Speediance Gym Monster Ultra: the home gym that folds away behind a door
Digital resistance, a built-in touchscreen and full folding: Speediance positions its flagship model as an all-in-one strength ecosystem for the home.
The brand
Speediance designs connected fitness equipment for training at home. The brand’s approach centres on digital resistance, a system that replaces classic weights with electronically controlled loading, paired with AI-driven coaching.
Its catalogue includes all-in-one folding home gyms, as well as cardio bikes and a training app. The Gym Monster Ultra sits at the top of this range: it’s the most complete home device the brand currently offers.
What it is
The Speediance Gym Monster Ultra is a connected home gym, designed to fit in a living room or bedroom and fold away once a session is over. It’s aimed at people who want to train with resistance without dedicating a whole room to strength equipment or having several separate machines lying around.
Why it exists
The brand presents this model as its all-in-one professional strength ecosystem. The idea behind this positioning: replace an entire strength-training room — weights, pulleys, bench, coaching screen — with a single machine that can be stored in a small space.
Speediance also focuses on the autonomy of solo training, without a spotter to watch over a difficult set. That’s the whole point of the Spotter function, described by the brand as an automatic safety net.
What matters
Weight and folding. The unit weighs 125 kg (276 lbs). Unfolded, it takes up 166 × 126 × 227 cm on the floor and in height. Folded, it shrinks to 70 × 85 × 225 cm, reducing the floor footprint from 2.08 m² to 0.59 m². In practice, this means that once a session ends, the machine can slide against a wall or behind a door, without taking over an entire room day to day.
Maximum digital load. Resistance goes up to 118 kg (260 lbs), with a minimum of 3.6 kg (8 lbs). This wide range allows for a very gradual start to training as well as loads close to those of a traditional gym, without switching machines or adding plates.
Adjustment precision. Resistance is set in increments of 0.45 kg (1 lb). Such fine adjustment allows load to be increased very gradually from one session to the next, which matters particularly when getting back into training or during rehabilitation, where sudden jumps in load are best avoided.
Dual motor. The machine runs on two 1000W PMSM motors. This is the system that generates digital resistance and, according to the brand’s stated Spotter function, is meant to release tension automatically if difficulty is detected mid-movement.
Built-in screen and audio. The Gym Monster Ultra comes with a 23.8-inch touchscreen at 2560×1440 resolution, paired with a 2.1 stereo sound system featuring two full-range speakers and a 20W subwoofer. Together, this turns the machine into a standalone coaching station, with no need for a television or tablet nearby.
Day to day
On connectivity, the machine includes dual-band Wi-Fi 6 (2.4 and 5 GHz) as well as Bluetooth 5.0, with 4 GB of RAM and 128 GB of internal storage. That’s enough to run the coaching app and log a training history without always relying on an external device.
The power supply accepts a voltage between 100V and 240V at 50/60Hz, with a maximum power draw of 900W. The training platform has a surface area of 0.88 m², and the cable system provides several positions: one in the high position, twenty-seven vertical, and five in the low position, to adapt movements to the exercise being performed.
Technical specifications
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| Product weight | 125 kg (276 lbs) |
| Unfolded dimensions (with vertical pulling arms) | 166 × 126 × 227 cm (65.2 × 49.6 × 89.4 in) |
| Folded dimensions (with vertical pulling arms) | 70 × 85 × 225 cm (27.4 × 33.5 × 88.5 in) |
| Floor footprint, unfolded | 2.08 m² (22.4 ft²) |
| Floor footprint, folded | 0.59 m² (6.4 ft²) |
| Power supply voltage | 100V~240V, 50/60Hz |
| Maximum power | 900W |
| Touchscreen | 23.8 inches, 2560 × 1440 |
| Audio | 2.1 stereo, two 2x5W full-range speakers, one 20W subwoofer |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 6, dual-band 2.4GHz / 5GHz |
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage (ROM) | 128 GB |
| Maximum digital load | up to 118 kg (260 lbs), minimum 3.6 kg (8 lbs) |
| Resistance adjustment precision | 0.45 kg (1 lb) per increment |
| Training motor | Two 1000W PMSM motors |
| Platform surface | 0.88 m² |
| Cable positions | High: 1, Vertical: 27, Low: 5 |
What the brand says
Speediance presents the Gym Monster Ultra as its all-in-one professional strength ecosystem, the top model in its range. The brand states that the machine offers more than 800 training movements, complemented, according to Speediance, by more than 40 programmes and 100 coach-designed classes.
The Spotter function is described by the brand as a mechanism that automatically reduces resistance when difficulty is detected, with the stated aim of making solo training safer, without a partner to catch a failed lift. Speediance also states that voice control enables fully hands-free training, without needing to touch the screen mid-set.
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