in nearly six months when she finally accepted that her “hiatus” was more permanent. “I had no choice but to do exercises at home, which I wasn’t used to, and that pushed me to finally purchase equipment,” she said. In September 2020, she bought herself a Zeno Workout Bench. The compact gym, which enables her to do more than 75 different exercises using resistance bands, quickly made up for the loss of her studio workouts. “I love its versatility.”
Space-consuming strength-training equipment like weight racks and barbells can be pricey and intimidating—one reason trainers say at-home cardio machines have soared in popularity over the past two years. People default to the easiest thing, and nothing’s easier than spinning your wheels or running in place, said Eric Dannenberg, performance manager for Exos, a human performance brand which trains professional athletes and corporate clients.
