Peloton Bikes - 2021 It’s a new day?

I have one and love it. The screen has resistance and cadence and you adjust to what the instructor says. There is also where you rank in the class. Unlike a real class where the instructor says half turn, give me more speed, etc you can actually see what you are doing. It tracks your rides so you can compete against yourself and friends. It is worth it I say.

 

you do pay a monthly fee of like 45 for the classes but they are on demand or you can do live classes.

 

What do you mean by this?

 

Like it's more closely tracked imo. Every turn of the wheel is documented

 

What kind of reports do you get? Does it say what resistance you were on at any given minute? That would be cool.

 

Idk I don't have one I just know people who say it "tracks everything" so I assume u get that level of detail.

 

Yes it tracks everything. At the end of the class or even in your history you can pull up the stats. a spin class at a gym the instructor may say qaurter turn to resistance or something like that. on a peleton they say exactly how fast and what resistance to put it on. You can always go higher. I typically have a resistance 10 more than they say but keep speed the same.

 

Personal preference, I guess, but none of that warrants plopping down $2,000. Just my opinion. In our classes, our instructors always say the number for resistance. "Give me 8, 9 or 10" or "Get to 15!"

 

How much is the monthly service?

 

40 bucks. Yeah but is the number not relative?

 

Like are there numbers on the knobs?

 

I have one, as well. As others mentioned, I have it for convenience and it's a great workout. Most importantly, the instructors are awesome. They give clear directions and really push you to the limit. Also, starring at Jess King a few times a week is a good motivator.

Also, I've been dabbling in the beyond the bike workouts. I'm trying to rededicate myself to fitness and it really helps having this in the house.

 

Are there numbers on the resistance knobs? Not literally on the knob, but the display monitor changes with every turn.

 

That seems similar if there is a display.

 

I can only speak for the studio I go to, but our studio has bikes with a display that show RPM, resistance, watts, calories burned and a few other things. At the beginning of class, you do a Personal Threshold Test, which is supposed to be all out for two minutes based on the instructor's direction. At the front of the room, there are two large TVs that show each rider's performance all class. On those TVs, it shows zones for your ride (for instance, red zone is working 90% and above what your PTP score was). You want to be in red as much as possible. They also toggle rankings by different things like distance, performance by rider weight, RPM and watts, which is basically a combination of your speed and resistance factored over duration of the ride. It's great for people like me, who are super competitive.

 

Your money is about to be her money

 

I like the idea of the Peloton in theory. However, my concern about the investment ($2,000 for the bike, plus $500 for the year of classes) is that at some point the bike stops being your primary workout. I'm a big fan of home workouts because between my work schedule and having young kids, getting to the gym isn't practical. I've worked through the entire P90 universe (90, 90C, 90X2, 90X3 and Insanity) over the last year with really great results. Even then, I occasionally go back to do older workouts to change things up only to find that as my exercise tolerance grows I burn less calories on the older workouts than I used to.

With the Peloton, I fear that it would be awesome for six months but then I would need to do something else for awhile. Then once you reduce your frequency to 2-3 times per month the bargain gets worse.

 

Did it.

 

What about around the stadium of your near public-ivy alma mater?

 

Imagine spending a shit ton of money on one form of cardio that your body will eventually adjust to and you will see very little results with once you peak. Send me $50 a month and I will send you a bunch of variations of burpees to do every month that you can find on youtube for free with no equipment. No offense to the guys that love cycling for just enjoying it for what it is....but if I see one more 250lb guy at the park in a speedo imma run them over.

 

I believe you can pay by the month. So if you get bored cancel the monthly fee. But you'll still have a $2000 clothes rack if you're not using it.

There's also a lot of different types of rides you can do on a bike. If you know what you're doing you're body won't adjust.

 

Yeah i know there are plenty of variations, but personally i could never imagine sticking to one routine...no matter how many variations of peddling a bike you can throw at me. Trust me it's not as bad as guys that come into the gym to max out on bench and leave within 15 minutes and think that is a workout.

 

Fair enough.

 

I bet you can sell it for near 2K also if you wanted to

I see fat joggers jogging but never fat bikers biking.

For me, my knees would always bother me if I ran three days in a row. I can bike everyday now and switch the types of rides up constantly hoping to keep the body from adjusting, but who cares if it does if I am still losing weight.

 

Burned 900 calories in a 45 minute spin class last night. Come at me, bros.

 

Are you DA?

Congrats I think you will really enjoy it. Let me know when you get it and we can share names to track progress

 

What are your LB names?

Im The_Plumbus

 

Also, dallasdawg

 

Did you get the shoes/clips from peloton?

I bought mine off amazon and bought the wrong clips the first time.

 

Also, let me know if you have any questions. I can recommend the instructors I like

 

I really enjoy the power zone training from Matt Wilpers. It's an actual training program with goals and objectives, so it feels like Im making progress. A lot of the instructors are great, but their classes seem random sometimes.

I really like the heart rate training from Steven Little. He has now left Peloton, but his 500 rides are still on demand.

Alex Toussant is great and very motivational. High energy.

The women get a little too 'yassss queen' for me, sometimes, so I dont ride with them too often.

I actually just set my PR on the new girl's premiere ride.

Each instructor does have an intro class, so try them out and see what you think.

 

focus on interval, climb rides.

 

I've had my Peloton for ~6 months now and I love it. I was hesitant at first because of the price but at the same time I was really getting bored with running on the treadmill and wanted to try something new cardio-wise. I hadn't gotten on a bike since before I could legally drive so I knew it wasn't going to be easy. And it wasn't. I started with 20 min. Beginner rides, then moved to Advanced Beginner rides, and eventually all of the rides.

It's a steep price but the convenience is completely worth it (to me anyway). The beyond the ride stuff is pretty good too. And for someone who won't commit to an abs-only workout without guidance, it's nice to pop off the bike and do a quick 5 or 10 minute ab workout. I can count on one hand the times I've gotten back on the treadmill since I got the Peloton.

So far the only teachers I can't get on board with are Jennifer Jacobs and Cody Rigsby. My wife told me Cody was good so I tried one of his rides. It happened to be a Britney Spears groove ride. I was already a few minutes in before he said that but I didn't want to quit a class. Yeah, he's not for me. His whole 'up for 2, down for 2' thing baffled me.

 

Robin. She tries too hard.

 

Either robin or Jess king. Both of them suck

 

I think $2k for a statiinary bike is nuts. Buy a road bike and put it on a stand and ride it outside when you can. Riding inside in the winter even doing a workout makes me want to punch babies.
That said, would do in the winter.

 

Do you mean riding in the saddle for two seconds, up for two seconds, saddle for two, up for two?

 

It's kind of hard to explain. You're out of the saddle for it but you're upright (position 3) for 2 seconds and then hunkering over for 2 seconds. It's odd and doesn't make sense to me.

 

Yeah, that's a pretty common spin sequence. A lot of the classes I go to have something similar. Sometimes they go as far as saddle for two seconds, up to position three for two seconds, down to position two for two seconds, then back to saddle, rinse and repeat. Usually that's done in reps of 8-10, followed by longer intervals (four seconds, six seconds and eight seconds) of the same sequence. It's no joke.

Jumps are harder, IMO. Up and tall in position two for two seconds, saddle for two seconds, up, saddle, up, saddle, all while going max effort.

 

My next ride will take me over 1500 miles. Anyone still going strong? dallasdawg?