Why is Peloton so great?

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Anonymous wrote:Sometimes I believe these threads are some type of advertising. There is nothing amazing about the peloton app. There are better apps or even workout on you tube for free. I have tried the strength training classes and yoga and I get bored with both of them. I also like variety on my workouts so I know that I will get bored doing mainly spinning as cardio.

I, and obviously thousands of others, disagree with you. I’ve used Les Mills for spinning. They have such limited content compared to the peloton app. Peloton has a huuuuuuuge amount of content to access.

Yeah I mean as someone who was a Shaun T / Insanity / Beachbody (the workouts, not the sales aspect) devotee, there's literally no comparison.

They do have a huge content but I think the workouts are for middle age people who have never exercised before.

I don’t understand this comment at all. If you’re not getting a good enough workout, crank up the resistance. There are several professional athletes that ride. And you find it beneath you? I’m curious what exercise you do.

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I love mine. It was amazing while I was pregnant. Now it's amazing because I can exercise while the baby naps and sometimes even shower lol.

I also loved it pre-covid and pre-baby. The classes keep my brain occupied and it's easier for me to just commit to following instructions for X minutes rather than try to plan and execute a workout. I like how there are so many instructors for different days/moods (during pregnancy I switched to Hannah Corbin/Sam Yo and they were perfect - encouraging and easier). I love jumping right into my own shower when I'm done.

The bike is just a nice spin bike, but it's a nice spin bike!

Of course there are cheaper ways to exercise. It's a luxury product. But as luxuries go, this one is good for me at least.

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Anonymous wrote:Sometimes I believe these threads are some type of advertising. There is nothing amazing about the peloton app. There are better apps or even workout on you tube for free. I have tried the strength training classes and yoga and I get bored with both of them. I also like variety on my workouts so I know that I will get bored doing mainly spinning as cardio.

I, and obviously thousands of others, disagree with you. I’ve used Les Mills for spinning. They have such limited content compared to the peloton app. Peloton has a huuuuuuuge amount of content to access.

Yeah I mean as someone who was a Shaun T / Insanity / Beachbody (the workouts, not the sales aspect) devotee, there's literally no comparison.

They do have a huge content but I think the workouts are for middle age people who have never exercised before.

I don’t understand this comment at all. If you’re not getting a good enough workout, crank up the resistance. There are several professional athletes that ride. And you find it beneath you? I’m curious what exercise you do.

+1. I do the strength classes and the bike classes. It is pretty easy to push yourself on the bike with the resistance knob and with weights you're only limited by the weights you have at home but bodyweight strength is no joke and professional athletes use that too. And a lot of those treadmill classes are hard AF.

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DH got the spin bike they sell at Costco for $385 and it comes with a free one year iFit membership. So far his favorite “class” is a guy who does different rides around the Vietnamese countryside. No way we could justify spending the extra to get the Peloton brand bike and pay a crazy monthly fee when this one was available.

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Anonymous wrote:DH got the spin bike they sell at Costco for $385 and it comes with a free one year iFit membership. So far his favorite “class” is a guy who does different rides around the Vietnamese countryside. No way we could justify spending the extra to get the Peloton brand bike and pay a crazy monthly fee when this one was available.

I think that's great that you found something you like and it would even be great if you didn't feel the need to call other people crazy for spending more money on a similar thing.

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Anonymous wrote:DH got the spin bike they sell at Costco for $385 and it comes with a free one year iFit membership. So far his favorite “class” is a guy who does different rides around the Vietnamese countryside. No way we could justify spending the extra to get the Peloton brand bike and pay a crazy monthly fee when this one was available.

Honestly if you don't know, you just don't know.

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I love having the numbers on the screen. I'm sure some of PPs ways of getting metrics on a different bike work, but it sounds like cooking instead of going to a restaurant.

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why do people bash people who spend money on things they want and can afford?

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Anonymous wrote:My sister loves hers. She has a rent to own Peloton.

Whoa. Talk to me goose. How does this work?

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Anonymous wrote:I don't have a very cultlike personality and have always been into my own fitness routines (and never craved the community of classes). For this reason, I never got the appeal. But if people are into Peloton and it works for them, ::shrug::

You do you.

I’m just like you (never got into cult fitness) but considering a Peloton just because it’s so convenient. Is there anyone else in this thread who isn’t typically a fitness devotee type who really fell in love with their Peloton?

I was never into a specific fitness program prior to Peloton. I did do Orange Theory for a little while and at first, I did find myself into it, but l quickly fell out of it because the classes didn't fit my schedule, they never had any space available in the ones that I could take, and there were some instructors there that I didn't find very motivating. I was a little worried when I fell hard for my Peloton when I first got it that I would fall out of it like OTF, but I am a total Peloton devotee and love it so much. I look forward to it. I love that it is on my own time. I love that I can pick whichever instructor I want depending on my mood that day. I love that I can preview the music and decide if that's what I want to listen to for my ride that day. I love the community. My husband rides too, but he views it more of a bike. He doesn't participate in Peloton groups, doesn't follow the instructors on IG. So, he's less about the community, but he still gets in a good workout. I think one of the things I notice about Peloton is that they don't need "coaches" like Beachbody does to go out and promote their product. I follow BB devotees on IG and they talk about how they've got thousands of "coaches" on their teams, etc. and Peloton doesn't need to do that. They just put out good content and people come. They don't have to go out and recruit users. I got mine because of word of mouth hearing about it from my friends who have a Peloton and I started using the app over the summer to run outside. I felt like I got to know the instructors that I decided to take the plunge and get the bike, and I'm so glad I did.

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Anonymous wrote:My sister loves hers. She has a rent to own Peloton.

Whoa. Talk to me goose. How does this work?

If she’s talking about the payment plan through Affirm, that’s what I have. It lets you finance the bike over time with no interest. So I pay about $60/month for 39 months to pay off the bike. Also pay for the content which is $39/month (I think). In any event, it comes out to being not that more expensive than what I was paying for a gym membership and I use it a lot more.

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Anonymous wrote:Sometimes I believe these threads are some type of advertising. There is nothing amazing about the peloton app. There are better apps or even workout on you tube for free. I have tried the strength training classes and yoga and I get bored with both of them. I also like variety on my workouts so I know that I will get bored doing mainly spinning as cardio.

I would love to check out the apps and YouTubes you think are so much better if you would provide some specific names/links.
One of the things about peloton that keeps my interest versus other apps is that they have popular music. Not some cover song. The music has become a big part of the experience for me.

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Anonymous wrote:My sister loves hers. She has a rent to own Peloton.

Whoa. Talk to me goose. How does this work?

I feel like this is pp saying she financed it?

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Anonymous wrote:My sister loves hers. She has a rent to own Peloton.

Whoa. Talk to me goose. How does this work?

I feel like this is pp saying she financed it?

we finance ours, zero interest so why tie up 2k when you can pay monthly.

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Anonymous wrote:When we looked at bikes, we wanted something that was a total system. I didn't want to use the app and not have the metrics or muck about with things to get the metrics and then incorporate those metrics from the bike with heart rate and the like. I knew it was doable but it was extra steps and more complicated. The bike itself and the monthly membership fee was less expensive than our family gym membership. We cancelled the gym membership and bought the easy to use system.

I logged close to 30,000 minutes last year through spin, strength, yoga, meditation, outdoor walks, stretching, and bike bootcamps. I am already at 2,000 minutes this year. DH uses the bike a good amount and does some of the strength classes.

I don't see the need for the Bike +, the extras on it would not be worth it to me. The regular bike has more then paid for itself. There might have been a cheaper bike option, but we have found great value in the bike itself and the membership.

This is why I bought a peloton, rather than a bowflex or similar bike to use with the peloton app. I know myself and know that any amount of friction that gets introduced into the equation would make me not want to use it. It also helps that we have four users at home, all getting access to all the classes, for $40/month. The cost of the bike and the membership is much less than our family Lifetime Gym membership was.