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Peloton Confidentially Files Statement for Proposed IPO

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Re: Peloton Confidentially Files Statement for Proposed IPO

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Post by zimpenfish »

wlesieutre wrote: post #56
__comrade__ wrote: post #48

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You burn 1900 calories running 2/3 of a marathon. I hardly think you were able to achieve that in an hour playing a VR game.

More than two hours. Looking at the Runner's World calculator for a comparison: Inputs are: 1 mile, 11:30 minutes/mile, 210 lbs weight Gives back 159 calories for a 1 mile run, 829 calories per hour. My Beat Saber workouts yesterday tally up at 830 calories per hour and the amount of sweating felt in the ballpark of running an 11 minute mile. I don't think the watch's estimates are that outlandish. https://www.runner…

My Garmin Fenix 3 (with HRM strap) reckons I used 2600 and 2900 calories for my 2015 marathons at about 190lbs. 4100 seems excessively high.

Re: Peloton Confidentially Files Statement for Proposed IPO

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Post by wlesieutre »

zimpenfish wrote: post #171
wlesieutre wrote: post #56

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More than two hours. Looking at the Runner's World calculator for a comparison: Inputs are: 1 mile, 11:30 minutes/mile, 210 lbs weight Gives back 159 calories for a 1 mile run, 829 calories per hour. My Beat Saber workouts yesterday tally up at 830 calories per hour and the amount of sweating felt in the ballpark of running an 11 minute mile. I don't think the watch's estimates are that outlandish. https://www.runner…

My Garmin Fenix 3 (with HRM strap) reckons I used 2600 and 2900 calories for my 2015 marathons at about 190lbs. 4100 seems excessively high.

Found another reference that estimates 3600 at 210 lbs, so maybe somewhere in the middle:

>According to the Cleveland Clinic Center for Consumer Health, a runner who weighs 130 lb. will burn 2,224 calories during a marathon, a 165 lb. runner will burn 2,822 calories and a 210 lb. runner will burn 3,593 calories.

https://www.livestrong.com/article/302836-how-many-calories-...

Regardless, my main takeaway is that I’m going to burn more calories with this than I was without it.

Re: Peloton Confidentially Files Statement for Proposed IPO

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Post by TomVDB »

alistairSH wrote: post #150
TomVDB wrote: post #103

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Twice, I had something like a Wahoo Kickr. Twice, after repeated use, the mounting mechanism to fasten my road bike to the trainer started to fail or became very cumbersome to use. When it did work, the tires on the road bike slipped when putting on high power. In the end, even if it wasn't a huge inconvenience, the hassle of using the system was sufficient friction to stop me from using it, just like the overhead of…

The Kickr is direct mount (remove rear wheel, mount to axle/cassette that are part of trainer). Parts could still fail, but no tire slippage.

Having to remove the rear wheel is definitely better from a slippage point of view, but now you still have the friction of removing your wheel and putting it back and getting your hands dirty in the process.

Maybe I'm just lazy after all...

But it still illustrates how something like Peleton can be appealing for many.

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Post by koolba »

notyourday wrote: post #168
koolba wrote: post #155

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$200/mo to get yelled at an unlimited number of times sounds equally insane.

Not if you don't want to spend your late thirties on dealing with the health problems.

That's a false choice. There are infinite ways to get exercise on a regular basis that do not involving spending anywhere near $2,500/year.

I'm not saying it won't work. I'm saying it's possible to be both healthy and not financially inept.

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Post by notyourday »

koolba wrote: post #174
notyourday wrote: post #168

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Not if you don't want to spend your late thirties on dealing with the health problems.

That's a false choice. There are infinite ways to get exercise on a regular basis that do not involving spending anywhere near $2,500/year. I'm not saying it won't work. I'm saying it's possible to be both healthy and not financially inept.

Those are the tales that are told by the majority of the people who somehow can never make it to the gym.

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Post by drugme »

brewdad wrote: post #167
drugme wrote: post #109

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Glassdoor reviews indicated their backend interview is unnecessarily difficult Difficult for you, maybe. How else do you expect them to find the top 0.01 percent of the candidate pool they're looking for?

I think OP is saying the interview asked for a much greater skill level than is actually necessary to do the job. The equivalent of requiring a PhD for a job doing Bachelor's level grunt work.

Sorry, I was being facetious. I've seen this kind of screening "process" many times and find it totally ridiculous.
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