The Amazon Spring Sale has started and there are some great running shoe deals available, whether you’re looking for a comfortable cushioned shoe or a carbon plate running shoe to set PRs in.

I review running shoes and have tested hundreds of pairs of shoes in recent years, and so I know which shoes included in the sales are actual bargains, and which are worth avoiding. I’ve also checked the best running shoe discounts from the Amazon sale against prices elsewhere, and found better deals on a couple of shoes.

With all that in mind, here are the top running shoe deals available in the Amazon Spring Sale, plus info on where you can get the shoes for less if there is a better deal available.

For more great options, read my selection of the best cheap running shoes.

Asics Gel-Nimbus 25

The Asics Gel-Nimbus 26 came out earlier this year but I found that the updates to the new shoe were minimal, with upper tweaks and a new outsole that improves the grip slightly, but also makes the ride of the new shoe slightly less comfortable compared with the Gel-Nimbus 25. The Asics Gel-Nimbus 25 is available in lots of colors and sizes for $119.95 in the Amazon sale, a 25% reduction that is matched on the Asics website. However, Footlocker has the shoe for less, reducing it to $99, though there are fewer colors and sizes available.

Brooks Glycerin 20

Like the Gel-Nimbus 25, the Brooks Glycerin 20 is another comfortable cushioned shoe that’s great for newer runners, and those who want a shoe that protects the body well on long runs. The Brooks Glycerin 21 recently came out and I do think the new shoe is an upgrade, with more foam in the midsole and a lighter overall design, but the Glycerin 20 is still a great shoe and reduced by $50 to $109.95 in the Amazon sale. There are plenty of sizes and colors available in the sale, and that’s the best price I can see for the shoe, though Brooks does match the 31% discount if you’d prefer to shop direct.

New Balance FuelCell SC Elite v3

The SC Elite v3 is a last-gen carbon plate running shoe, but even though the New Balance SC Elite v4 is a better shoe, in my opinion, the older one remains a very fast racing option and it’s available at a big discount in Amazon’s sale. The price varies with size and color, but if you can find one that fits you for under $170 it’s a deal worth considering, and I’ve not seen a better deal on the shoe elsewhere.

Adidas Ultraboost

Amazon has reduced the Ultraboost 23 in its sale, with the exact price changing depending on the size and color you pick. However, I would urge you to instead head to the Adidas website and pick up the Ultraboost Light in its sale instead. The 50% discount you get is bigger than the Amazon saving on the UB23 and the Ultraboost Light is a better running shoe than the UB23, while having a very similar design for casual wear.

If you’ve been shopping for one of the best smart scales to track your body composition, but don’t want to spend big bucks, now is a great time to buy. Amazon is having its Big Spring Sale, and I’ve sorted through the deals to work out which is worth your time. 

My top budget smart scale pick from among the many scales I’ve tested is the Renpho Smart Body Fat Scale, a compact Bluetooth scale that offers all the body composition metrics you could dream of, from body fat and bone mass to visceral fat (the dangerous fat around your organs), and it will even calculate your metabolic age. 

A fraction of the price of many top-end models from the likes of Withings and Garmin, the Renpho scale is usually great value at its MSRP, and it’s now available in the US at 31% off, for under $25. Amazon UK is selling it with a slightly smaller 17% discount, but it’s still a steal at less than £20.

I tested this scale over a period of several weeks and found it easy to use and the measurements it gave were consistent. The app in particular impressed me, setting out my data in an easy-to-read color-coded format that showed exactly where I had room for improvement. 

The scale is light and compact, so didn’t take up too much room in my bathroom. There’s a WiFi-connected version that costs a little more but I found the Bluetooth one connected easily and recorded my data quickly (faster and with fewer issues than the Xiaomi Mi Body Composition Scale, for example).

It’s possible to share some of your body composition data with Apple Health, Fitbit App, Google Health, Samsung Health, and there’s an app for the Apple Watch. It was easy to link the Renpho app to Apple Health and the Fitbit app on my phone, and data appeared in those apps.

If you’re looking for a smart scale and don’t want to spend a fortune, the Renpho Smart Scale is definitely worth considering, especially at this price.

I’ve tested most of the current crop of CrossFit shoes, and whenever anyone asks for a top budget option I point them in the direction of the Puma Fuse 2.0. The shoe is exceptionally comfortable with a wide, stable base for lifting, and a responsive midsole for all your burpee and box jump needs. 

With an MSRP of $100 it’s already great value, but with as much as 52% off in the Amazon Big Spring Sale it’s a total steal.

The women’s shoe can be picked up from $47.80, and you can find the men’s shoe for as little as $58.06 (costs vary as Amazon’s convoluted shoe-selling system changes the price depending on the style and size you go for). 

The Puma Fuse 2.0 was comfortable straight out the box. My first time wearing it was at a Puma event hosted by WIT Fitness in London, where top CrossFit athletes Joshua Al-Chamaa and Chandler Smith subjected me to a pair of 15-minute AMRAPS. 

After however many rounds of toes-to-bars, dumbbell clean and jerks, squats, push-ups, lunges and 400m runs, my feet felt remarkably fresh—the rest of my body, not so much. 

The Fuse 2.0’s soft upper feels more like a sock than a shoe, molding to the shape of my foot and providing a locked-in fit around the heel. 

It also has some nifty CrossFit-specific features such as raised rubber guards around the midfoot for rope climbs, a handstand push-up-proof TPU bumper on the heel and a wider forefoot for added balance during Olympic lifts. 

It’s brilliantly springy too. The midsole proved responsive during plyometric exercises, helping me feel light on my feet during speedy metcons. So much so that my pair has now become my go-to shoe for padel. 

As with most shoes, there are a couple of areas for improvement. There are better shoes out there for straight-up lifting: squats, deadlifts and cleans all felt good, although I experienced a bit of compression in the heel when shifting weights of 220lb and up.

I was also concerned about the shoe’s durability at first. Within a month of wearing them, the heel lining had worn through, however this hasn’t affected their performance and I’m still wearing them regularly one year on. 

Overall this is a really easy-to-get-along-with CrossFit shoe at a very reasonable price—even more so now it’s been knocked down in the Amazon Big Spring Sale. 

The Garmin Forerunner 955 is available at a great price in the Amazon Big Spring Sale, with a $100 discount available on what is one of the best sports watches. Garmin is also offering the deal directly, which is handy as stock is already low on Amazon.

 While the Garmin Forerunner 955 is an older watch and has been superseded by the Garmin Forerunner 965, it is still up to date with Garmin’s key features. The main difference between it and the 965 is the AMOLED screen on the latter, so if you’re happy with the LCD screen of the 955, which does help to boost battery life, then the older watch is the better value pick.

That’s especially the case when it’s reduced by $100, so it’s no surprise that the stock is already low on Amazon. If you’re looking for a great multisport watch in the sales and want maps on board to help with navigation, this is the best deal I expect to see.

The advantages of having a waterproof running shoe to hand during the winter months cannot be overstated, especially when it’s a good-looking and versatile shoe like the On Cloudvista that you can use for a variety of runs, or just when you’re out on the town and want warm, dry feet.

Thanks to the REI sale, you can now pick up the Cloudvista for $135.93, a rare discount on an On running shoe, which I noticed were hard to find anywhere in the most recent Black Friday sales.

I found the On Cloudvista to be a capable road-to-trail shoe during my testing, with the outsole being comfortable on road runs but then having the bite needed to grip on light trails. It’s not the best pick for highly technical trail runs, or very muddy ones, but if you plan on tackling a mix of roads and light trails during your running it’s a comfortable cushioned shoe that will serve you well on both.

As ever with On, you also get the bonus of the Cloudvista being a good-looking shoe you can wear when not running, and the waterproof version is particularly handy to have available for general use during the colder, wetter months.

The On Cloudvista Waterproof is a good alternative to the Nike Pegasus Trail 4 Gore-Tex, though if you prefer the look of the Nike shoe you can get it for just $111.97 in the Nike sale.

If your New Year’s resolution is to improve your fitness, buying a connected indoor cycling bike is a great way to go about it. The combination of bike and an app full of follow-along, high-energy workouts takes the guesswork out of getting fitter and help keep you motivated.

Peloton is the big name in indoor cycling, but you’re looking at at least four figures for the most affordable bike, even if you shop Peloton’s Boxing Day sale.

You don’t need to spend that much, though. I’ve found two serious reductions on bikes from Echelon which Coach has reviewed and recommended in its guide to the best exercise bikes. Neither offer as polished an experience as a Peloton bike and these Echelon bikes don’t have a built-in screen so you have to use a smartphone or tablet, but for $300-$400 they offer excellent value.

Echelon’s app membership is $39.99 a month, although you can pay $399.99 for a one-year membership or $699.99 for two years, which drops the price per month to $33.33 or $29.16.

One advantage of getting an older machine is that there’s a manual resistance dial, so if you decide to stop paying for the app you can easily follow along with any of the free indoor cycling classes found on YouTube.

The On Weather Jacket is one of the best running jackets, in fact I rate it as the best overall from those I’ve tested because it combines breathability with a high level of protection from wind, rain and cold. 

It also looks good, which is a welcome bonus, and given all those impressive features it is perhaps not surprising that it’s $240. Fortunately, REI has slashed the price of the On Weather Jacket by 40%, knocking nearly $100 off its list price to bring it down to $143.99. Best of all, if you order by December 19 it will arrive before Christmas Day using standard shipping.

If you’re prepared to pay a little more for a more reflective jacket, the Lumos version of the jacket is also reduced by $40% from $270 down to $161.99, with a full range of sizes available for both men and women.

While it isn’t completely waterproof, I’ve done long runs in the rain in the On Weather Jacket and the water-repellent fabric kept me dry throughout. It’s breathable enough that you can wear it while running hard sessions too, and it packs up into its own pocket so you can carry it easily if the weather changes for the better during your run.

The Garmin Fenix 7 Pro and Epix Pro are among the best sports watches available, and sit at the top of Garmin’s impressive range. They are also fairly new watches, having only come out in late May this year, so it was a pleasant surprise to find them included in the Garmin Black Friday sale reduced by $200.

It’s even more surprising that Garmin is still offering the deal as part of its holiday sale, and if you’re planning on being incredibly generous this Christmas, one of the Fenix or Epix would make for an outstanding gift for runners or other keen athletes (although it will arrive after December 25th, but no-one receiving a watch this good is in a position to complain). In Garmin’s sale you can get $200 off the standard Fenix 7 and Fenix 7 Pro ranges, as well as the Epix Pro range.

• Need help deciding between the two? My Garmin Fenix 7 Vs Garmin Fenix 7 Pro comparison will help.

• I put these two watches head to head in my Garmin Fenix 7 Pro vs Garmin Epix Pro 2 face-off.

The best value to be found is in the standard Fenix 7 range, which has the same software features as the Pro watches, though lacks the built-in flashlight (aside from the larger Fenix 7X) and improved heart rate monitor you get on the Fenix 7 Pro range. The Pro watches also have multi-band GPS as standard, while it’s only available on sapphire Fenix 7 watches. 

Garmin has not reduced the standard Epix 2 watch unfortunately, which would be the cheaper alternative to the Epix Pro and was available for just $449.99 at Amazon during the Black Friday sales. However, you can get the sapphire titanium version of the Epix 2 in the sale for $599.99, and this is the model that has multi-band GPS.

The $300 saving is an even bigger saving than the $200 you get on other watches in Garmin’s sale, and Walmart has topped this deal by offering the white Epix 2 sapphire model for $579.99, a $320 saving on its listed price.

The Adidas Adizero SL is not one of the best running shoes available, but it is a pretty good one and I’ll be amazed if you can find a better one for $35.83. That’s the price that REI has reduced the shoe to in its sale, which is a head-turning 70% off.

The Adizero SL is designed to be a value option within Adidas’s Adizero range and has some of the brand’s best foam—Lightstrike Pro—under the forefoot. This is the material used in the best Adidas running shoes like the Adidas Adios Pro 3 and Boston 12, which are more expensive than the Adizero SL.

While the Adizero SL doesn’t deliver a similarly bouncy and impressive ride as a shoe like the Adidas Boston 12, it is a good all-rounder for runners who mostly stick to shorter runs—I found it a little firm for distances over 10 miles myself.

It’s a pretty light shoe so can handle speedwork too, and while it doesn’t have a Continental rubber outsole like the best Adidas shoes, it gripped well enough for me on wet, wintry pavements during my testing.

If you just want a cheap running shoe to add to your rotation, this is an outstanding deal on a solid option, and the Adizero SL even looks good enough to wear when you’re not running too.

The Adidas Black Friday sale was, for the most part, underwhelming. I spotted a big discount on the Adidas Ultraboost Light, but the best Adidas running shoes were mostly excluded from the sale. I found that you had to go elsewhere to get great deals on the likes of the Adidas Boston 12.

Fortunately, Adidas is making it up to everyone with its Last Minute Gifting Sale, which features discounts on shoes across the Adizero line. And they are big discounts, with larger savings than I saw anywhere on Black Friday, starting with $75 off the Adidas Adios Pro 3, one of the best carbon plate running shoes.

The Adios Pro 3 wasn’t reduced anywhere during the Black Friday sales, so it’s great to see such a hefty discount on it cropping up now. It’s a top racing option for all distances, but especially good for marathon runners.

One of the best deals available during the Black Friday sales was 50% off the Adidas Boston 12 available at REI, but Adidas has now topped that discount by reducing the shoe to just $64, a huge 60% off.

The Boston 12 is one of my favorite new shoes of 2023 and an excellent all-rounder. While it’s only the women’s shoe that’s reduced by 60%, the men’s is still a worthwhile discount for one of the best running shoes.

Lastly I’d also recommend checking out the Adidas Adios 8, which is just $52 in the sale down from $130. Only the men’s shoe is available at this price, perhaps to make up for men missing out on the Boston 12 deal. The Adios 8 is a lightweight, speed-focused shoe and a great option to have in your rotation for interval and hill sessions, especially now you can nab it at such a low price.

Home gyms are brilliant, saving you time and money in the long run while allowing you to be more flexible with your training. And, with an array of fitness deals available, Cyber Monday is the best time to build one.

As a fitness writer and former home gym owner (my next one is under construction), I’ve rounded up the best Cyber Monday fitness deals to fill your training space for less than $500. 

Each one will add value to your training, helping you build strength, muscle and stamina, and all for the princely sum of $497.15. For reference, I replicated the below shopping list with the most affordable options of similar products from fitness gear gurus Rogue Fitness—my basket totaled $2,169.66.

Of course, you don’t have to buy everything on my list. There are some great individual deals to pick and choose from, so take a look and see which bargains could upgrade your home training.

The Apple Watch Ultra 2 and Garmin Epix Pro are two of the best sports watches available, and both are reduced in the Cyber Monday sales. You can get the standard Epix Pro for $699.99 down from $899.99 at both Garmin and Amazon, while Amazon has reduced the Apple Watch Ultra 2 from $799 to $739.

Both are outstanding watches, but which should you get? I used both watches for several weeks when testing them for my reviews on Coach and have continued to use them since then. In my mind the choice will depend on how much you value the smarts of the Apple Watch versus the training analysis, battery life and navigation tools you get from the Garmin.

The Garmin Epix Pro has a bright AMOLED display and Garmin’s best smart features, including NFC payments through Garmin Pay and music storage with the ability to link up to streaming services including Spotify to wirelessly transfer your playlists across to the watch.

However, it isn’t a true smartwatch, with the Connect IQ app store being mostly limited to watch faces and data fields rather than useful third-party apps, and it doesn’t have cellular capabilities. Garmin Pay is also less easy to set up and use than Apple Pay, especially outside the USA.

The Apple Watch Ultra 2 obviously is a proper smartwatch, the best on the market in fact, with the most impressive App Store and cellular capabilities. Within the App Store you can also find loads of brilliant sports tracking and navigation apps, so while the native tracking on the watch isn’t quite as good as Garmin’s, you can get a Garmin-level experience from apps like WorkOutDoors and others.

However, what you can’t get from the Apple Watch Ultra 2 is more than two days of battery life, or the detailed training analysis you get from the Garmin Epix Pro. Garmin is also well ahead of all other watch brands with regards to its navigation tools. The Epix Pro has color maps on the watch and can create routes on the fly, or you can load routes onto it to follow from your wrist.

I used both watches side by side during testing and I’d say they are among the best watches available with regards to GPS and heart rate accuracy, with both having multi-band GPS, though on both counts I’d just give the edge to the Garmin Epix Pro as the slightly more accurate watch.

Normally the Apple Watch Ultra 2 has another advantage in being cheaper, but that has been turned on its head during the Cyber Monday sales, because the Epix Pro is reduced by $200 and comes in $40 less than the Apple Watch.

I’d say unless you really need the cellular capabilities of the Apple Watch Ultra 2 in particular, the Epix Pro is the smarter buy in the sales. It’s a little larger on the wrist than the Apple Watch Ultra 2, but the latter is not a small watch either, and as an added bonus the Epix Pro has built-in flashlight so you always have a light handy for your adventures.

The Hoka Cyber Monday/Black Friday sales have been a little disappointing. While there are a few good deals available in the UK, there’s been very little to report in the US, and my hopes of seeing shoes like the Hoka Clifton 9 or Hoka Rocket X2 in the sales have gone unfulfilled.

However, the Hoka Mach 5 is reduced in the UK, and if you can pick it up for under £100 then that is undoubtedly a great deal for one of the best all-round running shoes available. Both SportsShoes and Pro:Direct have included the Mach 5 in their Cyber Monday sales, and the cheapest you can get the shoe is £91.99.

The Mach 5 is a comfortable shoe for cruising through easy and long runs, but is also lightweight and responsive enough to use for faster runs. It’s a good long-distance racing option if you don’t want to use a carbon plate running shoe, and although the lack of an outsole means it’s not as durable as some shoes, it’s still a great addition to any running shoe rotation. 

In general, my advice for buying running shoes in the Black Friday/Cyber Monday sales is to know in advance what you’re looking for, and then hunt for a bargain on that. However, sometimes a deal so unexpected turns up, you have to tear up your plans.

One such deal is this New Balance Cyber Monday discount on the FuelCell Super Comp Trail shoe, which drops the price by 25% from $199.99 to $149.99. This is a relatively new carbon plate trail-running shoe, and given that the New Balance sale includes hardly any good running shoes, it’s a surprise to see the top-of-the-range off-road racer in it.

I reviewed the New Balance FuelCell SuperComp Trail only recently and I wasn’t expecting to see such a new shoe in the sale at all. It has a fast ride thanks to the bouncy FuelCell midsole and the carbon plate, and is a great option for running events on mixed terrain. It runs small and narrow though, so order a half size up or your toes won’t be happy, especially on longer runs.

If the SuperComp Trail is an unexpected shoe to find in the sale, the opposite is true of the New Balance Fresh Foam 1080v12. The 1080v13 came out recently so I have been hunting for deals on the previous version of the shoe, and the best I’ve found is at Dick’s Sporting Goods, where the workhorse daily trainer has dropped below $100 for some colors, with many others just over $100.

The Black Friday And Cyber Monday Garmin deals started in early November this year and there have been big savings available across Garmin’s range of watches. Two surprise deals have cropped up late in the month though, a $50 discount to be had on both the Garmin Venu 3 and Garmin Vivoactive 5.

Both watches are among the newest in Garmin’s range—the Venu 3 came out in August and the Vivoactive 5 in September, so getting any kind of discount is a surprise this Cyber Monday, and the Vivoactive 5 is now just $249.99 on both Amazon and Garmin.

The Vivoactive 5 is missing a few features compared with the Venu 3, such as a microphone and speaker and an altimeter, and it also has an older heart rate sensor than the Venu 3, which is $399.99 in the sales down from $449.99. The Venu 3 also comes in two sizes and has slightly longer battery life, but the core features are the same across both watches and the Vivoactive 5 is $200 cheaper.

Neither the Venu 3 or Vivoactive 5 are true smartwatches like the Apple Watch Series 9 or Google Pixel Watch 2, both of which have access to proper app stores and have cellular models in their ranges, but they do have key smart features and better native sports tracking through Garmin. 

Socks make for great gifts for runners, and gifts don’t always have to be for other people, right? If you’re a keen runner, or need to buy presents for one this holiday season, then it’s well worth checking out the Stance Cyber Monday sale, where you can get an extra 10% off socks with the code CYBER on top of the up to 40% discount already available.

I run almost every day and usually log 50 to 70 miles a week when training for a marathon, and Stance’s running socks are my favorite running socks, which is why they’re rated as the best overall in my best running socks round-up and have been for some time.

There is a wide range of socks included in Stance’s sale, whether you’re looking for running socks, socks for other sports, or just socks for casual use. The light version of the Performance Crew socks are my top pick for running, though the medium cushion are also great, especially if you want a slightly thicker fabric for winter.

Stance’s socks are comfortable and impressively durable. I have some sets I’ve been using regularly on the run for five years and they’re still fine, if a little stiffer than when new owing to their many trips through the washing machine.

If you pick up a set of socks that use Stance’s Infiniknit technology, such as the performance crew socks, then they are also guaranteed for life, so if any holes do appear you can get a new pair to replace them.

Once you’ve picked out your running socks, you may also want to consider the Grinch socks also available in the sale. They are $10.79 down from $16.99 and made from a very cozy and fluffy material. They’re the perfect Christmas socks, whether you’re a Grinch or not.

I’ve tested almost every rower you’ll find in a list of the best rowing machines (albeit before I began writing for Coach). Eight brands in total including the original Hydrow, Hydrow Row, Ergatta, WaterRower and Echelon Row. But in spite of the spate of Black Friday rowing machine deals on the usual suspects (Hydrow, Ergatta, Echelon, NordicTrack), I would still point most people in a different direction: the Concept2 RowErg.

The Concept2 RowErg is almost never discounted so if you’re shopping for a rowing machine during the Cyber Monday sales you’re unlikely to have it suggested to you. 

You may well have come across it in real life, though. Have you ever used a rowing machine in a gym? Chances are it was a Concept2. I have friends who row competitively and what do they train on? The Concept2. As a CrossFitter, every box I’ve ever trained in has a bunch of rowers lining one wall. Their maker? You guessed it: Concept2.

It’s the industry gold standard, which is why, despite my experience with most machines on the market, I only had eyes for one rower when I set out to buy one a few years ago.

Why Should You Buy A Concept2 RowErg?

I’ve owned a Concept2 RowErg for two years and use it at least once a week. In all that time I’ve never once regretted my purchase. 

The machine is robust and reliable, and it’s long enough to comfortably accommodate lanky users (I’m 6ft 2in on a good day). It can be dismantled into two halves to make it a little bit easier to store. I pulled it out of the corner where it currently lives to photograph it for this article and, once laid out in front of me, it took me all of 40 seconds to assemble.

The PM5 monitor, though monochrome, is surprisingly detailed, offering plenty of customizable workout options and all the performance data you need. 

If you think you’ll miss the connected experience offered by Hydrow, Peloton or Ergatta, you’ll be pleased to know one of Coach’s favorite workout apps, Fiit, now offers connected workouts for the Concept2 RowErg. 

You will have to pay a subscription to use Fiit, but at $19.99 a month it’s a lot cheaper than the $44 a month for Hydrow, and the Concept2 is eminently usable without an app. If you buy a connected rower, you really need to budget for the ongoing cost of the app. With the Concept2 you can cut costs and follow something like Coach’s rowing workout plan for a couple of months.

You’re also spending less upfront compared with my second favorite rowing machine, the Hydrow Wave. Even with a $450 Cyber Monday discount, Hydrow’s more affordable option is still nearly $500 bucks more expensive. 

You don’t even have to plug the Concept2 into the mains outlet to use it.

Who Shouldn’t You Buy A Concept2 RowErg?

The Concept2 isn’t perfect (what is?). The air resistance is fairly noisy and the machine isn’t the prettiest or most compact. Even split in two, the bulky fan cage and lengthy rail aren’t going to fit in your average cupboard. 

Also, if you just want a machine for occasional rowing workouts or a low-impact exercise option to help you recover from injury, a cheaper model like the Bluefin Fitness Blade 2.0 or, in the UK, JLL R200, might suffice and save you a lot of money. 

I spent the Black Friday weekend running in Scotland and winter runs can be magical experiences. Climbing a hill for epic views of a frosty landscape on a clear winter’s day was one of the highlights of my trip. 

However, winter running can also be somewhat unpleasant if you’re out in freezing temperatures with the wrong gear. Donning one of the best running jackets will help, but a pair of Gore-Tex shoes can really be a game-changer, keeping your feet warm and dry. As luck would have it, three top Gore-Tex running shoes are available in the Cyber Monday sales.

The first is the Nike Pegasus Trail 4 Gore-Tex, which is reduced to under $100 in the Nike sale when using the code CYBER. The price varies with color, but the cheapest men’s shoe is just $83.98, while the cheapest women’s is $92.98.

I enjoyed using the standard Nike Pegasus Trail 4 on roads and light trails throughout the summer months when I tested it for my Nike Pegasus Trail 4 review. The Gore-Tex version is a great option for the winter, with the grip helping with wet pavements and the upper keeping your feet warm.

This weekend I was testing the Puma Voyage Nitro 3, which is another great all-terrain shoe that served me well on icy roads and steep, frosty hills during my trip. I had the standard version of the shoe, which is a little too breathable for the cold temperatures I was running in, but you can get the women’s Voyage Nitro 3 for $112 down from $160 in Puma’s sale right now. If you just want the great grip for wintry pavements and trails, then the standard shoe is $105 down from $140.

Finally, if your winter runs are more likely to take place almost entirely on the trails, the Saucony Peregrine 13 GTX is a great shoe to consider. I tested the Gore-Tex shoe during the summer so didn’t get the full benefit of the waterproof upper then, but it’s one I’ll be using more now winter has come. Saucony’s Cyber Week sale has knocked 25% off the price of the shoe, bringing it down to $120.

The Bowflex Velocore is not like other exercise bikes. It has a clever design that allows you to tilt from side to side to make the ride feel more realistic, as well as engaging your core more than other indoor bikes.

It’s one of the best exercise bikes we’ve tested, but expensive, so to see it reduced by a huge $500 in the Black Friday sales is certainly welcome, with both Bowflex and Best Buy selling the Velocore for $1,299.

The Velocore available at this price has a 16in touchscreen mounted on the console, upon which you can see the JRNY app (two-month membership included), which contains guided workouts and scenic rides. You can also watch streaming services like Netflix and Disney+ on the screen, if you have a subscription, and connect the bike to third-party apps like Peloton and Zwift.

We gave the Bowflex Velocore a 4.5-star review, with its ability to lean and the third-party connectivity helping it to stand out from rivals like the Peloton Bike+. And rest assured you can also lock the bike in position and use it like a normal exercise bike, if you tire of leaning to and fro on your indoor rides.

When selectorized adjustable dumbbells first hit the mainstream, I’ll admit, I didn’t see the appeal. Fixed weight and spinlock sets had always served me well. And if it ain’t broke? Then I was sent these Bowflex adjustable dumbbells to test. 

Now the Bowflex SelectTech 552s, the very same set that changed my mind, are my pick of all the Cyber Monday adjustable dumbbell deals. 

They’re discounted by $80 on the Bowflex website, with the price dropping from $429 to $349. I’ve covered a few Cyber Mondays now and have kept tabs on the price. While this isn’t the lowest they’ve been—$329.99 on Amazon around Prime Day—this isn’t far off. 

There are more affordable options available with similar maximum weights, like the $76.50 CAP Barbell Adjustable Dumbbell. But having tested a range of the best dumbbells I’ve found it’s worth plumping for a premium option to avoid rattling plates or clunky weight-changing procedures. 

Why I Recommend This Bowflex SelectTech 552 SelectTech Cyber Monday Adjustable Dumbbell Deal

1. Practicality

Have you ever tried to hit a superset with spinlock dumbbells, when the two exercises call for different weights? By the time you’ve made the change, you’ve lost the time-saving, intensity-boosting benefits of the superset. 

Even with fixed-weight dumbbells, you usually have to hoard a small pile of weights to see you through your workout. 

Not so with the Bowflex SelectTech. You can change the weight in seconds by popping them in their docking tray and twisting the dials on either end to the load you want. No need to fiddle about with interchangeable plates or run to the rack for another set. 

This process has always worked smoothly for me, with the weight plates sitting securely in place afterward—something that can’t be said for cheaper sets I’ve tested. 

2. Neatness

When I first started working out at home, my set-up was something of a spinlock dumbbell graveyard. Everywhere you looked there were stray weight plates, collars and rusted handles. 

Now I don’t have that problem. The Bowflex SelectTechs offer the equivalent of 15 pairs of dumbbells, each ranging in weight from 5lb to 52.5lb (hence the name, 552), while taking up the same floor space as a single set.

When you change the weight, the unused plates stand to attention in the docking tray, waiting for the next time they’re called upon. 

They’re so unobtrusive that I choose to have my pair sitting by my desk. That way, if I have a few exercises to catch up on from my morning session, I can quickly get them done over lunch. 

3. Value For Money

Fitting the phrases “value for money” and “$349 dumbbells” into the same sentence might seem a bit odd at first, but bear with me. 

At the point of initial investment, a set of fixed-weight dumbbells is going to be far kinder on your wallet than most adjustable alternatives. However, when you no longer feel challenged using your fixed-weight dumbbells for certain exercises, you’re going to need a heavier set.

This is likely to set you back even more than your first purchase, given you’re buying a heavier weight. With the Bowflex SelectTech 552s, you can just place them in their docking tray and twist the dials.

I also like that the Bowflex dumbbells offer smaller weight jumps than many rivals. Up to 25lb, the weight of each dumbbell can increase by 2.5lb, rather than the 5lb offered by competitors I’ve tried like this Core Home Fitness set. This is ideal for lighter exercises like lateral raises, where the jump from 5lb weights to 10lb weights is huge. 

There’s no better time to buy a massage gun than on Cyber Monday, as you can expect every one of the best massage guns to be heavily discounted. 

I’ve reviewed a dozen massage guns, but there are only three that I’ve continued using regularly—and if you act fast you can save as much as $250 on one of them. 

When training for HYROX at the start of the year, I used the Theragun PRO to limber up for home workouts and the more portable Theragun Mini at the gym. The more discreet Mini also came in handy on race weekend to prime my muscles minutes before hitting the start line—then again to soothe my weary limbs on the train home. 

If Hyperice’s heated head attachment was available back then it would have made those cold morning runs that little bit more bearable too. Now I tend to use it with my Hyperice Pro 2 before rowing workouts or when sitting at my desk, zeroing in on my lower back. I find the soothing heat helps relax these muscles, which are especially prone to seizing up.

Here’s more about each massage gun and the all important discount.

Hyperice Hypervolt 2 Pro

Hyperice’s top-end massage gun has always represented good value when stacked up against Therabody’s flagship Theragun PRO (my Theragun PRO Vs Hypervolt 2 Pro comparison goes into more detail). The Hypervolt 2 Pro is a pleasure to use, and delivers impressive power and frequency, but for me its standout feature is the vast library of Bluetooth-enabled guided routines available on the Hyperice App. A new addition I’m really enjoying using now that winter is upon us, is the heated head attachment. It can be slotted into any of the Hypervolt models and used to apply 109°F, 115°F or 120°F (43°C, 46°C or 49°C) of soothing warmth as well as percussion to stiff muscles.

Therabody Theragun Mini

Mini by name but mighty by design. This compact, travel-friendly massage gun delivers just as much oomph as Theragun’s top-end PRO, with speeds of 1,750, 2,100 and 2,400 percussions per minute. The second gen model is 20% smaller and 30% lighter—at just 450g (1lb)—than the 1st gen Theragun Mini I tested, making it even better suited for use on the go.

Therabody Theragun PRO 4th Gen

The Theragun PRO has pride of place in my home office for desk-based massages or to help me loosen up before home workouts. Its versatile multi-grip handle and the comprehensive Therabody App help it stand apart.

In 2022, Therabody released a fifth-generation upgrade that includes a proprietary EQ-150 motor said to be 20% quieter than previous iterations. The OLED display has also been revamped. You can now cycle through four visually-guided routines, like Sleep and Warm Up, without needing to reach for the Therabody App mid-massage. While impressive, so is the 4th gen’s hefty $250 discount.

Is A Massage Gun Worth It

The jury has long been out on the true merits of massage guns, but a systematic literature review published in April 2023 identified “a significant relationship” between a single application of percussive therapy and an acute increase in muscle strength, explosive muscle strength and flexibility. 

Additionally, multiple treatments were found to reduce experiences of musculoskeletal pain—in particular, pain impacting the back and shoulders. The kind of tightness that can build up from several hours spent hunched over your desk, for example. 

So, while a deep tissue sports massage would be my optimal recovery method of choice, massage guns present a good DIY alternative. I do, however, believe they should only be used as the cherry on top of your fitness routine, once you’ve found a formula that means you can exercise consistently. But if you have the money, these three massage guns at their reduced prices should deliver a decent ROI for your long-term health and fitness.

The Peloton Tread is reduced from $2,995 to $2,695 in the Black Friday sales, and while no-one is going to tell you with a straight face that a $300 discount makes this machine cheap, after extensive testing for this Peloton Tread review I can confirm that it’s a superb treadmill.

It’s the best treadmill I’ve tried outside of a gym, and that’s entirely thanks to the hardware. The 59in by 20in running belt is huge, and the open front of the machine means that it feels even more spacious. As a 6ft runner I had no concerns about room and could run comfortably at speeds over 10mph for long periods without feeling cramped.

The speed and incline can easily be adjusted using the dials on the sides of the treadmill, with the speed going up to 12.5mph and the incline to 12.5%. The 3HP motor means the treadmill runs smoothly even at high speeds with incline, and the speed and incline both change very quickly when you twist the dials.

Obviously the vast 23.8in screen is a big part of the appeal of the Peloton Tread, and with a Peloton membership ($44 a month) you get access to a library of guided workouts you can do live or on demand, as well as scenic runs. Peloton is yet to open up the screen to third-party apps like Netflix or Zwift though, which is a shame, and without a membership all you can do on the treadmill is use the ‘just run’ mode.

If you can afford the initial cost and membership—and have room for it—the Peloton Tread is an exceptionally good treadmill and makes indoor workouts more enjoyable. If you’re looking for a cheaper machine though, the Bowflex Treadmill 10 is another one I highly recommend after testing, and it’s $1,699  in the Boxflex Black Friday sale.

I have been a regular visitor to the SportsShoes website in recent days to check its Black Friday sale for deals on the best running shoes. What I did not expect to find there was the best deal available on the Garmin Forerunner 955, which is available for £359.99 down from £479.99.

The Forerunner 955 was always due to be reduced this Black Friday after the Garmin Forerunner 965 came out earlier this year, but the older watch has been updated with all of Garmin’s latest software features, and while it doesn’t have the bright AMOLED display of the 965, its LCD screen means it offers longer battery life compared with the 965. (Read my Garmin Forerunner 965 Vs Garmin Forerunner 955 comparison for more.)

It’s the best value watch for those who want Garmin's top features like maps and extensive training analysis on top of accurate and detailed sports tracking, coming in cheaper than the likes of the Garmin Fenix and Epix ranges.

Amazon currently doesn’t have a discount available on the Forerunner 955, and the cheapest I’ve found the watch elsewhere in the sales is £399.99, so you save an extra £40 at SportsShoes.

Jabra’s range contains some of the best workout headphones available and there are options to suit all budgets, especially in the Black Friday sales with two standout sets of buds significantly reduced at Amazon.

The top-of-the-range Jabra Elite 8 Active are £129 down from £199.99, which make them easy to recommend if it weren’t for the fact the Jabra Elite 4 Active are reduced by 42% from £119.99 down to £69 in the sale. Both are among the best running headphones, but is it worth spending extra on the Elite 8 Active?

I’ve tested both sets of headphones extensively, and the choice mainly comes down to how much value you place on sound quality and active noise cancellation, both of which are better on the Elite 8 Active.

If you’re often using the buds for traveling or just have high audio-quality standards, the difference will be noticeable. However, the Elite 4 Active still offer good sound quality and ANC, and I wouldn’t pay an extra £60 for the upgrade.

Another difference is that the Elite 8 Active have Jabra’s ShakeGrip coating, which makes the fit a little more secure than with the Elite 4 Active. I found both sets of buds stayed in my ears fine during runs and other vigorous workouts, but given that they don’t use wings, any extra features to make the fit more secure are useful.

Other differences include that the Elite 8 Active are a little hardier, with an IP68 rating compared to the IP57 of the Elite 4 Active. A higher rating is always a good thing, but I have no concerns about the durability of the Elite 4 Active either.

Both are great sets of headphones and although the Elite 8 Active are certainly better on several fronts, I’d still grab the Elite 4 Active for £60 less, but there’s also value in picking up the Elite 8 Active at such a significant discount in the sales.

The Cyber Monday Garmin deals have been coming thick and fast throughout November, and now, as the big day is finally upon us, I hope they will build to a crescendo of savings. I’ve been hunting for deals on the Garmin Fenix in particular, with three generations of the sports watch worth looking out for in the sales.

Originally released in 2019, the Garmin Fenix 6 Pro is old, but still an excellent sports watch with maps and music storage—the standard Fenix 6 is also good, but lacks maps, which I consider a key part of the Fenix line’s appeal.

The Garmin Fenix 7 came out in early 2022 and is still up to date with all of Garmin’s software features, some of which launched with the Garmin Fenix 7 Pro in 2023 but then rolled back to the 7. 

There are some hardware differences between the Fenix 7 and 7 Pro though. The Fenix 7 Pro has a better heart rate sensor than the Fenix 7, and all sizes and versions of the Pro have built-in flashlights and multi-band GPS, whereas with the 7 only the 7X has a flashlight and only sapphire models have multi-band GPS.

All three watches—the Fenix 6 Pro, Fenix 7 and Fenix 7 Pro—are discounted in the sales, and the savings are considerable. However, this is the first Cyber Monday where deals on the Fenix 6 Pro have started to drop off, presumably because stocks are running low.

US Garmin Fenix Cyber Monday Deals

Garmin Fenix 6 Pro Cyber Monday Deals

You can get the Fenix 6 Pro for $499.99 on Amazon, or pay just $329.99 for a renewed version of the watch if you’re happy to go for a refurbished product. However, the best deal I’ve seen is on the larger Fenix 6X Pro Solar, which is reduced to $399.98 at Bass Pro.

Garmin Fenix 7 Cyber Monday Deals

The deals on the Fenix 7 are pretty standard across retailers, with Garmin leading the charge itself by knocking the price of the standard Fenix 7 model down to $449.99, which is as good a price as you’ll find anywhere. It’s worth considering upgrading to a sapphire model though, because they have more accurate multi-band GPS as well as using more durable materials. The Fenix 7 Sapphire Solar is $599.99 in sales, though for that price you can get the standard model of the Fenix 7 Pro instead if you’d rather have a built-in flashlight than a sapphire screen and titanium bezel.

Garmin Fenix 7 Pro Cyber Monday Deals

I didn’t expect the Fenix 7 Pro to be heavily discounted this year, but you can get $200 off any model in the range in the Garmin sales, or at Amazon if you prefer. That means it’s $599.99 for the standard Fenix 7 Pro, or $699.99 for a sapphire solar model with a titanium bezel.

UK Garmin Fenix Cyber Monday Deals

Garmin Fenix 7 Cyber Monday Deals

It’s a similar story with the deals available in the UK, where the Fenix 6 Pro is no longer easy to find at substantial discounts, unless you opt for a renewed model on Amazon, which means you can get a Fenix 6X Pro for £447.74. A new Fenix 6 Pro is £549.99 on Amazon, which is a lot more than you’ll pay for a Fenix 7 in the sales, and no other retailers are picking up the slack, so it’s definitely worth upgrading to a Fenix 7 at least.

You can get the standard Fenix 7 for £399 at Amazon, which is £50 cheaper than it is in Garmin’s own sale, or the larger Fenix 7X Solar model for £499.99. Finding a sapphire solar model in the sales is trickier, but Blacks has reduced the Fenix 7 Sapphire model to £579.

Garmin Fenix 7 Pro Cyber Monday Deals

Amazon and Currys have slightly undercut Garmin with their sales on the Fenix 7 Pro, which has been reduced to £629 at both retailers. However, the cheapest Fenix 7 Pro in the Cyber Monday sales is the smaller Fenix 7S Pro, which is reduced to £599 at Amazon. The smaller size means the Fenix 7S fits thinner wrists better, but you get less battery life and a smaller screen, so if you don’t mind a slightly bigger watch I’d pay the £30 extra for the Fenix 7 Pro.

The Adidas Ultraboost Light is one of the early stars of Adidas’s Black Friday sale, with a massive 60% discount reducing some colors of the shoe down to just $76. If you can stretch to $88 you get an even wider range of colors to pick from, and that’s still a saving of more than $100 on the shoe’s RRP.

It's built for running, but the Ultraboost line has always successfully straddled both sports and casual use, and that’s still the case with the Ultraboost Light, which comes in a range of designs.

The key update to the shoe is right there in its name. The Light Boost foam in its midsole is 30% lighter than the Boost used in the Ultraboost 22, and while the Ultraboost Light is still not exactly a featherweight, it is about par compared with other highly-cushioned running shoes.

When I tested the Ultraboost Light for our review I found the lighter design improved it compared with the standard Ultraboost, and it lost nothing in terms of looks or durability.

It’s not the most exciting running shoe to use, or the most versatile, but it’s a capable daily trainer for cruising through easy runs, and has the plus points of its good looks and long-lasting design, both of which mean you can use it outside your training.

If you’re not convinced by the shoe, you also have the safety net of Adidas’s Performance Running Shoe guarantee, which allows you to return the shoe within 30 days if you’re not happy with it, no matter what condition it’s in or how many miles you’ve run in it.

It’s an impressive try-before-you-buy option, and given the low price in the Black Friday sales, this is the perfect time to grab the Ultraboost Light and see how it feels on the run, or just bag a deal on a nice shoe for casual use.

The Beats Powerbeats Pro were launched in 2019 and aside from the occasional release of new colors the buds are largely the same today. This means they’re out of date in some respects, with the most significant being that the Powerbeats Pro don’t have active noise cancellation (ANC) or a transparency mode. 

These are now standard features on in-ear headphones that cost a lot less than the $249.95 MSRP of the Powerbeats Pro, and you do get both modes on the Beats Fit Pro, which came out in late 2021 and are also cheaper on MSRP at $199.95.

However, one advantage of their age is that the Powerbeats Pro are always reduced during big sales events, and it’s nearly always a $100 discount that brings them down to $150. At this price they’re cheaper than the Beats Fit Pro, which are also reduced in the sales this year but only to $159.

I’ve tested a lot of sports headphones since 2019, and I still rate the Powerbeats Pro among the best, despite their age, because the essentials are done well—they sound great, have a secure fit for any activity, and long battery life.

Aside from the lack of ANC and transparency modes I found little to fault the Powerbeats Pro on when I originally tested them, or indeed when I started using them again lately to update our review on Coach.

In contrast, when I tested the Beats Fit Pro I found them surprisingly uncomfortable to use for anything longer than an hour or so, with the wing-tip digging into my ear. I’ve no such problems with the Powerbeats Pro, and even though the wing-tip on the Fit Pro create a secure fit for workouts, the extra reliability of the hook on the Powerbeats Pro is welcome during HIIT workouts and runs in particular.

Another advantage to the Powerbeats Pro is their controls are easier to use. You can adjust the volume using a separate set of buttons on each headphone—you can’t control volume on the Fit Pro buds—and the multifunction button on the Powerbeats Pro is well-positioned so you only touch it when you want to, whereas I frequently hit the button on the Fit Pro by accident.

Those advantages mean I’d opt for the Powerbeats Pro for $10 less in the Black Friday sales, with an eye to using them mainly as sports buds. However, if you travel a lot the ANC on the Fit Pro may be useful enough to swing the decision in their direction. The passive noise cancellation from the in-ear fit of the Powerbeats Pro blocks some external sounds, but not to the extent that ANC does.

In the UK the equation is a little different this Black Friday, since the Powerbeats Pro have only been reduced to £179 on Amazon from their MSRP of £269.95, while the Beats Fit Pro are £149 down from £219.99. The Powerbeats Pro are great and have advantages, but I wouldn’t pay £30 more to get them over the newer Fit Pro.

To find out more about each of the headphones above, read my guide to the best workout headphones.

In recent years the price of running shoes has rocketed, so it’s wise to pick up a pair or two in the Cyber Monday sales. With a budget of $100, you can get some of the best running shoes in the sales, whether you’re looking for a cushioned daily trainer or a speedy all-rounder.

I’ve reviewed more than 50 pairs of running shoes in 2023 and have been scouting for deals on my favorites this Cyber Monday. I've found eight pairs of excellent shoes that have dropped below $100, and the standout deal is the 50% discount on the Adidas Boston 12 available at REI, though the range of sizes left on that shoe is small for men. If yours is sold out, check out the Asics Novablast 3, which has been reduced to $75 in Asics' sale.

I’ve yet to spot a set of the best carbon plate running shoes for under $100, but will keep hunting. In the meantime, here’s six recommendations of great shoes available for under $100, plus quick links you can use to check sales at big retailers.

Quick Links

• REI: Up to 50% off running shoes
• Dick’s Sporting Goods: Discounted shoes
• Amazon: Daily deals on running shoes
• Nike: Running shoe deals
• Adidas: Deals on running shoes

Adidas Adizero Boston 12

One of the best new running shoes of 2023, the Adidas Adizero Boston 12 is a lightweight daily trainer that can handle pretty much any kind of run. It’s comfortable and has a responsive midsole that uses two foams and Adidas’s EnergyRods to add extra pop to each stride. If you buy just one shoe in the sales, this is the one I’d probably get. It’s reduced by 50%, to $80, in REI’s sale.

Puma Deviate Nitro 2

Another excellent all-rounder, the Deviate Nitro 2 is reduced from $160 to $90 in the Dick’s Sporting Goods sale. That’s a great price for a bouncy shoe with a plate that’s comfortable for easy runs and speedy when you want to do sessions or even race. The shoe also has a great outsole that grips well on wet paved surfaces and light trails.

Asics Novablast 3

Asics has reduced the Novablast 3 from $140 to $99.95, and that price then drops to $74.96 when you use the code CYBER at checkout for an additional 25% off. The Novablast 4 has just come out, which I’ve yet to test, but the Novablast 3 is a great running shoe with a high stack of comfortable cushioning. I mainly used it for easy daily training runs, though the Novablast 3 is a versatile shoe that would be a good all-rounder for new runners in particular.

Nike Pegasus Trail 4 Gore-Tex

A fantastic option for your winter runs, the Pegasus Trail 4 is a great all terrain shoe that’s comfortable on the road and has the grip you need on light trails, and the Gore-Tex version has a waterproof upper that will keep your feet warm and dry throughout the cold season. I tested the standard version of the Nike Pegasus Trail 4, which is also included in the sale if you don't need a waterproof upper, with one color of the women's shoe being just $63.73 after the CYBER code is applied. 

Saucony Triumph 20

The Triumph 20 is an excellent cushioned daily trainer and one of the best running shoes for beginners out there. It protects the legs well, though the midsole cushioning has a bit of pop for faster running, and it makes for a great marathon training and racing shoe for first-timers. The Triumph 21 is out now, but I didn’t find the new shoe to be a major upgrade during my testing, so I’d jump on this better-than-half-price deal at Saucony, which brings the shoe down to $78.71.

New Balance FuelCell Rebel v3

The Rebel is due a big upgrade soon with the fourth version, but it will be hard for the new shoe to offer a more enjoyable ride than the Rebel v3, which is a lightweight and bouncy shoe you can use for a wide variety of runs. The entire range of the shoe is reduced at Running Warehouse, with the $40 discount applied at checkout.

Puma Velocity Nitro 2

The Velocity Nitro 2 is one of my favorite running shoes, and one I use in my own rotation as a versatile daily trainer with outstanding grip on wet pavements. You can get the Velocity Nitro 2 for $96 in Puma’s sale using the code BLACKFRIDAY, which is not an outstanding discount on the shoe—it’s often in sales and with the Velocity Nitro 3 rumored to be on the way I hope for even better deals—but it’s still worth flagging as a great shoe available for under $100.

Nike Pegasus Turbo Nature

The Pegasus Turbo Nature is the pick of Nike's deals on running shoes right now, with lots of colors reduced significantly in the sale. The recycled ZoomX foam used in the midsole is firmer and less springy than fresh ZoomX, but the shoe still delivers a pretty bouncy ride and its a versatile option for daily training. It also looks great, so works for casual use as well. The best deals are on the women's shoe, but men also get a big discount on some colors, bringing the price well under $100.

The sleek and attractive Fitbit Luxe is by far the most elegant fitness tracker around. It’s also currently reduced in Amazon’s Black Friday sale—a deal that makes this tracker even more desirable than usual. 

The Luxe offers a useful combination of activity, health and sleep tracking. I wore it for my Fitbit Luxe review and found it gave me the nudge I needed to be more active every day. The AMOLED screen may be small but it’s bright and colorful, and the Luxe also has stress tracking and provides mindfulness breathing exercises that you can follow on the tracker.

UK readers will be pleased to know they can enjoy a similar saving.

Amazon gives the RRP as $129.95/£129.95 but that’s no longer true, as Fitbit now has the MSRP set at $99.95/£99.99. Regardless of the starting price, the sale price represents good value. Plus, you’ll get six months of Fitbit Premium membership included, which costs $80/£80 for a year. 

The silicon strap the Luxe comes with is comfortable and unobtrusive, but I’d opt to pair it with a stylish mesh strap, reduced to $6.39, for a more stylish look.

Fitbit is offering a bigger discount on the special edition gorjana soft gold stainless steel parker link bracelet, taking $80 off the MSRP. 

It’s a great tracker for daily activity and health stats, but the Luxe doesn’t have built-in GPS (it uses your phone’s signal), and the screen is a little small to work as a running watch. If that’s a dealbreaker but your heart is set on a Fitbit, look at the Fitbit Versa 4, currently reduced to $149 on Amazon. It’s a great all-round tracker that will track your runs and other outside activities with built-in GPS.

Keep up with the latest discounts with our coverage of the best Fitbit Black Friday deals.

Two of the best Garmin Black Friday deals this year are the discounts on the Garmin Forerunner 255 and Forerunner 245. The music versions of both watches are substantially reduced, so you can get the Forerunner 245 for $199.99 on Amazon and Forerunner 255 for $299.99 on Garmin.

Both watches are older devices, the Garmin Forerunner 265 being the newer of the two, but both the Forerunner 245 and 255 are still excellent options at their reduced prices. 

The Forerunner 245 hasn’t received new features via software updates from Garmin in a while, but it still offers accurate and detailed sports tracking and some training analysis. It also has breadcrumb navigation and music storage, and lasted me a week on a charge quite reliably even when running every day.

Naturally the Garmin Forerunner 255 is an upgrade on the older watch, with notable new features including a multisport mode for triathletes and multi-band GPS, which is more accurate than the tracking available on the 245.

Other new features include more detailed training analysis, a race calendar widget, a morning report and heart rate variability tracking, which can help you judge how ready your body is to train each day (though the Forerunner 255 does not get Garmin’s training readiness measurement, which is on the 265).

There are also two sizes of the Forerunner 255. The smaller Forerunner 255S is a great option for those with smaller wrists, even if the smaller case means less battery life. The 255S still lasted me five or six days when running most days using the multi-band GPS, which uses more battery than standard GPS.

If you don’t need music features, you can actually get the Forerunner 255 for $249.99 at Amazon in the Black Friday sale, so if you carry your phone with you when training or just don’t need any audio encouragement during workouts, that’s the better deal for sure.

As a keen runner who doesn’t do triathlons, I’d say the Forerunner 245 Music would be the better watch for me to grab in the sales. I’d miss the multi-band GPS on the 255 for sure, but the 245 is a simple and reliable watch that I’ve happily trained with in the past, and it does everything I need for $100 less.

If you want a more detailed comparison, read my Garmin Forerunner vs Garmin Forerunner 255 article, and my Garmin Forerunner 265 vs Garmin Forerunner 255 article. You can also read more about my experience with each watch in my Garmin Forerunner 255 review and my Garmin Forerunner 245 review. 

They’re Lululemon’s bestseller for a reason: The Align leggings are the best yoga leggings. I’ve tried a lot of leggings, on the hunt for the best running leggings and the best yoga leggings, and these are my go-to for yoga or general wear every time. 

I’m not the only one who thinks this. When another Coach writer tested every type of Lululemon leggings she declared these “the softest leggings on the planet” and some of the most comfortable leggings she’d ever worn—and are “perfect for yoga, Pilates, walking the dog or wearing for brunch”. 

The Align leggings are usually a splurge item, though Lululemon’s Black Friday sale is the perfect opportunity to grab a pair at a reduced price. While the full-length versions have remained stubbornly at full price, if you’re under 5ft 5in or don’t mind a cropped legging, there are plenty of colors and sizes to choose from in the US and the UK sale. 

My picks of the US sale are the eye-catching Lip Gloss, Dark Lavender or Utility Blue in the 23in length, all at $59, down from $98.

In the UK sale, I’d choose the Red Merlot, Pale Raspberry or the gorgeous Diamond Dye Pitch Grey Graphite, a kind of cloudy tie-dye effect. These are priced from £49 to £59, in a not-too-cropped 25in leg length, reduced from £88.

Beware, they’re selling fast—run, don’t walk, before all the best colors are gone!

Lululemon US Deals

Lululemon UK Deals

I loved working out before the pandemic, so when gyms shut I had to find a new way to train. With limited funds at my disposal, I spent about $40 on one simple fitness tool. In the months that followed, it helped me to get in the best shape of my life. 

The equipment was a set of gymnastic rings, and today you can pick up a similar set from DMoose for less than $30. If you’re looking to build strength and muscle without a gym membership, I can’t recommend them highly enough.

Four Reasons To Consider Training With Gymnastic Rings

1. It’s Fun And Challenging

The biggest fitness-related problem for me during lockdown was workout monotony and gymnastic rings solved this. The closing of gyms threw my usual strength training-centric morning routine out of whack, and in the initial lockdown I tried to fill this void with bodyweight workouts. 

The reality? Unweighted squats, burpees, push-ups and lunges galore in my living room. Very soon, I was bored. 

Looping a set of gymnastic rings around a sturdy branch at my local park livened things up immediately. I dived into calisthenics videos and online articles for inspiration, and quickly found new exercises to try, from L-sit holds to archer pull-ups to the oddly-named “skin the cat” (Google it, it’s not as strange as it sounds). 

This not only made my training more fun and varied, it also meant I was able to perform more difficult exercises in sets that fell within the standard muscle-gain rep range of 8-12, rather than the monster sets of push-ups I’d been doing. 

When gyms reopened and I manhandled a barbell for the first time in months, I found my upper-body strength had improved slightly.

2. You Can Train Your Back Muscles Without Weights 

If you’ve ever tried to train your back muscles without any equipment, you’ll know where I’m going with this point. At the start of lockdown I didn’t have any weights in my one-bed abode, so my efforts to get a good back pump included a lot of Superman pull-ups, single-arm rows with an Ikea bag filled with rocks, and performing precariously supported pull-ups on a towel wedged around the top of my bathroom door.

Thankfully, gymnastic rings came to the rescue, offering a safer, more effective alternative. There are any number of row and pull-up variations you can do, as well as face pulls and biceps curls, as part of a comprehensive weights-free pull session. 

3. They Create Different Ways To Measure Progress

During my early years of lifting, my goals in the gym were simple: lift heavy, build muscle, look good. Success was measured in the mirror. 

As the years went by, I started wanting more from my workouts. I’d flirted with powerlifting and was fascinated with the idea of CrossFit workouts and hybrid training before lockdown, so when COVID-19 brought everything to a halt, I took the chance to change my approach. 

I’d take the rings to a running track, hang them from a nearby tree then alternate between exercises like pull-ups, dips, toes-to-rings and running intervals. These combined to form metcon workouts that challenged my heart, lungs and muscles. I also dedicated sessions to developing skills on the rings, working towards “skin the cat” and my ultimate goal, the strict ring muscle-up. 

Where the loss of lifting weights each morning had left my mood flat, I felt elated and energized after these types of workouts. I also mapped my progress against a multitude of factors, rather than just aesthetics. Yes, I was able to build muscle, but I was also enjoying pushing my body’s limits and finding out what it was capable of. Could I beat my previous biggest set of strict ring dips? Was I able to finish a metcon faster? Had the quality of my movements improved? 

Having multiple goals meant my motivation levels soared and I never missed a scheduled morning workout during this period. 

4. They Provide A Different Way To Train Your Legs

Ah, leg day. Start with a heavy compound exercise (more often than not the barbell squat) then work your way through a cluster of isolation moves like leg curls and extensions until you lose the ability to climb stairs. I’m sure this sounds familiar to many of you. Only, my local park didn’t have a barbell, or a leg extension machine. 

There are ways to strengthen your legs without these things though, if you do want to exercise outside the gym or take your regular training alfresco. I started by hitting high-volume leg workouts, though after buying gymnastic rings I changed tack. 

Instead, I focused on single-leg exercises like the pistol squat, with ring-supported pistols providing a handy stepping stone to help me learn the full movement. The rings also allowed me to perform hamstring curl variations, and play with the tempo of these exercises to make them more challenging. 

A leg day at a fully-stocked gym is still my go-to, and I was excited to go back to the squat rack as soon as gyms reopened. However, I was still impressed that the gymnastic rings were able to help me train my lower body. 

I’ve tested and reviewed more than 50 pairs of running shoes so far in 2023, so I can say with some confidence that the Adidas Boston 12 is one of the best new shoes to come out this year. It’s a major update on the Adidas Boston 10 and 11, and offers a versatile ride that’s fast enough for sessions and races while being comfortable enough for easy runs.

It’s one of the top daily trainers on the market, rivaling the likes of the Saucony Endorphin Speed 3, and good value at its MSRP of $160. I harbored hopes the Boston 12 would come down in price for Black Friday, since the Boston line is often reduced, and REI has come through in style with a 50% discount on the shoe bringing it down to $79.93.

That’s an even bigger discount than I hoped to see on the shoe, which I thought would drop to around $100, and the deal is unmatched anywhere else. Adidas is yet to reduce the Boston 12 in its sale and it’s still $160 at Dick’s Sporting Goods too.

The Boston 12 has a dual-density midsole with Adidas’s best foam—Lightstrike Pro—on top, and uses the brand’s EnergyRods in its midsole to add extra propulsion on the run in the same way a carbon plate does. The high stack and mix of foams mean the ride is comfortable at easy paces, but it’s still pretty light and the rods and bouncy Lightstrike Pro material mean the Boston 12 is great for faster runs too.

With Continental rubber on the outsole it also grips well in wet conditions, which is always handy when winter comes around. The upper is the only part of the shoe I don’t love, since it is a little thin and uncomfortable at times, but if you spend a bit of time sorting the lacing it’s not a major problem and certainly doesn’t outweigh the other benefits of the shoe.

During my testing I used the Boston 12 for a bit of everything, from hard 400m reps to easy 13-mile long runs, and enjoyed it each and every time. The only negative I can really find about this discount is that you don’t get the full range of colors to choose from, but the yellow men’s shoe on sale is the one I have, and it’s nice enough. 

If you’re looking for the smartest way to spend $80 on running shoes this Black Friday, jump on this deal and enjoy hundreds of happy miles in the Boston 12. The best alternative out there is a similarly good deal on the Puma Deviate Nitro 2, which is another great all-rounder running shoe going for $90 this Black Friday, but I prefer the Boston 12 and it’s $10 cheaper.

There are a lot of great Black Friday Garmin deals available right now, with discounted watches to suit all budgets. However, having tested almost every watch in Garmin’s current range, the deal that stands out the most to me is the $350 saving you can get on the Garmin Epix 2.

That brings the watch down to $449, which is still a lot of money, but considering that the Garmin Epix 2 is one of the best sports watches available and usually $799.99, it’s an excellent price.

With an attractive and durable design, color maps, music storage, a bright AMOLED display and all of Garmin’s top sports tracking and training analysis features, the Epix 2 will satisfy runners and triathletes of all levels. I used the sapphire version of the Epix 2 for most of last year while training for and running four marathons, and it’s a brilliant watch.

The Garmin Epix Pro came out this year but the Epix 2 was updated with all the new software on the Pro. The differences between the Epix Pro and the Epix 2 are that the Pro comes in three sizes, all of which have an upgraded optical heart rate monitor and a built-in flashlight, which you don’t get on the Epix 2.

Having tested both extensively I’d say that unless you plan on using the flashlight regularly or want a smaller or larger watch, the Epix 2 is better value than the Pro, even with the latter reduced to $699.99 in the Black Friday sales.

However, there is one feature that is not on the Garmin Epix 2 available in the sale which I would miss. The deal is on the steel version of the watch, which doesn’t have multi-band GPS, a feature that Garmin limited to the sapphire version of the Epix 2.

I love the extra accuracy you get from multi-band GPS, but it is true to say the all-systems-on GPS tracking you do get on the Epix 2 steel version is still highly accurate. Unless you’re a GPS obsessive like myself you probably won’t notice the difference. 

If you must have multi-band GPS, it’s standard on the Epix Pro, and also available on the Forerunner 955, which is down to $399 this Black Friday and also has Garmin’s latest software, in a lighter, plastic case. 

It’s hard to say a $449 sports watch is good value, but given the quality of the Epix 2 and the size of the discount you’re getting in Amazon’s sale, this is one of the standout Garmin deals of Black Friday so far for me. The best price I can see on the watch elsewhere is $499 at Best Buy, while Garmin hasn’t included the Epix 2 in its sale at all.

• Nike Vaporfly 2 on Nike UK: Men’s | Women’s

While almost every brand now makes a carbon plate running shoe, the Nike Vaporfly remains the most popular racer going. The Nike Vaporfly 2 and Nike Vaporfly 3 are the two shoes I see most often on the feet of fellow runners at races, and there will undoubtedly be a lot of people seeking a deal on either shoe this Black Friday.

I’ve been scouring the internet looking for the best Nike Black Friday deals, looking out for the Vaporfly in particular. If you’re in the UK there’s good news, there are several deals available on both the Vaporfly 2 and 3 in most sizes.

I’ve yet to find a similar deal in the US, unless you have very large or small feet. On the Nike site a few colors of the Vaporfly 2 drop as low as $112.48, but the only sizes available are 6, 6.5, 14 or 15. There’s also a $62.50 reduction on one color of the Vaporfly 2 at Dicks Sporting Goods, with sizes 12 and 13 available.

So it’s back to the UK for now, where you can find deals on the Vaporfly at SportsShoes and Pro:Direct as well as with Nike direct. The simplest deal is the £56 saving on a wide range of colors and sizes of the Vaporfly 2 available at Nike when using the code BLACKFRIDAY, which brings the price down to £168.71. 

It’s the option with the most sizes available, but it’s not the very best deal. The absolute lowest price I’ve found on the Vaporfly 2 is an outrageous £67.50 at Pro:Direct, so if you’re a women’s size 4 and love the color black, I have fantastic news for you. The small-footed can also find several colors of the Vaporfly 2 for around £110-£120 at Pro:Direct.

With regards to the Vaporfly 3 the cheapest I’ve seen the shoe is £152.50 at Pro:Direct Running, with sizes 6, 6.5, 7,12, 13 and 14 currently available. A lot more sizes and a few more colors are available if you can stretch to £188, which is still a £47 saving on the price of the shoe.

I was hoping to see even bigger discounts on the Vaporfly 2 this Black Friday, and still hope some sales on the shoe pop up in the USA on the day itself. I’ll keep on hunting, and hoping that something special does pop up on Black Friday, and not just in a size 4.

If you’re looking for a deal on the best Hoka running shoes then Black Friday is the time to shop. The Hoka Black Friday sale is up and running in the UK, and there are big discounts on some of our favorites, including the Hoka Mach 5 and Hoka Speedgoat 5, as well as the Tecton X, which is one of the best carbon plate running shoes for the trails. Retailers have also started slashing the price of the shoes, sometimes bettering Hoka’s deals on popular shoes.

There are also deals on Hoka shoes in the US, though so far we’ve not been blown away by the sales, especially compared to the impressive deals available in the UK. We’ve rounded up the best deals in both the US and UK below, as well as popping in links to retailers so you can check for anything new. If the deal doesn’t impress us, we’ll also give you advice on other shoes you can get in the sales that are better value.

Hoka Black Friday Quick Links

Here’s a round-up of the best offers available from Hoka and third-party retailers.

US Quick Links

• Hoka: Shop the latest deals from Hoka direct
• REI: Up to 70% off Hoka running shoes and hiking boots
• Dick’s Sporting Goods: Hoka running shoes and hiking boots on sale
• Amazon: Deals on Hoka shoes updated daily

UK Quick Links

• Hoka: Deals on shoes and running gear
• SportsShoes: Up to 52% off Hoka shoes
• Pro:Direct Sport: Up to 58% off Hoka shoes
• Amazon: Deals on Hoka products daily

US Hoka Black Friday Deals: Editor Picks

UK Hoka Black Friday Deals: Editor Picks

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If you've been looking to invest in a set of adjustable dumbbells, one of our favorites, the PowerBlock Sport 24, is reduced by almost 30% on Amazon. If you're looking for something a little heavier, the PowerBlock Elite EXP adjustable dumbbells go up to 50lbs and are also reduced by almost $150 at Amazon. PowerBlock's premium Pro 50 Adjustable Dumbbells are also $218 cheaper in this flush of early Black Friday deals

Adjustable dumbbells are a great option if you want to work out at home, because one pair does the job of six or more fixed-weight dumbbells. That means you can adjust the weight to appropriately challenge the body part you’re working on (your legs are 10 times stronger than your shoulders, for instance) and as your strength increases, you can increase the weight to keep improving your strength. We particularly like the PowerBlock Sport 24 as a low-cost, high-quality option for beginners.

Which Adjustable Dumbbell Set Is Right For Me?

To help you decide which dumbbell suits you best, I thought I’d highlight the key differences between the three models. The most expensive set, the Pro 50s, go up to 50lbs and is constructed of urethane-coated steel weight plates which PowerBlock says makes for a smoother weight-changing experience. The Elite EXPs and Sport 24s are made from welded alloy steel and finished with powder-coated paint.

The Elite EXPs can be expanded with a PowerBlock Stage 2 or Stage 3 Expansion Set to take you up to 70 or 90lbs per dumbbell. That is very heavy, but if you are very serious about your training you may want the option to bulk up your dumbbells. Budget for a little over $150 to buy the expansion sets. 

As the Sport 24s max out at 24lbs, these are great for beginners, but you may find yourself needing to buy a heavier set later on as your strength increases. The Sport 24s increase in 3lb increments, which is more than the other two models, but the Elite EXPs start at 5lb, making them a little less suitable for someone who has never used dumbbells before.

The Asics Gel-Nimbus 25 is exactly the kind of running shoe to look for in the Black Friday sales. It’s one of the best running shoes available, with a cushioned and extremely comfortable ride, and it’s very expensive at full price, two factors that make it especially attractive when there are discounts available.

Right now you can get $40 off the Gel-Nimbus 25 at both Amazon and Asics, bringing the price down to $119.95. It’s the pick of Amazon’s early Black Friday sales on running shoes, and there is a wide range of colors available on both sites.

I enjoy using the Asics Gel-Nimbus 25 for long easy runs in particular, and have kept it in my running shoe rotation for that purpose even after I finished testing it for my review on Coach. I’ve run over half marathon distance three times in it and it’s perfect for relaxed long runs thanks to the high stack of FF Blast+ cushioning, which is comfortable but not so squishy as to be unstable.

At its full price there are some max-cushioned shoes I rate as better value than the Gel-Nimbus 25, like the Puma Magnify Nitro 2, but with this discount the Asics is now great value and worth considering. If you’re a fairly new runner it’s a shoe that will handle all your runs while protecting your legs as you get used to the impact of the sport, while experienced runners will find it best serves in a rotation as an easy run shoe that can handle a lot of mileage.

If the choice of colors overwhelms you, one last recommendation I have is to get the Lite Show version of the Gel-Nimbus 25. Not only is it more expensive at MSRP so your savings are bigger—it drops from $170 to $119.95—but it’s a great color and has lots of reflective sections that will make you a little more visible on night runs.

Shopping around? Me too, and I’m collecting the best Nike Black Friday deals and the best On Running Black Friday deals. 

As a gym nut and Coach’s protein powder reviewer-in-chief, I’ve lost count of how many whey supplements I’ve tried. MyProtein Clear Whey Isolate is one of the best protein powders and if you’re organized you can buy a 500g tub for just 1p, rather than the usual £34.99. That’s a mindblowing 99.99% discount!

Myprotein’s Clear Whey stands in contrast to the dense, creamy shakes most protein powders offer. I for one struggle to stomach anything that heavy after a serious gym session. 

Clear Whey mixes easily with water to produce a squash-like taste and consistency, while still delivering a decent 20g towards your daily protein quota.

You will need to be quick on the draw to take advantage. The sale goes live at 8pm GMT on Thursday, November 16th and you need to apply a discount code to get the deal.

The code will be made available by email and in the Myprotein app at 7.50pm GMT. Myprotein advises downloading the app and allowing notifications so the code will pop up on your phone 10 minutes before the sale goes live. You can also sign up with your email on this Myprotein 1p Clear Whey webpage.

The sale is limited to 5,000 tubs, one tub per person and, if the currency hadn’t tipped you off already, the deal is only available to UK residents.

It’s well worth doing a dry run of the checkout process so you know where to enter the code and deciding on the flavor you want in advance. I’m sorry to say jelly belly, Vimto and cola flavors are excluded, but that still leaves 18 flavors from bitter lemon to Chupa Chups Strawberry and peach tea—a personal favorite.

This is the third year Myprotein has offered massive savings. The supplement giant offered an identical deal last year, and discounted its whey isolate powder in 2021. 

As a qualified PT, avid gym-goer, keen fitness competitor [Lucy made the HYROX World Champs—Ed.] and health and fitness journalist, it’s safe to say I’m clued up on women’s gym kit. I pretty much live in gym wear. 

So, to say I’m excited about the Gymshark Black Friday sale would be an understatement. After all, up to 70% off everything in store and online is worth getting excited about. 

I regularly wear Gymshark kit when I work out, whether that’s for running or weightlifting, Pilates or long walks. I need reliable gym wear that doesn’t slow me down or get in the way and Gymshark fits the bill. Gymshark clothing is flattering, hugs me in the right places, is easy to move in, comfortable, washes well and doesn’t cost the Earth (I firmly believe that good gym kit doesn’t need to be expensive). 

Having reviewed many items of women’s gym wear for Coach (gym leggings, gym tops, gym shorts and gym bags), I can vouch for Gymshark being one of the best brands to invest in. 

With its Black Friday sale starting, here are some of my Gymshark recommendations, as well as the pieces I’m eager to get my hands on. The exact discounts will be revealed once the sale has started, and availability will vary. Spend today browsing and be ready to add to the basket when the sale begins.

What I’m Shopping In The Gymshark Black Friday Sale

The best On running shoes are not always easy to find in sales. On is one of the smaller running brands and retailers don’t always stock its shoes, and On itself doesn’t tend to go big on sales.

However, come November, there are On Black Friday deals to be found, if you know where to look. Or you can leave the looking to us, because we’ll be collating all the best deals on On running shoes and gear here for Black Friday 2023.

While Black Friday itself isn’t until 24th November, the deals have started already, and Wiggle has knocked 30% off the On Cloudboom Echo 3, one of the best carbon plate running shoes.  In On's own Black Friday sale the Swiss company has a two-for-one offer on clothing, with the cheapest item free when you purchase two bits of gear.

We’ll highlight all the best deals below, as well as linking to On and third-party retailers offering sales on On shoes.

On Running Black Friday Quick Links

Here’s a round-up of the best offers available from On and other retailers.

US Quick Links

• On: Up to 30% off last season’s shoes and gear
• REI: Up to 70% off On Cloud shoes and clothes
• Dick’s Sporting Goods: Deals on On sports gear and shoes
• Amazon: Deals on On products updated daily

UK Quick Links

• On: Up to 30% off last season’s shoes and clothes
• SportsShoes: Check the Black Friday sale for deals on On Cloud shoes
• Pro:Direct Sport: Up to 50% off On running shoes
• Amazon: Check for deals on On shoes, updated daily
• Wiggle: 20% off the On Cloudsurfer

On Black Friday Clothing Deals

The Best On Black Friday Deals In The UK

FAQs

The Black Friday and Cyber Monday 2023 sales are now over but we've taken note of what deals were available on each Garmin device so you can work out what discounts are worth your time when the sales roll around again.

The standout deal was $200 off the Garmin Epix Pro, which is probably the best sports watch in the world—taking it to its lowest ever price. The Fenix range also got a chunky $200 discount.

Welcome $50 discounts on the fairly recent Forerunner 965 and Forerunner 265 made these excellent multisports watches even better value. 

It was a similar story in the UK, although the discounts didn't feel quite as generous across the board. Having said that, across the products we highlighted the average saving was $90 in the US, and in the UK the average saving was £95.

Garmin Black Friday Quick Links

Check in with the major retailers to see what’s on offer right now.

US Quick Links

• Amazon: Garmin deals updated daily
• Bass Pro: Deals on Garmin watches and accessories
• Best Buy: $100 off the Garmin Instinct 2 Solar, plus other deals
• Dick's Sporting Goods: Save on Garmin watches
• Garmin: Check for discounts direct from Garmin
• REI: 25% off the Garmin Flux S Smart Trainer
• Walmart: $320 off Garmin Fenix 7X Solar

UK Quick Links

• Amazon: The latest Garmin deals, updated daily
• Chain Reaction Cycles: Savings on Garmin devices
• Currys: The latest deals on Garmin watches
• Decathlon: 22% off the Garmin Forerunner 55 and other deals
• Garmin: Check for deals, with Garmin’s holiday sale now live
• John Lewis: Deals on Garmin watches and bike computers
• Sigma Sports: Save 22% on the Fenix 7, plus other Garmin deals
• Wiggle: Discounts on Garmin watches, bike computers and accessories

US Black Friday Garmin Deals: Editor Picks

These deals are over, but we’ve summarized them below to help you to assess subsequent deals on the same devices.

• Garmin Epix Pro: Sale price $699.99, saving $200
• Garmin Fenix 7 Pro: Sale price $599.99, saving $200
• Garmin Fenix 7: Sale price $499.99, saving $200
• Garmin Epix 2: Sale price $449.99, saving $350
• Garmin Forerunner 265: Sale price $399.99, saving $50
• Garmin Forerunner 965: Sale price $549.99, saving $50
• Garmin Forerunner 255 Music: Sale price $299, saving $100
• Garmin Forerunner 955: Sale price $399, saving $100
• Garmin Instinct 2X Solar: Sale price $349, saving $100
• Garmin Enduro 2: Sale price $799.99, saving $200
• Garmin Forerunner 245 Music: Sale price $199, saving $100
• Garmin Forerunner 55: Sale price $169, saving $30
• Garmin Instinct Crossover: Sale price $299, saving $100

UK Black Friday Garmin Deals: Editor Picks

These deals are over but we've logged the offers for Black Friday 2023 so you can compare them next time there's a discount on offer.

• Garmin Epix Pro: Sale price £716, saving £114
• Garmin Fenix 7 Pro: Sale price £628.34, saving £121
• Garmin Fenix 7: Sale price £449.99, saving £110
• Garmin Forerunner 55: Sale price £119.28, saving £65
• Garmin Swim 2: Sale price £219, saving £70
• Garmin Venu 2: Sale price £244.99, saving £105
• Garmin Enduro 2: Sale price £799, saving £130
• Garmin Instinct Crossover: Sale price £299.99, saving £50

Best Black Friday Garmin Deals By Line

Our deals tool scans the web and retailers’s databases to bring you a selection of the top Garmin deals available today. We’ve divided your options by Garmin line.

Garmin Forerunner Deals

Garmin Fenix Deals

Garmin Epix Deals

Garmin Enduro Deals

Garmin Venu Deals

Garmin Vivoactive Deals

Garmin Instinct Deals

Garmin Black Friday FAQs

Black Friday 2023 might not be until November 24th, but the Fitbit deals are already cropping up, with a $60 discount at Amazon on the recently released Fitbit Charge 6 the standout so far. We’ll be keeping an eye out for all the best Black Friday Fitbit deals throughout November, and rounding them up here.

The Fitbit Sense 2 has also been reduced by $50 on Amazon, which is not surprising given that Google, which owns Fitbit, has recently launched the Pixel 2 smartwatch, which now stands out as the best fitness smartwatch with Fitbit health tracking. The Fitbit Charge 5 is another tracker we expect to be in the sales, as well as the Fitbit Versa 4 smartwatch.

Quick Links

🇺🇸 US Links 

Amazon: Save $50 on the Fitbit Sense 2 and $20 on the Fitbit Luxe

Best Buy: Grab the same deals on the Sense 2 and Luxe

Fitbit: Deals on the Sense 2 and Luxe direct from Fitbit

Target: Discounts on the Luxe and Sense 2

Walmart: Deals across the Fitbit range

🇬🇧 UK Links

Amazon: Fitbit deals updated daily

Fitbit: Check for deals direct from Fitbit

Currys PC World: Discounts on the Fitbit Versa 3 and more

John Lewis: Check for Fitbit deals

Argos: Discounts across the Fitbit range

US Black Friday Fitbit Deals: Editor’s Picks

UK Black Friday Fitbit Deals: Editor’s Picks

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The Bowflex Treadmill 10 is the top pick in my round-up of the best home treadmills, and for good reason. It offers everything runners of all levels need to train at home, with a spacious running belt, high top speed and a connected experience via the JRNY app.

It’s always the first treadmill I check for in the sales, and Bowflex has reduced the Treadmill 10 by $300 in its early access Black Friday sale. All you need to do to access the deal is to enter your email address.

The Bowflex Treadmill 10 has a 10-inch screen on the console on which you can use the JRNY app. This is a subscription service that costs $19.99 a month or $149 a year, but you can get 12 months of access for $12 when buying the treadmill.

This is a deal worth adding to your basket because the JRNY app contains guided workouts and scenic runs, and lets you access the streaming services you already pay for, with Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime Video supported, so you can watch something on the screen during training sessions. 

There is also a shelf on the treadmill where you can place a tablet if seeking another source of entertainment—I usually had Zwift up on my iPad during workouts, because the Bowflex Treadmill 10 links easily with the virtual training app.

The speed range stops out at 12mph, while the incline range runs from -5% to 15%. With some of the scenic runs in the JRNY app the incline will automatically adjust in line with the terrain, making for a more realistic experience. 

While testing for my Bowflex Treadmill 10 review, I found the treadmill ran smoothly even when hitting its top speed for extended spells, and the 22-inch wide by 60-inch long running belt is big enough to stride out even if you are a taller runner. I’m 6ft and never had any concerns about the belt not being big enough for faster runs.

There are even more advanced home treadmills available, like the Technogym MyRun and Peloton Tread, but they are much more expensive than the Bowflex Treadmill 10 and the Bowflex will meet the needs of every runner easily. 

Black Friday itself might not be until November 24th, but the deals are already coming thick and fast. The Peloton Black Friday sale is now live, with savings of up to $700 in the US and £500 in the UK available. The machines themselves are discounted, but the biggest reductions are on packages which include accessories such as floor mats, dumbbells and cycling shoes.

We’ve highlighted the standout deals in the Peloton sale below, and we’ll also be rounding up the biggest and best discounts available elsewhere on Peloton’s cardio equipment, with both the Peloton Bike, Peloton Bike+ and Peloton Tread likely to be substantially reduced during the Black Friday sales.

Quick Links

Here’s where to hunt for the top Peloton deals available today.

🇺🇸 US Links 

Peloton: Up to $700 off Peloton bundles in the Black Friday sale

Amazon: Peloton deals updated daily

🇬🇧 UK Links

Peloton: Save up to £500 on Peloton bundles

Amazon: Deals on Peloton equipment updated daily

John Lewis: Check for deals on Peloton machines and accessories

Peloton Black Friday Deals In The US

UK Deals

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The Nike Pegasus Trail 4 is one of the best trail-running shoes and one of the best Nike running shoes, excelling as a road-to-trail option that is equally as comfortable on the asphalt as light trails. It’s also well-cushioned but still quite light, and offers a high level of versatility in both the terrains it grips on and the different types of runs you can tackle in it.

It’s a handy shoe to have around because of this versatility, and the Pegasus Trail 4 is especially useful in the winter when routes you’re able to use road shoes on in summer become too wet and slippery to be comfortable without a bit more grip on your shoe.

Since the weather is turning right now, the 30% discount on the Nike Pegasus Trail 4 available in the REI sale is especially attractive.

This deal is on the standard version of the Pegasus Trail 4, rather than the Gore-Tex version, which might well be a worthwhile upgrade for those set to run through snow all winter, because it keeps your feet warm and dry.

If you’re running through a milder winter, however, the standard Pegasus Trail 4 is cheaper and lighter than the Gore-Tex shoe, and is more useable throughout summer since the upper is more breathable.

With summer in mind, I have found the Pegasus Trail 4 to be a great holiday shoe since it looks OK for a running shoe, is comfortable to walk in, and works well for runs on whatever terrain you might come across on your trip. Unless you’re planning to venture up mountains when a more trail-focused shoe will be useful.

Having tested almost every watch that Garmin has released over the past five years, and worked several Black Fridays and other major sales, I usually have a good idea about which Garmins are likely to be reduced at any given time.

However, I didn’t see this £150 discount on the Garmin Fenix 7 Pro coming because it’s quite a new watch that sits close to the top of Garmin’s range. It’s one of the best sports watches available, and a 20% discount like this is unlikely to be bettered—even in the upcoming Black Friday period.

The Garmin Fenix 7 Pro has all of the brand’s top sports tracking, navigation and smart features. Along with offering best-in-class tracking, training analysis and maps, those smart features include NFC payments and music storage. 

It also has a built-in flashlight, which is one of the big hardware upgrades on the standard Fenix 7, along with a new heart rate monitor that I found accurate during workouts, and which can also take ECG measurements.

The battery life on the Fenix 7 Pro is great and this is the main reason to get it ahead of the Garmin Epix Pro, which has the same features but a bright AMOLED display. The AMOLED screen is great and more vibrant than the LCD screen on the Fenix 7 Pro, but the Fenix’s display is still easy to read in all conditions and preserves battery life.

Black Friday is fast approaching and I expect there to be great deals available on the Fenix 7, which is an excellent watch in its own right, but if you want the latest and greatest Fenix this deal is undoubtedly worth checking right now.

Running can be less fun when it’s cold and dark. It’s OK to admit that, and wise to go into winter with your eyes open about it. The good news is that with the right running gear those runs become more enjoyable, and safer too.

You’ll find a lot of the right running gear in the Proviz clearance sale, which is full of reflective running gear and cycling gear. Proviz’s whole deal is reflectivity and, if you want to shine like a beacon on dark runs and rides, it’s the brand to go to.

I’ve tested plenty of Proviz running gear and looking at its sale, pretty much everything you need for the winter seems to be included. You can kit yourself out from head to toe in gear that shines when light falls upon it, so other people find that you’re easy to spot in the dark.

Start with the extremities: the Proviz Pixelite Reflective Running Gloves are great and have been reduced from $65/£44.50 to $19.50/£13.50 in the sale. The Proviz Classic Airfoot Running Socks are among the best running socks thanks to their high-visibility colors and reflective strips, and they have been reduced from$15/£14.99 to $10.50/£10.49 in the sale.

One of my favorite bits of winter kit is a gilet, because it’s a versatile layer that you can wear for runs of any speed to keep the rain and wind off your core without overheating. The Proviz Hi Visibility Running Gilet is half price in the sale, having been reduced from $90/£64.99 to $45/£32.50.

Sometimes you do need the warmth of a jacket, however, and the Proviz Reflect360 Fully Reflective Running Jacket provides enough to get you through the coldest runs in the depths of winter. It’s windproof and water resistant, and the outside of the jacket is reflective. The jacket is one of several reduced in the sale, with its price being cut from $145/£94.99 to $130.50/£85.49. There are even bigger deals on less reflective jackets, but for visibility above all, you can’t go wrong with this one.

Not every dark run is cold, of course, and if you’re lucky enough to live somewhere where even night runs can be undertaken in a reflective T-shirt, then don’t miss out on the chance to grab the Proviz Classic Short Sleeve Running Top for just $12/£9, down from $40/£29.99.

There are always a lot of Garmin Prime Day deals to consider if the sales event rolls around when you’re looking for a new sports watch, and perhaps the most exciting discount of all in the Prime Big Deal Days sale is the $150 that’s been knocked off the Garmin Epix 2.

I love the Garmin Epix 2 and have used it as my main sports watch for most of the time since it launched in 2022, including running a 2hr 28min marathon in Berlin and a 2hr 29min marathon in Valencia. I also used it to run the Bilbao Bizkaia Marathon and London Marathon in 2023 at more sedate paces—London was just a week after Berlin to be fair.

When the Garmin Epix Pro came out I started using that, but I only prefer the Epix Pro for the longer battery life on the 51mm edition. Otherwise the older Garmin Epix 2 is every bit as good, and it’s much cheaper, especially in the Prime Day sale.

Both the steel and titanium Epix 2 watches are reduced by $150 in the sale, but I think the one to get is the titanium model, even though it’s $100 more. The upgrade in materials is one thing—the titanium Epix 2 also has a sapphire crystal screen and is both lighter and more durable than the steel one—but the key reason for me is that only the titanium model has multi-band GPS.

Garmin’s multi-band GPS mode is the most accurate on the market and as someone who obsesses about GPS, the Epix 2’s accuracy was a key reason it was useful to me when training for and running marathons. The extra accuracy is useful when pacing the race itself, but even more important when running hard training sessions on the road and trying to stick to certain paces. Unlike race day, there are no mile or kilometer markers to help you judge your pace then, and having the best GPS accuracy you can get is invaluable.

Along with multi-band GPS, the Epix 2 also packs in all of Garmin’s other great features, including all the new software features that launched with the Epix Pro this year that have been rolled back via an update to the older watch, like hill score and endurance score.

The bright AMOLED display is what separates the Epix 2 from the Garmin Fenix 7 (also on sale and just as good if you prefer an LCD display that extends battery life), and this display is brilliant for viewing the color maps on the watch. It also has extensive training analysis, smart features like music storage and NFC payments.

I found the Epix 2 to be more or less perfect throughout my use of it, and the only thing that makes it hard to recommend is the high price, so getting $150 off its RRP in the Prime Day sale is certainly welcome.

It’s always exciting when an Apple product gets a big discount, especially a new one like the 2023 version of the AirPods Pro 2, which have been reduced from $249 to $189 in the Amazon Prime Big Deal Days event.

However, $189 is still a lot of money, especially when you can get my favorite all-round set of sports headphones for just $69.99 in the Prime Day sale (or £66.49 in the UK). The Jabra Elite 4 Active came out last year, but they’re still right up there with the best workout headphones, and this is a huge 42% discount on the $119.99 RRP.

The Jabra Elite 4 Active offer everything you want in sports headphones. The fit is secure, despite not having any wings, and the lack of wings mean they are more comfortable than other buds to wear for long periods. I usually find that in-ear buds fall out of my ears when running, but Jabra’s headphones are the exception to that, and the Elite 4 Active stayed in place for me during a variety of workouts when I tested them.

Along with the reliable fit, you get good sound quality and active noise cancellation from the buds, plus Jabra’s HearThrough mode, which allows you to hear your surroundings, a handy feature when running or cycling outside while using them. 

I’d say the sound quality and ANC are good for $120 buds, so exceptional for $70, but it’s not as good as on more expensive buds like the Jabra Elite 8 Active or AirPods Pro 2, so that might be one reason to spend more. 

Given their small size, the Elite 4 Active headphones impress on the battery life front as well. The buds last seven hours, and you get another 21 hours from the case. They also have an actual button on them to control playback, which is easier to use during workouts than the touch controls on most sports headphones.

You can get better workout headphones than the Jabra Elite 4 Active, but not for $120, and certainly not for $70. This is the best sports headphones deal in the Prime Day sale.