Portfolio category · 6 sites · 6 live
Running, boxing, conditioning, workout audio and recovery wearables. Training gear judged by how it holds up in use, not by the launch announcement.
What these sites have in common
Training gear is bought on hope and kept on results. Running shoes feel different at mile fifteen than in the store, gloves and heavy bags either take the punishment or split at the seams, and a wearable is only useful if the numbers it reports mean something. The buying questions here are about durability under repetition, fit under sweat, and whether a subscription or an app quietly becomes the real cost of a product.
The six sites in this group are written from time spent actually training, and they say where that time was spent. Where a pick is hands-on, the page describes the use, and every recommendation explains what it rests on. The wearable sites in particular are deliberately unhyped: they explain what a sensor can and cannot measure and what the ongoing costs are, so a reader can decide whether the tracking is worth it at all.
6 sites in Fitness & Training
All of these are live. Live sites open in a new tab.
Running shoes & gear
Running shoes, GPS watches, hydration carry and socks, matched to the miles you actually run. Four levels from Couch-to-5K to marathon, each defined by a published training plan, with the scoring rubric public on every page.
Boxing & combat sports gear
A first home boxing or kickboxing setup, sized right from day one: gloves by body weight and use, hand wraps and how to put them on, a heavy bag that fits the room and hangs from something that can hold it, plus mouthguards, headgear, ropes and timers. Written for the adult or parent starting at home, with the safety basics coaches assume you already know.
Conditioning & bodyweight training gear
Jump ropes, pull-up bars, gymnastic rings, dip bars and parallettes, kettlebells and conditioning gear, every pick chosen by door width, ceiling height and whether the lease lets you drill. Written for the reader in an apartment, a rental or a one-car garage who needs gear that comes down without a trace, scored on a published rubric.
Open-ear & workout earbuds
Open-ear, bone conduction and workout earbuds ranked by the two things that decide whether you keep wearing them: the fit system that holds them in and the IP rating that survives a soaked hour. Ear-hooks and clip-ons, bone conduction neckbands, gym and running picks, and guides on IP ratings, fit and hearing safety, every pair spec-checked on a published rubric built from the makers' own spec pages.
Smart rings & sleep wearables
Smart ring reviews for people who would rather own than subscribe. Every ring is labeled Researched and scored on a public rubric built from specs, fee policies and published studies, with subscription costs worked out over multiple years.
Home treadmills & exercise bikes
Full-size home treadmills and exercise bikes judged on the machine rather than the app: motor, deck, incline, flywheel and frame, with a whole section for the ones that still work without a monthly subscription. Every machine is scored from 0 to 10 on five equally weighted criteria using the same rubric site-wide, prices come from a live Amazon feed stamped with the date they were verified, and where a maker publishes no figure the table says Not published rather than guessing one.
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