Gone are the days when home gyms rarely extended beyond a rusty set of spinlock dumbbells. Nowadays there are myriad options to help you get fit without the gym, and our fitness team has tried the vast majority of them. We've tested the best treadmills, rowing machines, exercise bikes, dumbbells and kettlebells, as well as alternative fitness kit like the TRXsuspension trainer, putting each one through its paces as part of our own expansive exercise schedules. So, if something earns our seal of approval, you know it's going to be good.

Including yoga in their weekly routine is the most inflexible thing about our in-house experts. They practise the practice in all its forms, from dynamic vinyasa flows to passive yin yoga sessions, giving them plenty of opportunities to test the best yoga mats and gear.

Ironically, IndyBest's cycling experts can rarely be found spinning their wheels. Instead, you're more likely to find them wearing down the tyres of the latest trail, hybrid, foldable and e-bikes, while trialling the best cycling jackets, glasses and gloves. The end result? A wealth of information on top cycling gear ready to share, which they're happy to share with Independent readers via our handy buying guides.

To test men's activewear, you need people who are exceptionally active. Up step: IndyBest's fitness and wellbeing team. These gym bunnies have turned their aversion to officewear into a force for good, testing out the best men's gym trainers, winter running jackets, joggers, shorts and more. Each product is forced to endure their varied weekly exercise routine, which is crammed full of running, CrossFit, Pilates, gymnastics, strength training, Olympic weightlifting, padel and any other exercise modality that takes their fancy. What that leaves is a collection of editor-approved activewear which is versatile, durable and fit for purpose.

If there's a training method our fitness team hasn't tried, you can be sure of two things. Firstly, it's in the minority, and secondly, it's on our to-do list. Our movement-mad writers love experimenting with new modalities, and have tried everything from CrossFit and Olympic weightlifting to calisthenics and Pilates, all in the name of finding fun ways to stay in shape. They also regularly chat with authority voices from each discipline to provide top training tips, tricks and advice to help you take your workouts to the next level.