Matty Maggiacomo

 

Quick Facts

  • Discipline(s): Walking/Tread, Cycling, Strength, Pilates
  • Joined Peloton: 2018 (Peloton’s Director of Fitness Programming); founding instructor at Barry’s Bootcamp before that
  • Known for: Walk and Talk format, drag persona Mara Thonner, Broadway-themed classes, “Drama Club with Matty” podcast, celebrity guest walks
  • Instagram: @mattymaggiacomo 
  • Official Peloton page

Bio

Last updated: July 22, 2026

Matty Maggiacomo was raised in Rhode Island, attended La Salle Academy, and worked in television journalism before joining Peloton in 2018. He studied dramatic literature, theater history, and cinema at NYU, and that background shows up constantly in his teaching: he regularly runs Broadway-themed classes across cycling, Tread, and strength, hosts “Drama Club with Matty,” a podcast built around conversations with Broadway performers, and uses his Walk & Talk format to cover Broadway news. He’s now Peloton’s Director of Fitness Programming.

Matty’s Walk and Talk format is going quiet for a stretch this summer. Per his own Instagram story posted July 7, 2026, he’s heading into a multi-week vacation, returning in August for one Walk and Talk class before the format goes dark again, followed by a Back-to-School special, then more time off ahead of a full relaunch planned for October. He went into the break on a high note: his most recent Walk and Talk before the pause, the 2026 Pride edition featuring his drag persona Mara Thonner (created in 2020 during what he’s described as a personally painful year), required split-studio production timing and was described by The Clip Out’s team as “production magic.” The same Instagram story sequence included an update on a novel he’s been writing, 172 pages and 42,913 words as of that post, entirely his own work.

2026 has brought Matty a run of high-profile moments outside the studio too. In March, his self-described “Bravoholic” identity and Rhode Island roots collided when he hosted an invite-only Walk + Talk class built around The Real Housewives of Rhode Island, timed to the show’s April 2 premiere. In May, he and frequent co-teaching partner Olivia Amato were featured in Vogue after attending the Ali Forney Center’s “A Place at The Table” gala, one of the most prominent mainstream media placements in Peloton’s teaching team history. In June, he joined actors Christian Slater and J. Harrison Ghee for a Shakespeare in the Park performance at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park, serving as narrator for a Public Theater special event alongside fellow Peloton instructors Hannah Corbin, Jon Hosking, and Tunde Oyeneyin, who came out in support.

2026 Milestones

Signature Classes & Programs

The Clip Out Coverage

The Clip Out Podcast Appearances

PTON History Highlights