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Wife and I have a Peleton since January of 2019. Just hit my 150 rides (2-3 days a week) yesterday....some people on there have an ungodly amount of rides under their belts. Even if they started when the Peletons first came out...they are still nuts.

If any one wants to follow, my handle is the same on Peleton. If I get 3 in during the week its usually one intervals and arms, one hit training, and one power zone/sweat steady training. I usually ride with Jess King, Emma Lovewell (best music...indy and rock), Alex Touissant, Ben (HIT), and Matt (Power Zones).

I'd recommended to add some power zones or sweat steady rides. they don't have as big of a pay off on the leaderboard but definitely help with stamina. For me, its way easy to go out all out on a HIT with a good recovery between intervals than it is to have no recovery and go moderately hard for a longer period of time.
 
8893 said:
You don't have Wi-Fi already in your house?

I got the bike for half price and they threw in two months of the subscription for free because of their delay in being able to deliver the bike.

I am canceling my gym membership because I have no desire to be back in a closed environment with people sweating and breathing heavily. That savings alone halves the price of my Peloton subscription. Plus I can have endless users on my Peloton subscription, which is great for us because two of my daughters are getting into it now.

I have two to three pairs of running shoes in rotation at all times; they last less than a year.

I still jog/walk/hike several times a week, but I wanted the Peloton to give my legs a break from the impact. I would also have considered a home rowing machine, but the Peloton deal came my way first. I believe a commercial stairmaster like the one I use at the gym (Cybex Arc Trainer) is much, much more expensive than either a Peloton or rowing machine.

As others have noted, the Peloton screen and streaming content are really excellent. For me and my daughters who also use it, it makes a huge difference in terms of motivating you to get on the bike and providing instruction.

I'm also really digging the arms workouts. I've never been a weight-training guy and I scoffed at the fact that the heaviest dumbbells that I could order with the Peloton were 3lbs. Now two weeks in, doing some type of arms workout every other day, I am definitely feeling it. I'm also feeling a lot more of a core workout than I ever got with running, arc trainer or elliptical.

Instead of dreading my daily runs because I felt like I was beating my body up, I now look forward to mixing them in a few times a week, and I feel better before, during and after them than I did when I was running almost every day.

Hey @Deepster , you mentioned getting into a groove recently--who are your favorite Peloton instructors? As I sample them I notice that I have a much easier time syncing with some than others.
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I like Alex Touissant and Ally Love the best. I like instructors who lay out what's coming clearly. "You have 30 more seconds here, then we're going to increase the cadence to 90-100". I don't like the overly cheesy "You're amazing! You made a choice to get better today!" stuff at all.
 
I jumped on the 90 day free trial back in April. I dont do the cycling, but rather the strength, stretching, yoga etc. I like it enough that we dropped our family gym membership. I'm going to start doing some of the running workouts this week to shake things up.
 
Deepster said:
I like Alex Touissant and Ally Love the best. I like instructors who lay out what's coming clearly. "You have 30 more seconds here, then we're going to increase the cadence to 90-100". I don't like the overly cheesy "You're amazing! You made a choice to get better today!" stuff at all.
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They were the first two instructors I tried. I like them both also; agree they each have a very nice way about them.

I did a Cody Rigsby ride the other day and didn't like his cadence at all. Very hard for me to be in sync because, unlike the others, he didn't do a good job of clearly laying out what was coming.

I have done a few rides with Olivia Amato recently and I like her rides, but I didn't like her arms workout because I couldn't get in sync with her instruction or movements. She has good energy though.

I've been doing the Power Zone training and am in the second week of that now. Matt Wilpers has been excellent and really helpful in terms of understanding the movements and getting better and more efficient at them. Very thoughtful.

Christine D'Ercole has also been very good on the endurance rides in the power zone training, but she's probably a little too much positive reinforcement for your tastes. I don't really like her music though.

I don't like Denis Morton's music much, either, and I wasn't crazy about his instruction.

I have done one ride with Kendall Toole and two with Robin Arzon and thought they were both decent enough to try again.

Leanne Hainsby remains my overall favorite in terms of clear instruction, really good intensity, variety and positive reinforcement, but I could see how she would get on your nerves. I'm a sucker for a female British accent so it doesn't sound as cloying to me.
 
8893 said:
They were the first two instructors I tried. I like them both also; agree they each have a very nice way about them.

I did a Cody Rigsby ride the other day and didn't like his cadence at all. Very hard for me to be in sync because, unlike the others, he didn't do a good job of clearly laying out what was coming.

I have done a few rides with Olivia Amato recently and I like her rides, but I didn't like her arms workout because I couldn't get in sync with her instruction or movements. She has good energy though.

I've been doing the Power Zone training and am in the second week of that now. Matt Wilpers has been excellent and really helpful in terms of understanding the movements and getting better and more efficient at them. Very thoughtful.

Christine D'Ercole has also been very good on the endurance rides in the power zone training, but she's probably a little too much positive reinforcement for your tastes. I don't really like her music though.

I don't like Denis Morton's music much, either, and I wasn't crazy about his instruction.

I have done one ride with Kendall Toole and two with Robin Arzon and thought they were both decent enough to try again.

Leanne Hainsby remains my overall favorite in terms of clear instruction, really good intensity, variety and positive reinforcement, but I could see how she would get on your nerves. I'm a sucker for a female British accent so it doesn't sound as cloying to me.
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Alex Touissant always goes "1-2, 1-2" when there's a new cadence. That helps me especially since my rigged version doesn't have exact cadence settings. I'll try Leanne Hainsby this afternoon.
 
Deepster said:
Alex Touissant always goes "1-2, 1-2" when there's a new cadence. That helps me especially since my rigged version doesn't have exact cadence settings. I'll try Leanne Hainsby this afternoon.
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Just beware that she is very much into the "You're amazing! You made a choice to get better today!" stuff. Like I said, it doesn't bother me coming from her as much as it might coming from someone else.
 
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8893 said:
Just beware that she is very much into the "You're amazing! You made a choice to get better today!" stuff. Like I said, it doesn't bother me coming from her as much as it might coming from someone else.
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Fine. I'll just giggle and judge you the entire ride.
 
Deepster said:
Fine. I'll just giggle and judge you the entire ride.
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I'll be interested to hear what you think. I'm guessing she could coax you onto the dance floor.

She has a very varied taste in music. She is also very into the HIIT, Tabata and interval training, so a lot of her rides feature sections with 2:1 and 3:1 intensity to recovery. The one I did last night also mixed in two arms segments, which I think she does very well. I really liked the playlist, too; think I'm gonna sync my Spotify to it so I can start saving songs I like.
 
8893 said:
I'll be interested to hear what you think. I'm guessing she could coax you onto the dance floor.

She has a very varied taste in music. She is also very into the HIIT, Tabata and interval training, so a lot of her rides feature sections with 2:1 and 3:1 intensity to recovery. The one I did last night also mixed in two arms segments, which I think she does very well. I really liked the playlist, too; think I'm gonna sync my Spotify to it so I can start saving songs I like.
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I think you love her.
 
8893 said:
You don't have Wi-Fi already in your house?

I got the bike for half price and they threw in two months of the subscription for free because of their delay in being able to deliver the bike.

I am canceling my gym membership because I have no desire to be back in a closed environment with people sweating and breathing heavily. That savings alone halves the price of my Peloton subscription. Plus I can have endless users on my Peloton subscription, which is great for us because two of my daughters are getting into it now.

I have two to three pairs of running shoes in rotation at all times; they last less than a year.

I still jog/walk/hike several times a week, but I wanted the Peloton to give my legs a break from the impact. I would also have considered a home rowing machine, but the Peloton deal came my way first. I believe a commercial stairmaster like the one I use at the gym (Cybex Arc Trainer) is much, much more expensive than either a Peloton or rowing machine.

As others have noted, the Peloton screen and streaming content are really excellent. For me and my daughters who also use it, it makes a huge difference in terms of motivating you to get on the bike and providing instruction.

I'm also really digging the arms workouts. I've never been a weight-training guy and I scoffed at the fact that the heaviest dumbbells that I could order with the Peloton were 3lbs. Now two weeks in, doing some type of arms workout every other day, I am definitely feeling it. I'm also feeling a lot more of a core workout than I ever got with running, arc trainer or elliptical.

Instead of dreading my daily runs because I felt like I was beating my body up, I now look forward to mixing them in a few times a week, and I feel better before, during and after them than I did when I was running almost every day.

Hey @Deepster , you mentioned getting into a groove recently--who are your favorite Peloton instructors? As I sample them I notice that I have a much easier time syncing with some than others.
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I can see where it would suit some people's lifestyle, it doesn't suit mine. I like getting out, and don't like a slick commercial that tries to sell me a very expensive virtual exercise package based on a stationary bike that tries very hard to be cool and tries to convince me I have my own instructor leading a spinning class, but in reality keeps me at home even more. Compare that to my gym membership which is $1.84 a week, and on a busy day since reopening has 10 people in it, with about 30 or 40 feet between me and the next person. Combine that with running or biking outside, we live in a very rural area in Litchfield county so seeing a car on the road is a big deal, and I see more other runners than cars, and everyone waves to everyone else. I'm sure the horses, cows, and Black Angus would wave too if they could. Lol. I will agree that a new Stairmaster is not cheap but my gym has two that are always open, it's rare when both are in use. Everyone at the gym gets their own disinfectant spray bottle, which are also disinfected after every use. Most people wear masks but they're not mandatory, and I see more seniors there than you would think. I would say one third are seniors. After closing, my gym has a disinfectant system that is released into the air that supposedly disinfects the entire gym, floors, ceilings, walls, machines, etc.

Good luck, stay safe. If I was going to buy some exercise machine for my house it would be the Concept 2 rower, very inexpensive compared to a Peloton or Stairmaster.
 
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huskyrob1 said:
I can see where it would suit some people's lifestyle, it doesn't suit mine. I like getting out, and don't like a slick commercial that tries to sell me a very expensive virtual exercise package based on a stationary bike that tries very hard to be cool and tries to convince me I have my own instructor leading a spinning class, but in reality keeps me at home even more. Compare that to my gym membership which is $1.84 a week, and on a busy day since reopening has 10 people in it, with about 30 or 40 feet between me and the next person. Combine that with running or biking outside, we live in a very rural area in Litchfield county so seeing a car on the road is a big deal, and I see more other runners than cars, and everyone waves to everyone else. I'm sure the horses, cows, and Black Angus would wave too if they could. Lol. I will agree that a new Stairmaster is not cheap but my gym has two that are always open, it's rare when both are in use. Everyone at the gym gets their own disinfectant spray bottle, which are also disinfected after every use. Most people wear masks but they're not mandatory, and I see more seniors there than you would think. I would say one third are seniors. After closing, my gym has a disinfectant system that is released into the air that supposedly disinfects the entire gym, floors, ceilings, walls, machines, etc.

Good luck, stay safe. If I was going to buy some exercise machine for my house it would be the Concept 2 rower, very inexpensive compared to a Peloton or Stairmaster.
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No question, mixing it up and finding what you like to keep it interesting and effective for you is the key.

The Concept 2 rower is either $900 or $1,100 depending on model; I paid $1,200 for my Peloton.

Re the streaming content and instructors, all I can say is that it works for me. The gym worked fine for me pre-Covid but I never loved it. This is easier for me, and more comfortable for now. I love being outdoors and I love my runs, but this is a good thing for me to alternate.

I wouldn't be concerned about surface transmission at the gym; just the air.
 
Back at the gym today and one of the first people I see is the 83 year old Russian guy who is the strongest bench presser in America for his age. You wonder who you will see again, especially when it's someone who is much older. Seeing him healthy and getting after it made me happy. He was lifting 2 and a half plates on each side of the shoulder press machine like it was nothing, the guy is an animal.
 
8893 said:
No question, mixing it up and finding what you like to keep it interesting and effective for you is the key.

The Concept 2 rower is either $900 or $1,100 depending on model; I paid $1,200 for my Peloton.

Re the streaming content and instructors, all I can say is that it works for me. The gym worked fine for me pre-Covid but I never loved it. This is easier for me, and more comfortable for now. I love being outdoors and I love my runs, but this is a good thing for me to alternate.

I wouldn't be concerned about surface transmission at the gym; just the air.
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$1200? How did you manage that? A new Peloton costs $2300, and I think that's just for the bike.
 
superjohn said:
Back at the gym today and one of the first people I see is the 83 year old Russian guy who is the strongest bench presser in America for his age. You wonder who you will see again, especially when it's someone who is much older. Seeing him healthy and getting after it made me happy. He was lifting 2 and a half plates on each side of the shoulder press machine like it was nothing, the guy is an animal.
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What does he bench?
 
huskyrob1 said:
$1200? How did you manage that? A new Peloton costs $2300, and I think that's just for the bike.
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A friend of a friend connected me to the Peloton Friends and Family deal on a "refurbished" bike, i.e., one that someone returned within the first 30 days but has been fully checked and is fully warrantied. Refurbished Pelotons are normally $500 less expensive and the normal F&F deal is an additional $250 off of that. The special promotion that they run occasionally on top of that is another $250 off. That's the deal I got, for a total of $1,000 off the new Peloton price.
 
huskyrob1 said:
I can see where it would suit some people's lifestyle, it doesn't suit mine. I like getting out, and don't like a slick commercial that tries to sell me a very expensive virtual exercise package based on a stationary bike that tries very hard to be cool and tries to convince me I have my own instructor leading a spinning class, but in reality keeps me at home even more. Compare that to my gym membership which is $1.84 a week, and on a busy day since reopening has 10 people in it, with about 30 or 40 feet between me and the next person. Combine that with running or biking outside, we live in a very rural area in Litchfield county so seeing a car on the road is a big deal, and I see more other runners than cars, and everyone waves to everyone else. I'm sure the horses, cows, and Black Angus would wave too if they could. Lol. I will agree that a new Stairmaster is not cheap but my gym has two that are always open, it's rare when both are in use. Everyone at the gym gets their own disinfectant spray bottle, which are also disinfected after every use. Most people wear masks but they're not mandatory, and I see more seniors there than you would think. I would say one third are seniors. After closing, my gym has a disinfectant system that is released into the air that supposedly disinfects the entire gym, floors, ceilings, walls, machines, etc.

Good luck, stay safe. If I was going to buy some exercise machine for my house it would be the Concept 2 rower, very inexpensive compared to a Peloton or Stairmaster.
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Some folks don't have the time to leisurely roll through the bucolic Litchfield hills. My bike is in my bedroom and I can wake up, work up a good sweat in a half hour class and be out the door for work in 50 minutes. Or, as I've been doing while WFH, jumping on during an hour break between meetings here or there.

The weather is never bad. I don't have to worry about falling or a flat tire. No humidity. No concern about getting sideswiped by a car. Granted, I don't see many black Angus, but the instructors are pretty easy on the eyes.
 
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8893 said:
A friend of a friend connected me to the Peloton Friends and Family deal on a "refurbished" bike, i.e., one that someone returned within the first 30 days but has been fully checked and is fully warrantied. Refurbished Pelotons are normally $500 less expensive and the normal F&F deal is an additional $250 off of that. The special promotion that they run occasionally on top of that is another $250 off. That's the deal I got, for a total of $1,000 off the new Peloton price.
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Nice!!!
 
ScottBonz said:
Definitely took a couple of month to get used it. The first couple of rides that I had for sweat steady or power zone where you were in the saddle for longer periods were rough.
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I also have a pair of Pearl Izumi shorts that I've had for a long time and the chamois in them definitely helped. Decided that one pair isn't enough so I ordered these as my second pair and like them:

Amazon product ASIN B019NZX6EO
 
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husky429 said:
Holy crap. At 83? What a beast
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He came up to me last year because he saw me benching with a reverse grip which is pretty much the only way I bench and it looks weird. He asked me about it and then asked me to guess how old he is. I guessed something like 54 to be nice but I legit thought he was 65 or under. He tells me he's 82 and then starts talking about the history of bench pressing...

He's from Russia and has lived all over but Chicago has been his home for a long time. He says he holds the American title for his age and used to have world titles. His wife always tries to get him to stop lifting heavy weights because he's so old but he loves it and says it keeps him alive. He looks and moves around better than all the 65 year olds and is a lot stronger than all of them, it's crazy impressive.
 
imno1 said:
The Subscription is probably more important than the bike. You can get any fixed gear stationary bike and do the rides through an ipad or smart tv. @Scot-e might be able to confirm this.
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how much is the subscription?
 
Slightly off topic, but have any of you bought a rower? I have a stationary bike I rarely use, because I just don't like stationary bikes. But I always liked rowers and I believe some are now "Peloton like".
 
temery said:
how much is the subscription?
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I think it's $12.99 per month. I believe if you don't have a peloton product you can still do all the workouts it's just not a interactive.
 
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