Speediance Adds New Products Including Wearable, Unveils AI Fitness Strategy

The Chinese fit tech company is widening its ecosystem with four new products including its first wearable as it positions itself more broadly as an AI-powered fitness platform

Speediance, a China-based fitness technology company known for its connected at-home strength training equipment, unveiled four new products at a launch event in Los Angeles: the Gym Monster Ultra, Gym Monster 3 and 3S, Gym Nano and Speediance Strap.

Founded in Shenzhen in 2020, Speediance’s flagship Gym Monster line combines cable-based strength training with digital resistance, workout tracking and software-driven programming.

The company is now positioning itself more broadly as an AI-powered fitness platform, pairing its expanding hardware lineup with software designed to help guide workouts over time.

Alongside the new hardware, Speediance is developing three AI capabilities: Votus, which analyzes movement from smartphone video; Oryn, which focuses on training, recovery, nutrition and sleep decisions; and Somni, a research project designed to model how different choices could affect future states such as fatigue and recovery. Those tools are being brought together through Aevis, Speediance’s AI-powered coaching app, which is currently available in public beta on iOS.

Aevis can use available health and activity data from Apple Watch without requiring Speediance hardware. For Gym Monster users, it can also incorporate workout information including training load, sets, repetitions and movement performance to generate workouts that can be sent to the machine.

The company’s AI ambitions remain a work in progress. Aevis does not currently control Gym Monster resistance autonomously, and Speediance says deeper integration between its AI systems and training hardware is still on its roadmap.

The new product lineup expands the company’s footprint: the Gym Monster Ultra moves Speediance further upmarket, while the Gym Monster 3 and 3S update its core home gym offering. Gym Nano takes the company into portable performance equipment, and Speediance Strap marks its first move into wearables.

Gym Nano and Strap had already appeared as prototypes at CES earlier this year, followed by another showcase at FIBO.

Speediance Expands Its Strength Lineup

At the top of the new lineup is the Gym Monster Ultra, Speediance’s most premium strength system to date.

Priced at $6,999, the Ultra offers up to 260 pounds of digital resistance, 33 cable positions, a built-in pull-up bar and a dedicated high-pulley system for exercises like lat pulldowns. It also includes a 23.8-inch touchscreen, voice control and a larger training platform.

Speediance says the system supports more than 800 movements, giving it broader functionality than the company’s earlier smart gyms and pushing it further into the at-home connected-strength market made popular through devices like Tonal.

The company is also refreshing its core lineup with the Gym Monster 3 and Gym Monster 3S. The Gym Monster 3 offers up to 220 pounds of resistance, while the 3S increases that to 260 pounds. Both retain Speediance’s foldable format and can support strength training, rowing, ski-style movements and Pilates depending on the accessories.

The new models also add more AI-driven coaching, including workout and resistance recommendations based on a user’s training data. Gym Monster 3 starts at $4,099, while the 3S starts at $4,599.

Speediance is also bringing its digital resistance technology into a more portable format with Gym Nano. The 18-pound cable trainer can generate up to 220 pounds of resistance and supports movements ranging from strength exercises to resisted sprints and sled-style training.

Nano also tracks metrics including load, speed, power, peak force and asymmetry, giving it potential applications for athletes, coaches, studios and rehab settings in addition to home users. Speediance has already started building that performance positioning through its partnership with fitness competition ATHX.

The standalone Gym Nano is priced at $1,699, with shipping expected to begin in October.

Speediance Moves Into Wearables

The biggest category expansion comes from Speediance Strap, the company’s first wearable.

The screenless device puts Speediance into the screenless recovery and readiness category occupied by brands like Whoop and Garmin (Apple is reportedly eyeing the space, too). It tracks heart rate, HRV, blood oxygen, breathing rate, sleep, activity and estimated core body temperature, using that data to generate recovery and training guidance.

The $129 standard Strap offers up to 14 days of battery life. A $159 Strap Pro adds a titanium build and electrodermal activity sensing.

Unlike Whoop, core tracking does not require a recurring subscription, although Speediance offers optional Wellness+ services for additional AI-powered insights. The Strap also adds sleep, recovery and activity data that can feed back into future training recommendations for the training devices.

The launches also come as Speediance expands further into Western markets. Earlier this year, the company brought its equipment into retail locations in New York, London, Berlin and Rome, continuing its push into markets where it competes with established players such as Tonal, which sued Speediance in 2023 in a case that was dismissed the following year.