Any Peloton bike users here?
Discussion
gangzoom said:
z4RRSchris said:
, but its not a great story.
I know you don't like Peloton for some reason, but no one can deny how good their product is at making middle aged people exercise and keep on exercising.How Peloton manages to burn through so much money for a company that can essentially be run out of a couple of sound proof rooms any where in the world I have no idea.
Edited by gangzoom on Tuesday 14th June 06:39
I think its a great product, the concept is very good - no denying that, the tech is s
te but thats beside the point. It just wasn't a 50bn company, or even a 5bn company like it is now, they survived becuase they were pumping VC cash into it at ever higher vals, now they have floated they have no new way of raising needed capital, other than the debt markets which is where they are now.
your second point - it has 2800 staff, spends an unreal amount on customer acquisition and retention.
gangzoom said:
Pretty much 12 months to the day of doing the same Zone 2/3 1hr ride as part of the Build your powerzone program. Good to see my power is up 20watts or so for only a mild increase in HR, whilst I've lost 10% of body weight in that time period. Cannot complain about those numbers 
20w for 12 months work! z4RRSchris said:
20w for 12 months work!
And 10% drop in body weight, whilst fitting everything into family life and mad/crazy work schedule.I suspect people have spent alot more ££££ on fitness/gym membership and got no where near the same results.
As hard it is for you to belive, like most other users here, Peloton has been the best fitness program/equipment/thing I have signed up for in my life, that includes doing the LEJOG and training to run half marathon
.gangzoom said:
And 10% drop in body weight, whilst fitting everything into family life and mad/crazy work schedule.
I suspect people have spent alot more ££££ on fitness/gym membership and got no where near the same results.
As hard it is for you to belive, like most other users here, Peloton has been the best fitness program/equipment/thing I have signed up for in my life, that includes doing the LEJOG and training to run half marathon.
I'm sure a generic personal trainer could have achieved far better results for your £200 a month.I suspect people have spent alot more ££££ on fitness/gym membership and got no where near the same results.
As hard it is for you to belive, like most other users here, Peloton has been the best fitness program/equipment/thing I have signed up for in my life, that includes doing the LEJOG and training to run half marathon
.JEA1K said:
I'm sure a generic personal trainer could have achieved far better results for your £200 a month.
£200/month for a personal trainer to work with both of us any time we wanted 24/7, and give us access to a nice gym? That seems cheap?Never had a personal trainer but I do agree they would probably deliver the same results/may be better, but even including the cost of the bike upfront, the total cost for each of us for Peloton is £90/month. This will drop to £50/month by the end of 24 months, and than more so etc.
I'm currently doing on average 2 classes per day, every day, my wife is similar. Anything that gets people doing exercise is a good thing, what I would more currently with Peloton is am doing too much!
"Peloton to Stop In-House Bike Production as Part of Turnaround - The fitness company will rely solely on partners for manufacturing in bid to cut costs and simplify operations. "
they have 9 months left of cash till they go bankrupt, or have to raise more debt in a high interest rate market.
they have 9 months left of cash till they go bankrupt, or have to raise more debt in a high interest rate market.
Just coming up to my 1yr anniversary of owning and subscribing to Peleton.....
I'm 52yrs old and started last year in July at 106kg. I'm now, almost a year later at 106kg. So zero weight loss....
In the year i've done 260 rides so far.... almost every weekday. I take weekends off.
I've burnt 56289 calories
Cycled 1635.24 miles
Over 86 hours
Sounds like a waste of time except 38" inch jeans are baggy now. Was a 40"!!
My wife says the snoring is nowhere nearly as bad and I don't stop breathing in my sleep
I don't look like a heartache awaiting to happen
I visibly look like i've lost weight!!
Don't know what any of you make of that, i've obviously burnt fat and built muscle, i'm healthier, and feel better.
The only problem I have is trying to get my FTP up. Stuck at 179.... which sounds crap, but i'm regularly breaking my personal bests over each time period, and always seem to be in the top 20% of each ride I take??
And it's bloody addictive!!!!
I'm 52yrs old and started last year in July at 106kg. I'm now, almost a year later at 106kg. So zero weight loss....
In the year i've done 260 rides so far.... almost every weekday. I take weekends off.
I've burnt 56289 calories
Cycled 1635.24 miles
Over 86 hours
Sounds like a waste of time except 38" inch jeans are baggy now. Was a 40"!!
My wife says the snoring is nowhere nearly as bad and I don't stop breathing in my sleep
I don't look like a heartache awaiting to happen
I visibly look like i've lost weight!!
Don't know what any of you make of that, i've obviously burnt fat and built muscle, i'm healthier, and feel better.
The only problem I have is trying to get my FTP up. Stuck at 179.... which sounds crap, but i'm regularly breaking my personal bests over each time period, and always seem to be in the top 20% of each ride I take??
And it's bloody addictive!!!!
z4RRSchris said:
260 rides over 86 hours, so 20 mins each.
you've hardly warmed up and down, you would find it more beneficial to do half the rides but 40 mins or an hour each.
I realise that and in all fairness I have started to do longer rides........ my average is now 30m (ahem), but I tend to jump on it in between meetings during my working day... and the whole Peloton thing seems to be set around 20min quick bursts, all the HiiT classes and 20min this and 30min that....you've hardly warmed up and down, you would find it more beneficial to do half the rides but 40 mins or an hour each.
I did the power zone class program, that was a lot longer, and I might go back and do that again....
I do need to do longer rides...... that's the next years target!! Maybe 3 long ones and 2 sprints per week??
super7 said:
I realise that and in all fairness I have started to do longer rides........ my average is now 30m (ahem), but I tend to jump on it in between meetings during my working day... and the whole Peloton thing seems to be set around 20min quick bursts, all the HiiT classes and 20min this and 30min that....
I did the power zone class program, that was a lot longer, and I might go back and do that again....
I do need to do longer rides...... that's the next years target!! Maybe 3 long ones and 2 sprints per week??
You need to put the time in and work hard to see meaningful results. The only time I would consider a class less than 30 mins would be a FTP test or a specific warm up. I try to keep to 45 mins plus, or if not possible stack 2 * 30 min classes. My usual routine is 45 cycling, 45 mins running every weekday, Saturday off and twice as long in a Sunday. Plus weights (not following Peloton classes) 3 to 4 times a week. I’ve gone from top 20% to top 1.5% of all participants) in 18 months. I’m 52 and have started to zwift as well. I did the power zone class program, that was a lot longer, and I might go back and do that again....
I do need to do longer rides...... that's the next years target!! Maybe 3 long ones and 2 sprints per week??
There’s much to criticise about Peloton but thanks to it fitting into my lifestyle I’m now much fitter than your average 50+ UK make. With similar hours and effort would I have seen benefits from any number of other training activities? Definitely but it works for me.
Greedydog said:
There’s much to criticise about Peloton but thanks to it fitting into my lifestyle I’m now much fitter than your average 50+ UK make.
It's a great summary, and if you are in the top 1.5% of the Peloton leader board I suspect you are fitter than 99% of the UK population regardless of age!For me the convince and addiction to exercise it creates is the hook. We are currently half way through our summer holidays. Yes we all like to think we would go running/biking in holiday, the reality is usually laying around eatting too much.
With some fairly simple equipment I've still been doing a half decent amount of body weight stuff, though with amazing views, not crazy temperatures I should really make use of the trainers that's sitting in the suitcase
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super7 said:
Sounds like a waste of time except 38" inch jeans are baggy now. Was a 40"!!
That sounds like an amazing change in body physics. If it makes you feel better, my FTP has been pretty static too, but my resting HR is mid/low 40s and looking in the mirror this morning, am more than happy with how things looks now versus a couple years ago.It is very addictive though......though exercise isnt the worst thing to be addicted too
.Edited by gangzoom on Monday 18th July 08:42
After working my arse off to get my fitness back across the start of the year, I pretty much feel like I'm back to square one again!
Had a week helping a mate to move his yacht from Gib to Murcia and caught Covid at the end of the trip... completely levelled me for a week or so, and then it was another week before I was even capable of doing any exercise. Did a couple of 30 min sessions last weekend and I'm back to 15-20% off my levels of 4 weeks ago.
Also have super painful tennis elbow, which has meant no weights for over 6 weeks... amazing how quickly you lose gains when you stop training.
Overall, feeling very frustrated.
So yesterday I decided to start a new program... I've been reading a lot of stuff on Zone 2 training... 80% of training time spent doing extended periods steady work at relatively low effort (70-80% of max heart rate), and 20% HIIT (V02 max).
Did the 1st session yesterday... It's a bit boring just plodding along for an hour at 150bpm/165 watts, but I'll give it a go for a couple of months and see what the results are. There seems to be a decent amount of science behind it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z82GCNXdLAA
Had a week helping a mate to move his yacht from Gib to Murcia and caught Covid at the end of the trip... completely levelled me for a week or so, and then it was another week before I was even capable of doing any exercise. Did a couple of 30 min sessions last weekend and I'm back to 15-20% off my levels of 4 weeks ago.
Also have super painful tennis elbow, which has meant no weights for over 6 weeks... amazing how quickly you lose gains when you stop training.
Overall, feeling very frustrated.
So yesterday I decided to start a new program... I've been reading a lot of stuff on Zone 2 training... 80% of training time spent doing extended periods steady work at relatively low effort (70-80% of max heart rate), and 20% HIIT (V02 max).
Did the 1st session yesterday... It's a bit boring just plodding along for an hour at 150bpm/165 watts, but I'll give it a go for a couple of months and see what the results are. There seems to be a decent amount of science behind it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z82GCNXdLAA
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