Tonal
Wall-mounted smart home gym that uses digital weight and on-screen coaching
Bolted flat to a wall, with two adjustable arms, the unit uses electromagnets rather than plates to supply up to about 200 pounds of resistance per cable, set from a screen. It runs guided programs, counts reps, changes weight mid-set and tracks strength over months. People buy it for space and time: a full strength session in a spare room with nothing to rack. Against that, the machine costs several thousand dollars plus a monthly membership, heavy lifters will outgrow the resistance ceiling, and many of its athlete endorsers are also investors.
People on record
Sorted by strength of stance
Does it: documented as part of their own routine. Recommends: explicitly advises other people to do it. Discusses: covered it substantively without clear personal adoption; this can include criticism or disagreement.
Basketball player · NBA all-time leading scorer
He praised the wall-mounted unit for efficiency in strength work, saying everything sits at arm’s length with no racking of weights, and told readers they could get a full-gym workout off any wall in the house. He is an investor and brand partner, which is the disclosed relationship behind this entry.
Source: Tonal blog: LeBron James interview on strength and efficiency with Tonal (October 2021)
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