For the longest time Alex was my favorite instructor, his music and ride style was right down my alley. I am happy to announce Emma has taken his throne. She has great taste in music, she knows how to call out the cadence and outputs, her rides are tough but fair. Just really enjoying her instruction right now.
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I think I ultimately decided that the stories didn’t help me through the ride. And that specific ride was just stories and “don’t stop until the turn”.
Emma and Matt are definitely my jam, their instruction always pushes me.
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So i understand that this is all personal, but how many times do you all try to ride?
I am not @ChickPhilA and can’t ride 7 days a week so i try for 4-5 (always 30min or 45min classes). Once the winter comes i will start to include stretching but until then i take my off days to get outside.
If i do 5 rides normally one of rides tends to be below average for output which leads me to believe i should have rested more.
I try for four rides a week. With the PZ Pack challenge I signed up for 3/week, with the goal that I’ll add at least one additional non Power Zone ride which has typically been the one in this thread.
I’d like to add in more days, and maybe start doing some low impact rides so I don’t injure my fat ass while I’m trying to be healthier.
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Good thought, i have given the low impact rides a few glances but never done them either. They would probably benefit me also, just to get the latic acid out.
Right now, 1-2 a week. But ideally 3-4. I have to plan around a needy kiddo, so if I can get 2 30-min and 2 15-min I’ll be happy.
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multiple kiddo by 2 and add that my wife likes to ride too and I am with you. We made the mistake of putting the bike in our bedroom (house ain’t big) and the one ride I did in the early AM did not go over all that well, so we’ve relegated to both trying to ride after dinner and kids in bed.
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I’ve had the bike for about six weeks so I’m far from an expert but it seems like I’ve worked in to a routine of 3-4 during the week and once on the weekend. I’ve done a number of low impact rides… in fact that’s all I’ve been comfortable doing lately given the terrible air qualify. I really like them and not just because they’re easier. The instructors definitely emphasize the endurance building aspect of them and the importance of not working too hard during the low impacts so you can push it hard on other rides that are really meant for hard work. On non bike days I’ll at least stretch and maybe do a light yoga. I can’t say enough good things about stretching every day. I used to wake up stiff and achy in the morning even when I didn’t exercise, which was most of the time, but now I wake up without pain.
Of course this is all subject to change every day with an infant and a toddler in the house but I’ve been able to do it before the rest of the house wakes up.
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Here’s a “Testify!” to the stretching. As a result of using the Peloton, I always do the 5 minute stretch afterwards and then have been trying to do more on off days. I’ve had plantar fasciitis for years and always heard about how important stretching was for it, and I honestly thought I was doing a good job. Now, my calves are obviously way more flexible and as an example, I played nine holes yesterday and forgot my orthotics – that would have left me limping by the end of the round, but I was fine. A little foot ache this morning but nothing compared to it. I’m a complete believer now.
I too live in crappy air land (though it’s green today!) but we also have been having work done in converting our garage to a family room, so I haven’t been able to ride since Monday as there’s paint drying in there. I can’t believe that I’m actually bummed about not being able to ride. What a change Peloton has made in me…
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I hide pretty much everything but resistance and cadence when I’m riding. For about a week now, I’ll get off the bike, look at my output and say “huh?” I did a 60 minute climb ride on Saturday that I felt like I absolutely crushed, full PR hunting the whole ride and just barely over preformed my 45 minute PR.
This smoke is no joke, not to mention the fact that breathing it deeply into your lungs for an hour makes you feel like shit the rest of the day.
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Yeah it’s not pleasant AT ALL. The air quality inside is surprisingly bad also. It doesn’t seem like it but we have an air purifier with a light on the display that shows the air quality which I had to put a piece of paper over because it stressed me out.
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Anyone try one of the bike boot camp classes yet? I’m curious to know logistics on the older bikes and if not rotating the screen is a big deal.
Not ideal, noticeable decrease in output. Hard (placebo?) effect from my whoop recovery. Well below PR
Is anyone in here using a different stationary bike with the Peloton app? I’m considering buying the Schwinn/Bowflex and using my tablet and Peloton app instead, mostly because I’m a cheap bastard and it’s
about a >$1500 difference.
My friend is waiting for her bowflex bike to come. She’s already on the app as part of our other friend’s account and the bowflex bike at least syncs to show the cadence. She seems to think she’ll show up on leaderboards. I told her no I don’t think so… we’ll see.
Also @Taylorda I haven’t had 7 days of biking in a week since early in quarantine time lol. As soon as golf re-opened I’ve only gotten in max 3-4 rides a week and stretching. In all seriousness though, I kind of likes the know your power zone program. It was like 2 PZE and 2 normal PZ rides a week and I would usually throw a low impact in there too and then just yoga/stretch or strength training on the other 2 days.
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I did one and did the strength part next to the bike with the mat parallel to the bike. It was fine, but it was hard to see the screen while doing some of the floor exercises. My wife did it while casting the screen to our tv, but the downside then is the audio comes out of the tv only even with headphones.
I definitely enjoyed the class structure and will be mixing more of those classes into the routine.
I definitely didn’t expect to enjoy the class after the comments in this thread, which was correct. It was as tough as advertised, and I can’t get on board with Christines constant talking and story telling. That being said, I liked trying a different class type and instructor than I would have taken normally.
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Wasn’t a fan of this one, but happy to stay committed to the pledge here and keep trying new shit. Good to know too that a slow and steady climb is … hard and boring. But a PR is a PR, weak as it looks compared to some (most? All?) of you beasts.
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i’m convinced the aforementioned calibration is the cause for variance on outputs on here. Good ride in my book!
My wife and her sister did the same class at the same time from different bikes but used the same metrics the whole way through and the outputs were way different (like 40 points)
Only reason I’m not on tour is because they have hot drivers.
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