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So it's $1500-2500 for the bike and then $44/mo on top of that for workouts? I am happy for anything that gets people moving in a way that's enjoyable to them but what is it about Peloton that makes people opt for that instead of a regular stationary bike and a YouTube workout?
Supposedly they had sold as many bikes as they were going to sell and their market is dry. They are currently laying off people, outsourcing the manufacturing of bikes/treadmills and trying a new direction to get more sales.
Sounds like a lot of you are Peloton users. I've always wondered if it's worth the hype. It's so expensive!! What do y'all love about it? No one on this forum is super bougie so I'm genuinely curious.
the instructors and the music.
there's such a wide variety of instructors, there is a personality for everybody and for every mood. denis morton my main man for riding on the beat and his great musical taste and occasional jamband rides, ben aldis and leanne hainsby for when i need an attractive british person to encourage me (for some reason something in my soul responds well to british accents), jess king to go to church, EDM/house/techno playlists, and huge LGBT pride shout outs, matt wilpers for that grounded, friendly, but serious about training mentality, along with his charmingly terrible playlists (to be fair it's hard to make a good playlist for the extremely long rides he does), etc. and there are numerous instructors i haven't even tried with, and i've had the bike for 10 months.
music there is every genre. pop rides, decades rides, country rides, metal rides, techno rides, house rides, jamband rides, artist focus rides, sooo many different options. for some reason i thought the music would all be trash but the truth is a lot of the instructors clearly put a lot of thought into their playlists. it's exciting when a random song you haven't thought of in forever just pops up at a key point in the ride. a couple months ago during denis's jamband ride he dropped my second favorite phish song "col. forbin's ascent" which is a pretty fucking deep cut. my wife thought something terrible was happening because i was singing this ridiculous song at the top of my lungs, i was absolutely manic in the best way.
really it's just a shitload of fun. peloton isn't something i have to convince myself to do, it's something i look forward to doing.
That's a good sell. Like going to group classes without having to actually go to group classes, which makes my introverted tired ass happy.
(for some reason something in my soul responds well to british accents)
Off topic, but this tickled me. I listen to audiobooks to fall asleep. My favorite readers are pretty much all British men over the age of 60 (Neil Gaiman, Jim Dale, Roger Bathurst). Nothing like an older British dude reading you a bedtime story.
Post by LoveLuckLaughter on Aug 22, 2022 12:41:08 GMT -5
I bought an off-brand ass bike and saved some $$. It is a Proform Pro 22 and at the time I purchased had 2 free years of IFit. Tons of classes and instructors and rides. Guessing it is pretty comparable to what Pelaton has.
We're all a mess of paradoxes. Believing in things we know can't be true. We walk around carrying feelings too complicated and contradictory to express. But when it all becomes too big, and words aren't enough to help get it all out, there's always music.
(for some reason something in my soul responds well to british accents)
Off topic, but this tickled me. I listen to audiobooks to fall asleep. My favorite readers are pretty much all British men over the age of 60 (Neil Gaiman, Jim Dale, Roger Bathurst). Nothing like an older British dude reading you a bedtime story.
JK Rowling is a shitty TERF but I still listen to Jim Dale's "Harry Potter" books sometimes when I need a comforting moment.
(for some reason something in my soul responds well to british accents)
Off topic, but this tickled me. I listen to audiobooks to fall asleep. My favorite readers are pretty much all British men over the age of 60 (Neil Gaiman, Jim Dale, Roger Bathurst). Nothing like an older British dude reading you a bedtime story.
Neil Gaiman is an S-tier storyteller in so many ways.
I bought an off-brand ass bike and saved some $$. It is a Proform Pro 22 and at the time I purchased had 2 free years of IFit. Tons of classes and instructors and rides. Guessing it is pretty comparable to what Pelaton has.
I know a couple people that did that and then just use the Peloton app. I am pretty sure you can cast them to a tv also so you can still get the same thing from your bike as a peloton user.
Off topic, but this tickled me. I listen to audiobooks to fall asleep. My favorite readers are pretty much all British men over the age of 60 (Neil Gaiman, Jim Dale, Roger Bathurst). Nothing like an older British dude reading you a bedtime story.
JK Rowling is a shitty TERF but I still listen to Jim Dale's "Harry Potter" books sometimes when I need a comforting moment.
I will too occasionally, but I will more often put on The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern now if I want to hear his voice.
Sounds like a lot of you are Peloton users. I've always wondered if it's worth the hype. It's so expensive!! What do y'all love about it? No one on this forum is super bougie so I'm genuinely curious.
The pandemic is what brought me to Peloton. Pre-Covid, I used to work part time at a high end HIIT studio and I loved it so much (worked part time because I couldn't afford the regular membership of like $200/month). Of course it closed around the middle of March 2020 and then reopened wayyyyy to early IMO (June 2020, IIRC), and I decided not to go back. I had already started using the Peloton app for its guided outdoor runs and strength classes that I could do from home, but when it looked like I wasn't going to get back into a gym anytime soon, that's when I got the bike. I didn't love indoor cycling classes I had taken in the past, but Peloton classes are so much better. There's such a huge variety of class types, different instructor styles, etc. that you'll most certainly find something you'll like. Plus, their "tread bootcamps" are a very similar workout to the HIIT studio I used to work at, so I essentially replaced my 7-10 hrs/week working there plus another 5-7 working out with a very similar workout I can get at home without wasting so much of my free time.
Yeah, the cost overall is about $100/month when you factor in financing the bike and then the monthly membership fee. But once I pay off the bike, I'll only be paying $44/month for the membership which is SO worth it IMO. If you're interested, you should sign up for the app and just try out some of the class selections you can do without the bike. And I think the monthly membership to the app (without a bike or Peloton tread) is cheaper than $44/month. Most of the content on the app is 100% doable without Peloton-specific equipment (the cycling classes are really the only ones that you need an actual Peloton bike for) and they have everything from running coaching to yoga to pilates, barre, strength and boxing.
Sounds like a lot of you are Peloton users. I've always wondered if it's worth the hype. It's so expensive!! What do y'all love about it? No one on this forum is super bougie so I'm genuinely curious.
the instructors and the music.
there's such a wide variety of instructors, there is a personality for everybody and for every mood. denis morton my main man for riding on the beat and his great musical taste and occasional jamband rides, ben aldis and leanne hainsby for when i need an attractive british person to encourage me (for some reason something in my soul responds well to british accents), jess king to go to church, EDM/house/techno playlists, and huge LGBT pride shout outs, matt wilpers for that grounded, friendly, but serious about training mentality, along with his charmingly terrible playlists (to be fair it's hard to make a good playlist for the extremely long rides he does), etc. and there are numerous instructors i haven't even tried with, and i've had the bike for 10 months.
music there is every genre. pop rides, decades rides, country rides, metal rides, techno rides, house rides, jamband rides, artist focus rides, sooo many different options. for some reason i thought the music would all be trash but the truth is a lot of the instructors clearly put a lot of thought into their playlists. it's exciting when a random song you haven't thought of in forever just pops up at a key point in the ride. a couple months ago during denis's jamband ride he dropped my second favorite phish song "col. forbin's ascent" which is a pretty fucking deep cut. my wife thought something terrible was happening because i was singing this ridiculous song at the top of my lungs, i was absolutely manic in the best way.
really it's just a shitload of fun. peloton isn't something i have to convince myself to do, it's something i look forward to doing.
LOL this is so true. Matt Wilpers has the best guided running classes too. Even if the playlists are mediocre.
Also I second everything you said in this post. Peloton really puts a focus into integrating the music so seamlessly with the workouts, which is obviously a big draw for me and probably anyone on this board. The fact that I can workout to LCD Soundsystem in a group class format is not something I would get anywhere else.
EDIT: TL,DR; The variety of class types plus variety in music selection = awesome workouts.
I personally can not pay to workout. I have bought programs that I follow (the handstand training that I am doing as an example), but only ones that I own and if online I will never lose access to. I know people swear by Peloton but without the bike or the treadmill I just feel that there so many great free workout programs that I couldn't bring myself to spend that kind of money. I also know my issue is I am frugal (cheap) and more so with things I feel I can do on my own. While saying that, I also know that some people can't motivate themselves and so programs like this work for them. It's all about figuring out what is the best way to keep yourself moving and motivated.
Post by jorgeandthekraken on Aug 22, 2022 13:24:53 GMT -5
Also, you don't just get cycling classes with a Peloton membership - they have strengthening with and without weights, at-home cardio, yoga, running, etc. Split between two people (like gocatsnu , I go halfsies with my wife), $44/month for all of that in one place is a pretty good deal. Could I find all those things on my own on Youtube? Yeah, I suppose. But the quality's going to vary wildly, so vetting it all is going to be a pain, plus you're not guaranteed new structured content regularly once you find someone you like, whereas Peloton is constantly publishing new stuff, all in one place and easily searchable by what I want to do and for how long.
I dunno. I know it's not for everybody, and, again, if I were still able to run 5 times a week, I'd definitely be less likely to do the whole Peloton thing. But as it is, I think it's a pretty good deal for my needs right now.
there's such a wide variety of instructors, there is a personality for everybody and for every mood. denis morton my main man for riding on the beat and his great musical taste and occasional jamband rides, ben aldis and leanne hainsby for when i need an attractive british person to encourage me (for some reason something in my soul responds well to british accents), jess king to go to church, EDM/house/techno playlists, and huge LGBT pride shout outs, matt wilpers for that grounded, friendly, but serious about training mentality, along with his charmingly terrible playlists (to be fair it's hard to make a good playlist for the extremely long rides he does), etc. and there are numerous instructors i haven't even tried with, and i've had the bike for 10 months.
music there is every genre. pop rides, decades rides, country rides, metal rides, techno rides, house rides, jamband rides, artist focus rides, sooo many different options. for some reason i thought the music would all be trash but the truth is a lot of the instructors clearly put a lot of thought into their playlists. it's exciting when a random song you haven't thought of in forever just pops up at a key point in the ride. a couple months ago during denis's jamband ride he dropped my second favorite phish song "col. forbin's ascent" which is a pretty fucking deep cut. my wife thought something terrible was happening because i was singing this ridiculous song at the top of my lungs, i was absolutely manic in the best way.
really it's just a shitload of fun. peloton isn't something i have to convince myself to do, it's something i look forward to doing.
LOL this is so true. Matt Wilpers has the best guided running classes too. Even if the playlists are mediocre.
Also I second everything you said in this post. Peloton really puts a focus into integrating the music so seamlessly with the workouts, which is obviously a big draw for me and probably anyone on this board. The fact that I can workout to LCD Soundsystem in a group class format is not something I would get anywhere else.
EDIT: TL,DR; The variety of class types plus variety in music selection = awesome workouts.
Re: wilpers, where else can I hear a terrible overly produced country pop song followed by a 50 Cent b-side from 2005 I've never heard before in my life that wilpers unironically describes as "one of my favorite songs"?
Can't help but love him though. Such a great no bullshit attitude.
I personally can not pay to workout. I have bought programs that I follow (the handstand training that I am doing as an example), but only ones that I own and if online I will never lose access to. I know people swear by Peloton but without the bike or the treadmill I just feel that there so many great free workout programs that I couldn't bring myself to spend that kind of money. I also know my issue is I am frugal (cheap) and more so with things I feel I can do on my own. While saying that, I also know that some people can't motivate themselves and so programs like this work for them. It's all about figuring out what is the best way to keep yourself moving and motivated.
Oh yeah this is 100% me. Left to my own devices I'd sit as stationary as possible and eat ice cream and watch television until my bones melt.
I also forgot to mention that I just signed up to get my yoga teaching certification. I am doing a 200 hr online course. So I guess I will pay for some stuff, like being certified so I can maybe do classes on the side when I don't have any film work lined up. I am looking into getting my skate AI certification also.
Yoga skate classes by Vieux might be a real thing.
I personally can not pay to workout. I have bought programs that I follow (the handstand training that I am doing as an example), but only ones that I own and if online I will never lose access to. I know people swear by Peloton but without the bike or the treadmill I just feel that there so many great free workout programs that I couldn't bring myself to spend that kind of money. I also know my issue is I am frugal (cheap) and more so with things I feel I can do on my own. While saying that, I also know that some people can't motivate themselves and so programs like this work for them. It's all about figuring out what is the best way to keep yourself moving and motivated.
Oh yeah this is 100% me. Left to my own devices I'd sit as stationary as possible and eat ice cream and watch television until my bones melt.
I don't think that bones melt from being stationary or from eating ice cream but I totally get this. My girl Alice says that my workout mentality is not normal and she doesn't get how I can keep myself motivated. Apparently I am not the norm at all.
I personally can not pay to workout. I have bought programs that I follow (the handstand training that I am doing as an example), but only ones that I own and if online I will never lose access to. I know people swear by Peloton but without the bike or the treadmill I just feel that there so many great free workout programs that I couldn't bring myself to spend that kind of money. I also know my issue is I am frugal (cheap) and more so with things I feel I can do on my own. While saying that, I also know that some people can't motivate themselves and so programs like this work for them. It's all about figuring out what is the best way to keep yourself moving and motivated.
Oh yeah this is 100% me. Left to my own devices I'd sit as stationary as possible and eat ice cream and watch television until my bones melt.
Also very much me. I HAVE to pay for fitness classes/a gym membership... spending that money is one of the things that keeps me motivated. "Well I'm paying for it so I'm gonna use it..." I've always had access to a free gym at work, but I never used it consistently until I joined Peloton. All the equipment is overwhelming to me if I don't have someone giving me a plan/explaining how to do them/what to do.
Or you can hop on a real bike and ride in the great outdoors.
1.Cars try to run you over and or curse at you for riding on their roads. 2 Dogs run after you. 3.Pot holes try to take you out 4.The heat makes you wish you were in hell where it is cooler.
Or you can hop on a real bike and ride in the great outdoors.
1.Cars try to run you over and or curse at you for riding on their roads. 2 Dogs run after you. 3.Pot holes try to take you out 4.The heat makes you wish you were in hell where it is cooler.
Where is you guys sense of adventure?
Tyger used to chase bikers. It took YEARS to get him out of the chasing bike mentality.
This thread inspired me to try one of the cycling workouts with Apple Fitness when I was at the gym today. My legs were on fire about 6 minutes in. Proud of y'all.
Or you can hop on a real bike and ride in the great outdoors.
1.Cars try to run you over and or curse at you for riding on their roads. 2 Dogs run after you. 3.Pot holes try to take you out 4.The heat makes you wish you were in hell where it is cooler.
Where is you guys sense of adventure?
There’s a house at the end of my road where they just let their little mop of a dog outside by himself in the morning, and he is never happy about me walking past. If I go one direction, he won’t follow me, but one day I was going the opposite direction, and he followed me for so long that I finally turned around and went the other way so that he’d go back home.
Sometimes even at 7:30 in the morning, it’s already gross hot out but thankfully my walks are usually relatively mild because I do them so early.
Officially reached 100lbs down since 3/10/21 yesterday. Looking back at my posts in this thread I can’t believe I’m where I am now from where I was a year ago.
This thread inspired me to try one of the cycling workouts with Apple Fitness when I was at the gym today. My legs were on fire about 6 minutes in. Proud of y'all.
Officially reached 100lbs down since 3/10/21 yesterday. Looking back at my posts in this thread I can’t believe I’m where I am now from where I was a year ago.
I think I’m going to bike the Natchez Trace. Not right now. But that’s a goal of mine. I can start at Loveless Cafe with some biscuits for breakfast. That’s where it begins here. I have ridden some of it before. But I want to bike all 444 miles. And no, before you ask Jaz, I’m not biking it back. Fuck that.
Or you can hop on a real bike and ride in the great outdoors.
1.Cars try to run you over and or curse at you for riding on their roads. 2 Dogs run after you. 3.Pot holes try to take you out 4.The heat makes you wish you were in hell where it is cooler.
Where is you guys sense of adventure?
During the first wave of the pandemic, my way of feeling not so trapped in my apartment was to jump on a Citibike and rack up fees by taking 3-hour rides (you're only supposed to be on those things for 45 minutes at a time). It was a great activity for seeing the city, getting exercise by pedaling terrible bikes that weighed 1,000 pounds over major river crossings, and staring death in the face and asking if it wanted to take me by weaving through traffic.
Or you can hop on a real bike and ride in the great outdoors.
1.Cars try to run you over and or curse at you for riding on their roads. 2 Dogs run after you. 3.Pot holes try to take you out 4.The heat makes you wish you were in hell where it is cooler.
Where is you guys sense of adventure?
During the first wave of the pandemic, my way of feeling not so trapped in my apartment was to jump on a Citibike and rack up fees by taking 3-hour rides (you're only supposed to be on those things for 45 minutes at a time). It was a great activity for seeing the city, getting exercise by pedaling terrible bikes that weighed 1,000 pounds over major river crossings, and staring death in the face and asking if it wanted to take me by weaving through traffic.
Or you can hop on a real bike and ride in the great outdoors.
1.Cars try to run you over and or curse at you for riding on their roads. 2 Dogs run after you. 3.Pot holes try to take you out 4.The heat makes you wish you were in hell where it is cooler.
Where is you guys sense of adventure?
There’s a house at the end of my road where they just let their little mop of a dog outside by himself in the morning, and he is never happy about me walking past. If I go one direction, he won’t follow me, but one day I was going the opposite direction, and he followed me for so long that I finally turned around and went the other way so that he’d go back home.
Sometimes even at 7:30 in the morning, it’s already gross hot out but thankfully my walks are usually relatively mild because I do them so early.
When it rains the backyard becomes a swamp so I take the dogs out in the front without leases on. Tyger would follow, while trying to bite your ankles but I would never just let my dogs out without watching them. WTF is wrong with your neighbor?
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