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Why I will never buy any Peloton product for my home... Peloton Tread+ Treadmill Safety Incident: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onXNnlCYJ4Y (viewer discretion is advised)
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There's this internet nerd thing which always implicitly defines "fitness" as 99% weightlifting, which has always been bizarre to me. Those weights do pretty much nothing for your cardiovascular health, unless you've somehow got some crazy 40+ minute routine.
Have you ever done interval training with kettlebells? You can be left catching your breath, even though your feed never moved.
That said, is intense cardio really that important for health? moderate cardio seems to give most of the longevity benefits.
I agree with lots of the negative sentiment on Peloton, however, the name of the luxury game is to stay ahead of the pack and maintain a premium brand. Much of what they've done to date is maintain a huge catalog of real-time and recorded streaming classes and videos. I found the news about Peloton working with Google to use Stadia as a platform for gaming on Peloton devices, very interesting. So far, what we've seen…
Zwift has done well with a fitness gaming product oriented around bike races and challenges. But the graphics are cheesy. And the whole game experience is mostly just about power output in a straight line with maybe some drafting tactics; it only even supports steering in a very limited way.
Anecdotally, it appears that Zwift usage is still growing. It's more race and social oriented than Peleton, and less of a "spin class simulator", but it's only $15/mo and doesn't require as much of an up-front equipment investment. I think Peleton believed too much of their own BS and flew too close to the sun.
Growing, yes, but from a much smaller base and probably with a lower ceiling. (I'm a regular Zwift rider in the winter.) Fundamentally, Zwift is for road cyclists who are training or stuck inside, and Peloton is for spin class fans, and never the twain shall meet. There's a big gulf between the two groups that is larger than it might seem to someone just casually observing that they appear to be doing almost exactly…
strictly speaking as a consumer, I would rather ride an old scrappy bicycle in the great outdoors, rather than an in-door bicycle that costs 2000$ and 40$/month. I was rather surprised to see it go on as long as it did.
There’s a layer of ice on all the roads right now outside.
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There’s a layer of ice on all the roads right now outside.
perfect, that'll keep the motorists at home!
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Unfortunately there are not good alternatives. I have a fairly nice bike at home and a standing desk that I can fit it under comfortably. I told my partner we don't need a Peloton because I could find spin class videos online. Nope. There really isnt any quality content out there. I guess I could just sign up for the Peloton platform with my own bike but I was surprised there wasnt at least a handful of Youtube video…
I don't get why you need a class or video at all Spin classes are just HIIT over a 30-60 minute window. Throw on some tunes and move your ass. If you're not sweaty or tired by the time you're done you did it wrong Tada.
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These are people who need to consume and "belong" their way to fitness. These people always burn out once the gimmick wears off. Then they go searching for the next thing and the next. Throwing money hand over fist bc they cant figure out to eat better and put the proverbial foot to the concrete. I'm sure they were all convinced their apple watch was going to keep them on track. These are the people who ran out and b…
In all fairness, the wii fit board is fun. In the same way as ring fit is. I absolutely understand wanting to gamify your exercise: it's fun and always nice to see that you've put in 2500 planks since you've started. But even these are a one time payment. As you said, paying 40 dollars for HIIT is unbelievably either uninformed or lazy.
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Right, but that just makes Peloton even more attractive because now I don't even have to go to a gym, and I can take classes anytime I want in the comfort of my own home on my own schedule.
You could've done that anyways with a stationary bike and some personal motivation.
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In all fairness, the wii fit board is fun. In the same way as ring fit is. I absolutely understand wanting to gamify your exercise: it's fun and always nice to see that you've put in 2500 planks since you've started. But even these are a one time payment. As you said, paying 40 dollars for HIIT is unbelievably either uninformed or lazy.
Any able-bodied person can get fitter than most people who aren't very into fitness for (damn near) free, without even that much time investment. Trainers and peloton classes and such give people the option to rent someone else's willpower , though. (plus leverage sunk-cost sentiments and other tricks) It's probably part of why fitness levels go up and waistlines down as one's gaze travels up the SES ladder. Someone…