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My girlfriend wanted a Peloton. I said okay but first we're getting a $300 version from Amazon. If you use it every day for 2 months and it isn't sufficient, w

by Swizec 6y ago

My girlfriend wanted a Peloton. I said okay but first we're getting a $300 version from Amazon. If you use it every day for 2 months and it isn't sufficient, we can get a Peloton. We now have a $300 clothes rack. Luckily it wasn't $2000. If you're the kind of person who doesn't work out regularly, a gadget won't make you work out regularly. It will at first. When the novelty wears off, it won't. Just like the impact every TODO app and productivity system has on me. You must first become the kind of person who works out. Then buy the gadgets.

rconti 6y ago
Was she using the Peloton classes on a tablet you already had? I know a fair number of people that have gone the cheap-Amazon-bike-plus-tablet route and it seems to work well. That would be a fair comparison; it seems a bit sillier to compare entirely self-directed bike workouts, though. Sometimes a big spend CAN drive bigger use. I pulled the trigger on a(n expensive to me) carbon fiber road bike about 12 years ago; ultimately I justified it to myself that I'd feel guilty if I spent so much and DIDN'T ride it. So far, that seems to be working! and I don't have the itch to replace it, either. We also have a Peloton bike and Tread, FWIW. And I, too, struggle mightily with productivity systems, and the Peloton classes don't solve entirely for motivation.. it can help make the difference at the margins, though.
- Swizec 6y ago
  She uses the Peloton app on her tablet, yep. Says she loves it and it works great. And it still became a clothes rack within a few months. So far the only thing she's tried that consistently worked for her was a personal trainer. Something about being accountable to an actual in-person human really did the trick for her. Unfortunately quarantine put an end to that. It also gets real expensive real fast.
  - rconti 6y ago
    Agreed. I've done the personal trainer thing for a few years, and it's REALLY expensive. I learned a ton of things from it, and I'm glad I did it, but, to me, it's not sustainable long-term from a cost standpoint.

by Swizec 6y ago

rconti 6y ago

Was she using the Peloton classes on a tablet you already had? I know a fair number of people that have gone the cheap-Amazon-bike-plus-tablet route and it seems to work well. That would be a fair comparison; it seems a bit sillier to compare entirely self-directed bike workouts, though. Sometimes a big spend CAN drive bigger use. I pulled the trigger on a(n expensive to me) carbon fiber road bike about 12 years ago; ultimately I justified it to myself that I'd feel guilty if I spent so much and DIDN'T ride it. So far, that seems to be working! and I don't have the itch to replace it, either. We also have a Peloton bike and Tread, FWIW. And I, too, struggle mightily with productivity systems, and the Peloton classes don't solve entirely for motivation.. it can help make the difference at the margins, though.

Swizec 6y ago
She uses the Peloton app on her tablet, yep. Says she loves it and it works great. And it still became a clothes rack within a few months. So far the only thing she's tried that consistently worked for her was a personal trainer. Something about being accountable to an actual in-person human really did the trick for her. Unfortunately quarantine put an end to that. It also gets real expensive real fast.
- rconti 6y ago
  Agreed. I've done the personal trainer thing for a few years, and it's REALLY expensive. I learned a ton of things from it, and I'm glad I did it, but, to me, it's not sustainable long-term from a cost standpoint.