Sports & Fitness Loot Deals

Fitness equipment discounts hardest in the weeks after January and before summer, when demand swings and sellers clear stock. Weight-bearing equipment is the one place to be wary of an unfamiliar brand at a very low price — check the stated load rating rather than the discount.

Questions people ask

Is cheap gym equipment safe to buy?

Check the load rating and the material rather than the price. Dumbbells and resistance gear are hard to get wrong, but benches, racks and anything bearing your body weight are worth spending more on from a brand that publishes a rating.

What happens when a deal expires?

The page stays up and gets marked expired instead of being deleted. The buy button switches off and the listing shows what the price was, so you can tell an ended deal from a live one rather than landing on a broken link.