Anonymous wrote:In summary Peloton is for middle aged out of shape suburban people who never worked out before in their lives but wanna feel like they’re part of the latest exercise craze

Most people I know who bought Pelotons were already in excellent shape. They love their Pelotons.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/peloton-review-what-to-know-before-you-buy/amp/

We are in our early 30s and got a Peloton after having a baby. With zero-percent financing it’s around $120 a month and so similar to a gym membership, but you don’t have to leave the house and can go any time (both valuable to is with a baby home). We have used it regularly for the last year, and it’s worth it for us, especially now. The bike itself is nice and I appreciate having the metrics, and like I said I don’t consider the cost outrageous as compared to a gym membership.

Anonymous wrote:Thank you for those who responded. I did do a search before posting (in the other forum) and turned up a couple of irrelevant threads that didn’t answer my question and then searched in this forum once I learned about it after posting and got lost in a sea of whiney crap about “peloton crazies” which again didn’t answer my question.

If you'll use it and can afford it, it's worth it. The bike is another form of motivation because it makes it easy to track your metrics and race against others, or yourself, to see how you're improving. You can do it without the bike, but having the metrics is motivating.

Thank you for those who responded. I did do a search before posting (in the other forum) and turned up a couple of irrelevant threads that didn’t answer my question and then searched in this forum once I learned about it after posting and got lost in a sea of whiney crap about “peloton crazies” which again didn’t answer my question.

Anonymous wrote:In summary Peloton is for middle aged out of shape suburban people who never worked out before in their lives but wanna feel like they’re part of the latest exercise craze

I agree with middle aged (because they’re the ones that can afford it these days), but DH and I were active gym-goers and runners. We bought the peloton as soon as covid happened and happy we did. Personally I only use the bike for HIIT, but DH can’t run anymore due to plantar fasciaatas, so that’s his only cardio these days.

Anonymous wrote:OP here- sorry, I honestly never been to this forum on DCUM. I’m very active here but in the children-related, school-related, off topic, real estate, home improvement, and medical and health forums. Didn’t even realize there was An exercise forum (never looked, clearly). I posted this question in a different forum but apparently it got moved here. Can you maybe just sum up in a sentence or two why, instead of being snarky?

Okay, but... you know there's a search function, right?

I say this as a NP who loves my Peloton and loves talking about it.

In summary Peloton is for middle aged out of shape suburban people who never worked out before in their lives but wanna feel like they’re part of the latest exercise craze

Anonymous wrote:OP here- sorry, I honestly never been to this forum on DCUM. I’m very active here but in the children-related, school-related, off topic, real estate, home improvement, and medical and health forums. Didn’t even realize there was An exercise forum (never looked, clearly). I posted this question in a different forum but apparently it got moved here. Can you maybe just sum up in a sentence or two why, instead of being snarky?

If you’re that involved on DCUM, you already know to not ask people to sum up hundreds of threads in a sentence. Stop being a troll and do the work.

Use the search function b!tch

It includes all the metrics including resistance. It also has a leaderboard that can be fun and motivating.

Anonymous wrote:OP here- sorry, I honestly never been to this forum on DCUM. I’m very active here but in the children-related, school-related, off topic, real estate, home improvement, and medical and health forums. Didn’t even realize there was An exercise forum (never looked, clearly). I posted this question in a different forum but apparently it got moved here. Can you maybe just sum up in a sentence or two why, instead of being snarky?

DP, but now you know. Search the forum.. there Really are a million threads, and the information you want is likely to be in there.

Peloton people will reply “it’s awesome”. Non Peloton people will tell you there are other ways to exercise without spending the $. There are some Peloton like substitutes. Ymmv.

OP here- sorry, I honestly never been to this forum on DCUM. I’m very active here but in the children-related, school-related, off topic, real estate, home improvement, and medical and health forums. Didn’t even realize there was An exercise forum (never looked, clearly). I posted this question in a different forum but apparently it got moved here. Can you maybe just sum up in a sentence or two why, instead of being snarky?

No we need more threads. People who’ve never exercised before need to know!

Literally a million threads on this.

Is it worth it? Why get the bike when you can just get a cheaper bike and get the Peloton app? I’m on the fence