If you could invest in 1 at-home exercise machine what would it be?

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Anonymous wrote:Rowing machine. I’ve tried Pelaoton and find their classes boring.

You think Peloton is boring but erging isn’t? Erging is hellishly hard and deadly dull.

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I wouldn't. We have an elliptical but I always just use the weights.

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I have a Peloton and an old treadmill and I love both. I stream the Peloton app to an old HDTV set up in my basement to do their Tread boot camps with my treadmill. Whatever equipment you buy needs to be something you love in order to use it regularly. I don’t recommend making the investment to buy the Peloton if you don’t really love indoor cycling. I have been taking indoor cycling classes for ten years and I used the Peloton app with a cheap spin bike for a year and a half before making the plunge to buy the Peloton bike. I don’t understand people who buy it without ever having taken an indoor cycling class.

Following along with classes makes the workouts much more fun, IMO. The instructors really know what they are talking bout, and they play really good fun music. I am able to work out 5x a week using my home gym. As a fulltime working mother with two kids, this is the only way of working out that I have found that fits into my lifestyle and that keeps me excited about working out.

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Peloton! If you like spin classes, you'll probably like/use it and it cuts the time commitment in half compared to going to a studio (for me anyway). Plus I like showering at home.

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I am so torn between a Peleton and rowing machine. I really like both but I feel the Peleton will be much more engaging with the classes.

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Peloton!!

Mindless rowing / running in your basement will drive you crazy after a few weeks and that machine will turn into laundry rack.

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What do you enjoy doing? Pick a piece of equipment that will go along with that. I can tell you an erg is the best full body workout, but if you hate rowing and will never use it then get a peleton or a treadmill.

it also depends on your goals- build strength or cardio fitness?

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Anonymous wrote:I am so torn between a Peleton and rowing machine. I really like both but I feel the Peleton will be much more engaging with the classes.

We have both. The Peloton gets a ton of use by multiple family members (including middle schoolers) and the WaterRower is in storage in our attic. The Peloton also takes up less space if that is an issue. I think the availability of lots of off the bike/app content really puts it over the edge in terms of functionality in addition to the positives mentioned by others.

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Ab wheel. Cost $10.99 works all of core, back /lats, shoulders, tri's, chest

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I do the "bootcamp" workouts on the Peloton app using my rower for the cardio portion rather than running. Works well for me, so I still get the class engagement aspect. I also row while watching TV or listening to podcasts if I don't feel like doing it with a class and just want to zone out. I have a Concept 2 rower that pulls apart into two pieces and takes up less room than a bike does.

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Anonymous wrote:I would just get my as to the gym. Once you are there you are committed, much harder to do that at home. Just look at statistics of those home machines, they are a definition of wishful thinking.

I feel the opposite. Between work and being a mom, I have trouble finding the time to go to a crowded gym, worry about fighting people for machines, and spending extra time driving there and back. I can say more easily find time at home (while my kid sleeps, when he has friends over, etc).

My latest favorite home exercise is using a small step with risers, a bosu ball, and exercise bands.

+1000 before my peloton, i worked out on sat and sun because I could not get to the gym, with work and momming, now, I can work out whenever ad workout 5 days a week. Best money I've ever spent.

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Anonymous wrote:Rowing machine. I’ve tried Pelaoton and find their classes boring.

You think Peloton is boring but erging isn’t? Erging is hellishly hard and deadly dull.

I feel the same way about erging v bikes. Exercise bikes are boring and so repetitive and your body is cramped in an unnatural position. Erging is a much more natural full-body exercise, and you also have to think about it more so it's not as boring. It's not just grind, grind, grind around the pedals.

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Rowing machine or treadmill. Elliptical and bike force your body into a repetitive motion that does not work for me.

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Pull up bar. Its super easy to pushing exercises, but harder to complete pulling ones.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rowing machine. I’ve tried Pelaoton and find their classes boring.

You think Peloton is boring but erging isn’t? Erging is hellishly hard and deadly dull.

I feel the same way about erging v bikes. Exercise bikes are boring and so repetitive and your body is cramped in an unnatural position. Erging is a much more natural full-body exercise, and you also have to think about it more so it's not as boring. It's not just grind, grind, grind around the pedals.

But the Peloton is not a bike in the way that a Concept 2 is an erg. The selling point of the Peloton is that it has coached workouts, which can last from 5 to 90 minutes, in any variety of styles, and coached by various personalities. All of that displays on the screen mounted to the bike.

The parallel would be if the erg had a giant screen and someone coxing you through each piece. But it doesn't, so the comparison doesn't hold. (Also, once you row long enough, you don't have to think about erging technique really at all.)