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You probably don't hate exercise. You hate boring exercise. Here's the equipment that keeps workouts interesting, from gamified treadmills and rowers to bikes, smart strength and VR.

The bar a treadmill has to clear, where each number comes from, and the specs buyers most often misread.

Four questions that decide whether a home treadmill gets used, the five reasons they stop, and which Aviron machine fits which home.

Three machines, eight goals. Which Aviron treadmill fits running, small spaces or steep incline training, with the trade-offs each one asks you to accept.

Cardio gets abandoned because it gets boring, not because it gets hard. Why game mechanics and leaderboards change that, and what to look for in an interactive machine.

A decision guide, not a ranking. Which of the three fits your room, your training and your goals, with the trade-offs each one asks you to accept.

Stored, the rower reclaims nearly twice the floor of a folded treadmill. In use the gap is much smaller. Here are the measured numbers and the constraint most people miss.

Both pay with pre-tax dollars, but only one gives you the full amount in January and only one survives a job change. Plus the eligibility rule most articles skip.