I Tested the NEW AEKE S1 Pro AI Smart Gym… Is This the Future of Fitness?

Welcome back to another episode on FitFR Home where we review the best home workout equipment that you can get for your home. This is the Ike S1 Pro Home Smart Gym. All the capability that you can get out of any garage gym fitting into this small space with the technology that will take your workouts to that next level. Talk about the unboxing experience because Ike offers a next level unboxing experience. And I don't say that lightly. I've reviewed dozens and dozens of home gyms, home workout equipment, and every time it's different. Sometimes you get really bad packaging, really bad delivery services, and sometimes you can see and feel the difference. Ike delivers on their delivery. The packaging is superb. The unboxing is so simple. You got all the easy clips that just go pop out of place. The box literally opens like a book, pops right off the sides. You got Velcro that holds the bottoms and the tops together, pops right off. And then this machine is able to be wheeled wherever you need it to go. Even the boxes with all of the accessories, very well packaged, no issues with the unboxing whatsoever. I give their unboxing a solid 100 out of 100 because I saw nothing wrong with how this thing came packed. Now let's talk about size. This gym is not that big. When this thing is closed it is literally 16 inches wide by 25 inches long and when you open it up it's going to be only 50 inches full length. Most people aren't going to want to have all this bulky big gym equipment sitting in their living room or in their dining room whereas this one can easily be moved on the wheels you can pack it up put it in the closet or even just leave it in the corner it is easily maneuverable and it's going to give you everything that that full garage gym gives you with that peace of mind that you can put it away when you're done with it let's talk about the accessories that your Ike S1 Pro is going to come with. Now, obviously you're going to have your standard handles, and these are going to make up the bread and butter of a lot of your exercises. And these are smart handles with buttons. So you can activate and deactivate your weight right from each handle. You're going to have your barbell attachment also comes with a detachable smart button. So you can set it up where you like and activate and deactivate your weight using that smart button with your barbell exercises. You're going to have your standard rope attachment for all of your rope attachment exercises. And you're going to have your ankle straps for all of your leg strapped exercises. They also throw in this monitor that you can snap onto your wrist or onto your arm. And this is going to measure heart rate, calories burned, and give that machine there all that data that it needs to track your workouts and track your progress. And then you've also got the bench that comes with the Ike S1 Pro and it's going to be a fully adjustable bench that is pretty sturdy pretty well built and easy to move around so it's not too heavy but it's not too light and flimsy it's just right for your seated exercises that you want to do with the S1 Pro i almost forgot to mention you also get a smart scale that comes with your Ike S1 Pro and this is more than just the scale that measures how much you weigh it measures so much more than that so when you click this foot pedal you can release this and it actually drops slowly enough at the end where it's not going to slam which is awesome so you don't have to even guide it down then you have these two safety latches here which you need to put into place and these safety latches are going to ensure that this doesn't move or shift while you're doing your workouts because remember this machine offers a lot of resistance if this isn't set properly it can shift and move and these safeties are there to make sure you can safely train now how this Ike model stands out from the previous one is these arms you have several buttons and a lot of different angles that you can rotate these two so if you click the button you can see this arm goes all the way down and all the way up as far as angle in that direction. Then you've got different angles coming out and in as well and you can adjust the height level of the arm by sliding it up or down. This feature alone is going to give you hundreds of angles and exercise that you would be able to do in a full gym using 21 plus other machines all on one station. Now the machine gets plugged into the wall and there's an on and off button on the back that is the primary power switch for the Ike S1 pro but then you have three buttons here on the back of the screen that are going to actually turn the screen on and off and adjust the volume up and down the screen and what's behind it is what houses the computer that runs this thing so the AI tech all of the processing power all behind inside it on that and when you pull up the screen that is where you're going to find the magic behind what you physically see. At the bottom of the screen, you'll have the camera and the camera is also built into this and it works seamlessly with the AI and with the processing power behind this machine to help you with your workouts. It can check your form. It can adjust things for you. It can tell you if you're doing something wrong. It can tell you to reposition. It can keep track of different things that you're doing. It can give you full body assessments on flexibility posture and different things that you may not even be thinking about it's actually going to shock you how much you can pull with this electromagnetic resistance so right now we have it set to individual right so we you know how much weight or how much resistance is in each of these handles right now for example if we attach the barbell we can set it to barbell mode and then we can get a total of 220 pounds out of that barbell. I'm going to set it to 50 pounds and I want to see just how that feels. We're going to grab it up here, up high. I'm going to pull it down and that feels like 50 pounds. I can also kneel down, get lower if I want more range of motion. And that feels just like 50 pounds would feel on a cable machine at the gym. And remember what I'm showing you right now is just the standard mode. There's different modes that you can choose from on the machine to change how the resistance is actually going to feel. All it takes is to touch that screen, change the mode, and it's going to immediately swap it to a different type of resistance. That is going to change the way you train and give you even more variety as far as exercise techniques and exercise styles go. Now let's just do a quick test. I want to throw the barbell attachment on. We're going to set it for a deadlift and see how that feels when we max out that weight and see how that feels in the barbell versus the conventional you know weighted barbell would feel now i want to show you guys how this thing quickly switches over from whatever you need so i'm going to hit modes here and then we were using handlebars we go hit cross bars now we're set to the crossbar that we just set up we can adjust you can see constant resistance concentric where it's only on one part of the pull eccentric where it's on the other half of the pull, rowing for rowers, and then elastic where it gets harder and harder the more you pull as it would with bands or with chains. Very cool. We're going to keep it on constant. We've got to set the crossbar and let's set it to 160 pounds. We're going to see how that feels. Let's go all the way up. Let's max this thing out and see how that feels. Now let's hit that button. The weight is loaded. We're going to see how that feels. 220 pounds loaded. So far, I love it. I love the fact that these arms let me adjust the angle and the heights. Let's get into the tech behind all of this that offers the AI coaching. Show you guys all these different exercises and styles that you can find on this machine. We're going to do one more test and that is going to be the bench press. I feel like that's one of the go-tos where we can feel, is it just like it would feel at the gym? Let's go with 160 pounds, just to see how that feels. And then we're going to go to modes here, and we're going to try the drop protect and the smart assist. And that is for the safety. So these features are built into it, and with the technology behind it, it is to make it even safer so you don't hurt yourself on big lifts like bench press, especially when you start getting into those heavier weights. Let's give it a try. we have these bars here we're going to make them level with the bench so that way we're not getting the weight to go push beyond that flat level where we're going to be laying down so we want to stay chest level so the resistance is starting right here and not deeper than the bench so there's not that crazy stretch that we want to get on this we want to keep it safe you can go deeper so we could lower these bars all the way down to the ground but we're going to keep them level with the chest We've got our bench set up and we have the smart button right here. So I'm gonna get into position We have it set to 158 pounds. Let's see how that feels. You can see right here this button that I moved It's right where my thumb would be so I can activate and deactivate the weight with a click of my thumb So we're here. We're set in position. Press the button. Oh There it goes. I could feel the weight loading boom right there. There we go so right now getting my sets in now let's see where that drop assist and the smart assist comes in here so let's just say we fail now we fail we stopped here and if you set at the chest level what I mean by safety look the weights loaded but I can still safely get out of it even when the weights turned off oh there it goes there's that safety feature so I did not press the button it realized that I was done that I wasn't performing any more reps and it shut the weight off on its own after however many seconds. Maybe even the camera was involved there. It could see like it looked like maybe I was struggling and it shut the weight off. So that's another key feature and cool feature that this offers you from a safety perspective. So you're not going to be worried about needing a spotter. The spotter is the machine. Now, one thing to note is you're going to feel a difference between how this machine is going to create resistance versus the resistance you would find in your barbells or your standard cables. With a barbell, with a free weight, you can generate a little bit of momentum, right? We all know what we're talking about. You can bounce the weight off your chest. You can bounce the weight off the ground. You can swing and use momentum. Whereas here, that resistance is way more constant. You're not going to be able to generate momentum. So you're going to be forced to have proper form and technique when using this machine for your training methods. You know, you've seen people at the gym with a notebook, keep a record of their sets and their reps and everything that they're doing. This does it for you. And without having to do anything on your part, it already tracks every exercise, the volume, the weight, the reps, all of that. So you go right here, I'm going to click that. And we can see all of our sets that give you all the data behind your workout and it gets recorded with your profile. So you can go back and you can see how much you're improving. See how you worked out last week on a certain exercise with certain weights. See if you're getting stronger and better all with the machine tracking every workout, every rep, every set. I like that a lot. This is where I think Ike is really going to shine apart from all the other smart gyms out there. Now this smart scale is professional grade. So these things typically go for hundreds and hundreds of dollars. I wouldn't even call it a smart scale. These are more full body analyzers. And this is the one with the electrodes that you're going to stand on. It's going to give you body fat, muscle mass, bone, water, all those different assessments of what's going on in your body. So you can track your progress even better. And it all works seamlessly with the Ike S1 Pro. Now, how that works is you're going to set up your scale. It's going to connect with the machine via Bluetooth. And then you're going to go to assessments. You're going to step on the scale, put your fingers in your hands and your feet where it tells you to. And it's going to read out all of the things about your body. You're going to do what it tells you to do. And it's going to measure all of the things in your body, including your weight, body fat, all of these things, and give you a proper assessment. These are the assessment screens like body composition body posture your cardio endurance all of these different things you can get measured on to see where you're at to build that baseline and then measure progress as you train more and more over the months and years that you keep up with it now another cool feature is that wrist watch or the band that goes on your arm or your wrist that is going to measure your heart rate and different things as well so you can get a good cardio assessment even during your workout that That is how Ike is going to really stand apart from other smart gyms, is the AI, the tracking, and all of these different capabilities that other gyms just aren't going to offer you. Now on top of all the tech and all the workout stuff, you have some cool quality of life things that you can do with your Ike S1 Pro. So if you go to lifestyle here, you can have some games. My kids really like the games, or if you want to play some games, it's going to use that camera to track your body for the games and it's basically like a touch and go type style so if you hit games you'll have different things you can use here which is kind of cool this machine comes with high quality grade speakers on the back so you can bluetooth connect this to your phone if you just want to play music while you do your workout as well you can screencast from your ipad or your phone so if you want to watch your favorite show your favorite netflix show something on youtube a a podcast, you can throw it up on this screen while you're doing your workout and you can see that on the screen as well. For something that offers as much resistance as this does, you would think it would feel rigid, right? Like steel or bars or typical gym equipment would. This thing is silky smooth. When I say that, I mean it. You can barely feel it. You can barely hear it. So you can crank this thing to max resistance and you're not even going to hear that you're doing a workout. so somebody can be in the next room next to you they won't even know that there's a machine working right now take a look at this right here so you guys see right here how much movement this thing offers basically you can pull this in any angle any direction it's just going to adjust very easily without any kind of issues it's made to withstand those heavy loads and heavy resistance but it's also made to be silky smooth and work like you would expect something that comes with all of these specs to work like now let's talk about the final verdict and i have to say that this is by far the best smart gym that i've reviewed not to say that the other ones are bad but even comparing ike's s1 pro to their last version the one that we also reviewed on this channel, they literally made the changes and the adjustments and the improvements that I was thinking about as I was testing their previous model. So that goes to show you that their company is dedicated to making quality products and improving on them. And I remember with the old Ike K1, constant updates coming through because it's hooked up to Wi-Fi at your house. So they're updating new workouts, new things, new software updates. I expect nothing less from Ike with this model and their hardware and software that's built into this. Let's talk about the key selling points here and just all the pros that I find with this machine. Number one, it's compact for something that offers this much variety of exercises and basically fits a full gym workout into it. It does not take up that much space, especially when it's folded up and closed down and turned off. It is mobile, so you can wheel it in your house wherever you want it to go. So you could technically keep this out of sight, somewhere in a closet, somewhere in a corner, pull it out when you want to work out, plug it in, get your workout done, unplug it, turn it off, and put it away. That is insane. You can't do that with a garage gym or with real heavy equipment because you're not going to be able to put it away when you're done. You need a dedicated space for a garage gym, like a garage or a basement or a room. This thing does not need a dedicated space. You can literally wheel it wherever you need it and use it right there. Let's talk about the actual capabilities that it offers. You have those arms that can adjust in so many different angles to give you the different angles of pulling from top down, from bottom up, from side to side, changing the different modes from eccentric, concentric, to skiing, to doing rowing exercises. It's going to give you all that versatility and the tech that comes behind it. We throw in the smart scale. We throw in the wristband, the watch that does your heart rate and measures all the different things going on in your body, the progress tracking, the AI tracking, the tracking of your exercises, your sets, your volume, all of that automatically tracked on your profile, every workout, everything you do. If you're feeling like I don't need help, you can just switch it to free mode, do your own thing if you feel experienced enough. And if you're an absolute beginner and you have no idea what to do, there's literally hundreds of exercises already pre-built on there. or you just go and use the AI coach and it will build an exercise program and a workout program perfect for you. In the few days that I spent testing it and working out with it and using it just to see if I could find something that I don't like, there's nothing I don't like. Everything on this is a huge improvement from the last Ike that I tested. I really am excited to see where they go with this, with the software updates, with all the hardware updates, whatever other attachments they start coming out with to improve on this. I'm really excited to see where that goes. This is truly the epitome of what a smart AI gym is. And I think that they are setting the bar and setting the standard for everyone else out there who is trying to release a smart gym in 2026 and beyond. If you guys are interested in checking them out, I'm going to have all the details and everything that you need to know in the description below. So just check it out. There's also timestamps built into this video. So if there's something you want to see, like the different attachments or whatever it might be, you can always flip back in the video or just go to the chapters in the description and check out whatever section you're looking for. If you are a brand and you want me to check out your fitness equipment and give it an unboxing, a test, and an honest review, you can hit me up via my contact information in the description below or on my channels, and I will be reaching back out to you and we can set up something where I can check out your equipment and see what it's all about to show everybody out there. As always, smash that like, Smash that subscribe and I will see you guys in the next video.