Homebrewtalk Peloton

[Kent88]

Now that you've got a sense of how it all works, try and figure out an achievable goal for 2024 and go for it!

But... I'm incredibly cheap and my free trial ends this coming spring (March?)!

I'm at least going to want to keep it active until I ride at the Century Ride (not to be read as "I am riding 100 miles at a Century"). After that, IDK, I'll see how I'm feeling.

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

Well you can't put a price on your health, Kent

 

[Kent88]

Maybe I can't, but others, like exercise equipment makers, diet planners, and supplement makers have been doing that for years. Not that I'm comparing exercise programs that make me sweat to green coffee bean caffeinated placebos.

Looking at what happened this year, I didn't do many pelo-workouts June - September while I was complaining about bad air quality and not doing as much outdoor riding as I wanted even when the smog subsided. I think I read that accounts can go on unpaid hiatus for a couple months without loss of data. If that's an option then I might try that out summer '24, in the months where I should be getting my butt outside to ride.

If it's smoggy or rainy next summer and I want to ride my stationary with someone calling out changes in resistance/cadence/effort/whatever, I think I've noticed YouTube channels with that kind of content that I can try out.

But I don't think I'll suspend my membership until after May. Who knows, by then maybe I'll feel more motivated because I'm actively being charged for it.

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

Yeah, I think they do have options to "pause" a membership, but it's also true that your membership is separate from your account, so even if you cancel your membership, your data and history remains. If you cancel and then resubscribe a year later, all your data is still there.

My ex had a Peloton for a while and my oldest son had a Peloton account attached to her membership. She got rid of it and obviously was no longer paying, but we recently added his account to our membership on the bike and all his previous rides (all ~11 of them lol) are still there in his account history.

 

[Kent88]

That might be what I end up doing. Cancel for the summer and then resubscribe September or October. If they keep your data for long enough, that should work out fine.

Unless I get crazy and decide I want to try riding RAGBRAI, but I wouldn't want to do that myself, and can't think of anyone who would want to go with me.

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

Crossed 15K today!

 

[Rodent]

Crossed 15K today!

CONGRATS on this achievement milestone!

I've got 444 minutes to go, and at my current burn rate I should cross the threshold sometime either Fri or Sat next week. While the achievement award will be satisfying to have accomplished, it's the day in/out difference in my physical condition that's the bigger reward.

I'm all for having these kinds of carrots, if that's what it take to keep me mentally in the game of increased condition and better health

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

CONGRATS on this achievement milestone!

I've got 444 minutes to go, and at my current burn rate I should cross the threshold sometime either Fri or Sat next week. While the achievement award will be satisfying to have accomplished, it's the day in/out difference in my physical condition that's the bigger reward.

I'm all for having these kinds of carrots, if that's what it take to keep me mentally in the game of increased condition and better health

Yeah, it was most apparent with the Turkey Burn fiasco. Supposedly a PR would result in a special badge. I got the PR. I still haven't gotten the badge.

A bunch of the reddit folks are still griping about that. I can't bring myself to care. I went for the PR because the special badge idea challenged me to do it, but it was the accomplishment of a PR, NOT the badge, that I care about.

I'll let myself be motivated by the badges, but it's the fact that I've now exercised >40 minutes per day on average for the entirety of 2023 that is important. The carrots are a means, not the end.

 

[Rodent]

worked in a pair of 90 minute scenic rides this weekend, and decided I'd add in a bit of light weights for arms on each ride during the 30-60 minute portion using 3 pound weights and a rotation of curls, presses, flies, and rows.

the Sat ride is opened the ride with a series of 5 min turns of in/out of the saddle, and then closed out the last 30 min with a series of pushes

the Sun ride I opted for 2 min out of Zone 3/4 the saddle to kick off each 10 min periods, and then 8 min of Zone 2 recovery. in the 30-60 min window I added 3 pound weights for arm exercises similar to the Sat workout.

both days had a following 10 min cool down ride and post ride stretch

what was definitely different this weekend is that I took scenic rides but utilized Spotify for the audio portion vs streaming the Peloton audio. MUCH nicer for the riding portions, but weird during the stretching since I needed to keep a good visual on what was happening.

I really like this pairing of Peloton visual and Spotify audio for the longer scenic rides, and tuning in to Winery Dogs or Blink-182 for the middle section with light weights was a solid match (for me)

197 min to 15K milestone for me as of tonight. that's 15 min every day thru the end of the year - totally doable even with some limitations due to the surgeries

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

197 min to 15K milestone for me as of tonight. that's 15 min every day thru the end of the year - totally doable even with some limitations due to the surgeries

Congrats in advance! I know you'll get there with plenty to spare.

FYI just be aware that I've heard sometimes Peloton doesn't calculate minutes perfectly, and there have been people sitting at something like 14,995 on Dec 31 and do a 5-minute stretch and somehow end at 14,999--so I'd try to make sure you do finish with a little margin lol...

I'm glad I finished mine, because I had a very busy weekend and now I'm dealing with a sick kid (and a bit achy myself now), spent yesterday dealing with a water heater replacement, and I'm just physically and mentally spent. Need to keep getting daily activity to hit my 60-day streak on Friday and Gold activity badge, I need 6.9 miles to hit Gold in the cycling challenge, and 3 more strength to hit Gold in the strength challenge. But I don't think there's going to be anything more than a stretch today (3rd day in a row).

 

[Rodent]

@betarhoalphadelta I have experienced several classes where the class length differed from the minutes credited. never more than 1-3 minutes, but potentially significant if one is cutting it down to the exact minute. the classes I've had this issue with consistently have the time discrepancy no matter how many times I replay the class.

 

[Rodent]

crossed the 15K milestone marker today on an 80's Rock ride with Bradley

it's been a great journey getting my health back in line. so many changes made, many of which are becoming a new norm for daily living. looking forward to this coming year and seeing where my conditioning is when it comes time to take that yearly mid-summer hiking trip to Mt Rainier or Mt Baker

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

Congrats @Rodent !

I've been slacking. What the kid had happened to have been the flu, and my wife and I both got knocked the $&^@ out by it for a few days. I managed to eek out my 60-day streak with a meditation Wednesday, a [labored] 0.5 mi outdoor walk Thursday, and when I started feeling almost human again, a 10-minute stretch Friday. But haven't done anything since, and I'll be playing golf tomorrow so I don't want to go nuts to overexert before that.

Still need 6.9 miles for my gold cycling badge and three more workouts for my gold strength badge.

 

[Rodent]

Congrats @Rodent !

I've been slacking. What the kid had happened to have been the flu, and my wife and I both got knocked the $&^@ out by it for a few days. I managed to eek out my 60-day streak with a meditation Wednesday, a [labored] 0.5 mi outdoor walk Thursday, and when I started feeling almost human again, a 10-minute stretch Friday. But haven't done anything since, and I'll be playing golf tomorrow so I don't want to go nuts to overexert before that.

Still need 6.9 miles for my gold cycling badge and three more workouts for my gold strength badge.

you gots plenty of time to get those last few reps in before the ball drops!

I'm going to miss out on the strength badge this month. I've been taking longer 60 and 90 minute scenic rides and working a couple 10 minute arms sessions in during the ride. I like that I can get two workouts in at the same time plus get to jam out on a Spotify play list.

 

[Kent88]

I'm hoping to get back into it since we're done with traveling. Some of my inlaws were dealing with a bad respiratory virus, though, so I better get at it tonight in case I end up sick too.

 

[Kent88]

I was just credited for 3k minutes in the Annual challenge (and I know I'm communicating with people over 14k), my spouse did 17 yoga videos this year, so I think my goal is to follow along with 17 more videos (/ bring total workouts up to 240) before 2024, and make it at least close to an honest 3k. That'll be close enough for me.

Well, I hit 240. Yeah, a bunch of that was 5-minute strength warm-ups, while my wife probably did 15 minute yoga videos, but this is 3k-ish, and I am fine with that. I cannot be bothered to figure out the difference, especially when it's December 28th and I'm not going to have the opportunity to put in another 3 hours of cycling on top of whatever the kids leave me alone for.

It's been a bit of a challenge to my mentality. If I could just look at the number/minutes of cycling and strength workouts without warm-ups, cool-downs, and stretches, I would. But given my back and neck issues, this approach of crediting things that keep me from horribly tweaking something and having to take time off from this, that really is worth something. It may be a strange concept to my head, but it reinforces a good habit, and a big (if vague) goal I brought to this was to develop good habits.

 

[Kent88]

Well a nasty stomach bug is going through my house. We're not sure we're clear of a respiratory bug yet, either. I expect to be suffering through it any time this afternoon.

My birthday is coming up, it looks like it showed up on the live schedule while I wasn't paying attention. Nothing on the day looks particularly enjoyable. Not sure it would be worth a shout out.

 

[Rodent]

Well a nasty stomach bug is going through my house. We're not sure we're clear of a respiratory bug yet, either. I expect to be suffering through it any time this afternoon.

My birthday is coming up, it looks like it showed up on the live schedule while I wasn't paying attention. Nothing on the day looks particularly enjoyable. Not sure it would be worth a shout out.

so sorry to hear you're going down for the count on your Bday

 

[Kent88]

Oh, I should have time to recover before my birthday. We'll see how it goes.

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

I don't know whether it's after effects / recovery from the flu, or just the effect of being off the bike for ~10 days... But the 45 minute PZE I did today seemed a lot harder than usual.

Might take a little time to fully recover to where I was before...

 

[gunhaus]

I just walked to my kegerator - AND, I walked back!!!!!! I may do that several more times . . . otherwise known as REPS! Inevitably I will take a side jaunt, or as i like to call it "a kidney cleario" . . . Then back into rhythm. A bit later I may take a quick break for some upper body stuff - some arm curls perhaps with a little pizza for added resistance followed by some gut extensions. Then back to the reps. At some point I will probably get in a little rowing, by working that little lever on the side of the Barcalounger, followed shortly thereafter by a well deserved cool down . . . . . I luv working out . . .

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

I just walked to my kegerator - AND, I walked back!!!!!! I may do that several more times . . . otherwise known as REPS! Inevitably I will take a side jaunt, or as i like to call it "a kidney cleario" . . . Then back into rhythm. A bit later I may take a quick break for some upper body stuff - some arm curls perhaps with a little pizza for added resistance followed by some gut extensions. Then back to the reps. At some point I will probably get in a little rowing, by working that little lever on the side of the Barcalounger, followed shortly thereafter by a well deserved cool down . . . . . I luv working out . . .

Good on ya! It's inspiring to see someone making their health and workout routine a priority! Let's hope this isn't just new years optimism--you need to keep it up all year long!

I particularly like to do drop sets of arm curls... Each rep gets a little lighter than the previous; until I start a new set anyway...

 

[Kent88]

Well, that was certainly a post that someone took the time to type out.

 

[Kent88]

Getting really tired of playing pass the germs

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

I decided to go for more core in '24.

So 8 days in, I've done core every day. 80 minutes total, with 10 minute classes except for playing golf yesterday where I only did a 5 beforehand, and a 15 minute today to make up for it. Good news is that 5 minutes of core in the morning didn't screw up my golf swing lol. ]

The first few days of consecutive core workouts REALLY burned... But it seems like my body is starting to get used to doing it every day and the soreness is diminishing. So that's good.

 

[Kent88]

Well, thanks to my son, along with my nieces and nephews all playing pass the germs at Christmas after spending a bunch of time in the bioweapons development labs we call schools, my January was pretty much terrible.

Time to get loosen up and prepare for February.

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

Well, thanks to my son, along with my nieces and nephews all playing pass the germs at Christmas after spending a bunch of time in the bioweapons development labs we call schools, my January was pretty much terrible.

Time to get loosen up and prepare for February.

Sorry to hear, brother... Peloton-wise, I was at least lucky that I caught my crud towards the end of last year and it was after I'd hit my main annual goals, so I felt okay about just shutting it down and letting myself recuperate. If it was a January thing for me, I'd probably be fighting through it and not helping myself in the process.

I did see in my Feed that you got back on a ride, so good for you!

For 2024, so far things are going well:

• I had a goal of hitting 15K minutes again, with a stretch goal of getting to the 18K or 20K number. I managed to be on pace for 20K at the 1K check-in date. I've dropped just slightly below that largely due to going to Paso and drinking wine (so I only did core for a few days), but I'm not far off where I need to be. I think I should be around 1667 today, and I'm at 1625. And I'm *way* ahead of the 15K pace.
• I decided to do core every day. So far I'm 30 for 30. I won't actually hit 366 days this year, because I'll stop and take a true rest day when I hit my 60 day streak(s), but I should be pretty close to 360 days if I keep it up.
• I saw in 2023 that I was averaging one ride per month of 75-minutes or longer. I want to make that 2 per month. As of my ride today, I now have two 90-minute PZE rides in the month of January, so I'm good there.

One thing I need to do this year is not to slack off on strength. One pillar of my accountability system in 2023 was needing to always hit Gold in the monthly strength challenge. But with daily core, I'll be smashing that challenge w/o ever needing to do weights. So I need to make sure I'm keeping myself accountable and not avoiding weightlifting due to not needing it to hit Gold in that.

I also need to stretch more consistently. Another aspect of daily core is that I get my blue dot and keep my streaks going from the core workout, whereas often my "active recovery" days in 2023 would be stretching. I'm slacking on stretching as a result and that's not great.

 

[Rodent]

I've been working endless hours on a work project, where all of my morning time set aside for working out has been consumed by meetings with the European team. add in a bit of travel and I missed day 60 of a 60-day streak in Jan. it's gone downhill from there - but - this is my final week of the initial project push, so I'm hopeful that I won't be working this weekend and can get some PZE + Scenic rides in to start reclaiming what fitness I've been losing the past few weeks.

 

[Kent88]

I thought we were done playing pass the germs. Nope. My neck/shoulders are also giving me trouble.

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

I spoke to soon on that front... Felt a little fatigued yesterday, woke up today with a bit of a sore throat and a bit stuffy. Might have the 'vid...

That'll be a setback.