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[quote=Anonymous]It's hard to put my finger on exactly what makes it so great. I'm a person who never liked exercise at all. At school I was the kid hiding in the locker room/faking my period every week, etc to avoid doing any sport. As I got older, I tried different things - classes, personal trainers, yoga, etc - but never stuck at anything for more than a couple of months. Starting when I was pregnant with my second child, I began to feel more motivated to do exercise because I started to feel that it was really important for my health. I started doing pilates and have been doing a weekly one on one session since that pregnancy 8 years ago. That was my gateway into fitness - I love pilates but I then began to feel that I didn't have any cardio, and also that maybe I should be doing some more strength training. Obviously there is some strength training in pilates, but not as much as I might be doing. I tried the peloton bike at my parents' gym and thought it was pretty good. I'd done a few spin classes at SoulCycle before - I didn't really love the music, I found the instructors cheesy and I found the whole "turn the resistance a quarter turn/half turn" thing confusing and hard to gauge. But I did get my heart rate up, and felt like I'd had a good workout, so that made me think that I would probably like a spin class if it were different - different instructors, different music, better way to tell if you were doing it right or hard enough. The first peloton class I took told me that this was right. I didn't buy it right away - I kept doing research and reading reviews and i joined the facebook groups to see what people thought, and then eventually 3 years ago I got my bonus and thought I'd just go for it. 3 years on, and I still love it and still ride several times a week. It's a high quality bike (yes, there may be better ones and cheaper ones, but it's a very good one), and the integration of all the metrics and the ease of use make it worthwhile. The wide variety of classes is amazing - I love that there is always something to suit my mood, and even if I only have 15 minutes I know I can get a great workout in. Today I'm going to be celebrating my 700th ride on Christine's live classical music ride. Maybe it's a cult?! I don't really care - I've been working out consistently now for 3 years when nothing else could draw me in, so I'm grateful.[/quote]
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