About Total Gym Gear
Total Gym Gear was set up to help UK shoppers cut through the noise when buying gym equipment for home or garage use. There's a huge amount of kit on the market at wildly different price points, and it's not always obvious what's actually worth your money and what's a waste of space.
We write honest reviews, comparisons and buying guides based on genuine research, real-world use and publicly available specifications. We do not inflate credentials or pretend to be qualified personal trainers or physiotherapists — our writers are enthusiasts and researchers who care about helping you make a sensible purchase, not selling you a dream.
Total Gym Gear participates in the Amazon Associates Programme, an affiliate advertising programme designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by linking to Amazon.co.uk. This means that if you click through to Amazon from one of our links and make a purchase, we may earn a small commission — at no extra cost to you. This helps keep the site running and lets us keep producing free content.
We always aim to recommend products on their merits, not based on commission rates. If we think something isn't worth buying, we'll say so.
The team
James Oduya
James has run a home gym out of his garage since 2019 and writes about the realities of buying and using equipment on a budget. He has no formal fitness qualifications but has bought (and returned) more gym kit than he'd like to admit.
Sophie Marchant
Sophie spent several years working in sports retail before moving into writing, giving her a practical eye for build quality and value for money. She tests accessories and smaller kit at home and focuses on honest comparisons rather than hype.
Priya Nadarajah
Priya researches and writes the site's comparison and buying guides, drawing on years of following UK fitness retail pricing and product releases. She is not a personal trainer but has a keen interest in helping readers avoid overspending on kit they don't need.