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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]two things jump out, 1. Peloton does not have an accurate power meter- not even close. If knowing your power on a peloton is that important, get some assioma or Garmin vector pedals. 2 Peloton trains for cardio health and fitness and is not a very focused plan. If you really care about FTP, get either a training peaks plan or just use trainer road [/quote] Peloton is known for not being accurate at reading power. Cyclist racing the tour de france don't put out 716 watts for 45 minutes. There is an article on velonews raving about a olympic rower that shocked everyone when his 20 minute power being 480 watts. He has professional cycling teams interested in him[/quote] The bike + is actually suppose to be very accurate. I have seen people doing comparisons to the bike plus with the power meters they are using on their outdoor bikes and the numbers are matching. The Power Zone classes at Peloton are excellent. You can take PZE, PZ, and Max classes very easily. Lots of different lengths, ranginging from 20 minutes to 90 minute classes. The big issue is that there is no specific regular running program so you need to patch one together on your own. Some people enjoy the Power Zone Pack challenges because there is a plan and the TSS increases each week. It has it's pros and cons. I have stopped doing them because it is too Matt focused and I am sick of taking 4-6 Matt rides a week and[b] I don't appreciate the lack of transparency with the Matt/Angie connection[/b]. But the challenges do put together a solid training plan with 3-5 45-60 minute long PZ rides. [/quote] I just finished my third PZ challenge in a row and am totally burnt out on Matt Wilpers (as much as I love and appreciate him). I'm sitting out the next challenge because I need some other instructors in my life. But I'm curious by what you mean by the lack of transparency? I just got my peloton last february so I'm not up on my PZ Pack history. [/quote] If you look at the PZP page Angie pimps out Matt's Coaching, she has her own team that is Peloton based training through Matt's company, and Matt's bike fittings. The PZP Challenges are dominated by Matt rides. Angie claims on the PZP that there are not enough 45 and 60 minute rides by the other instructors that would fit into the PZP Challenges, but that is BS. It is not exactly a hidden fact that Angie and Matt are friends. What I do know. PZP was not started by Angie, she was invited to join by the original founder. Matt helped to plan the original challenges, this was before Denis was added as a PZP instructor. PZP was originally an officially sponsored Peloton page. At some point in time the original founder of PZP left, no idea why but there was a falling out with Angie. Peloton dropped the PZP as an official Peloton page when Angie's started selling subscriptions to her website. Angie also has a tendency to boot people who question her methods or ride selection from the PZP FB page. I am active on other Peloton boards and have seen the Admin from PZP pop up when someone says something negative about Angie on a different FB site. And the Reddit Peloton group does not allow discussion of Angie or PZP on their pages because of her behavior. What is unknown is how much money Angie makes from the bike fittings and Wilpers coaching team or the website. There appears to be a financial incentive for Angie to focus on Matt rides and not include the other instructors. There are elements of the challenges that I enjoy but I am so over Matt rides after 5 PZP challenges. I do them when the POT has them on the challenge schedule but that is about it. I like the Progressive Overload Training group because they choose a variety of rides, to include PZ rides, and a variety of instructors every week. Things stay fresh and burn out is less. [/quote]
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