This Peloton Happy Exercise Bike Cult? My Best Understanding
Life hacks for finding happiness, purpose, and meaning by creating your own free home gym
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Q. Lewis, I keep seeing all these Peloton commercials. Do I really need to spend this kind of money to get fit?
A. Of course not!
I have never understood the allure or even the serious purpose of a Peloton Stationary Bicycle. Maybe I’m missing something.
Made by Peloton Interactive, Inc. an American exercise equipment and media company based in New York City, Peloton's main products are internet-connected stationary bicycles and treadmills that enable monthly subscribers to remotely participate in classes via streaming media.
Peloton requires a $39 monthly membership fee to access classes and additional features on their exercise equipment, or $12.99 for users only accessing the content via app or website.
Now I have nothing personally against Peloton, and the fashion models and apartments the models live in sure are attractive. What I don’t understand is why any skilled life hacker would spend this kind of money on this kind of product.
To stay fit the Life Hacker way all you need is pairs of different sized empty plastic bottles (water bottles, peanut jars, gallon jugs etc.) to be filled with water and be used as weights. To this add a handle-barless stationary bicycle, for $40. Put the bike under your desk, and watch free Youtube exercise videos of people on stationary bicycles. That’s basically it.
Apparently many other folks (many who were formerly Peloton subscribers) have come to the same conclusion as I did. This is not a good trend for Peloton. Read this article below to learn more about that.
https://qz.com/2114746/peloton-hires-mckinsey-to-review-its-cost-structure/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=daily-brief&utm_content=56c6bfe7-79d6-11ec-b3f8-823fa429890e
The Life Hacker’s Takeaway
Obviously, regular exercise is important – strength-building, stretching, and aerobics. That being said you don’t really need to spend any extra money to develop a home gym or home fitness program.
The solution? Walk-in place or ride the stationary bike while watching a movie. Then lift bottles of various weights and sizes.
Keep peddling away.
Now you will save lots of money, you’ll stay fit, and you’ll be happier.
¨A year from now you may wish you had started today.¨
– Karen Lamb
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Author: Lewis Harrison is a practical philosopher, an Independent Scholar, and a Results-Oriented Success Coach. He has a passion for knowledge, personal development, applied game theory, self-improvement, creativity, innovation, problem-solving, and story-telling. He is a practitioner of Transmoderm Zen. Lewis Harrison is also a speaker, best-selling author, and the creator of the Best Course to Happiness…at Last.
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