A colleague of mine was talking about how good he is on peleton. He knows I bike outside a lot (about 70 - 100 miles a week) and was talking trash one day about how much he rides. I challenged him to a 20 mile ride I do a few times a week and actually gave him my better bike to ride along. He finished 20 minutes behind me and breathing heavy. Its a fad and will go away just like the others. |
Uh, because I have little kids, and I can't leave them alone in the house to go workout whenever I feel like it. Also, it's safer. Also, I sweat plenty on it. Look, if you don't want one, fine. But there are myriad reasons why people choose home workout equipment. It's really not that hard. |
Can you read? There are 4 different threads in just the past 5 days - all on the front page of "diet and exercise." Good grief. |
It's Peloton marketing dept. |
Then why don't you two get together and start your own website and then you can do whatever you want. |
Cool story. |
Overreaction much? Might be time for some carbs, sis. |
If only it were popular. You definitely know things everyone else doesn’t! Also AMEN To Denis *drools |
Lol, this
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Um Peloton is a form of group exercise called spinning. I have zero desire to exercise outside on a bicycle. Bikes to me are transportation, not exercise equipment a la Lance Armstrong. I have a Peloton because I like on demand classes an not having to leave the comfort of my home to do a spin class. I work FT and have 2 kids. Its 630am and I've exercise on my Peloton already for 45min. Zero interest in biking around DC in the dark for 45min this morning. |
| Personally, Peloton is not for me but if someone has the money for it and actually uses it / allows them to exercise, then why the judgment? So many more wasteful things to spend money on ($2k on a fancy TV, luxury car, etc). At least Pelotoj is about fitness and staying in shape. |
Are you in DC? If so, where do you ride? It's very hard in DC to find a place to ride outside where you can ride at speed for an extended period of time. I personally find riding outside to be easier than the Peloton because there are usually downhills and coasting. There's also a good chance that your friend didn't know how to change gears correctly, which makes riding outside harder than it needs to be. And if your friend is a big guy, there's a chance he's relying a lot on his size to dominate on the Peloton (leaderboard is based on total power, not power ratio), but size is not his friend on a real bike. Peloton is the toughest cardio I've ever done. I ran the fastest 10-miler of my career while training almost exclusively on the Peloton. (I ran once a week.) |
If you think biking outdoors is unsafe, are you doing anything to support us bike advocate types to make it safer? I don't mind that people do Peleton - but I hope they are not the same people who fight road diets, who support keeping our cities and counties autocentric. I fear some are. |
Start your own thread. thanks. |
ANOTHER thread about peleton riders, just for an aside to one particular commenter? |