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Speediance Gym Monster 2: review and honest take (2026)

Published on 9 de julio de 2026 · 7 min read

Chest press with digital resistance in front of the Prodigy IMBODY mirror

If you're reading this you've probably half-decided you want a smart gym and the Speediance Gym Monster 2 is one of the names that keeps coming up. That's normal: it's the machine in the category with the most online presence and the most reviews in English. This is an honest assessment of what it offers and who it's for, written — cards on the table — by the Spanish distributor of the Prodigy IMBODY, which is a competing product.

Hence the house rule: only data we've been able to verify, and when we haven't confirmed something, we say so instead of filling it in our favour.

What the Speediance Gym Monster 2 is

It's a digital-resistance gym: instead of iron plates, two electric motors generate the load, which you adjust to the kilo from a screen. Format: a tower with two cable arms on a base with a platform, plus an orientable touchscreen. No weights to tidy, no bar to load, and training modes iron can't imitate (eccentric, chain, constant speed).

In one sentence: it's the modern version of the cable multi-gym, with the load controlled by software and automatic set tracking. A real leap over not training, or over a plate machine.

Resistance and precision

The Gym Monster 2 states 100 kg total, 50 kg per arm, with 0.5 kg increments and resistance on the return (eccentric) phase too. For the vast majority of people that's more than enough for years. If you already move heavy loads on the bench press or deadlift, it's worth doing the maths on how much progression headroom it leaves you per arm.

The subscription point (important, and badly explained)

There's a lot of confusion online, so let's be precise: the Gym Monster 2 doesn't require a subscription to work. The training modes, load control and tracking come with the machine. What is paid is an optional extra, Wellness+, the AI and premium-content layer, around €24.90/month or €249/year.

It's an honest model compared with others in the category, and worth underlining: you're not forced to pay a fee to use the machine you bought. You just decide whether the premium content is worth it to you.

What it does well

  • A mature product. It's on its second generation, with a community, reviews and a track record. You're not buying a campaign promise.
  • No mandatory fee. The machine is yours and works without paying month to month.
  • A good accessory ecosystem (bench, bar, add-ons) to bring it closer to a full-gym experience.
  • Fine 0.5 kg adjustment and advanced modes: the essentials of digital resistance, well done.

What to keep in mind

  • It's a tower, not a mirror. It takes up a bigger footprint than a vertical mirror-format machine and its presence in the living room is that of a gym machine. If it's going to live in a shared area of the home, that's a real factor.
  • Remote purchase and support. It's bought through its European website and support is remote. There's no physical demo beforehand or a local person to answer if something goes wrong; the logistics of a heavy machine and its after-sales depend on international couriers.
  • Accessories that add cost. To replicate a full gym, the final price rises with the add-ons. Do the maths on the whole set, not just the base.

None of this rules it out: these are the kind of nuances that only show up when you really compare, not on a spec sheet.

Speediance or an IMBODY mirror: who each is for

There's no universal winner. There are profiles.

  • Speediance fits if you want a proven product, an English-speaking community, you don't mind the tower format or buying and maintaining it remotely, and you value a broad accessory ecosystem.
  • A mirror like the Power S Pro fits if you want more load headroom (120 kg total, 60 per arm), a format that blends in like a mirror and takes up 0.1 m², nearly 1,000 exercises and 350+ classes with no mandatory subscription, and — this is what you can't buy from an international website — trying it in person, plus installation and warranty handled from Spain.

That last point weighs the most on a machine at this price: when something that costs thousands of euros and weighs over 100 kg needs servicing, the difference between "opening a ticket with a remote company" and "calling a local distributor" is enormous. We break it down point by point in the IMBODY vs Speediance comparison.

Conclusion

The Speediance Gym Monster 2 is a good smart gym and one of the serious options in the category, with the merit of not forcing a fee on you. If your priority is a product with a long online track record and the tower format and remote purchase don't put you off, it's a reasonable choice.

If you also value more load, a mirror format that fits where a tower won't and — above all — being able to see it before buying and having support in Spain, it's worth comparing. You can see the product, read the full comparison or book a demo with no strings attached.