Welcome to the Clip Out Podcast, episode 4 32. This is Crystal O’Keefe and this is Tom O’Keefe. Hi. Hi. Hi. So, uh, well, I guess we’ll wait. I don’t know what we’re waiting for. I was gonna ask about all the outrage. Oh, okay. Yeah, there’s a lot. This outrage has outraged me. Yeah. But, uh, we will wait [00:01:00] to encapsulate that in the show proper.

Okay. Okay. So I guess that being said. We’ll just get what Pray, tell do you have in store for people this week? Peloton. Outrage. Um, okay. No, um, no burying the lead here. In all seriousness, we are gonna talk about. All of the changes that Peloton made last week, what the reaction was, and clarify some things for people because apparently there’s still a lot of confusion.

I feel like people who listen to the podcast last week are very clear. Like, they get it. Yeah. They’re, they got it. But there’s a lot of people I know it’s shocking, shocking, but there’s a lot of people don’t listen to the podcast. What I know. I know, when did that start? Exactly. Um, we’re also gonna talk about, as Peloton had launched this, this whole thing, one of the things, one of the new pieces of content they were doing was perimenopause and menopause content.

So this week they launched, why don’t they have anything for men?[00:02:00]

So this week they launched officially their partnership with resin, and we’re gonna talk about that. There’s also new, I believe it’s pronounced resin. Wow. Why don’t you, uh, man, spread while you mansplain? Listen, I was on a like seven hour call yesterday, and there was a guy who kept explaining everything to everyone.

It was brutal, brutal. Whew. I have had my fill of mansplaining. Okay. So I need to dial it down. Uh, there’s also new dates that are being closed. The studio’s gonna be closed, so we’re gonna talk about those. And we’ve got an update on the API changes for Peloton and what that means for third party people, like, uh, the M PACE line group.

Mm-hmm. And, uh, we’ve got instructors in the news. The newest instructor that’s always taught [00:03:00] on Tuesdays and suddenly isn’t anymore. And the outrage that will ensue. Woo, outrage. Yay. Plus some other instructor news. We’ve got new artist series and very exciting one. Um, we’ve also got lots of content to discuss and, uh, I’m really confused about Pelotons newest.

Marathon class. We will talk about that as well. Okay, well, before we get to all that shameless plugs, don’t forget we’re available on Apple Podcast, Spotify iHeart. Tune in wherever you find a podcast. You can find us. While you are there, be sure and follow us so you never miss an episode. Maybe leave us a review.

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It’s just like when you hear the details of how this started and the timing of it, like it is wackadoo, it is. It is. This is like next level. Yeah. And yeah. Yeah. What to say? This is like old school Peloton and what’s his name? Yeah. The villain guy. Yeah. Yeah. Villain. Eric Villainy. Yeah. We also have all sorts of Chicago Marathon updates plus the new equipment.

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Okay, so last week, Peloton Repowered and people got re pissed. It’s funny because Repowered is only for their third market, their third reseller market. That’s all Repowered is.

So that’s not. That’s not at all what launched last week, what launched last week was Peloton iq. But to, to the point like there’s so much new stuff that it is really confusing to people. Very, it is very confusing. It is, yeah. Like, I mean, it’s easy for me to kind of smirk about it, but like the [00:07:00] real story is I’m a nerd who just like reads everything and pulls it all into my brain.

Right? And like, I remember these things. Not everyone I know. Again, shocking. Not everyone is that into anything to watch every little detail. It was a lot. It was a lot. When we got that initial press release, I was just like, whoa. It was, I mean, we ended up doing seven different articles because there were so many changes happening at once.

Yeah. But you know, that is in and of itself the problem because Peloton did themselves no favors. I get that. They wanted to make a big splash. Right. I truly do. I probably would’ve done the same thing, but I will also say, if somebody like me has trouble digesting the information, you have a problem.

Yeah. Because the people, the, the average person is not going to read all of this information, and when they did a press release, they put all of the information in one, including the increase in price. Mm-hmm. Right. [00:08:00] But whenever they sent out the communication to members, they didn’t, they sent an email that said, your price is going up.

Here’s some stuff you get. And then separate from that, they said, here’s all the shiny new equipment you can get. Well, people felt like they were trying to distract from the price going up. They also felt, because people do not read that, that the new equipment was going to make the old equipment obsolete.

Or worst case scenario, the new equipment was going to have all these new features. Your price is going up and you get none. None of which was true. Right? Not one of those things is true, but like if you look at the post, it’s that over and over and over again. And I think Peloton got their ass handed to them.

They were not expecting to get their ass handed to them. Yeah. And they were really, really caught off guard. One example of this is that Peloton, from time to time will do [00:09:00] an ask me anything over on Reddit. Well, this time yikes, Nick Caldwell. And so he’s the guy that like is like in charge of all the new programming.

Not even programming like new equipment. Okay. Like new content. Uh, like new features and things. Okay. When I say content, I’m thinking like classes, right? And that’s not what I’m trying to say, but new technology and then Andy Spear joined him on an Ask Me Anything. Well, there were probably 600 questions and I saw approximately 20 to 25 answers, none of which addressed, why is the price going up?

Why can’t I just swap out this and do that? Yeah. And blah, blah, blah. All the things that you’ve seen over and over again. The only notable thing that I saw that I think people will be interested in, mm-hmm. Was that Nick Caldwell did say there is no monitor, swap out program yet. Okay. I don’t see how they could ever do that [00:10:00] because.

The Tread Plus, for example, right. Has a ginormous monitor on it. Yeah. And if you try to ship me that little tiny dinky thing, yeah, that’s a different color. Number one, yuck. Yeah, that’s gonna drive me nuts. How would it even attach that? That’s the thing. Yeah. Like I don’t understand, like even if you have a kit that can, like, I don’t get how that could work.

It’s not an interchangeable part. No. And and, and they did also address, people said, well, my old equipment already has a camera on it. Why can’t you just use that? Well, I thought this was pretty obvious, but apparently it’s not. That’s not the way technology works. Right. Just because it has a camera in it doesn’t mean that that’s all that is needed, not all for these new pieces that are working they need to have a faster chip set.

They need to be able to do all these things that like measure your movements. Yeah. To be able to give you the form feedback. And apparently that’s not obvious to people. Right. Not all cameras are created equal. Yeah. I genuinely, yeah. Like I say this with. No condescension, just [00:11:00] complete shock. How do people not know that?

Yeah. Like that is such an obvious thing to me. I have an Instamatic, why can’t I shoot the Super Bowl? Right. Right. Like, genuinely I do not understand that thought process. Yeah. I already have a camera. Why can’t I use this? And, and like they, there’s so many people that think that Peloton just did this at Greed and I’ve been thinking about how long we’ve been hearing about this stuff.

I know for a fact. That some of these, like the new bike was already in process before Barry. I know that for a fact. How long had the changes that they were gonna have, all of the screens be the same switch? That I don’t know, but I promise you the movement from the guide to putting it onto the equipment that’s been.

In progress. I know for a fact since before Barry, like that is true. Yeah. So I also don’t see why people are like feeling like they’re [00:12:00] missing out on so much. Like if you have a small place and you have a bike that I get because you know, you would not be able to swivel your right, your bike and be your screen and be able to get to all of the content.

Beyond that, I don’t see what the big deal is. You’re not getting that much. The only thing that I can see that you’re really missing out on is, um. That it has a faster chip set. It has a better monitor from the, the standpoint of it’s gonna last longer than like my tread plus. Right. My tread plus is old at this point.

Like it’s 2018. Yeah. That thing, it’s, it’s got a clock ticking on it. I can feel the ticks every time I run, like it’s gonna die. Yeah. So I feel like that’s really the big thing. So people were really upset about all that. Then Peloton had the audacity uhoh to put gemstones on people’s profiles, which I thought was pretty innocuous.

Yeah. But apparently [00:13:00] everyone hates them. Nothing is innocuous. Nothing. That’s the world we live in. Well, and there are some problems with the gemstones. I will give you that like, uh. And what I mean by that is there are people that are already, okay, the highest you can go is legend. Mm-hmm. And people are already there.

Right? So like, like a lot of people are already there. I’m not one of those people. Interestingly, it is not based on how long you’ve been a member, it’s based on how many. How many milestones you’ve gotten, right? How many high fives you’ve given, um, how many streaks you have, day streaks, year streaks, week streaks.

It’s based on that kind of thing. So some people years ago, like it tells you when you achieved your status, right, whatever status you are. And like some people achieved their legend status like in 20. 18. Okay. So they feel like those people feel like, well, there’s nothing I can get outta this. What’s the point?

Right? But the point is, you get all kinds of perks. For [00:14:00] instance, they have already rolled out in America, apparently it does not exist in the UK or Canada yet. They can’t figure out the conversion rate on gemstones, you can, one ruby equals three emeralds. You get though. Discount. So for example, I’m a champion and I get a 20% discount on everything in the apparel store.

Now that’s even things that are on sale. Ooh. Even Lululemon stuff. Oh, I they say exclusions. Apply, and I’m sure that they do, but I will be honest, I couldn’t find any Right. That did, that didn’t work. And and they might put that out there just so they can Absolutely. If they need to. People are jerks. Yeah.

So, yeah. Yeah. I absolutely get that. Now, if you’re a legend, you get 25%. Mm-hmm. That’s the perk. Right. That’s why it matters. And also for everyone asking. No, it does not reset. This stays with you for life. So like, you’re only gonna go up from there. And it does, it, it cannot be converted into money.

That’s what a lot of people want. They’re like, I want, I just, I just [00:15:00] want the money. Give me whatever 50,000 points is, but it doesn’t convert. It’s not a thing. But they, but they want it to be like you know, whenever you get a coupon and it’s like it converts to money. Well, you’ve been putting all this money into it.

Yeah. So like they want to. See it come back out, but it kind of converts when you look at the discount aspect. Yeah. Um, and there’s gonna be other things too. Like the higher your tier, you get first ex, you get first access to rides you get Or classes. Okay. I shouldn’t say rides. You get first access to other things.

You might be invited to things. Mm-hmm. Like, and that’s gonna be based on your status. So there are lots of perks. Yeah. And there will continue to be outrage because then people will be pissed that they couldn’t do it. The one thing that bothers me about it personally. Is it incentivizes you to take a bunch of very short classes, right, to hit your milestones.

Not only your milestones, but also it’s how many different kinds of classes. So like, let’s say you hit a milestone in running, okay, great, but now it wants a milestone in yoga. Now it wants a milestone in meditation. Now it wants a, so like it’s right across all [00:16:00] modalities. That irritates me. Um, because then there’s gonna be, there’s always people that try to game the system.

So now you’re just gonna have all these people stringing together five minute classes. They did it already anyway. Right. But it just further incentivizes those people Yeah. To do that. There’s also people that feel like it’s creating a class system for something you already pay for. I just feel like that’s really negative and it’s a rewards program.

I know. I don’t understand. And if you don’t like it, don’t use it. Yeah. Why do you feel the need? Why do you feel the need? I guess the only difference is most rewards programs aren’t front facing, so you don’t know how long someone’s been. You can turn it off. Okay. You can turn it off. Yeah. It’s in your settings.

Yeah. Now you’ll still see it, but you can turn it off so that the gemstone does not appear. Yeah. At all on your, your, your settings. You can do that. It’s very easy to do. Yeah. That’s another thing people ask. Oh, I forgot to tell you about something else everybody’s bitching about. Oh, fun. The dark screen, [00:17:00] the new Peloton IQ is all black.

Right. Which I love. I love the contrast of it, right? It’s so much easier on my eyes, but there are so many people that say it’s not for them and it’s harder for them to see, and they are really angry about it. Really angry about it. I got the impression from the ask me anything that. They might be working on that.

Gotcha. Already. ’cause that’s something they’re hearing. Uh, so the trade-in thing and the screens being able to change ’em from black to white is something that I think is being worked on. Okay. Good to know. Yeah. That seems like a simple thing. I mean, you would think you would, but you never, I guess, I guess it don’t do it for a living, so, yeah.

Yeah, because like being able to do it across all. Phones, tablets. Like I don’t, yeah, I just don’t think it’s as simple as people. Like it’s not just hit color. Right. Like it’s just not that easy. Yeah. I don’t, I don’t know what it looks like, but I know it’s not that easy. Yeah. Making a color thing black and white isn’t as simple as just turning the color off like you have to.

Yeah, exactly. There are things,

so Peloton has also [00:18:00] announced a new, why are you giving me a look? No reason. You are giving me a look. Mm-hmm. We’re gonna go from mansplaining to mansplaining. Peloton has teamed up with ha Halle Berry’s resin to launch a perimenopause slash menopause study. Yes. Uh, this is really cool because, um, the first 500 people who, who qualified were able to get in and let me just tell you, it’s closed.

It is of course closed. Yeah. But I, we put. In the graphic, only the first 500 people who qualify get in. And 24 hours later people were like, I just tried and it’s closed. Well, yeah, yeah. Check the time on that shit. Yeah. Yeah. You missed your chance. Like I get people can’t be on the internet all the time for sure.

Like if you don’t get it, I, I totally understand. But also. Maybe don’t act like it’s everybody else’s fault, right? Yeah. Like, [00:19:00] yeah. Okay, so here’s the deal. Peloton posted a collection of classes, menopause classes, and uh, there are sit classes, sprint interval training. There’s HIIT classes, there’s full body strength.

Those are kind of the three things that, uh, Halle Berry’s Company re spend. Puts from an exercise standpoint that you need to do. Right. And we will have more details about those coming up in content. Oh, okay. Yeah. The specific classes. Yeah. Um, and then part of the study is there’s 10 of these classes in the collection.

If you look at the study, what they do is they ask you a bunch of different things, like, what is your, like, do you ever have night sweats? And if you do, what is your discomfort with that? Right? Like they, they give you a big scale. Then after they’ve asked you all these questions, they rate where you are on each of these different things like vasomotor symptoms and psychosocial symptoms.

Like anxiety, stress, that’s psychosocial. Okay. And then over [00:20:00] the next eight weeks, they give you a protocol. You follow the protocol, and they see if your symptoms decrease, increase, stay the same. That’s the study. Well, the protocol for me is that it’s doing. Classes every day. It’s sprint class, sprint interval training, hit inter hit classes.

And of course strength training. Well, the strength I’ve got, ’cause I’ve been doing tonal right. Um, so I’m not worried about that. And then it’s adding in more of the intense exercises because that is, and I’ve said this before, that’s what really shrinks your. Fat in your belly, like around the organs that you get.

So, um, that’s the big thing. But then they also will tell you to do other things. Like for example, um, for me it was like also take El Thionine or something like that and take that a couple times a day. And there were, there were some other protocols, so it’s different for everybody based on what your symptoms were.

And the idea is that you take the, collect the classes from the collection. As often as they recommend, right? In my case, they recommend [00:21:00] one of those types of classes every day. Okay? So. People keep saying, well, they, they launched these classes, but there’s no directive on it. Well, because you’re, you’re not part of the study, but you can still take the classes, right?

Like you don’t need that much direction. Take a strength class, take a hit class, take a sprint class, sprint interval training. That is your directive, right? Like, and. Do one of those every day. That is the directive. Like, and Peloton even gave like, um, they have like a list of ways to do this. So for example in the image that they did, they said follow the structure for eight weeks.

So moderate intensity cardio, so that’s gonna be your low impact or endurance. Day two, do strength day. Day three, do hit and sprint interval training. Day four, back to strength day five. Moderate intensity cardio day six, strength or high intensity. Cardio and day seven rest and that is what you wanna do.

F all the time. Right. Really. So people that are like, well, they didn’t tell me what to do. That’s what you do. You gotta like take these things and put ’em [00:22:00] together again. Not everybody’s gonna do that, right? Pelotons not making it any easier, but, but that’s what they want you to do. So, um, I think it’s really cool study.

I’m really curious to see what kind of results they come up with. Also, I thought it was super fun that, um, one of the things that you get to do is, uh, you get invited to special events with Rein and Halle Berry is gonna be there with Jocelyn Thompson rule. Oh cool. And, uh, they are gonna be doing like a question answer session, all about menopause and rein and Peloton.

So I’m really excited about that. And you only get that if you were in the study. Oh, cool. So neat. So we have new studio closure dates. We do. Because again, it’s just like, you know, you nailed it. We, you said this morning, you said it is fascinating to watch a company go from, they can do no wrong to, they can do no.

Right? Yes. And, uh, it just like, I, it, yeah, I’ve talked about this before on the [00:23:00] Patreon, but it’s just like, really? It’s just really depressing how everybody complains about every little thing. Yeah. November 3rd through November 9th, PSNY is gonna be closed and there are no live classes. And then December 24th through January 1st, PSNY is closed and there are no classes. It doesn’t say anything about P-S-L-P-S-L though.

So I think I probably should go check those dates ’cause they’re probably the same. So close at Christmas time. Not shocking. Yeah. Um. Did was I, did I totally zone out? I didn’t hear anything about Thanksgiving. Nope. You sure didn’t. Okay. In fact, they’re doing it before that and no, I don’t know why. I have no idea.

There’s no way they’re open. On Thanksgiving, right? I, you know, you, I, no, I doubt it. It’s just really weird how they update their website. Yeah. I will also say it’s been a tough week over at Peloton. Yeah. It’s always a, always a tough week over at Peloton. That’s true. I just know they were like, Hey, you wanna have a [00:24:00] conversation with one of our executives about all these changes?

And I was like, sure. When can we never responded? Like, I was like, woo, you guys are, yeah. Like getting beat up. Okie dokie. I saw their social media last week and I was like. Ouch. I was like Daniel McKenna.

Uh, finally we have an update on, so there’s been all these API changes, wondering how they’re gonna affect third parties and and so in pace line, we have some insight as. To what’s going on, or maybe we don’t have insight. Yeah, it’s weird. And again, maybe this has to do with all the things happening over at Peloton this week.

Yeah. I don’t know. But in Pace line does continue to function properly, even though Peloton had stated they were gonna discontinue the username and password authentication method that the app uses. Uh, it’s all still working. So it is unclear what their timeline is or what their next steps will be. The M PACE line.

Creator Paul ine has been reaching out to Peloton and, uh, they haven’t yet [00:25:00] responded to his latest message. Right? Again, they are having some other things, so, you know, we feel you. Yeah, we, we, we get it. But you know, his advice, and I think this is true, let’s just appreciate that it’s still working and not worry about it.

But we don’t know what that means, right? Like it could have, it could change any day. Um, and I know that we teased about Garmin and Strava over on the bonus. I think these two things are related. I would concur. I think the API changes are related to what Garmin wants and why Garmin wants it. And when you hear about the lawsuit, you might understand it better, but that’s just my take.

Okay. Well coming up after this, we’re gonna talk instructors in the news. We got updates on what robin’s up to, what ASH is up to. And Jen Sherman taken off Tuesdays, so stick around.

So Jen Sherman. It’s taken off Tuesdays. This is a big deal. I remember several years ago when Howie was still alive. Yeah. [00:26:00] He, uh, she stopped teaching on Tuesdays and there was no announcement. It just stopped being on the schedule. Yeah. Week after week after week. And the, the Jen Sherman group, the JSS tribe, as they are known, went nuts.

Yeah. Like there were calls made. There were emails, it was outrage because everybody was very used to Sundays and Tuesdays with Jen Sherman, right? That’s the way it’s always been. And now she’s not gonna be there on Tuesdays. Now, I don’t know why. I don’t know if she’s gonna be teaching on a different day.

I, I don’t know what’s happening. There are people that speculate. It could potentially have something to do with later class times. Okay. Um, that were just announced yesterday. Right? The later class times are, I don’t even know if they’re on our list. Are they on our list? It, it is on our list. Okay.

We’ll talk about it later then, but, um, potentially that has something to do with it. Yeah. We don’t know. Just a guess. Okay, so I’ll be honest, she never puts captions on her Instagram post and it was a story, and so until she does, I will never [00:27:00] be giving you all of the details because I just don’t have time to watch and listen, listen and listen.

No, I’ve got, I’ve already, I already have three things happening at any given point, so if you want me to know what’s going on, Jen Sherman. Throw some captions on that shit until then, I don’t know. I’m the same way. I never have the audio on. No, I don’t have time. Yeah. Besides, you never know when you’re gonna, like, it’ll be normal, normal, normal.

And all of a sudden somebody will have this really loud freaking song on. Right. Like also turn that shit down. Yeah. Like, ugh, learn how to modern, you could, you can change the volume. Yeah. So change the volume. Well, they’re trying to cut through the clutter. Yeah. It, all it does is make me never turn the sound on.

Yeah. That’s what you have accomplished. Yeah. So, uh, Robin Arana is gonna be working the red carpet at Athlos 2025. She is, and she did this last year too. And it’s gonna be all women athletes. And according to this post, it is the fastest women in the world light up New York City. It’s a celebration of speed, sound, and swagger, and the [00:28:00] badass queens redefining women’s spirits.

Let’s fucking go. I hope the red carpet is like a Berber, because if they’re really fast and they’re on shag carpeting, they could get hurt. Wow. That’s true. You know? That’s true. So this is what a feminist looks like. Honey, I appreciate that. Looking out for you. I appreciate that. Yeah. I, I think this, I think this is cool.

It’s the kind of thing that like, I wish that we just lived nearby, just so I could go and just like watch, you know? Yeah. I’ll never see it in person. No. And I don’t care enough to watch it on tv. I don’t know, standing there watching people walk. The red carpet sounds like the height of tedium to me. I’ve never understood the appeal.

Really? Yeah. Well it’s not just the red carpet though. I didn’t mean that. I meant the whole event. ’cause it’s celebrating all these amazing athletes and seeing people, seeing all these athletes and like. People that I admire and look up to in one place. That’s what I think is cool. Then let me make, let me amend.

Okay. Put an asterisk on that. [00:29:00] Okay. Celebrating athletes sounds like the height of tedium to me. There you go. There you go. Thank you for getting it right. So Ash Pryor has set her sights on becoming a torrid model. She has, yeah. And we should say it. Torrid is capital T. That’s a brand name. Yeah. Not, we’re not.

Like, not like a torrid affair. Right. But hey all, whatever. Hey, what I, we don’t judge. Some people think that we’re disparaging her choices. Oh, you think people don’t know that really well, come on. It’s the internet. Okay, that’s fair. Yeah. But our listeners are smart. Our listeners would know like 90% of them

few sneak through. They’re like, what? This isn’t Joe Rogan. Um. Yeah, she’s trying to be, our house would be a lot nicer if it was, but our souls would not.

I just need a moment for that. So yeah, she, she put in a [00:30:00] video applying to be a Torrid model and I, I don’t know if they like, choose it based on popularity or if they just choose it based on like who they like or combination of which, right. I don’t know how it all works, but I thought it was.

Different and interesting to see an instructor go after something like this. Yeah. And so publicly. I mean, we’ve had several instructors that have done things where we all voted right and we will vote. Yeah. We are some voting motherfuckers. You guys are, I remember when was it Jen Sherman’s kid won something because everybody started voting.

Yeah. School was like, you’re breaking our servers. They were like, stop it, please stop. It was like the soccer team and it was like, yeah, Carly. Carly won. By a landslide. Yeah. In fact, um, you know that group, Jens men, they will still, are we voting for Carly still? Like they still make that joke. Where’s the button to vote for Carly?

Yeah. That poor school. Yeah. They didn’t know what hit ’em. They did not, they were not ready for that. No. All the good old [00:31:00] days. Yeah, when people weren’t angry all the time. So anyway. Yeah, we are, we are voting people, so I, I’m not clear exactly, but, uh, I’m excited to find out what happens. Yeah. I would think she has a real good shot.

I mean, having the Peloton brand behind her, like that’s got a and a in a, and a nice big following also. Yeah. You know, just like both of those things for sure. Yeah. Like, but those two, that’s a good one, two punch. Absolutely. Yeah. Yeah. She’s got a good shot.

You were super excited about the artist series, so I’m just curious. Is it Ricky Martin or K-Pop, demon Hunter? No, but those are the artist series. It’s part of it. Okay, so here’s the deal. It’s October 8th. Okay. So. Ricky Martin is happening.

K-Pop, demon Hunter happened at the end of last week, right? It dropped like right after we recorded. Yes. Which we did watch. We did watch that. Yeah. And I liked it. It was, I mean, it was okay. It wasn’t, it was, [00:32:00] I don’t feel like it was the phenomenon. People are making it sound like, yeah. Like it’s not the most amazing cartoon ever.

Right. It’s not, it’s not toy story. Right. But I thought for what sounded like such a dumb idea, it was great if you Yeah, because like my base level was like, you’ve got to be kidding me. Right. And, and it was not a, you’ve got to be kidding me. Watch. Like it was a solid watch. Yeah. It may not be my favorite thing ever.

And the songs are actually good. They are so get, and they’re actually growing on me the more I hear them and it’s, I think they’re turning, gonna turn that into a touring property. Oh, for sure. They are. They’re already out right now. I think Live Nation already bought it. Yeah. And uh, yeah, well they were on Saturday Night Live.

Yeah. And I saw they were on something else in America last week and they got to do, they got to do their whole set, like they got to do a set. Yeah. So yeah, they’re, they’re on their way. But I also don’t know exactly how, how you turn it into a touring property when there’s like four songs. Oh yeah.

That’s fair. Yeah. Well, there’s already a, there’s already a new movie on the way, so. That’s probably gonna help. Yeah. [00:33:00] We’ll see. But yeah, that’s fun. That’s fun. And Ricky Martin, you know, he’s, he’s been around forever and perfect for Latin Heritage Month for sure. As is K-Pop Demon Hunter. Right.

Like this, but you might remember that we had talked about, like there originally was nothing on the calendar October 3rd, and we were like, Ooh, maybe it’s Dealer Swift. It ended up being K-Pop Demon Hunter. Okay. Which is still a great get for Peloton and people have been asking for it left tonight. For sure.

Yeah. Every day I see it on the OPP. Yeah. So like, thank God that’s done. And now that it’s here, people are still asking for it on the OPP. Yeah. Yeah. That sounds right. Because that’s how that works. Yeah. But last week. On the day that Taylor’s album came out on October 3rd. Peloton Taylor, hang on.

Taylor Swift has a new album. Yeah. Why am I just now hearing about this? I don’t know. You, you must never look at inter anything like ever, ever. Um, but Peloton posted a story briefly [00:34:00] on October 3rd, and it was like a video of Beck’s. She was talking about Taylor Swift and how today’s like release day and then it like.

It go, it glitches and it goes to an orange sparkly screen. And if you look real closely, ’cause it’s like very quick, right? It says 10, 13, and then at the bottom, Peloton was like. All eras must have their time. Okay. So that, and then that same day, Peloton also posted Taylor Swift’s collection online, and instead of having the black and white cover that it always does, it was orange, sparkly.

Right. Both of those changed back within 24 hours. Everything was gone. So people have no idea what I’m talking about and they think I’m crazy. I’ve had so many people tell me I’m crazy. Yeah. Okay. On 10 13. I already know there will not be a Mariana Run, and that’s all I can say about that. But I’m so mad she deserves a run. This woman is the [00:35:00] biggest Taylor Swift’s fan out of all of the instructors, hugest. She plays ’em in every class. She deserves a run Peloton.

I demand a recount. Ooh, ugh. Demands. I know. If how we were still here, I’d be like, can you help me with a letter around writing campaign or at least a poem? He would, ah, I miss him coming up after this. We’re gonna talk content. We’ve got your TCO top five. Gonna take a look at this week at Peloton, and of course, dig into those menopause classes.

So stick around,

It is time for the TCO top five. You’ve told us your favorite classes, and now we will tell you if you’re right. Coming in at number one, your favorite Tread bootcamp. It is with Katie Wong and Andy Spear. They taught this class on September 9th, and people are loving it. It’s a hit. Bootcamp two for one.

This was, uh, Katie’s first time [00:36:00] on the tread. Hillary Lame loved this class. She said it was such a good time. It was like an entire buffet on a single platter. It was, it was packed with, oh no, your food would be touching. You can’t do that. Everybody else can. Ah, it was packed with perfectly timed hit intervals, nonstop energy and laughs.

Their playful competition in banter made the tough tread sprints and strength blocks fly by all set to a playlist. Straight from Andy’s college era that had everyone smiling through sweat and needing to see a receipt of the hairstyle he mentioned. Then Katie threw down the gauntlet, challenging him to a row bootcamp, turning an already epic class into a legendary Peloton moment.

Uh, number two, your favorite menopause class. All right, so again, brand new. Jocelyn Thompson Rule taught this class 30 minute full body, uh, menopause. This dropped on Sunday, October 5th. There were I think two or three of these that dropped. Karen Smith enjoyed this class. She said it provided lots of explanation on how strength training helps at this stage of life.

And pointers for beginners too. I [00:37:00] love JTR anyway, but her way of explaining things is refreshing and helpful also. She’s so funny. She’s so funny. Like she says things that, like other people, she has that knack where she can like say something that if. I were to say it, I would sound like a bitch, right?

But she just sounds playful and cute. It’s amazing. I know, I, I have that superpower. You do have that superpower. It’s a bit annoying, but I still benefit from it, so I’ll take it. Number three, your favorite core class. All right, so Nikki Smith, our very own helper, be Nikki. Heard of her. She has been. Talking about this class a lot lately.

It is a five minute core drink taught by Robin, and it dropped on nine four. She said, if you’re looking for a quick five minute ABS class that gets into your deep core muscles, this is it. It’s a no repeat progressive core class that uses one dumbbell. Robin takes you through a series of exercises that culminates in something that looks trickier than it is, but really finishes off those AB muscles.

Your core will. Be on fire and I love repeating it back to back because I’m a sucker for punishment. Yeah, you [00:38:00] are. It’s one of the more creative five minute core classes on the platform right now. Okay. Uh, number four, your favorite meditation. We don’t get meditations in here a lot. We don’t, but we did have this particular class a couple weeks ago.

It is a 15. Minute meditation for anxiety that Kira Michelle taught. Linda Hawk took this class this week and, uh, she said she had a particularly difficult week and this class helped ground her Kira’s choice of music. Calming voice and words of encouragement were what I needed to hear from crashing out.

I have this one bookmark and rec would recommend for anyone who’s feeling anxious. I agree. This class is magical. It’s really good. It’s a highlight. Okay. And then, uh, finally number five, you are unst stackable. It is yoga slash Pilates. I know. It doesn’t sound like that could be unst stackable.

Listen, this was released on 8 18, 8 17, depending on what time zone you’re in, right? But, uh, when we say that class made me suffer. [00:39:00] You don’t usually think Anna Greenberg or yoga or Pilates, but when you combine all three, you get the Unst stackable. Laura Corcoran took this class on a low impact day and she was spent afterwards.

She said the side plank section was another level. It’s true. Members are loving these Yoga plus Pilates classes, which combine. Oh, so important. Stretching with the strength benefit of Pilates.

Taking a look at this week at Peloton, we have the. Am I supposed to say L-A-T-A-M or latam tour? I think we should say L-A-T-A-M. Okay. Because I don’t know, when in doubt say the letters. Okay. I like saying latam. Okay. Well you say it. If you are wrong, I’m sure I’ll hear about it. Yeah. But I won’t. Exactly.

That’s the joy of the way we have this set up. Well this is, uh, the L-A-T-A-M tour is, uh, more than just working out. Obviously it is also a celebration [00:40:00] of the cultures across Latin America and Peloton is putting a spotlight on it. So you get to connect with instructors and other users. For all the different classes and, well, let’s see.

This week. The tour is stopping in Panama, so that’s really fun. ’cause you get to go through the different Right. And then you see the different cultures and hear the different music between the different countries for sure. So I think that’s really fun. Yeah. So it’s a 30 minute Panama ride class and it drops on October 12th.

We also have a live outdoor run club. We do, um, this week is going to be a 45 minute, and it’s gonna be taught by Alex k. Uh, it’ll be at 10 30 Eastern. And a hit Row bootcamp. Yep. And it’s gonna be taught by Katie and it’s 30 minutes and it actually dropped on October 7th. And if that’s not enough for you, we’ve got New On Demand Strength 30 minutes Soundtrack Strength Club.

And it’s taught by Callie and it is on demand right [00:41:00] now.

Taking a look at the TCO Radar. Alex K is doing some Disney villains. Yeah, this looks really fun on ten seven. So it’s, it’s already out, uh, it is a row that is going to be all Disney villain music. I think that’s gonna be a lot of fun.

It should be all water based villains because it’s a row like stuff from Peter Pan with Captain Hook. Yeah. Uh, and Ursula from, yeah. Little Mermaid going Moana. Yeah. See? Okay. I got a whole thing going. You thought I was crazy, but it’s making sense. It is making sense. I’ll take it. World Mental Health Day.

That wasn’t the best segue. No, it wasn’t. So on October 10th is World Mental Health Day and there’s going to be three different classes. There’s gonna be a meditation with Anna, a two for one run Walk plus run with Ben and John, and then a German Walk plus run that is going to be taught by Jeffrey.

And then, uh, we also have Pride 365 day. Yeah, that’s October 11th. And [00:42:00] Leanne and Maddie are going to be teaching classes on from London and New York that day. Oh, I did also just wanna mention, there is a really cool High Rocks class coming up. Mm-hmm. On 10 14, it’s the 75 minute High Rock Simulation Bootcamp that Andy and Robin are teaching together.

So two for 1, 8 40 5:00 AM Eastern Tuesday, 10 14.

So we talked earlier in the episode about all the Peloton menopause classes, and we will now outline them for you. Alright, so 10 different classes have been put in the collection so far. We’re hoping we’re gonna see more, but so far we have, uh, the, the classes classes are going to be taught by Susie, Jocelyn, Christine, and Charlotte.

And, uh, we have a walk plus run from Susie Chan. We have a hit run from Susie Chan. Full body strength from Jocelyn. A couple of those. We have a sprint interval that’s 20 minutes and one that is 30 minutes. Those are bike rides that [00:43:00] are taught by Christine. And then there’s also one that is taught by Charlotte as well.

I think there’s two actually. So, um, that is really, really cool. I love seeing this collection. One of the questions that we had asked Peloton as part of this rollout when we got their press release mm-hmm. Was are we, is this gonna be a one and done or are we gonna see more content? Right. And their answer was couched of course, carefully.

Right. But basically, if people take the classes and it goes well, and then they’re gonna keep doing it, so Right. So like, take the freaking classes. Don’t just like hit the bookmark and don’t worry about if you’re not in the study, there’s still amazing content. Like it’s, this is still good stuff, right?

You don’t need to be in the study to get benefits from this. And if you need help, seriously, reach out to me. I’m happy to help. But this is good and we want Peloton to continue this, so let’s, let’s encourage them to do so. Uh, speaking of things people have been asking for, they have added late night live rides.

Oh my gosh, [00:44:00] this is such a big thing. So it’s late night live rides for people that are in California. Right. And so, uh. At eight 30 Eastern on Tuesday and Thursday, they’re gonna have a live class each of those days. And the people that are in California will be able to take them, uh, at like a normal time.

Like for people that are on the East Coast, it’ll feel like a five 30 ride, you know? Yeah. Um, so. You mean West Coast? That’s what I meant to say. Yeah. I was trying to say for people that are on the West Coast, it’ll feel like you’re getting to take the live class that people get to take already on the east coast, right At five 30.

Yes. Um, and people have been asking for this for a really long time, and I know that they used to have them and then they kind of died off and. Then they brought one day back and then it went away again. Keep in mind, these are going to keep switching. They’ve got so many different time zones to cover.

You’re gonna see this for a while, right? And then you’re gonna see something new for a while. It doesn’t mean they stopped listening to you. It means they’re trying to listen to somebody else. Just in the comments for [00:45:00] when we posted about this, people were like, yeah, but now I went early morning. Yeah, but I, you took away my UK 1:00 AM rides or whatever.

Yeah. You know, like people are never. Happy with whatever they do. And so everyone’s going to get different times and you do have to keep talking about it. You do need to keep submitting your request, but they’re trying to appease everyone. Right? And that’s all they can do. I need a ride that starts at 1 37 A am Greenwich.

Mean time? No, this is an outrage. That is how people act in this. How can they be ignoring such an important constituents, right.

Peloton is celebrating UK Black History Month, which is in a different month, so don’t. Don’t freak out and be like, February. Yeah. Nope. How did that happen? It’s October. It’s October, okay. And, uh, week one classes, they’re gonna have an on demand from Jocelyn that dropped on ten three and one from Leanne.

That’s live on ten seven. So both of those will be in your on demand by the time you hear this. [00:46:00] And they are both. Classes this week, but I think, I think the plan is to have new classes every week this month, so that’s cool. Yeah. Uh, Al Arian is, has a new core program. Yeah. Seven day core program and I don’t know how she manages, but, but everything, like, she could call it like soft kittens and it would still somehow sound.

Really hard, but, um, it, it, her class is, well, they got claws. Can you imagine that? But her class claw always, it’s called dine core, which equals, or well dine power. So I think it means the core of the power. Gotcha. But anyway, it looks tough. Yeah. She always looks tough. She, she’s gonna kick your ass in the best way.

And, uh, this, this. This program launched on Monday the sixth. So it is out there and it has subtitles and it’s core, which is pretty easy to follow along with like some classes like, like yoga is hard to follow along. Meditation. Meditation. Really hard to follow along. Yeah. ’cause your eyes are closed, so you can’t see the subtitles, but like this is totally easy [00:47:00] to follow along with, so I highly recommend that you do.

And then, uh, finally the New York City Marathon is just around the corner. And Peloton has a scenic ride for you. Yeah, and this is interesting. It was filmed in 2023. When they did, I know that. That’s why it’s interesting. Yeah. They filmed it when they did all of the classes when they first announced their partnership with the New York City Marathon, but it’s on two wheels.

It’s on a bike. It’s an actual bike class. Yeah. They just now launched it. Why? Yeah, I don’t understand. Like, cool. I mean, I’m, I’m not upset about it, but I’m confused. Right. I’m so confused. I guess they could only get on the course once, and so they filmed a bunch of content and now they’re just, they waited two years.

It’s just weird that they waited that long to put, put it out. I agree. I think it’s very, very bizarre. I thought it was the weirdest thing ever. Yeah. So, but um, I also think it’s neat.

And [00:48:00] finally, we have one birthday this week. It is Kira Michelle, and she was born on October 10th.

So. Happy birthday. Happy birthday, Kira, Michelle. So I guess that brings this episode to a close. Until next time. Where can people find you? People can find me on Facebook at facebook.com/crystal. Do O’Keefe. They can find me on Blue Sky Threads, Instagram and the leaderboard at Club Belt Crystal. And you can find me on Blue Sky and Threads at Tom O’Keefe Jr.

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