The 10 Best Online Workout Programs Of 2026: The Best Training Programs To Get Stronger At Home

GGR founder Cooper Mitchell and former GGR Head of Content Kate Meier have been using Future for nearly three years and don’t anticipate stopping any time soon. This revolutionary personal training app allows you to pick your own real coach, and work on the fitness goals that matter to you.

One of the best parts about Future? You can take it anywhere! If you’re someone who travels frequently and doesn’t feel like you have a stable workout routine, this app could help you feel a sense of normalcy and continuity. 

“The app also works on an Apple watch, allowing you to move through the workout by tapping a button on your watch instead of having to get on your phone,” Kate, who is a certified personal trainer herself, says. “This was super convenient.”

After informing a trainer what your goals are (could be weight loss, cardio, or strength-based), they’ll use the equipment you tell them you have access to in order to create workouts. You can get a workout every day if you want, or ask your coach to program certain days to be lighter days and certain days to be rest days.

Kate found that her coach was extremely flexible and able to switch up or replace workouts based on Kate’s needs and how she’s feeling. Both Coop and Kate love the accountability of a real coach, giving Future a perfect 5 out of 5 in testing.

“My coach is fantastic. She checks in with me almost every day to see how I am feeling, how the workout went, or ask why I hadn’t done the workout yet,” Kate says. “This was a big motivator for me. This worked really well for me in terms of keeping me on track with my workouts.”

Initially, Future only worked on iOS devices. However, the brand has since noted that it will now work on Android devices, as well as on watches that operate on WearOS 3.0 or higher.

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Future could be cost-prohibitive to some: It costs close to $199 per month. However, if you’re thinking about personal training, this is still more affordable than hiring someone to assist you multiple times a week in person (plus, if you click this link you can get your first month for 62% off). Our full Future app review has more details about our first-hand experience.

If you’ve ever felt like your workout routine has gotten a little stale and you’re in need of something a little different to spice up your program, you’re not alone. Fortunately, Boostcamp is there to offer you a wide variety of unique strength programs developed by strength experts, as well as lifting communities from Reddit and other platforms. 

Whatever strength goal you have in mind, Boostcamp will most likely be able to accommodate; from building muscle to increasing your one-rep-max deadlift and plenty more. It doesn’t have as many cardio programs available, but the sheer amount of strength programs earns the app a 4 out of 5 for workout variety.

It’s also an easy app to use, as GGR Senior Staff Writer Matt Dustin, CSCS, PN1-NC, explained in his full Boostcamp review. “Once you’ve chosen your program, following along is pretty easy,” he added, rating the ease of use at 5 out of 5. “Each day displays your planned exercises, sets, and reps, and you can add RPE targets, rest timers, and other things to personalize your workout that day.” You can also easily swap exercises, if needed, and there’s even an automatic plate calculator, too, for properly loading your barbell.

Admittedly, this might be a better app for intermediate or advanced lifters—although there are plenty of beginner-focused workouts on the app. The reason is that there’s not much as far as accountability goes. “You can set up push notifications and weekly summaries, but that’s about all there is for holding you accountable,” Matt says. As such, he rates the accountability at a 2 out of 5. 

If you don’t need that bit of motivation, though, Boostcamp is a solid pick with a comprehensive library of available workouts, even if you stay with the free version that locks away some premium features and programs. If you want to unlock all of Boostcamp’s potential, the Pro version costs as little as $5 a month, earning the app a 4.5 out of 5 for pricing.

If you’re looking for some workout classes to keep you motivated, we like iFIT for its instructor-led sessions, plus its extensive library of on-demand exercises and workouts. The types of workouts and classes you can experience go well beyond just your typical treadmill or bike workout, too. The platform also offers strength routines, HIIT training, yoga, mindfulness, and more—all led by experienced and certified instructors.

“When that little voice in my head was telling me to quit, the instructor was offering encouraging words,” says Kate Meier, a certified personal trainer and former GGR team member who has done the Hawaiian Islands Endurance Series on iFIT.

Former collegiate and semi-professional soccer player Caroline Lubinsky agrees, rating the instruction a 4.5 out of 5. “I think that iFIT has become a true Peloton competitor,” she says. “I always did the outdoor runs and rides when I tested iFIT, so the person is working out right there with you. I thought they were great.”

Similar to Peloton, iFIT may have been designed to work with NordicTrack and ProForm cardio equipment, but even people who don’t own one of these machines can use the app. If you do happen to own a ProForm or NordicTrack treadmill (or other equipment profile), however, you’ll get some added perks, including auto-adjusting speed, incline, or resistance according to your workouts and classes.

Kate experienced this while running on the NordicTrack Commercial 1750. “The first time the machine started adjusting when we were climbing the hill, I was like ‘whoa!’” she recalled. “I knew it was going to happen, but I still somehow wasn’t ready for it. Still, it wasn’t jarring in the sense that I thought I was falling off the machine or anything.”

At roughly $15 a month for an individual Train plan and $39 a month for a Pro plan (which allows profiles for up to five users and integrates with NordicTrack, ProForm, and Freemotion machines), you get pretty good value considering the sheer volume of classes that iFIT has. With motivating instructors and quality workout programming, it’s one we recommend you at least take for a test drive. For that reason, we rate the price and value at 4 out of 5.

We should point out that this isn’t personal training. The iFIT app uses AI technology to learn about your fitness level and adjust intensity, but you won’t receive customized programming. We have even more details about the app in our iFIT reviews.

If you’re new to at-home workouts, there’s a good chance you may not know where to start, especially with the abundance of apps and programs available on the market. Nevertheless, the team here at GGR recommends the SHRED app for beginners for a multitude of reasons. To name a few, it has an intuitive design that’s easy to navigate, excellent instruction for exercises and workouts, and an affordable price as low as $9.99 a month on an annual plan. It earns a solid 4 out of 5 for pricing alone.

SHRED keeps the cost low but value high with its personalized training provided by an algorithm that adjusts your exercises and program based on the equipment you have available, your strength levels, and fitness goals. Even if you choose one of the premade programs, you can adjust the workouts to fit your specific needs.

Where the SHRED app shines is in the level of instruction, which earns a perfect 5-out-of-5 score. You can use trainer-led videos to guide you through workouts, plus individual exercises provide step-by-step breakdowns on the correct way to perform a movement. 

The videos are high-definition and easy to view and understand. GGR Senior Staff Writer Stephen Sheehan, CPT, CNC, told me, “I could even watch demo videos from my Apple Watch, and they looked crystal clear.”

The workouts vary between bodyweight, strength, and cardio exercises, although most have a foundation in circuit training. There’s still quite a range of programs, though, so it earns a 4 out of 5 for variety.

Self-motivated individuals will thrive with the SHRED app, but if you need some accountability, the workout app unfortunately lacks a bit in this area, only earning a 3 out of 5 in the category. There is a basic community feed to help you stay on track, as well as an AI coach that can assist with basic questions and provide some words of encouragement, but it doesn’t fully replace the help you can get from an actual trainer.

“I like the motivational quotes within the app,” added Stephen, “But you’ll definitely need to hold yourself accountable with this platform more than others that would have you check in with an actual, real coach.” Still, its programming and instruction is solid enough for motivated beginners looking for a low-cost entry to working out. You can learn more in our in-depth SHRED app review.

As a certified personal trainer and expert product reviewer, I tend to be tough on online workout programs but I could find very few faults with the Caliber Strength Training App. What I love about it is it stresses fitness fundamentals such as progressive overload, energy balance, flexible nutrition, and the importance of rest periods.

I’ll be speaking about my 21-day experience with Caliber’s Premium version, which costs about $200 a month, but you can see what the Pro and free version have to offer in our full Caliber app review.

Let’s talk about that price real quick—I know, it’s a lot of money but you’re not just getting a fitness program. You’re getting access to individualized fitness coaches, including a certified nutrition coach who can suggest certain dietary or supplement adjustments to help you fine-tune your nutrition.

My one major complaint about the app experience is you can only send one photo at a time, which gets annoying when you have to send several. There’s also some hiccups with the interface, but not too many, and the overall experience still gets a 4 out of 5 from me.

My individualized workout plan was uploaded to the app just minutes after my initial 30-minute consultation with my coach, who responded promptly every time I messaged her. She was also able to track my workout progress through the app and my Apple Watch, which she used to give me feedback during our weekly check-ins.

I have to award Caliber a 5 out of 5 for accountability.

The price certainly isn’t for everyone, but if you can afford it and are looking for the best bang-for-your-buck online workout program, you can’t do much better than this.

The vast majority of free online workout programs available are pretty blasé. Most don’t have a very big library of on-demand workouts, live classes led by certified trainers and instructors, periodized programs, or more than 10 workout categories. 

Nike Training Club has all of that and more—and it’s all entirely free! It honestly doesn’t get much better than this if your budget is zero dollars. The high-quality content on this app wasn’t always free, but Nike made all of the app’s previously premium content free and available for all members when the COVID-19 pandemic was in its early stages in 2020. Even before this move, the workouts were pretty good, but now the app is unbeatable as far as free programming goes. 

I’m a competitive triathlete who’s had Nike Training Club downloaded on my phone for years, and while I’ve never exclusively followed a full program on it, I open it up whenever I feel like doing something different or I don’t have the brainpower to write my own workout for the day. 

You can choose from cardio, HIIT, strength training, bodyweight, endurance, and more. To make it easy to find what you’re looking for, the app allows you to filter by workout length, fitness level, type of workout, and equipment. Our full Nike Training Club review goes over workout variety in more detail.

Both the on-demand workouts and live workout classes have good instruction, although it can be hard to hear the instructors if you stream music from a separate app during the class. I never found a way around this solution and just decided it is what it is, since it’s a free workout app.

I rated this app a 3 out of 5 for accountability, because there aren’t really many features to hold you accountable to your workout. Other than this, I have no problems with Nike Training Club, and I think it’s a wonderful free option for people who like to do a lot of different types of workouts. 

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If you’re looking to get stronger at the “big three”–back squat, deadlift, and bench press–look no further than JuggernautAI. This AI-based powerlifting program (or power-building, if you choose) is the closest thing you can get to personalized coaching from an elite athlete without actually paying for personal coaching from an elite athlete. 

JuggernautAI is the product of Chad Wesley Smith, a wildly accomplished strength athlete who can squat numbers most people never even dream of. Using the JuggernautAI app is like having all of the knowledge and experience of an expert personal trainer for a palatable price of $35 per month (get a discount if you use code GARAGEGYM). Plus, using the app is incredibly easy; I give it a perfect 5 out of 5 in this category.

I followed JuggernautAI for more than a year, and noticed ample improvement in my compound lifts. I not only PR’d my squat, deadlift, and bench press, but I also began to move more weight on accessory lifts such as lunges, good morning, Romanian deadlifts, bent-over rows, and so much more. 

Programming is personalized to your goals, current fitness level, and daily readiness (AKA, how sore or fatigued you’re feeling on a given training day). You can modify workouts based on your readiness level, the equipment available to you, or simply if you want to try a different exercise in the prescribed movement pattern. For example, you can sub back squats for Bulgarian split squats if, say, your hips are extra tight or you want to add some more unilateral work to your day. 

My only qualm with JuggernautAI programming is that there’s no conditioning element, but to be frank, if your goal is to become a better powerlifter, you don’t need conditioning. I just personally prefer a mix of strength and conditioning, and that’s why I don’t exclusively follow JuggernautAI. You can read my full JuggernautAI review for workout examples and my tips on using the app.

If you’re thinking, “Oh, I don’t do cycling classes so this isn’t for me,” then just give us a minute of your time before you click away. Peloton offers workouts across multiple categories, including running, meditation, yoga, strength training, boxing, Pilates, and so much more.

And just like their iconic cycling instructors, each one is taught by an instructor who won’t only get you the results you’re looking for but also make you want to do the work. Our content publisher started swearing by this online workout program when it got her to like tempo runs, which took her marathon training to a whole new level.

Even better, you don’t need a Peloton bike to use the Peloton app. The one downside is that if you want to take live classes and use the leaderboards for even more motivation, you’ll have to upgrade to the $44 all-access monthly membership.

Former semi-professional soccer player Caroline Lubinsky tried out the Peloton app during the 2020 lockdown (ahh, memories), and she actually looked forward to connecting with her favorite trainers every day, which is one of the reasons she rated the instruction a 5 out of 5. No matter what workout she was doing, she found every instructor to be thorough and engaging in their instructions, to the point where some of their trademark phrases are still stuck in her head, “How you do anything is how you do everything.”

We will say if you’re someone who’s looking for barbell training, this ain’t it. There’s a lot of strength training classes that use dumbbells, but if you’re looking to improve on the “big three,” then we recommend you look at our strength training pick.

Check out our full Peloton app review for our full look at one of the best online workout programs.

If you have a CrossFit-centric home gym, Street Parking could be the best online workout program for you. Street Parking follows a very typical functional fitness format with a prescribed workout of the day (WOD) that is highly focused on conditioning. Street Parking workouts tend to be AMRAPs (as many reps/rounds as possible) or “for time” chippers or circuits. 

Street Parking does provide alternate workouts based on equipment access. For example, each day’s programming has a barbell version and a dumbbell version. There’s also a “coaches’ notes” section that provides alternative ideas based on weather conditions and space limitations. It seems like the Street Parking programmers try to keep common limitations in mind, and work hard to make the programming accessible to everyone. 

In addition to the daily metcons, which usually last between 15 and 25 minutes, Street Parking also provides optional strength, endurance, skills, and mobility programming. If you do all of the day’s suggested work, you’ll be completing a very well-rounded CrossFit-style program that encompasses all 10 of the “general physical preparedness” skills: cardiovascular endurance, stamina, strength, flexibility, power, speed, coordination, agility, balance, and accuracy. 

While we scored the workout variety category at 5 out of 5 stars, the app earns a middle-of-the-road 3 out of 5 stars for progression. I found it difficult to track progress over time and had to manually go back to look at old workouts to see the weight I used. I’d much rather have access long-term workout data.

For just $19 per month, Street Parking is a steal compared to the cost of going to an in-person CrossFit or boutique gym. However, there are less expensive apps on the market, so Street Parking earns a 3.5-out-of-5-star rating when it comes to pricing. It’s worth noting you don’t get a free trial period with this app, either.

Also, there is a members-only Facebook group to ask questions and feel like part of a community. Some members even work out together at the same time via video calls. We have more details about accountability and app features in our Street Parking review.

Looking to run your first 10K, half-marathon, or longer, and need some guidance to train for it? We suggest Runkeeper, an app made by Asics and designed to track and improve your pacing and running.

While we haven’t tested out this running app, a first glance shows it has tons of features to keep you motivated for your next workout. You have access to community features, allowing you to share your runs and compare with others as well. You can even find other app users at races you participate or compete in.

In the free version of the Runkeeper app, you can track your own runs, walks, and hikes within the app, or follow a training plan to prepare for your next major run. You can train for different run lengths, from your first 5K all the way to marathon training. The majority of training plans are only available with the premium version, Runkeeper Go, however. At $9.99 per month (or less than $40 a year), it’s a decent price, comparable to other apps and workout programs.

Runkeeper offers some different guided workouts and meditations, although the main focus is running and cardiovascular exercise. This won’t have the variety of workouts from other apps, especially if you’re wanting some strength training workouts. However, for those focused on running, this is a robust tool with a ton of accountability and interactive tools to keep you driven for your next big run.