457: Five Instructors – Four Weeks – Peloton’s Ambitious Live Cross Training Program

Five Instructors – Four Weeks – Peloton’s Ambitious Live Cross Training Program

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In this episode, we break down the latest news shaping the Peloton ecosystem and the broader fitness industry. We start with Peloton’s introduction of a new live cross-training program and discuss the company’s retail shift as apparel becomes available at Costco. We also cover casting calls for an upcoming commercial and review the debut of the Peloton Off Air series.

The fitness landscape continues to evolve as brand-sponsored classes arrive on the platform. We examine Peloton’s strategic expansion into Poland and a new partnership with Facebook groups designed to drive Team challenges. Our coverage also includes significant updates from the instructor roster: Ash Pryor’s recovery timeline following knee surgery, Robin Arzon’s achievement as a New York Times Best Selling author, Ally Love’s appointment to JP Morgan Chase’s Athlete Council, and Olivia Amato’s new role as a Lululemon ambassador.

Beyond the platform, we report on Peloton co-founder Tom Cortesi’s new startup venture and recent coaching departures at Tonal. To round out the discussion, we highlight our recurring segments, including the TCO Top Five, a preview of upcoming classes on the TCO Radar, and our review of Peloton IQ.

Episode Topics:

• Peloton announces a live cross-training program.
• Peloton apparel is now available at Costco.
• Peloton seeks members for a new commercial campaign.
• Episode 1 of Peloton Off Air drops.
• Brand-sponsored classes land at Peloton.
• Peloton partners with Facebook groups for Teams challenges.
• Peloton expands operations into Poland.
• Ash Pryor is sidelined by knee surgery.
• Robin Arzon becomes a New York Times Best Selling author.
• Ally Love joins JP Morgan Chase’s Athlete Council.
• Zacharias is confirmed for Day 1 of Faces of Fitness Chicago.
• Olivia Amato becomes a Lululemon ambassador.
• Ben Alldis launches his personal website.
• The latest artist series features Justin Bieber and Backstreet Boys.
• Peloton co-founder Tom Cortesi launches a new startup.
• Tonal loses another coach.
• TCO Top Five: A weekly recap of listeners’ favorite classes.
• This Week at Peloton: What is happening across the platform this week.
• TCO Radar: Classes we are looking forward to taking.
• Eid Al-Fitr classes are added to the schedule.
• We review the Peloton IQ game.
• Peloton Birthdays: Celebrating Becs Gentry on March 27.

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Transcript:

Speaker: Welcome to the Clip Out podcast, episode 4 57. This is Crystal O’Keefe

Speaker 2: and this is Time O’Keefe. We are back at home.

Speaker: We are

Speaker 2: from our whirlwind weekend in the Big Apple.

Speaker: It was fantastic.

Speaker 2: Yes. Got to do all sorts of fun stuff. We will talk about that over on the bonus in the not too distant future.

Yes.

So, uh, I guess, I don’t know. Tell me what you got.

Speaker: Okay, well, we are gonna talk about, there are several things that Peloton [00:01:00]announced this week. They have a live cross training program. We’re gonna talk about what it isn’t. Uh, we found. Peloton apparel at Costco. We’re gonna talk about that.

We’re gonna talk about the casting call, what it is, where it is, and when it is. We also have the latest of Peloton off Air News that dropped on 3 23. Uh, we’re gonna talk about Peloton partnerships. Brand sponsored classes are at Peloton. What, what, what does it mean? Are there commercials on your tablet?

Uh, we are also gonna talk about Peloton partnering up with Facebook groups to drive traffic to teams challenges, not to mention the, uh, expansion, the worldwide expansion that Peloton is on. Uh, we’ve got several updates on instructors who’s sidelined by knee surgery, who’s a. A best times selling author.

Speaker 2: Again,

Speaker: uh, who is joining the JP Morgan Chase’s Athlete [00:02:00] Council, um, et cetera. We also have the latest artist series, not to mention, uh, talking about where some of the past leadership from Peloton, what they’re up to now. We’ve got some connected fitness news from other companies, and of course, we’ve got lots of content to share with you as well.

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Speaker: Mm-hmm.

Speaker 2: You do every day.

Speaker: Interesting.

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Speaker: Okay.

Speaker 2: So we will talk about that.

Speaker: Okay. Alright.

Speaker 2: Sleep and Alzheimer’s. How much extra sleep you need to reduce the likelihood. It’s not much.

Speaker: Okay. Well, I feel like I’m not getting it today.

Speaker 2: Yeah. And also, of course, all the sorts of Peloton news that we couldn’t get to in the episode proper. Uh, we’ll be talking about two instructors that have different promotions, partnerships with Spotify, so, and of course all sorts of other stuff, high Rocks news, stuff [00:04:00] like that.

That’ll all be over on the bonus. Uh, you can also find us on Facebook, facebook.com/the clip out. While you’re there, like the page, join the group. Don’t forget the website where you can sign up for the newsletter, where you will have all the links and things sent directly to your inbox. Unless we go to New York.

Speaker: Did you forget?

Speaker 2: And I completely forget to do it. Whoops. Whoops. So anyway, there’s all that. Let’s dig in. Shall we?

Speaker: We shall.

Speaker 2: Peloton has announced a live cross training program.

Speaker: This is exciting. This is, I’ve been saying for a while, I feel like Peloton is kind of headed in this direction. Mm-hmm. Uh, you know, one key example of that I feel is the program that Rebecca Kennedy just put out Now. It wasn’t, that one wasn’t live

Speaker 3: right,

Speaker: but we’re seeing it across modalities.

But now we have had a live program for power zone training. We’ve had a live program for, there was something else that I’m, I’m blanking on right now. Forgive me. [00:05:00] I do not have enough caffeine on a very busy week, um, with lack of sleep. But anyway, this is going to be super cool because it is gonna be launching on April 13th.

There are gonna be five different instructors. There’s going to be. Five different workouts every week and they’re gonna be dropping. Yeah. Live. Uh, so that’s super cool. There’s also, um, different disciplines. There’s going to be it’s gonna be across all of the different disciplines, and there’s going to be this is going to happen for four weeks, so we get a whole month of programming all laid out for you.

Now, I will say I, somebody noticed this on the team and, and I have to point this out so that. Hopefully the people who listen are not completely caught off guard by this, but the studio happens to be closed that week that they launched this. There’s a couple days in there.

Speaker 2: Okay.

Speaker: I don’t know how they’re gonna handle it.

No, I don’t, I don’t know. I’m hoping, hoping Peloton please tell me you have a plan for this. [00:06:00]You’ve already recorded them and they’re gonna drop on demand and it’s gonna be seamless. Yes. That’s what I want to happen.

Speaker 2: I have no doubt you have little faith.

Speaker: Sometimes they get a little busy with all the things and you know, they, they don’t have as robust of teams as they used to have, so things get missed.

The

Speaker 2: right hand doesn’t know what the left foot is doing.

Speaker: Yeah. It’s kind of, it’s ki you know, it’s, it’s still, it’s still a corporation. Yeah. At the end of the day. So all of the different teams don’t necessarily know what all the different teams are doing.

Speaker 2: Yeah. They did one of those IPOs, is that what they call ’em?

Speaker: A what? An

Speaker 2: ipo.

Speaker: What’s an ippo

Speaker 2: when they put your stock on sale?

Speaker: Do you mean an IPO?

Speaker 2: That’s a, that’s a very hardy beer, isn’t it?

Speaker: No, that’s an IPA.

Well,

Speaker 2: that’s a grocery store from the seventies.

I’m so confused.

Speaker: Okay, moving on.

Speaker 2: Moving on. Speaking of grocery stores, see, there’s a method to my madness. [00:07:00] We now get to talk about Costco, and I love the Costco.

Speaker: You do love the Costco as

Speaker 2: most men my age do.

Speaker: Yeah.

Speaker 2: I talk about Costco the way other people talk about Jesus

Speaker: or Peloton.

Speaker 2: Have you heard the good news?

Speaker: There’s

Speaker 2: a Costco in our neighborhood. Would you like to go with me? Would you like to attend a Costco with me?

Speaker: None of you sound like that. It’s a little creepy when you say it like that. No, I do not.

Speaker 2: Peloton apparel. Is now at Costco?

Speaker: Yeah, there was a, it was spotted at a Texas Costco. There were men’s performance joggers that were 1799.

And uh, it’s the first time as far as we know, that Peloton Apparel has ever been at a Costco. However, there is no indication this is an ongoing kind of partnership. This was probably closeout,

Speaker 2: like excess stock.

Speaker: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Like the way it usually finds its way to TJ Maxx. Right. You know, that kind of thing.

So we think that’s all this was, [00:08:00] but definitely noteworthy because it’s the first time it’s been at Costco and it was only at the one warehouse that we know of.

Speaker 2: Gotcha. So

Speaker: it was, we can’t be everywhere.

Speaker 2: Right. And there are a lot of Costcos.

Speaker: There are a lot of Costcos.

Speaker 2: Have you heard the good news? I. So was it just men’s joggers?

That was it.

Speaker: That was it. Yeah. I had a woman that came at me, where are the women’s clothes? I was like, lady, I didn’t design it. Like I, you’re like,

Speaker 2: ma’am, I don’t, I don’t work here.

Speaker: I don’t, I don’t work at Costco or Peloton. I don’t know. I don’t know.

Speaker 2: I do not have a red vest on, ma’am.

Speaker: Geez Louise.

Speaker 2: I did. You have me confused with someone else,

Speaker: but, uh,

Speaker 2: yeah,

Speaker: my guess is that, you know, they might have overorder for what, what sold, maybe they came out with a new style and this one didn’t sell.

I also

Speaker 2: feel like painting with a broad brush

Speaker: Yes.

Speaker 2: That women are more into buying Peloton apparel than men are.

Speaker: I don’t think it’s,

Speaker 2: you [00:09:00] also have more options.

Speaker: You know, I was talking to a Peloton member this weekend mm-hmm. Who happens to be a big dude, and that’s how he described himself. Okay. Okay. And, uh, and I don’t mean fat, I mean tall.

Mm-hmm. Like really tall. And he was, he was saying how frustrating it is to not be able to find. The sizes. So I think it’s also that Peloton had a lot of feedback about women’s sizes. I think they got more inclusive with that. Yeah. But I don’t think that they are necessarily more inclusive across the board with men’s sizes.

Speaker 2: Yeah. And I think some of that’s just demand driven.

Speaker: I agree. Yeah. I mean. We know for a fact that 80% of our listeners to this podcast are 80%. It’s, it’s women, right? It’s women

Speaker 2: Now. A lot of that though, I think is because of my sexiness.

Speaker: I, I’m sure.

Speaker 2: Yeah.

Speaker: I’m sure.

Speaker 2: I mean, I am a smoke show,

Speaker: but even on the Instagram, which is a lot of people there don’t listen to our show.

They just read things.

Speaker 2: Yeah.

Speaker: And they are mostly women as well. Yeah. [00:10:00] So I’m not saying there are, obviously there are tons of men that do Peloton, obviously, but I think that there is a larger proportion of women, so it makes sense.

Speaker 2: I also feel like the women engage with it differently.

Speaker: I agree.

Speaker 2: Like men are more apt to like.

I rode my bike, I got on the tread and I’m done. Now they’re,

Speaker: they don’t necessarily care if they get a hoodie or if they, not all,

Speaker 2: not all, or, or necessarily wanna know about what’s going on with instructors or things like that. Like

Speaker: that is so true. Yeah, that is so true. But um, obviously there are some men that do, and I don’t.

I am not. We are to not.

Speaker 2: Bess smarting

Speaker: you. Not at all.

Speaker 2: Yes,

Speaker: not at all. Just saying that if you were to look at it from statistical perspective,

Speaker 2: demographically speaking.

Speaker: Exactly.

Speaker 2: We’re putting on our marketing hats.

Speaker: Yeah.

Speaker 2: Yeah.

Speaker: In other words, don’t add us.

Speaker 2: So, uh, Peloton wants real life actual members for a upcoming sorry.

And. Upcoming commercial.

Speaker: This is a weird thing.

Speaker 2: Everything about this was odd and suss.

Speaker: Yeah. [00:11:00] Well, okay, so Peloton eventually posted on their socials. Yes.

Speaker 2: But initially it came off very suss.

Speaker: Very suss. So, because

Speaker 2: we saw this and sat on it for a minute. Yeah. Because we were just like, we are not so sure this isn’t a phishing scam.

Speaker: There was like, um, a post in, in a very small group called Peloton, unofficially Yoga. I believe that’s the official name of that. Unofficial group and, uh,

Speaker 2: unofficially.

Speaker: Yeah.

Speaker 2: Off the record.

Speaker: And it was like, I am a casting director and I’m looking for Peloton people. And, and also by the way, they were paying like 4,500, $4,000 a day.

Speaker 3: Yeah.

Speaker: And it was April 15th. The dates match. What is in, what eventually came out from Peloton. Uh, it was in la. But the casting company that posted this, whenever I tried to call them, their phone number was disconnected.

Speaker 3: Yeah.

Speaker: They only had a Google form to fill out.

Speaker 3: Right.

Speaker: And there was nothing on their actual website about this.

Also, if you look up, there’s like casting clearing [00:12:00] houses that you can, you can look at websites that are just casting clearing houses. Mm-hmm. They had nothing about this. So, uh, then I saw it in a couple of other places. I saw it on Instagram by this company. I saw another one posted by a different casting company.

Speaker 2: I’ll also say that you, we found their Facebook page and it hadn’t had a new post since 2023.

Speaker: Yeah. And

Speaker 2: so we, so we were like, we don’t wanna pump this information out there because this seems.

Speaker: And I even posted on their post, like, how can a person verify that this is real? And instead of, and they

Speaker 2: blocked you.

Speaker: No, no, no, no. They didn’t

Speaker 2: block you. I’m just

Speaker: kidding. Instead of it getting answered though, the, that group, they deleted the post. Yeah. So I don’t know if there was like conversations happening in the background right. Where that casting was like, you know what, pelotons gonna put it out. I have no idea how that that went.

Right. But eventually Peloton put it out on their socials and they were saying, Hey, we’re having a shoot that is, is occurring and it’s happening. I feel like, uh, this is more inter more. There’s a lot of reasons. First of all, it’s Peloton, [00:13:00] so we know it’s verified, right? Because Peloton posted on their own socials.

They also set up their own Google form that collected basic information including like the Peloton products you own, et cetera. The interesting thing is that Peloton did not. Appeared to post where it took place, which I thought was strange ’cause you had to fill out the application form to find anything out,

Speaker 3: right?

Speaker: Um, they also, in this particular version from Peloton, you also had to do a self video. You had to do a self taping where you had to answer four questions. Your workout routine, what do you have experience in? Are you an athlete? If so, what sport? How have your goals evolved? And how has Peloton affected your life?

And then you had to start by doing 10 quick jumping jacks, uh, without getting winded. Uh, then move through the following exercise, a goblet squat, alternating reverse lunges, plank shoulder taps, and a dumbbell push press. The reps were not specified, so use your best judgments. Weights are [00:14:00]preferred, but not required if you don’t have them at home.

Speaker 2: Okay.

Speaker: So it was a whole thing. Yeah. Fascinating. I can’t wait to see the, the shoot takes place April 14th through 17th, presumably in LA where the rest of them were listed. It

Speaker 2: seems

Speaker: if, uh, if people really are getting paid $4,000 a day, that’s very high pricing. So, uh, yeah. That’s really cool. Good for you if you get chosen.

Speaker 2: Yeah, and I would recommend. Doing your burpees very slowly. You stretch it out over a day or two,

Speaker: you’ll, I think each person only gets a day out

there.

Speaker 2: Get $8,000. It’s my professional recommendation.

Speaker: Well, good luck to everyone. Let us know if you get in, if you, uh, do get in, tell us all the things you know.

Yeah, for sure. And if, if we need to keep it quiet till it happens, we’ll do that too. Yeah. But, uh,

Speaker 2: we’re trustworthy.

Speaker: We are.

Speaker 2: Yeah.

Speaker: We’ve signed NDAs, embargoes, the whole nine yards.

Speaker 2: We sat on our review of Project Hail Mary, didn’t we?

Speaker: Sorta,

Speaker 2: yeah.

Speaker: You did. Yeah. I didn’t.

Speaker 2: Well, yeah,

Speaker: but I’m not embargoed.

Speaker 2: You’re [00:15:00] not embargoed. Yeah, I am.

Speaker: I signed nothing

Speaker 2: and I’m a professional who’s never been paid to do it. Uh, Peloton Off Air. Episode one has dropped.

Speaker: Yeah, it dropped on March 23rd. Uh, so Cody Rigsby. Was featured in this particular episode, and so was one of our newer instructors, Greta dopp. And the idea is that Cody has been chosen, right?

Yeah. To lead a new cohort of brand new employees and like get them acclimated to the company.

Speaker 2: I see.

Speaker: And, uh, as

Speaker 2: like Star Trek next generation,

Speaker: as you might imagine. Things go awry. Conversations about shots.

Speaker 2: Well, Cody’s in charge.

Speaker: Right? Exactly. That is the, that is the idea. Now, I think people who listen to this will not be shocked that I, Cody is not my go-to guy.

Yeah. Like, I’m not, like, love all the Cody classes. Right. Like so many people are. But I found this hilarious. Mm-hmm. Uh, it [00:16:00] was really, really funny. And Greta does a great job playing off of him because she’s the new employee. Yeah. One of the new employees in this cohort. And, uh, she, she’s really, really shines in this.

All of the people do. It’s cute. It’s different. I wouldn’t, I would call this a lightly scripted show, which is funny because we just talked about that. A lot of brands are doing that now.

Speaker 2: Yeah.

Speaker: And, uh, that’s kind of what we got going on here, so. Okay. Fun. And it’ll be interesting to see how many others that they do.

Speaker 2: We now have brand sponsored classes at Peloton.

Speaker: Well, we think we do. We, let me, let me just say we don’t know if this is gonna become the norm. Like, and we say it in the article. People don’t read articles though. They only read headlines, so, and they get

Speaker 2: mad.

Speaker: Yeah, they do.

Speaker 2: They’ll read comments though.

Speaker: Oh, yeah.

Well, they make comments. Yeah, they don’t read comments. But, uh, what we do know here are the facts as we know them. There was a [00:17:00] class that Jess King taught that was sponsored by LL Probiotics, and we know that she’s like, they made up some title for her, um, like they do for Oh, that’s right. It was like, I don’t know.

Senior cultural specialist or something like that.

Speaker 2: Probiotic Supreme leader.

Speaker: Yeah, exactly. And, uh, that was, I wanna be clear, that was an invite only class. The class content did center around gut health and core strength, but it’s also an extension. Oh, here it is. Her res Chief wellness ambassador.

Speaker 2: Okay.

Speaker: Okay. Now Kirsten Ferguson also had a class who now she is, it’s listed on her Instagram that she’s a paid partner.

Speaker 2: Mm-hmm.

Speaker: Of mush. Now Mush is an oatmeal brand.

Speaker 2: Okay.

Speaker: I know it doesn’t sound like it’s not the most appealing word Yeah. In the world. She,

I

Speaker 2: was about to say, is hers also about poop?

And then when you said mush, I was like, boy, I really hope not.

Speaker: So [00:18:00] she had a Women’s History month run and it was sponsored by Mush. I mean, there was mush branding throughout the event. Uh, now. Both of these classes had exclusive invitations to influencers and brand ad partners.

Speaker 3: Gotcha.

Speaker: So when I say these classes existed and they were sponsored by these people Yes, they were, but it was also directed like the invites were directed towards people who are influencers and doing this kind of content.

Speaker 2: Right.

Speaker: Okay. So, um, one of the things that we, it raised the question for our team. Is this something that Peloton is doing to support instructors, existing partnerships, or is it potentially some kind of early architecture of a more calculated sponsored content strategy? One of the reasons we’re not sure about this is because very recently on a, um, earnings call, Peter Stern [00:19:00] said they were not adding at any kind of.

Content that was commercials at this time. Like, that’s not being done. And these really aren’t commercials. Like what I mean by that is it’s not like you’re taking a ride with, uh, Jess King and there’s like re being advertised to you. Right. Okay. And and, and same with the mush one. It’s not like there might have been branding visible in the room, but it’s not like they were like, took a minute in the middle of class.

Yeah. And they were like,

Speaker 2: here’s why you should eat oatmeal

Speaker: right. Before you

Speaker 2: work out. Yeah.

Speaker: And the reason it’s so important that people read the content that we put out is because all of those details were in it.

Speaker 2: Yeah.

Speaker: And yet everyone, the response from 99.9% of people were ick. I can’t believe they’re adding commercials.

That’s not what this is.

Yeah.

Speaker: It’s a question mark. Maybe it will lead to that. Right. I don’t know.

Speaker 2: Yeah. ’cause it’s also hard to believe that they would platform a product. For free.

Speaker: It is. And so I do think there’s [00:20:00] something going on here, but I don’t know that it’s, it’s straight up a brand like that.

It’s pushing that brand

Speaker 3: right

Speaker: now. I will also say it’s not like Peloton has never done this type of thing before. I mean, think about their Lululemon partnership. Yeah. Like it’s, it’s very prominent. I mean, the towels have the Lululemon and the Peloton symbol. It used to only be Peloton, for example.

And not to mention the longstanding partnership with Chase Sapphire. I mean, those classes have been around a long time. Yeah. You get special access. They, this has been happening for a long time. Not to mention the events that they hold around the country, like Miami Race Weekend, the Formula One. Those types of things have been happening as well.

So I, I think that it’s trying to help both brands and raise awareness, but I don’t. At the moment anyway, they are stopping short Yeah. Of making it into a commercial

Speaker 2: and while it might not feel like a commercial, that’s what most artists series are.

Speaker: I know people don’t think of it that way.

Yeah. But that’s exactly what it is. That’s why, that’s [00:21:00] why we have to wait until something is coming up. Right. We can’t just get rights to any old music we want. Yeah. Anytime we want.

Speaker 2: It’s gonna be when an artist is promoting a new album or a greatest hits collection or a tour of some kind.

Speaker: Yeah. I think it’s really interesting that, I don’t know, I guess because I do this, I I consume this information every day to me Yeah.

That’s, that’s kind of an obvious thing, but there’s a lot of people that’s not obvious to for sure at all. So anyway this is different from the standpoint that it is specifically two products that Peloton instructors are already repping.

Speaker 2: Right.

Speaker: And it’ll be interesting to see where this goes from here.

We will keep an eye on it, but as of now. Not commercials, so calm down.

Speaker 2: Peloton is also partnering with select Facebook groups for teams challenges.

Speaker: Yeah, I thought this was really interesting. Um, over the weekend I saw several groups post where they were saying, Hey, this month’s [00:22:00] challenge, you know, like Peloton is giving away free merch for the top three can the top three participants in whatever that team happens to be doing,

Speaker 3: right?

Speaker: You can structure team events in many different ways. Like you could structure it by the number of workouts a person does. You could structure it by the number of hours a person works out. You could structure it by they have to complete six walks. Like you, you can do it a lot of different ways, right?

And so this is an interesting thing because I think what’s happening here is Peloton is reaching out to the Facebook communities to get people to push their membership. To the teams. Right. I think, I think people are using the teams, but not in the way that Peloton was hoping. Right. They hoped it would replace Facebook and it’s not even close to that.

Right. And I, I don’t know that it ever can be at this point. ‘

Speaker 2: cause you can’t go back and forth in the same way.

Speaker: You can’t. Yeah. Yes. You can make comments, but it’s not,

Speaker 2: it’s not the same.

Speaker: It’s not the same. Yeah. And a lot of [00:23:00] people aren’t on teams and Facebook, but for people who don’t wanna be on Facebook Right.

Teams is a great option.

Speaker 2: Yeah.

Speaker: And now you can add pictures. So, I think that. If it is to pick up and, you know, really replace Facebook, it’s gonna take a long time. Yeah. That’s not, that is gonna be a very slow battle that Peloton is gonna have to do.

Speaker 3: Agreed.

Speaker: And um, I do think that pushing people to be able to participate in events and send things, like in this example, it was a branded gift set hat, wristbands, water bottles, sports tiles, and headband for the top three finishers.

That’s a good example. I think that is the type of thing that will pull people in. Yeah. It’s just, it will remain to be seen if that is going to Well

Speaker 2: they

Speaker: stay replace they Exactly. Well, they stick around if that’s a question.

Speaker 2: Yeah.

Speaker: Yeah.

Speaker 2: Coming up after this, we’re gonna talk about Peloton expansions. Let you know what new part of the globe they’re pushing into.

We’ll also take a look at instructors in the news and, uh, talk artist series, which are also commercials now, or not, but not, okay. Stick around.

[00:24:00]

Speaker 2: We talked a few weeks ago about a job posting, looking for people in Poland to work for Peloton.

Speaker: Mm-hmm.

Speaker 2: And we have some more news about the Polish expansion.

Speaker: Yeah. I thought this was really cool. So Peloton is officially opening, its new office. It’s gonna be located in Warsaw and on April 8th, Peloton is also going to host.

Peloton is also going to host an open house. So that’s really cool because you’re gonna, as a person coming in, you would get an opportunity to meet the teams that are there. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Um, you’re gonna see what Peloton is working on and experience some of the technology that, that is actually powering all the cool stuff that we see.

Man, I wish I was in Poland. I would be like, I am here for the open house and say it in Polish. So here are the different hiring. Here’s the different roles they’re hiring [00:25:00] for. There’s a senior content designer, a senior product designer. There’s also, both of those are for the web by the way. There’s also a e-commerce senior technical program manager and an e-commerce senior product manager.

I am fascinated by this. I cannot wait to see how this goes and if anyone happens to be listening and goes to this. Please tell me all the things.

Speaker 2: Yes,

Speaker: we would love to know. I wanna know all of the things. So, but

Speaker 2: keep in mind we, we don’t speak polish, so

Speaker: No. So please, we might have to get Google translate out.

Yeah. Although if you’re listening to this, maybe you’re,

Speaker 2: that’s fair.

Speaker: Yeah. Alright.

.

Speaker 2: Ash Pryor has been sidelined by some knee issues.

Speaker: This sucks for her. Uh, you know, she has been working so hard to get. Really good at high rockes, increase her prs, you know, that type of thing. Yeah. And she has been working so, so hard on that. And she has, the [00:26:00] last class that she did was on March 22nd, and she’s gonna be off the for a while.

It’s gonna be a few weeks is what she’s saying, and I hope it truly is a few weeks. But, uh, in classic ash, uh, humor, she says, my left knee, that hoe is getting on my nerves, and now she’s going to time out.

She also said she started that conversation by saying, shout out to my biggest hater, my left knee. I really appreciate Ash’s humor and I really appreciate that. She can’t, she can have humor Yeah. About the situation. I know how frustrating it is to take time off, especially when you’re right in the, like, you’re so close to where you.

Wanna be. Right. And then you have to like, you have this major setback, so that’s super frustrating. So the plan is surgery and then there will be physical therapy. And, uh, hopefully she will come back very, very soon and she’s gonna be even more [00:27:00] amazing because the comeback is always greater than the setback.

Speaker 2: Thank you, Mike situation.

Speaker: You’re welcome.

Speaker 2: Uh, Robin Arza is now and again, a New York Times bestselling author. This is what her fourth time?

Speaker: It is. The fourth time, yeah. I mean, that’s impressive.

Speaker 2: Yeah.

Speaker: I know there are games that people can play to get on the best time For sure. The bestseller list, and I, I get that, but like.

Number four. That is impressive. That’s impressive.

Speaker 2: I don’t think you play that game four times.

Speaker: I don’t think she has to think you’re actually moving

Speaker 2: those books.

Speaker: I agree. Yeah. Yeah. So this is for Eats a Hustle. This is her plant-based cookbook. There are 75 different recipes in it. She has really been killing it lately.

She, uh, she’s been on. Kelly Clarkson show. She’s been on the Drew Barrymore show. She’s been in four different cities doing her book tour. She was also just at South by Southwest. The woman does not rest.

Speaker 3: [00:28:00] Yeah.

Speaker: And, uh, I saw her for two seconds at the studio this weekend. She was, I think she might’ve been teaching like a straight to camera Yeah.

Um, class, because she came out of one of the studios, I think it was the Row Studio. And she was like breathing hard. She’d clearly just been working out. Right. And she was fully made up, but there was nobody else in the class. Yeah. And, uh, I was just like, hi. And she was like, hi. And she smiled,

Speaker 2: right.

Speaker: And then she kept walking

Speaker 2: And she wrote another book while

Speaker: she was she, while standing

Speaker 2: there,

Speaker: while she was just.

She was standing there, she whipped out another manuscript. Yeah. It’s on its way to the publisher right now. It’s a

Speaker 2: follow up to eat the hustle. It’s called Drink to Hustle. You need something to wash it down.

Speaker: I mean, this woman is making an empire and uh, I think it’s pretty cool to watch. I know there’s a lot of people that get frustrated with her.

But I am impressed with her hustle. I am impressed with the fact that she can do all of these things and that she still appears to actually enjoy her family and her children. [00:29:00] Yeah. Because there’s other people I see out there that they seem to be constantly frustrated and annoyed and like she doesn’t seem that she seems to really enjoy the things she’s doing.

Yeah. And that’s not easy when you’ve got so much going on.

Speaker 2: Absolutely. And as for the haters, it’s like I always say, you’re not popular until people don’t like you.

Speaker: I’ll tell you this, I’ll tell you this. Every time we post an article about Robin Za, it’s one of our biggest articles. So I don’t know if they just love to hater or if they just love her, but either way it’s uh, she’s getting the clicks

Speaker 2: and, and the algorithm can’t tell the difference.

Speaker: They can’t, like I I, I would love for people who hate on other people to understand that. Yeah. But they don’t

Speaker 2: just training the world to show you more things you hate.

Speaker: It is facts.

Speaker 2: So Ally Love has joined JP Morgan Chase’s Athlete council.

Speaker: She has, yeah. Um, Tom Brady, Dwayne Wade, and Aja Wilson. I’m sure I managed to screw that up.

But, uh, there, those are other, important athlete on people that are

Speaker 2: according to the article. These [00:30:00] are athletes. These two are athletes. According to chat, GPT,

Speaker: there’s also uh, Sue Bird, Alex Morgan. So the group is dedicated to building financial literacy.

Speaker 2: Well, he’s got it. ’cause his last name is Morgan.

Speaker: You think so?

Speaker 2: Yeah. JP Morgan Chase, right?

Speaker: Yeah. It’s Napa Babies. Yeah.

Speaker 2: Yeah.

Speaker: Uh, the group is dedicated to building financial literacy for athletes across every level of competition. You know, that’s important because people, you don’t learn that stuff in school. Yeah. You really don’t. Even if you learn like a bank account and how to take care of your household finances, there really are not enough classes to teach you, especially these days.

Speaker 3: Yeah.

Speaker: In, in the day of the hyphenated. Work ethic that people have. Yeah. You often don’t have a full-time job. A lot of times you have three jobs. Yeah. Which means you’re a 10 99 employee and my children don’t even understand what a 10 99 is. No. And so like this kind of understanding not only how to [00:31:00] do that side of things, but also understanding how to build your brand and how to, how to make that into an empire.

Allah, Robin Arza. Yeah. Like that is not an easy, that doesn’t come easy. No. You don’t just, you don’t just have people in your life that are like, oh, here’s what you should do.

Speaker 3: Right.

Speaker: And even if you have those people you don’t know that those people are, are. Literate in today’s, because today’s strategies, because they’re constantly evolving.

And when we went to

Speaker 2: school it was like, learn how to balance a checkbook.

Yeah,

Speaker: yeah. And, and even like, quote unquote, to become famous when we were kids is completely different than it looks now. Like those strategies would not work.

Speaker 2: No. At all.

Speaker: Not at all.

Speaker 2: Yeah.

Speaker: So there’s just a whole lot that goes into it that people don’t understand.

Anyway, near this is a fascinating fact. Nearly one in six NFL players has declared bankruptcy within 12 years of retiring.

Speaker 2: Yeah.

Speaker: What? Well, because women in six, they

Speaker 2: make that money and they, and

Speaker: then they spend that money. And

Speaker 2: they spend the money,

Speaker: but they only have like, what, five years of being able to make that money.

Speaker 2: Yeah. So they don’t, they [00:32:00] don’t think about like, well, what am I gonna do when I’m 35? I can’t still be doing this.

Speaker: They’re also so young that Yeah. And your brain isn’t even fully developed at that point.

Speaker 2: Yeah. And your brain is probably taking a lot of hits,

Speaker: typically.

Speaker 2: Yeah,

Speaker: typically it is. Yeah. So there’s a lot happening there.

Anyway, I think this is a cool thing and uh, so good for Allie and I, but regardless of who’s on it, I think it’s cool that they’re doing it.

Speaker 2: Absolutely. So faces of Fitness, Chicago is almost upon us, and Zacharias has been confirmed to kick off day one.

Speaker: Yeah. He’s gonna be there, uh, on day one. Boy, people are excited about this.

Speaker 2: Really?

Speaker: So excited. Yeah. This went nuts on on Instagram. Yeah. He’s going to be leading an advanced animal yoga flow. That man can move in shapes that I don’t think most bodies can even fathom. And he does. And so advanced like

Speaker 2: yeah.

Speaker: I would just be watching. How are

Speaker 2: those animals gonna keep up?

Speaker: I’m just saying.

These

Speaker 2: poor little puppies,

Speaker: I would just say they’re not ready

Speaker 3: for advance

Speaker 2: yoga.

Speaker: All I would do is just [00:33:00] sit there and watch. There’s no way I would actually try the moves. It’s not happening. It’s not happening. It’s really cool though. Congrats to Zacharias. And uh, of course, day two is also going to have Peloton.

We’re gonna have Adrian Williams, Katie Wong, and Jess Sims, which we already reported on earlier.

Speaker 2: Yeah. What happens if someone brings a cat and he says, do a downward dog. What’s that cat gonna do?

Speaker: We’re gonna have to wait and see time.

Speaker 2: Oh, it’s gonna be chaos.

Speaker: It’s gonna be chaos

Speaker 2: Madness.

Ben Aldis has launched his own personal website.

Speaker: Yeah. So I guess he had a website before, but it it has a whole new look to it now.

Speaker 2: Oh. It’s a relaunch?

Speaker: It is a relaunch. And, uh, he, he is calling himself a Peloton instructor and health optimization. Specialist. Oh. So I think that’s pretty cool. So it’s been aldis.com.

You can sign up for his newsletter, you can do more. You know, it’s, it’s hard to remember. He’s the Pelotons first UK instructor. People, A lot of people who are [00:34:00] new to Peloton probably don’t realize that. So it’s all gonna be in one place. Fitness, corporate coaching, speaking his book, raise the Bar, everything is going to be there.

Um, and of course there’s going to be a new newsletter, so you’re gonna be able to get all the things.

Speaker 2: Will it come out mostly weekly like ours?

Speaker: He’s probably got somebody for that. Oh. I feel like, I feel like he has people.

Speaker 2: Well, you got somebody for that, but he still screws it up.

Speaker: I know. To get a new person.

Well, now I’m joking.

Speaker 2: That’s how the rumors start.

Speaker: Congrats to Ben on his new website.

Speaker 2: We got two artist series to talk about. And uh, they’re both big ones and I assume they’re big ones ’cause they’re people I’ve heard of Justin Bieber,

Speaker: who

Speaker 2: and the Backstreet Boys.

Speaker: Yeah. So you might remember, we’ve talked about a couple of times, Peloton kind of has this new thing that they’re doing now where it’s like, there’s two every month.

There used to be [00:35:00] four and now there’s two. But mid month we can probably expect that mid-April we’re gonna see some new thing for Germany as well. Yeah. So, um, that is what we expect to happen. But yeah, these are both really huge. Justin Bieber and Backstreet Boys in the same month. And then, uh, let’s see, Justin Bieber will be April 2nd.

The Backstreet Boys will be on April 23rd. So that’s gonna be a lot of pop classes. Yes, it is this month. Although I do love that

song. Love Yourself. I’m not a, I’m not a believer. Yeah. Um, but I do love that song. Love Yourself. It’s such a, fuck you. It’s great.

Speaker 2: I’m a daydream believer.

Speaker: Oh, we know.

Peloton personnel.

Speaker 2: Peloton. Co-founder Tom Cortez has launched a new startup.

Speaker: He has. Yeah. In I know what you’re thinking. It’s gonna be exercise equipment.

Speaker 2: No,

Speaker: but it’s not,

Speaker 2: these people don’t, [00:36:00] like, it’s fascinating ’cause John Foley is similar. Like, not that he didn’t love and care about Peloton, like he,

Speaker: because he did.

Speaker 2: He did. But like, they love also just the idea of business

Speaker: and startups in general.

Speaker 2: And startups in general. And so to some degree, they don’t really care if they love the product or service that they’re selling. They love the,

Speaker: they love launching a business.

Speaker 2: Yeah.

Speaker: And they love making it grow. Yeah. Like, that’s what they get super excited about.

In this case, we’ve got, uh, the founder of Chipotle and the co-founder of Peloton starting a sandwich. Category. Uh, it is going to be counter service. It’s going to be called, where is it? Oh, it is called Counter Service. Oh. It’s an up it’s upscale sandwich concept. It’s already grown to four locations in New York City.

Just one year after its debut.

Speaker 2: Yeah.

Speaker: Isn’t that cool?

Speaker 2: What does upscale sandwich mean?

Speaker: Man? I don’t know. It sounds like pan Panera to me. Your

Speaker 2: sandwich is [00:37:00] wearing a monocle,

Speaker: sounds like St. Louis Bread company. Yeah. Is what it sounds like.

Speaker 2: Well, yeah.

Speaker: I know I said it. I said it. It’s Panera to the rest of you people, but here it’s St.

Louis Bread Company because

Speaker 2: it started here.

Speaker: It started here

Speaker 2: and they called it St. Louis Bread Company. Then when they, when they took it other places, they were like. People don’t want to eat a sandwich from St. Louis.

Speaker: Well, Cortese was just on the latest episode of a podcast called Takeaway with Sam Oche.

And, uh, they talked about why the restaurant industry is ripe for disruption today. And, uh, these folks who like to do their, their launches and new companies, they love the disruption. Love the disruption.

Speaker 2: When I’m eating a sandwich, I don’t want to be disrupted.

Speaker: You’re not. I’m, I’m having

Speaker 2: a sandwich.

Speaker: You’re, you’re not gonna be,

Speaker 2: I’m just took a bite.

Speaker: It’s the, it’s the skin.

Speaker 2: And then Tom Cortez comes in and starts yelling at me. And I’m like, Tom, settle down. I’m trying to eat a sandwich. And he’s like, more mustard. No, I don’t want, I don’t want mustard. I’m disrupting your sandwich. Take off the top piece of bread. [00:38:00] No, take off the bottom piece of bread.

Speaker 3: It’s craziness.

Speaker 2: It’s craziness. Cortese, you’ve gone mad with power. Coming up after this, we’re gonna talk about what’s going on at Tonal, another coach. Is departing. We’ll also talk content, give you an overview of all the classes that, uh, you should be contemplating. So stick around.

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Speaker 2: Tonal has said goodbye to another coach, or another Coach has said goodbye to Tonal, depending on how you wanna look at it.

Speaker: Well, it’s Tim Landito.

Speaker 2: Yes.

Speaker: So recently we lost Tanisha Renee. Mm-hmm. And we also lost, Kristen Centenary. And, uh, all three were announced separately. They all said their goodbyes in the official tonal community. And then they were not featured in any further classes. So I feel like, tonal kind of did another reset there. Yeah. Uh, you know, people who have been in the tonal community for a long [00:39:00] time, Peloton community by, because a lot of us do both.

Um, they might remember that a lot of the LA coaches, all of the LA coaches were let go. And those were the original coaches that founded Tonal. Yeah. When Tonal expanded to New York, they hired more coaches.

Speaker 2: Right.

Speaker: And then. At some point, financial difficulties came into play and they had to let go of somebody and they let go of the entire LA team.

I think that also had a lot to do with the expenses in LA and like how much it was costing to have, like where they were filming and things like that.

Speaker 2: But it’s not like New York’s cheap.

Speaker: Nope. Absolutely. I am not making excuses. Yeah. I’m not making excuses. I’m saying decisions had to be made right.

And they had to be made quickly. But uh, it was super sad to a lot of us. Yeah. Well, and, and we even had an opportunity to talk to some of the leadership at Tonal after it happened and, you know, we were, we gave them very direct feedback. Yeah. About you know. I would like to think that we spoke on behalf of people.

Yeah. Uh, and so, [00:40:00] this time when they made changes, they brought in new coaches and then they slowly let people go.

Speaker 3: Right.

Speaker: I suspect that they’re also still having financial difficulties. I know that most companies are. Yeah. Now Tonals not public. Right. So I don’t know that for a fact, but just given that the entire fitness industry did so well during COVID and then, and then it kind of, all the connected fitness did so well.

Yeah. And now it’s kind of really trying to find its footing and Tonals been continuing to try to grow. So they brought in new coaches. They all appear to be guest coaches though, um, in different capacities. And I think this is Tonals way of making sure that they have several different kinds of modalities.

Yeah. That you’ve got Kristen McGee for Pilates and you’ve got the new instructors for yoga et cetera. And so,

Speaker 2: I feel like it’s also a way to manage expectations of like, if this person doesn’t stick around, well, they were a guest coach.

Speaker: Yeah. I, I, that’s, that is true. That is true. And, and I’m sure it saves money as well.

Yeah. You know, because like what they can do now is like, [00:41:00] take somebody like Kristen McGee instead of having them on the payroll all the time. Mm-hmm. They can have her come in, film a program, film classes, and then off she goes on her merry way. Right. And they don’t have to keep her on the payroll all the time.

Yeah. I mean, I don’t know what their situation looks like for sure. I’m just giving an example. But I think that is probably more financially benefiting

Speaker 2: Yeah.

Speaker: Of tonal

Speaker 2: sustainable.

Speaker: Yes. Yes. But, um, I think that they, they felt like they had to do this. I don’t know all the reasons why. Can’t pretend to, I don’t have any direct behind the scenes conversations with anybody about this.

This is just my feeling and my putting pieces together. But, uh, at any rate, these coaches will be missed. You, you become really, really. Attached to them. And, uh, while I am a huge tonal fan and I hope that they continue to grow, it’s still sad to see coaches leave and Tim was one of the nicest coaches, so was Tanisha Renee?

Speaker 2: Yeah.

Speaker: So was Kristen Cincinnati.

Speaker 2: Yeah. They’ve all been super [00:42:00] nice.

Speaker: Very, very nice. So, best of luck to Tim and crew.

Speaker 2: Absolutely. .

Speaker 2: It is time for the TCO top five. You have submitted your favorite classes and here you go. Number one, your favorite bench press leg day.

Speaker: This was submitted by Dr. Jen.

Speaker 2: Holy cow.

Speaker: I know she was all over my social media looking at stuff this weekend. Uh, she says. Just including a bench changes things up enough to make a lower body class feel new, different and exciting. This was taught by, uh, Robin Arza on February 17th. It was a 30 minute glute and leg strength.

By the way. Dr. Jen also was fired up about all the new jump classes on the platform, and she has started incorporating ’em. She said she feels stronger overall and her runs have gotten easier. So good to know.

Speaker 2: Okay. Uh, number two, your favorite role with it. Core stretch.

Speaker: Also, Robin Arza. She’s having, I told you she’s everywhere.

[00:43:00] Yeah, she’s everywhere. Karen Smith nominated this class and Robin taught it on March 3rd, 15 minute core stretch. Karen said It was my first strength class that incorporated a foam roller and holy crap, what a difference the roller makes in simple moves. Simple, not easy. 15 minutes was enough, but I’ll be looking for more of these.

Speaker 2: Uh, number three, your favorite walk to remember.

Speaker: Listen, this job comes with certain benefits and by job I say my hobby, but, uh, one of those benefits is that I get to nominate things. Yes. And I nominated. Maddie Mao’s 20 minute, two thousands walk from this weekend. And here’s what I had to say. The Saturday stack was awesome.

The walk in particular gave old Christopher Street studio vibes. So if you were ever took classes at the tread studio, you might have taken a class with Maddie. That’s what this was. There were magic makers there, including Robin Raburn and Saban McAteer, I hope I’m saying that right. Mm-hmm. I’m sure I’m not saying Shaban right.

But, uh, she was here all the way [00:44:00] from Dublin and it was such a treat to meet her and talk to her. Um, Maddie was in the studio talking about all kinds of things, including furries. It was just. It was just a vibe. It was a really special class. And if you didn’t get to take it this weekend, I highly recommend that you work it into your stack this week.

It was so, so good.

Speaker 2: And you were also in that class?

Speaker: I was also in that class, yes. That’s why I loved it so much. Yes. There’s something about taking a live class, but also Maddie was just in silly form, like my favorite version of Maddie. Yeah. Besides Mara, it was, it was like, it was just amazing. It was just amazing.

Like, this class needs to be taken by everybody.

Speaker 2: Uh, number four, your favorite classic rock ride.

Speaker: Yes. And, uh, this was nominated by Rich Glass and he had, he had the very succinct quote. The song list was strong and the class was the right balance of tough and fun.

Speaker 2: He just gets right to

Speaker: it. He does.

There is no fluff. It’s right there. Yeah. So Jen Sherman taught this class this weekend. We actually watched it up on the [00:45:00] screen. Yeah. It was the 30 minute classic rock ride and uh, it was. Awesome.

Speaker 2: Yeah.

Speaker: I mean, rich didn’t say that, but I assume he thought that.

Speaker 2: I think that’s how Rich says it.

Speaker: Yeah. There were a lot of people, a lot of the, uh, famous Peloton people were around.

’cause the Peloton Whisperer was in this class too. Yeah. We saw him. I didn’t get to see Rich Glass, but, uh, we know he was there. Lots of people were at the studio this weekend. It was people that were asking, why are all these people in the studio? So we’re, oh,

Speaker 2: and finally, uh, number five, you’re unst stackable.

It’s your favorite Women’s History month ride.

Speaker: This was nominated by Holly Hardy Gage, also to taught this weekend by Christine Dear Coley, it was the 45 minute women’s history month alternative rock ride, and Holly said she was live in studio and, uh, she is, she’s one of her words work retreat women from Zermatt.

I did find the ride harder than her normal classes, which is [00:46:00] how it became an unst stackable. But yeah, she was, she was also, Christine was also doing a workshop this weekend as well. Ah, so there was a lot. I think that’s part of why the vibes were so high this week. There was just a lot going on with the instructors, with the people.

It was just, I haven’t seen the studio that packed and that joyous in a long time. And more than one person said that to me

Speaker 3: Right. As

Speaker: well. So, like, I, it was the place to be. It was, it was like, it was like homecoming up in that bitch. It was great.

Speaker 2: Taking a look at this week at Peloton we have a new scenic ride, the Marne SCH wig Holstein, Germany. I should have let you say that. I should have been, lemme try this again. We have a new scenic ride. Take it away, crystal.

Speaker: They’re from Germany, Northern Germany. And uh, it’s a 45 minute ride that follows the coastal path on an island in northern Germany.

And, uh,

Speaker 2: what is, what is the name of said Island

Speaker: Thaman.

Speaker 2: That sounds Irish.

Speaker: Okay. Well,

Speaker 2: well you say it,

Speaker: you asked me to say it.

Speaker 2: Var,

Speaker: listen. I’ve [00:47:00] got Germany in these jeans. I’ve got Ireland in these jeans. I, I just say whatever comes out. Okay. So there’s also open water running alongside the route, which I really enjoy because it’s very like, it’s very nice.

Yeah. It feel like you’re riding alongside of it also. Just a little bonus into the bonus. Yeah. The four German ladies that we met this weekend would love this class as long as you had a beard.

Speaker 2: Yes. We also have a, uh, live outdoor run club with Susie.

Speaker: Yes. Uh, 60 minute class and it is gonna be taking place on Saturday, March 28th, 1130 am Eastern.

It is going to be audio coached and built for members running outside

Speaker 2: and an epic single along ride with. Jen Sherman.

Speaker: It’s been a hot minute. We’ve got one that’s taking place on Sunday, March 29th at 10:00 AM Eastern. Eastern, and uh, that’s gonna be awesome. Those are always lots of fun.

Speaker 2: Turning our eyes to [00:48:00] the TCO radar,

we’ve got more High Rocks, a training bootcamp with Marcel Mauer.

Speaker: This is gonna be taking place, or I guess it’s taking place today because, uh, it is the March 25th

Speaker 2: today being as we record,

Speaker: as we record, not as you listening, not as you were listening,

Speaker 2: because we don’t know when you listen,

Speaker: we don’t know.

Yeah, we don’t know you, but it’s gonna be call. You

Speaker 2: never write

Speaker: a 45 Minute High Rocks Bootcamp with Marcel, so that’s pretty darn cool.

Speaker 2: And then Kirsten has a Women’s History Month outdoor run club.

Speaker: Yes. Also taking place on March 25th. Uh, and, and so, if you can’t take it live, hopefully, I, I don’t think you can go back and watch these, because they don’t tend to do outdoor runs.

Like there’s no nothing being filmed, so. Oh, I

Speaker 2: see.

Speaker: If you, if you miss it, you miss it. But I love the run clubs. They’re a lot of fun. So, and they have different paces, so like all levels of

Speaker 2: Gotcha.

Speaker: Fitness can still enjoy it.

Speaker 2: And, uh, Zacharias has a new advanced flow,

Speaker: thank goodness. It’s only 20 minutes. Yeah.

And it’s not an animal flow. Uh, [00:49:00] um, so 20 minutes, 6:00 PM also today.

Speaker 2: And then, uh, Maddie Mamo has a walking bootcamp.

Speaker: He does. And it is a 50 51. So you’ve got half the time on the tread, half the time with the weights. Perfection

Speaker 2: Okay. And, uh, Jermaine Johnson has a four day split program for you.

I

Speaker: do. Yeah. That is gonna be starting on March 27th. Uh, so that’ll be very cool. Glad to see it.

Speaker 2: And it’s a reverse week for Matt Wiler.

Speaker: It is. He’s going to be doing his long, his long ride is going to be taking place on Friday and that’s gonna be a 60 minute ride at 6:30 AM and then he’s going to be doing only a 30 minute ride on Saturday at 8:00 AM because he’s also teaching a live row that morning as well.

Ah,

Speaker 2: and World Broadway Day is almost upon us. And who else, but Maddie Mamo will be commemorating that.

Speaker: Well, we don’t know. We know that he has two classes on the live schedule that day [00:50:00]and we are hoping that they will turn into Broadway theme classes. I see. But we have no confirmation of that, even though it’s only in two days.

Speaker 2: Gotcha.

Speaker: I should ask him that when I saw him this weekend.

Oh,

Speaker: this

Speaker 2: opportunity.

Speaker: I know. I was busy

Speaker 2: and, uh, Anna Greenberg is back.

Speaker: She’s going to have a yoga and Pilates class live on March 27th. Yay.

Speaker 2: Christian Vanderbilt is almost back.

Speaker: Yeah. He’ll be back on in early April. April 2nd and April 5th, he’s going to have a 60 minute class real route or a pro training. And then one of those is going to be a 30 minute power zone. Also I didn’t tell you this Tom, but John Hosking is gonna be doing a 60 minute walk on April 3rd.

Speaker 2: Okay. And then, uh, also don’t forget that PSNY closures are almost upon us.

Speaker: They are, yeah. April 9th through 15th, the studios will be closed. So keep that in mind because remember the live cross training program starts on April 13th and there’s no live classes the 13th, 14th, and 15. It’s gonna be [00:51:00] crazy.

Speaker 2: We also have new classes celebrating. E Fater. I hope I’m saying that right.

Speaker: I think you are.

Speaker 2: Oh, look at me.

Speaker: It might be Ed,

Speaker 2: wouldn’t

Speaker: that be? It might be Eder.

Speaker 2: Yeah.

Speaker: But, uh, yeah, there were four classes that dropped and they were taught by Jocelyn Thompson Rule and Al I don’t know how to say her last name properly, I’m very sorry.

But, um, there was a walk by Jocelyn and there was a full body stretch by a saw that got added. And uh, that’s nice to see. Those were on the 19th and 20th to coincide with the actual holiday.

Speaker 2: Gotcha.

Speaker: Fourth year that Peloton has celebrated it, which is nice to see.

Speaker 2: Absolutely. And then, uh, finally for this segment just wanna point you to an article that helper Be Nikki wrote.

And it’s all about Peloton IQ and how it helps you get better.

Speaker: It does. . It does help you get better if you are a person who needs to see your form and things like that. Also, it’s um, gives you insights into how your class went [00:52:00] compared to how you normally do. Mm-hmm. It tells you when you pick on a class, like you choose a class, it’s gonna say, here’s how you normally do in this type of class is harder, or it’s easier than what you normally choose.

Gotcha. Um, but the other reason that we wanted to bring this up is that we saw this week on the Peloton platform that um, there are classes that you can take within Peloton iq. You can set it up so that it is self-paced. So if you are a person that might struggle with form Adrian Williams is a great example.

He’s a, an amazing instructor, but he moves very quickly in his strength classes. Yeah. So let’s just say you struggled to keep up with that pace, but you wanna do those moves. You could take a self-paced class and uh, the IQ software allows you to be able to do, that’s one of the options that you can do.

So that was why we really wanted to bring it up.

Speaker 2: And finally, we’ve got one birthday this week on March 27th, and it belongs to Beck Gentry.

Speaker: Happy birthday to Beck Gentry.

Speaker 2: Happy birthday. [00:53:00] So that brings us episode to a close. I get until next time, where can people find you?

Speaker: People can find me on Facebook at facebook.com/crystal d O’Keefe. They can also find me on Threads bluesky Instagram and the Peloton leaderboard at Clip Crystal.

Speaker 2: And you can find me on Threads and bluesky at Tom O’Keefe Jr. Or on Facebook. At Facebook. Do facebook.com/tom O’Keefe. You can find the show online at facebook.com/the clip out.

While you’re there, like the page, join the group. But of course, don’t forget our Patreon, $5 a month, all sorts of bonus content, ad free episodes, and we like you a little extra. So that’s it for this one. Thanks for tuning in, and until next time, keep peddling

Speaker: and running

Speaker 2: and rowing.

Speaker: Bye.

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