Connected Fitness Revolution: The Rise of Smart Gym Equipment  – (Updated On: 17-Aug-2026)

The Global Connected Gym Equipment Market was valued at USD 2.84 billion in 2025 and is projected to reach USD 8.42 billion by 2032, expanding at a CAGR of 16.8% during 2026–2032. Connected cardio equipment holds the largest product share at 54.0%, while app-controlled equipment is the fastest-growing connectivity segment at a 20.0% CAGR. Commercial gyms remain the largest buyers, but residential users are growing faster at an 18.6% CAGR.

 

Connected gym equipment combines exercise hardware with sensors, Bluetooth or Wi-Fi connectivity, software, mobile applications, user accounts and digital training functions. Demand is moving beyond machines that simply display workout statistics toward equipment that can recognize users, synchronize wearable data, prescribe workouts, adjust resistance, track performance and connect gym-floor activity with a continuing digital fitness profile.

 

The strongest demand mechanism is personalization plus continuity. Wearable technology ranked first and mobile exercise apps ranked fourth in the American College of Sports Medicine's 2026 fitness trends, indicating that users increasingly expect exercise information and training guidance to move across watches, phones, apps and equipment rather than remain isolated on an individual machine.

 

Why is demand for connected gym equipment increasing?

Connected gym equipment is gaining demand because fitness operators and consumers increasingly want exercise hardware to perform three functions simultaneously: deliver the workout, measure the workout and use the resulting data to improve subsequent sessions. This changes the purchasing rationale. A conventional treadmill or strength station is primarily a durable capital asset; a connected machine can additionally become an interface for member authentication, individualized programming, performance histories, entertainment, digital coaching and equipment-management software.

Commercial fitness expansion provides tangible evidence of the equipment replacement opportunity. Planet Fitness finished 2025 with approximately 20.8 million members and 2,896 clubs, opened 181 clubs during the year and placed equipment in 152 new franchised locations. These figures are company-specific rather than estimates for the overall connected-equipment market, but they demonstrate how club expansion and standardized refurbishment programs create recurring equipment procurement.

Operator economics also remain supportive. The Health & Fitness Association's 2025 benchmarking study covered 175 companies representing more than 17,000 facilities across 27 countries. Participating operators reported median 2024 revenue growth of 9.9%, average net membership growth of 5.5% and member retention of 66.4%. For operators investing in member acquisition and retention, connected machines can support differentiation while giving facilities additional information about equipment usage and member interaction.

The wider need for accessible exercise remains substantial, although it should not be treated as a direct proxy for equipment sales. WHO estimated that 31% of adults globally, or approximately 1.8 billion people, did not meet recommended physical-activity levels in 2022. The commercial opportunity for equipment suppliers lies in converting this unmet activity need into convenient and repeatable training experiences rather than merely adding technology to existing exercise machines.

 

Why does cardio equipment hold the largest connected gym equipment market share?

Cardio equipment accounted for 54.0% of the market, equivalent to USD 1.53 billion in 2025, and is projected to grow at a 16.2% CAGR. Cardio remains the largest connected-equipment category because treadmills, bikes, ellipticals and climbing machines naturally generate continuous digital variables such as speed, incline, distance, cadence, power and heart rate. These measurements can be translated directly into visual feedback, automated workouts, wearable synchronization and long-term exercise histories.

Current commercial products demonstrate how cardio connectivity has moved beyond an attached touchscreen. Life Fitness's Discover SE4 console supports Bluetooth, NFC, ANT+, internet connectivity, wearable integration and equipment-management capabilities. Through Facility Connect, operators can also provide access to more than 500 Life Fitness On Demand+ experiences, while newer SE4 implementations support native Google Cast. This makes the machine a connected access point for entertainment, workout content and individual devices rather than a closed cardio console.

The strength training equipment segment accounted for 34.0%, or USD 0.97 billion, in 2025 and has the fastest product-type CAGR at 18.1%. Connected strength is gaining strategic importance because digital technology can materially change how resistance exercise is performed. Instead of manually selecting plates or weight-stack pins, equipment can authenticate the member, select resistance, adjust positioning, record repetitions and modify training parameters automatically.

EGYM Smart Strength Series 3 illustrates this shift. The machines use motor-driven resistance, record training information to an EGYM account when a member is logged in and automatically adapt equipment to individual users. EGYM's latest Series 3 platform also integrates NFC-based access and automatic adjustment of seat position, range of motion and resistance.

Residential connected strength is developing through a similar mechanism. Tonal 2 provides up to 250 pounds of digital resistance, automatically adjusts weight based on user performance and incorporates camera-supported movement analysis. These capabilities make resistance exercise more programmable and measurable, helping explain why connected strength is forecast to outgrow the larger cardio category from a smaller revenue base.

Other connected equipment represented 12.0%, or USD 0.34 billion, in 2025 and is projected to grow at 15.4%. Growth remains comparatively slower because digital functionality across miscellaneous training products is less standardized than in cardio and increasingly in electronically controlled strength systems.

 

Which connectivity technology is growing fastest in connected gym equipment?

Bluetooth- and Wi-Fi-enabled equipment led the market with a 57.0% share, or USD 1.62 billion, in 2025 and is expected to grow at a 16.1% CAGR. Wireless connectivity has become the principal technology architecture because it allows exercise machines to exchange information with smartphones, heart-rate monitors, watches, applications and facility systems without requiring a completely proprietary device network.

Interoperability strengthens this position. The Bluetooth SIG's Fitness Machine Service provides a standardized mechanism through which a fitness machine can send training-related information to another compatible device. This matters commercially because gym members increasingly arrive with different smartphones, watches and fitness applications, making compatibility across ecosystems more useful than isolated machine data.

App-controlled equipment accounted for 19.0%, or USD 0.54 billion, but has the fastest connectivity CAGR at 20.0%. Its growth indicates that programming and personalization are increasingly migrating toward software. iFIT expanded its AI Coach into 19 additional countries in 2025, and workouts recommended through the mobile experience can appear on compatible NordicTrack and ProForm equipment. The machine therefore becomes an execution point inside a continuing account-based training system rather than the sole source of workout programming.

Sensor-integrated standalone equipment accounted for 24.0%, or USD 0.68 billion, and is projected to grow at 15.6%. These systems remain relevant where facilities need automated measurement without making every workout dependent on a smartphone. Their lower stated growth relative to app-controlled products nevertheless indicates a shift toward systems in which training history, identity and programming can move between equipment and external devices.

 

Who buys connected gym equipment and how do purchasing needs differ?

Commercial gyms were the largest end users in 2025, accounting for 47.0% of revenue, or USD 1.33 billion, and are projected to grow at a 15.5% CAGR. Commercial facilities purchase fleets rather than individual machines, making durability, equipment uptime, service availability and standardization important procurement criteria. Connectivity adds centralized software management, user authentication, equipment diagnostics and digital member experiences to the conventional hardware purchase.

Residential users accounted for 38.0%, or USD 1.08 billion, and have the fastest end-user CAGR at 18.6%. Connected systems can reduce some of the expertise required to structure home resistance or cardio workouts by supplying automatic resistance changes, programmed sessions, progress histories and individualized recommendations. Tonal's digital-strength approach and iFIT's integration of equipment, applications and AI coaching illustrate how residential machines are becoming continuing training platforms rather than one-time hardware purchases.

The recurring digital relationship also creates commercial risk. Peloton ended fiscal 2026 with 2.553 million paid Connected Fitness subscriptions, down 8.8% year over year, even though full-year revenue reached USD 2.446 billion and its Commercial Business Unit generated double-digit year-over-year revenue growth. The divergence is important: connected hardware demand, commercial equipment activity and subscription retention can move differently.

Corporate and hospitality buyers represented 15.0%, or USD 0.43 billion, and are forecast to grow at 16.2%. Hotels can use connected fitness as an amenity extending beyond the traditional fitness room. Hilton expanded its Peloton collaboration in 2025 by putting Peloton content onto its Connected Room platform, then available in more than 2,400 hotels. Hilton also reported that 90% of travelers in its cited survey sought to maintain wellness routines while traveling, indicating why hospitality operators are integrating digital fitness into the broader guest experience.

 

Is the Connected Gym Equipment Market Becoming an AI-Driven Personal Training Ecosystem?

The connected gym equipment market is moving beyond screens, streamed classes and basic workout tracking toward machines that actively adjust training based on individual performance. Connected platforms increasingly combine equipment sensors, software, biometric information and artificial intelligence to personalize exercise, while hybrid fitness models allow the same user profile to operate across homes, mobile applications and commercial facilities.

This change is broadening the definition of connected fitness. 3DLOOK's analysis of the connected-fitness sector identifies advanced analytics, integrated health information and remote coaching as elements of the shift toward more personalized fitness ecosystems. Its analysis describes systems that combine information from wearables, applications and smart equipment to deliver recommendations and real-time feedback rather than simply record activity.

AI-powered movement analysis is becoming an important hardware differentiator. Tonal 2 incorporates a Smart View camera that analyzes movement and provides coaching cues during or after exercise. Tonal also automatically selects and adjusts resistance, while digital weight modes such as Chains and Eccentric change the resistance profile during a movement. Unlike conventional fixed weights, these electronically controlled modes allow software to modify loading characteristics without the user physically changing plates or stacks.

Peloton is moving toward the same personalized-training model through Peloton IQ. Its Cross Training Bike+, Tread+ and Row+ support advanced movement tracking through computer vision, including rep tracking and form feedback. Peloton IQ can also recommend weights, generate personalized training plans and use workout history alongside connected Apple Health, Garmin and Fitbit data to improve recommendations.

The commercial response provides a particularly useful adoption signal. In February 2026, Peloton reported that nearly half of its active members had engaged with Peloton IQ personalized insights and recommendations by the end of its fiscal second quarter. The company also reported a 7% year-over-year increase in average workout time per Connected Fitness subscription during the period. This does not prove that AI alone caused the engagement increase, but it provides direct evidence that AI-based recommendations are already being used by a substantial portion of Peloton's active member base.

Compact digital-strength systems are expanding the equipment category as well. Speediance Gym Monster 2 uses electronically controlled resistance rather than conventional stacks and plates and supports software-led training within a compact home-gym configuration. Speediance also entered an official digital-training partnership with HYROX in September 2025, making a structured HYROX training program available through the Gym Monster 2 platform. The program translates race-specific endurance and strength requirements into connected home training and demonstrates how equipment ecosystems can increasingly integrate third-party sporting formats and organized competitions.

Speediance's digital-resistance architecture also shows how compact equipment can reproduce multiple training characteristics through software rather than additional mechanical hardware. Its broader digital-resistance technology supports modes including eccentric and chain-style loading, while its HYROX programming uses performance data and rapidly adjustable resistance to support structured training.

Commercial gyms are becoming more personalized at the machine level. EGYM Smart Strength Series 3 supports NFC-based login through compatible smartphones and automatically configures seat position, range of motion and resistance after the user is identified. The equipment records training data within the EGYM ecosystem, while the latest platform incorporates Genius-AI integration intended to respond to individual training plans.

This automation addresses a practical commercial-gym problem. Conventional selectorized machines require every user to set the seat, range of motion and resistance manually, and inexperienced members may choose inappropriate settings. Digitally stored profiles allow those parameters to follow the member across sessions. For operators, that can reduce setup friction and make structured training easier to scale across a larger membership base.

Together, these developments indicate that competitive differentiation is shifting toward AI coaching, computer vision, adaptive digital resistance, automated equipment setup, compact footprints and ecosystem connectivity. Connected gym equipment is therefore becoming an intelligent training platform rather than simply conventional exercise hardware with an attached display. The strategic value increasingly lies in how effectively a supplier turns user and equipment data into useful changes in the next workout.

 

Who are the major companies in the connected gym equipment market?

The connected gym equipment market includes established commercial-equipment manufacturers, connected-fitness platforms and digitally focused strength-training companies. Technogym, Life Fitness, Peloton/Precor, EGYM, iFIT, Tonal and Core Health & Fitness are among the notable suppliers spanning connected cardio, smart strength, facility software, digital coaching and app-integrated exercise equipment. Speediance is also gaining visibility in compact digital strength. These companies should not be interpreted as holding equivalent market shares.

Technogym – Powering Connected Fitness Through Integrated AI and Wellness Ecosystems: Technogym combines connected cardio and strength equipment with applications, digital content and its wider digital ecosystem. The company's 2025 revenue exceeded €1 billion, with commercial revenue growing faster than consumer revenue, while management continues to position AI-supported personalized exercise as part of its broader ecosystem strategy.

Life Fitness – Connecting Commercial Cardio Fleets with Digital Facility Infrastructure: Life Fitness is using its substantial commercial-equipment presence to extend connectivity through consoles, wearable pairing, Facility Connect and digital content. The SE4 platform combines equipment hardware with device connectivity, asset-management functions and cloud-delivered workout experiences, making the digital layer increasingly relevant after the original equipment purchase.

Peloton & Precor – Extending Connected Fitness from Residential Subscriptions to Commercial Facilities: Peloton combines equipment, software, content and AI-supported personalization, while Precor gives the group broader commercial-equipment exposure. Peloton reported double-digit Commercial Business Unit revenue growth in fiscal 2026 even as paid Connected Fitness subscriptions declined, illustrating its effort to broaden beyond a predominantly residential subscription model.

EGYM – Building an Interoperable Smart Strength and Gym Software Ecosystem: EGYM differentiates through connected strength equipment, automatic machine configuration and software-led member journeys. Series 3 adds NFC access, motor-controlled resistance and integration with individual training profiles, strengthening EGYM's position where gyms want digitally guided strength rather than conventional selectorized equipment alone.

iFIT – Linking NordicTrack, ProForm and Freemotion Through AI-Supported Training: iFIT connects equipment and training content across NordicTrack, ProForm and Freemotion while increasingly using AI to personalize workout recommendations. The company's 2025 AI Coach expansion into 19 additional countries demonstrates how software can extend one training platform across different equipment categories and geographic markets.

Tonal – Advancing Adaptive Digital Resistance in Residential Strength Training: Tonal occupies a specialized position in premium connected strength. Tonal 2 combines electronically controlled resistance, automatic weight recommendations, camera-supported movement analysis and dynamic loading modes within a compact wall-mounted system. This approach makes software and motor control central to the physical training experience rather than supplementary features.

Core Health & Fitness – Connecting Established Commercial Brands Across Cardio and Digital Fitness: Core Health & Fitness brings together Star Trac, StairMaster, Nautilus, Schwinn and Throwdown, alongside digital capabilities within its broader portfolio. Star Trac and StairMaster touchscreen systems incorporate connected entertainment, wearable pairing and asset-management functions, allowing Core to participate in digital equipment procurement across commercial gyms, hotels and other facilities.

Speediance – Expanding Compact Digital Strength Through Software and Sporting Partnerships: Speediance remains smaller than several established commercial suppliers but is strategically relevant to connected residential strength. Its Gym Monster platform combines compact hardware, electronically controlled resistance and software-led programming, while its HYROX partnership shows how digital equipment companies can use third-party sports ecosystems to create differentiated training content.

Competitive differentiation is consequently moving beyond mechanical specifications. Technogym and Life Fitness emphasize broad equipment ecosystems; EGYM focuses on automated smart strength and connected gym workflows; Peloton combines connected content, AI and commercial hardware; iFIT links multiple equipment brands through a common software platform; Tonal and Speediance focus on digital resistance; and Core Health & Fitness combines established commercial brands with connected cardio technologies.

 

What will determine competitive value and market growth through 2032?

Competitive value through 2032 is likely to depend less on connectivity as a stand-alone feature and more on what the connected system can actually do for the user or operator. Bluetooth and Wi-Fi are becoming enabling infrastructure. Differentiation is moving toward automated programming, equipment recognition, wearable integration, computer vision, cross-device user profiles, AI-enabled recommendations, digital resistance and facility-management software.

Commercial operators will favor systems that improve the member experience without adding unnecessary complexity across mixed equipment fleets. Interoperability is particularly important because gyms commonly use machines from several manufacturers and replace assets over multiple investment cycles. Platforms that can accommodate existing facility infrastructure or allow member data to move across equipment can reduce the operational friction associated with adopting new connected technologies.

Residential economics are different. Home users typically purchase fewer machines, but a connected system can generate continuing software or subscription revenue after the initial equipment sale. The model works only when those services continue to produce recognizable value. Peloton's 8.8% year-over-year reduction in paid Connected Fitness subscriptions at the end of fiscal 2026, despite stronger equipment performance than expected and double-digit commercial growth, illustrates why equipment ownership does not automatically guarantee long-term digital engagement.

 

Connected Gym Equipment Market Report Coverage Table

Report Attribute	Details
Forecast Period	2026 – 2032
Market Size Value in 2025	USD 2.84 Billion
Revenue Forecast in 2032	USD 8.42 Billion
Overall Growth Rate	CAGR of 16.8% (2026 – 2032)
Base Year for Estimation	2025
Historical Data	2019 – 2024
Unit	USD Million, CAGR (2026 – 2032)
Segmentation	By Product Type, By Connectivity Technology, By End User, By Geography
By Product Type	Connected Cardio Equipment, Connected Strength Training Equipment, Other Connected Fitness Equipment
By Connectivity Technology	Bluetooth and Wi-Fi Enabled Equipment, App-Controlled Equipment, Sensor-Integrated Standalone Equipment
By End User	Commercial Gyms, Residential Users, Corporate and Hospitality Facilities
By Region	North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and Africa
Country Scope	U.S., Canada, UK, Germany, France, Italy, China, Japan, South Korea, India, Brazil, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, UAE, South Africa
Market Drivers	Growing demand for personalized digital fitness experiences and connected workout ecosystems. Rising adoption of wearable integration, AI-powered coaching, and fitness applications. Expansion of commercial fitness facilities and increasing preference for smart home exercise solutions.
Customization Option	Available upon request