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Singapore \u2013 Many of Tan Guo Xiang’s home workout videos on the social media platform TikTok include at least one comment such as:<\/p>\n
That’s because the 36-year-old software engineer, who also posts videos on Instagram and YouTube, doesn’t use dumbbells or weight plates in his strength training routine. We also don’t use other common gym equipment like cable machines. <\/p>\n
Instead, he uses a battery-powered device the size of a shoebox that weighs just under 6 kg. The Voltra 1 (US$2,099 including shipping, or S$2,700), manufactured by US company Beyond Power, was purchased in January.<\/p>\n
This portable machine uses direct drive technology and features a 2.6 meter cable that can be used to perform common strength training movements such as weighted squats, kickbacks, and shoulder presses.<\/p>\n
Users can set up to 200 pounds of resistance directly on the device. <\/p>\n
This is just one example of the frontiers in the world of fitness. It is a digital gym that works using electromagnetic immunity.<\/p>\n
After the 2025 health scare, Tan wanted to get serious about fitness. He previously had a gym membership, but after three months he felt he couldn’t get the most out of it.<\/p>\n
“It was hard to actually go to the gym. With a home gym, you just walk from room to room.” Mr. Tan says.is married. He and his wife of 37 years have two sons. 5 years old and 7 years old.<\/p>\n
Mr Tan was drawn to digital gyms, especially the Voltra 1, because of its sleek and compact design.<\/p>\n
“I can keep it in a drawer if I want, and it doesn’t clash with the rest of the interior design style in the house, which is important to my wife,” he says. of Voltra 1.<\/p>\n
The machine is located in a spare room in Mr Tan’s 1,250 square foot HDB apartment. If I need to repurpose a room someday, say to make it a bedroom for one of my sons, it’s much easier to find another place to put the Voltra 1 than it is to put an entire rack of dumbbells and cable machines.<\/p>\n
Other digital gyms available in Singapore include Innodigym P1 (from $809) and Speediance Gym Monster V2 (from $4,999). Both are Chinese brands.<\/p>\n
Speediance Singapore sales and operations manager Gadiel See said more than 1,000 units of the Gym Monster V2 have been sold since the company launched it in Singapore in the second half of 2023.<\/p>\n
“What’s particularly surprising is how organic this growth has been. A significant proportion of our new customers come through word of mouth from existing owners,” he told The Straits Times.<\/p>\n
The Gym Monster V2 is a larger device as it has two main components: a 1.25 meter long base platform and a 1.85 meter high top bar with a digital screen. Users can set up to a total resistance of 100kg across the two cables. The setup also comes with a bench.<\/p>\n
The Innodigym P1, on the other hand, is a flat, floor-based platform similar to an aerobic stepper. The basic P1 Lite model has a combined resistance of up to 60kg on the pulleys on the left and right edges of the platform. Higher spec versions ($1,209 to $2,109) can deliver up to a total load capacity of 150kg.<\/p>\n