Why We Are Writing A Guide To Andy’s Strength Classes

Welcome to a little walk through all the ways Andy Speer can help you become stronger, smarter, and more supple as we peruse the menu of his Peloton offerings. Why are we providing this complete compendium for you? Because we’ve heard that the way Peloton has been labelling all his classes, Collections, and Programs lately has become, well, a wee bit confusing! They put “Total Strength” in front of almost all of his workouts and anecdotally, it’s total mayhem for members. We will break down what his Programs and Collections are all about, as well as get into his signature weekly class, “TS60” and the accompanying “Trifecta.”

We love Andy’s coaching here at The Clip Out so we wanted to give you this road map to find what you’re looking for. Roll down the windows, crank some Bon Jovi (or maybe some Katy Perry), and let’s take a ride to Pump City, baby! Yeah!

Andy Speer’s Background and Approach

Andy Speer is beloved at Peloton, not only for his wacky jokes and maniacal laugh, but also for his carefully curated Strength workouts (he also teaches on the Tread and in Cardio, but this is a love letter to his dumbbells, so we’re trying to stay focused). As a former gymnast and pole vaulter, Andy brings dynamic energy and drive to his coaching, along with attention on proper form and full body functional fitness. (He also has a number of Programs on Peloton’s separate Strength+ app, but we’re focusing this overview solely on the original platform classes.)

Though he commands the mat with confidence, he was not always that way. In 2024 he took to Instagram to get vulnerable with his fans, opening up about challenges he faced growing up, in a series called SPEERas. He then parlayed that into asking members to send him their “Stories of Strength” with him, which he shared out. He may look like the “big man on campus” now, but Andy is a sweet softie on the inside, really dedicated to Peloton members and helping us reach our goals and having an awesome time along the way. His fan group, The Speerheads (more on them below), is the Instagram account where fans flock to get the latest news on his classes and guidance.

Peloton Info to Help You Understand All This Better

In this article, we’ll be linking back to some of our earlier reviews of some Programs that get into the nitty gritty of the work. However, recently Peloton has made some internal changes on what’s a Program vs a Collection and this is also confusing now that things are moved around. You’ll also see references to the Guide, which is not helpful anymore unless you already own one. So, before we embark on our Tour De Speer, please note:

• Peloton removed access to all its Programs on computers and in your TV apps. Now you can only view Programs on the Peloton app on a mobile device.
• Peloton moved some Programs to Collections and Collections to Programs.
• Peloton changed the restrictiveness of Programs so that you now don’t have to complete all the classes in the time suggested, you have more time and won’t lose your progress.
• Peloton won’t give “full completion credit” if you swap out some of their programmed warmups or stretches for ones you prefer, although Andy encourages you to do the ones you like.
• Peloton discontinued support for its Guide movement tracking device and is no longer selling them, however, they still work if you already have one.

Ready? Let’s get into it!

The TS60 Weekly Class (Sundays)

• Length: Each “training block” is 4-5 weeks long depending on the live schedule
• Duration of Each Class: 60 minutes
• Type of Workout Focus: True full body in each class, incorporating mobility, stability, lifts, core, and dynamic movements
• Take This If You: benefit from weekly accountability and want to experience a comprehensive approach to building strength that combines strength, power and conditioning
• Location: Collections, organized by training blocks

I’m going to start out with a very biased opinion. TS60s are my go-to and the one class type that helped me create consistency in Strength work after years of failing. Why? Because there was a time when he had these at 8am on Sundays which was perfect for me to do live. That built my habit. I came for the checkmark but stayed for everything else.

Don’t be afraid of the length of the class, it’s not 60 minutes of lifting! Andy primes you for that hard work with lots of stability and mobility work that feels so good, like physical therapy in a way. He cues perfectly to help you understand your body and focus your efforts. And, he does it all while making you laugh and playing music that most people can get into.

My favorite aspect of TS60 is the monthly training block focus. At the start of each month, Andy announces what the focus will be. He shares this both in the first class of the month and on his IG.

Some examples (as organized in the TS60 Collection):

• Metabolic Muscle Block: These workouts will alternate sets of strict, muscle-building strength work with bodyweight metabolic sets designed to keep the heart rate up. Intensity will ramp up over the course of 4 weeks, so get ready to sweat.
• The Squat Block: Build serious strength with a focus on squats in addition to push ups and bent over rows. This block also includes power complexes with cleans and push presses and a healthy dose of focused core work.
• Fix Your Fatigue: Challenge your mind and body with longer working sets and muscular endurance complexes.

The brilliance is, if you stick with these over the course of the year, you will have exposed yourself to so many types of training and reap all the benefits! For me personally, I find it hard to pick and choose standalone classes. Here, if you trust Andy (and I do), he takes away the analysis paralysis and delivers top quality workouts you need for the long view of your physical health.

In TS60, as you progress through each month, the classes increase in difficulty, culminating in an “Advanced” class label. But you’re totally prepared when you get there, thanks to his diligent training approach that helps you familiarize yourself with the movements and how far you want to take them.

For more information, see this article “What is Total Strength 60”

Want More TS60? Try the Trifecta!

Members love the TS60 class format so much that they wanted more of it! So, the Speerheads answered the call. Co-lead Chad (#LunaticFringe74) gave TCO the background on the TS60 Trifecta (a trifecta is a loose slang term for a “perfect set of three things” originating in a type of horse racing bet where one’s chosen horses finish their race in the 1-2-3 order the bettor predicted). The idea came from Chad’s desire to balance his Power Zone Pack challenge riding with his lifting. (I can relate!) So the TS60 Trifecta is a self-directed plan where you do the weekly live class plus two additional classes from the list, giving you a really well rounded week of strength work (and 3 hours of it!). All while keeping up with whatever cardio you do on other days.

Already a fan of TS60s, Chad went back to the OD library and added older classes to his weeks that complemented the plans in the weekly live classes so his work was not redundant. For example, if Andy was coaching a month of heavy lifting and hypertrophy, maybe Chad would add athleticism and dynamic movement focused classes. Then, the Speerheads started sharing this idea out, gaining positive feedback from the Andy’s Total Strength Crew group. The first iteration of this recurring programming was known as 3TS60. After a while, Andy got wind of things and loved the idea. Now, Andy creates and shares what he coined the TS60 Trifecta each month, taking Chad’s great idea and helping the Speerheads solidify it for all of us each month.

So if you want to know what the latest Trifecta is, head over to either Andy’s IG or the Speerheads’, where you will find a handy dandy list of classes like the image above. There is no official Peloton tracking for this (yet!) and it’s all a DIY accountability, but if you share your progress on your IG, the Speerheads are great about shouting out your progress!

Total Strength 1 (aka “Total Strength”)

• Length of Program: 4 weeks
• Duration of Each Class: 10 minute warmups and stretches plus 30-45 minute classes, and a 5 minute strength test at the end of Week 1
• Type of Workout Focus: 
• Take This If You: are new or relatively new to strength training, are interested in developing proper form and want a structured, progressive plan that balances strength, cardio, and recovery. It’s also a great fit for anyone who enjoys seeing measurable progress through strength tests and prefers having workouts laid out for them rather than building their own schedule.
• Location: Programs

Total Strength was one of the earliest Programs Andy started offering. (I took this Program in 2022 but the classes are all from 2019!) Along with my later adoption of the TS60 routine, this program was really impactful in upping my Strength game, both in terms of my knowledge and my accountability to myself. (I did do it with a FB Group at the time, and that camaraderie helped too!)

Total Strength 2

• Length of Program: 6 weeks
• Duration of Each Class: 10 minute warmups and stretches plus 30-45 minute classes, and a 10 minute benchmark class at the end of Week 1 and a 15 minute benchmark class at the end of Week 6. Suggested cadence is 3-5 sessions per week (warmup + class + stretch = 50 or 65 minutes) with recovery days built in
• Type of Workout Focus: Each class is Full Body
• Take This If You: are ready to move beyond basic lifting and dive into a six-week, intermediate-level strength program that mixes full-body strength, conditioning circuits, and progression tracking. Total Strength 2 is a great fit for those who already have a solid strength-training foundation and are eager to build both power and endurance in one structured plan.
• Location: Programs

What’s the Same?

• The format of a 10 minute pre and post class addition (required for the badge although you can always just play them and do a different class)
• The use of a benchmark class at the first and last week

What’s Different?

• Total Strength 1 has classes more like the Split formatting with upper and lower body on different days
• Total Strength 2 has all classes as Full Body
• Total Strength 1 classes are from 2019, Total Strength 2 classes are from 2021

Total Strength Density 1 (aka “Density”)

• Length of Program: 4 weeks
• Duration of Each Class: 20-30 minutes with any 5-10 minute warmup recommended
• Type of Workout Focus: Build muscle, build confidence
• Take This If You: want shorter strength workouts that provide predictability and support progressive overload
• Location: Programs

Density, as it’s known, is a great progressive Program that came out in 2023. It dispenses with the required warm ups and stretches we saw in the Total Strength classes, and instead provides a 5 minute warmup, 10 minute stretch, and 20 minute mobility class that Andy encourages you to go back and take as needed throughout the Program (easily accessible). As long as you take all of these once, you will get full completion credit for the badge. But, you can mix up your warmups and cooldowns aside from that requirement, which was member feedback Peloton took when revamping Programs.

What I loved about this Program is that it’s predictable but never boring. Each week you do the same movements for your Day 1, Day 3, and Day 5, but, the music and the jokes are different (unlike taking a Split on repeat for 4 weeks). These classes are Progressive, which means that you must keep notes during each class marking your weights and your reps. The next week, on that day’s class, you choose how you want to progress. For example, were your weights too light last week? Go up. Do you think you can get a few more reps on that one move? Go for it! By keeping track week over week, you can recall what you want to improve upon and by the end of the 4 weeks, you may really surprise yourself! If you need a premade tracker, you can find options on Andy’s IG under Highlights.

Total Strength Density 2 (aka “Density 2”)

• Length of Program: 4 weeks
• Duration of Each Class: 30 minutes with any 5-10 minute warmup recommended
• Type of Workout Focus: Build muscle, build confidence
• Take This If You: liked Density 1, own a weight bench, want to maximize strength and muscle endurance through structured density training, and are looking for measurable strength gains in a condensed training schedule.
• Location: Programs

Density 2 made headlines in 2024 for being Peloton’s first Strength program incorporating the weight bench! A lot of folks were very excited by this, especially as this was before the Strength+ App launched, so you could really enjoy this at a gym. Even without a bench, this program is open to all, however, as Andy cues for equivalent movements with every exercise.

What’s the Same?

• The program duration is 4 weeks
• Density training builds lean muscle, improves musculature endurance and body composition
• Density training is focused on weekly workload increase (in the rep blocks you add weight or counts)
• The structure of the main days includes 10 minute AMRAPS providing challenging but consistent workouts
• There is 1 accessory day of upper body and core for lighter work

What’s Different?

• The bench!
• The accessory day in Density 2 is also 30 minutes like the rest of the week’s classes, unlike in Density 1 when is was 20 minutes

For more information, see these articles below!

• Density 1 Review by Tina
• Density 2 Review by Chris
• Density Deload Summary by Kim

Pro Tip for Choosing Total Strength vs Density

The Total Strength classes offer more variety in their programming while Density is more repetitive. There are benefits to both approaches, but choose the one that will be easier for you to stick with! Personally I liked being able to anticipate the work in Density each week, but other members found it a bit less interesting.

Andy’s 3 Day Split

• Length of Program: 1 week (3 classes)
• Duration of Each Class: 30 minutes
• Type of Workout Focus: Day 1 – Legs and Core; Day 2 – Upper Body Pull; Day 3 – Upper Body Push
• Take This If You: want a hypertrophy-focused program built on heavy, methodical lifting that targets major muscle groups, but prefer to keep your strength training limited to just three days a week.
• Location: Programs

Andy’s first Split, from 2023, was very well received. Members loved the complementary programming days of Pull (such as rows) exercises on day and Push (such as chest presses) the next. We see him take the same approach later, with more days focused on upper body, in his 2025 5 Day Split. The difference, anecdotally, is that the 5 days of the later Program really does push this into Advanced territory (see below!). By contrast, members did not say that the work in the 3 Day Split was necessarily advanced, as his coaching makes things accessible.

 

Andy’s 5 Day Split

• Length of Program: 1 week (5 sessions)
• Duration of Each Class: 30 or 45 minutes plus a 15 minute mobility class for the completion badge
• Type of Workout Focus: more Upper Body (4 classes) than Lower Body (1 class)
• Take This If You: are experienced and comfortable with lifting cues and understanding your body’s capacity, want a structured hypertrophy-focused plan that isolates major muscle groups across five training days with built-in progression and adequate recovery between sets.
• Location: Programs

This is the most recent Program as of this article writing (2025), and it was a doozy! Be sure to check out Nikki’s amazing review below because with all this upper body work, you will really want to come in prepared so you don’t risk injury. As she notes, this really is advanced as he’s not messing around with the programming.

For more information see these articles below!

• Review of Andy’s 5 Day Split by Nikki
• Tracker for Use with Andy’s 5 Day Split by Nikki

Notes on the Split Classes

• Instructors recommend repeating their Splits for multiple weeks in a row and tracking progress.
• For information on understanding the difference between Splits and Programs, check out this article.
• For recommendations on what weights to use, check out this article.

 

So Who’s Ready to Dance with Your Dumbbells?

Whether you want to commit to a multi-week Program, test out a shorter Split, or join in a weekly Live Class, Andy’s got you covered. As Toto sings, “It’s gonna take a lot to drag me away from you” and that’s how I feel about Andy (clearly!). No matter how you slice it, his Total Strength programming is the total package, and with Andy in charge, you can’t go wrong with any option you choose.

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