Peloton Bookmark Cap: What Changes

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Crystal: Welcome to the Clip Out podcast, episode four ninety. This is Crystal O’Keefe.

Tom: And this is Tom O’Keefe.

Crystal: Hello.

Tom: Hello.

Tom: if I sound down this week, if I sound discombobulated-

Crystal: Oh, no

Tom: I sold my comic book collection.

Crystal: It was crazy.

Tom: It was a, just a absolute shit ton of books. It was over 10,000. I had over 10,000 comics. It was like

Crystal: s- Didn’t, didn’t you say it was like 15,000?

Tom: Did it, was it 15? It, it- I,

Crystal: it was something like

Tom: that.

Tom: Yeah, [00:01:00] it ended up being like, I don’t know, like those long boxes, like I don’t know, almost 100 long boxes- Jesus … worth of comics. Yeah. So it was, yeah, it was But I hadn’t looked at them in a long time,

Crystal: and s- I’m sad for you …

Tom: but it is just kind of weird to not have all- Yeah … my comics anymore, even though, like, I really hadn’t read them in I mean, over a decade.

Crystal: Yeah.

Tom: And so, and with us moving, I was like, they just need to go. And, uh, rather than pay someone to move them to another house that we would need to have storage for, that’s yeah, So, uh-

Crystal: I’m proud of you.

Tom: Well, thank you.

Crystal: But- I’m also a little sad for you. I just feel like left to your own devices, it never would’ve happened.

Tom: If we were staying here and we had the space, I would probably just be like, “Ah, they’re there. I’ll keep them. Maybe when I retire I’ll start reading them again,” or something. Yeah. But but with the move and all that, it’s just like, let’s just… ‘Cause I know what, how much it was to move them from the last house to this house.

Tom: Mm-hmm. It was a, it was a lot.

Crystal: It was a lot.

Tom: [00:02:00] Yeah.

Crystal: Yeah.

Tom: And then they’re in the basement, so then y- and they were in the basement of the old house, so I’d take them up the stairs.

Crystal: Yep.

Tom: And I’d take them down the stairs. It was- Yep … it was a lot. So, uh, I am comic book-less-

Crystal: It’s crazy …

Tom: for the first time since I was 16.

Crystal: Wow.

Tom: Yeah. So.

Crystal: Eek.

Tom: Eek indeed. So in between my sobs… No. But, uh, what free tell do you have in store for people this week?

Crystal: Well, a surprisingly very, very polarizing story.

Tom: Yeah.

Crystal: Peloton has removed, or actually they have added a cap to the amount of bookmarked classes you can have. We’ll talk all about that.

Tom: Yes.

Crystal: Why it’s a big deal to some. Uh, also, we move together, move as one. Peloton debuts the first bike tread combo class. Okay. Told you it was coming.

Tom: You did.

Crystal: And then, uh, we also have a discussion about treads having a weight minimum, [00:03:00] things you should know before you buy a treadmill.

Tom: Okay.

Crystal: And then, uh, what Pel- how Peloton is choosing to focus on the resale market.

Tom: Yeah.

Crystal: Also, their new, I should say their updated focus on retail in Canada. Not to mention they were nominated for an award this week and Peloton is hiring new executives, or has hired. Yeah. We’re gonna talk about that. Uh, we have instructor news and, uh, to me, DJ John Michael fits in this category.

Tom: Absolutely.

Crystal: He’s like instructor with an asterisk next to it.

Tom: Agreed.

Crystal: And, uh, so we’re gonna talk about his latest offering, not to mention who is going to be appearing in a new documentary, who’s freezing their eggs- Yeah … and who is visiting a very important HQ. Uh, and then we have an interesting competitor story.

Tom: Yeah.

Crystal: Uh, and then of course, we have all of the content that you need to know about this week.

Tom: Well, before we get to all that, shameless plugs. Don’t [00:04:00] forget we’re available on Apple Podcast, Spotify, iHeartTune, and wherever you find a podcast, you can find us. While you are there f- Follow us so you won’t miss an episode, and then of course leave us a review if you’re so inclined.

Tom: You can also find us on Facebook at facebook.com/theclipout. While you’re there, like the page, join the group. It’s just a great way to stay up to date on things throughout the we- week. Let the algorithm know that you like us and like Peloton-

Crystal: Mm-hmm …

Tom: and then it will feed you more of that.

Crystal: It will. I can’t tell you how many comments I see throughout the week, “Oh, I didn’t know this was happening.

Crystal: Oh, I didn’t know about this. How did I not know?” ‘Cause you don’t follow.

Tom: Yeah. ‘

Crystal: Cause you don’t follow. You gotta save us.

Tom: And save yourself.

Crystal: No. No, I mean save us in the quote marks.

Tom: Oh,

Crystal: gotcha. Not, like, save us.

Tom: Oh, I

Crystal: thought you- But I see how that sounded …

Tom: I thought you meant metaphorically.

Crystal: No.

Tom: Thought you were having an existential crisis over there.

Tom: No. Okay. So, uh, you can also, uh, if you would like to save us with [00:05:00] more- … than your spirit, if you would like to do it with your money. Whenever you talk God, money always comes into it eventually. You may do so over at Patreon, patreon.com/theclipout. What do you get for your $5? Well, you get ad-free episodes, you get early episodes, and you get all sorts of bonus content.

Tom: This week over on the bonus Peloton Apparel wants your feedback. We’ll talk about where to do that and what they’re looking to find out.

Crystal: Yeah.

Tom: Also, does Peloton have more changes in store for their Instagram presence?

Crystal: Hmm.

Tom: That’s some interesting things we’ve noticed-

Crystal: Mm-hmm …

Tom: and we’ll kind of hypothesitize-

Tom: as to what those tweaks could foretell. So all of that awaits you over in the bonus. In the meantime, you can also sign up for the newsletter at theclipout.com or watch us on the YouTube. So there’s all [00:06:00] that. Let’s dig in, shall we?

Crystal: We shall

Tom: So Peloton has capped the number of classes you are now allowed to bookmark, and people have big feelings about this. As- Big

Crystal: feelings …

Tom: as if there aren’t people in this world- … who just sold a comic book collection- I mean,

Crystal: right?

Tom: that they’d been building for 40 years. But you can only bookmark 3,000 classes

Crystal: When, okay, so members who already have 3,000 classes should have gotten an email, okay?

Tom: Yeah.

Crystal: And they have until December 2nd to pare down their list if they sh- if they so choose. If they don’t-

Tom: Right …

Crystal: then Peloton will go through, like, the oldest will go first-

Tom: Right

Crystal: and then they will just [00:07:00] start removing bookmarks, anything over 3,000 till you get underneath the cap. And when I heard about this, I was like, “That’s crazy.” Yeah. Who has 3,000 bookmarks? Well, apparently a lot of people.

Tom: The fact that they’re having to cap it tells you-

Crystal: Everything …

Tom: but what could that 3,000 and first bookmark tell you?

Crystal: Okay, so I learned, you know, I always learn, I’m constantly learning how people use the,

Tom: Platform.

Crystal: Yes. Yeah. The content in so many different ways. Right. I heard about a woman who actually bookmarks every single class that she takes. Well- Every single class.

Tom: Wouldn’t that just be her history? I- Couldn’t she just go into her history?

Crystal: I don’t know. She likes to bookmark it and say it’s done, ’cause you can, you can then… Yeah, I don’t know. I’m just telling you what she does. I’m not saying that it makes any sense for anybody other than her.

Tom: Right.

Crystal: But for her, that’s how she does it.

Tom: Yeah.

Crystal: Uh, and then there are people that just, like, there are [00:08:00] classes they wanna get around to and they haven’t.

Tom: Right.

Crystal: Because they’re always coming out with new stuff.

Tom: Yeah.

Crystal: And listen, I’m a forward-looking person, so I hardly ever go backwards into the content. Hardly ever. Right. And that’s been since day one for me. Mm-hmm. I looked and I have, like, 374 classes bookmarked, and I know for a fact a lot of those got bookmarked when I was doing my marathon training because I needed an easy way to find long form classes without- Right

Crystal: going through everything. Yeah. So I know most of those occurred when I was training for my marathon. But I d- I don’t understand, if you have 3,000, how could there be any logic or order to that? There’s just too many.

Tom: Yeah, like how

Crystal: can-

Tom: There’s just too many … can you, like, filter within your bookmarks?

Crystal: You can.

Tom: Okay.

Crystal: Uh, well, yes and no. You can’t filter within the bookmarks. What you can do is you can go to each modality and filter by bookmark in each modality.

Tom: Okay.

Crystal: So you can’t go into the bookmark and then filter within that, which is another complaint people have- [00:09:00] Right … by the way.

Tom: But you could go into yoga classes- Mm-hmm

Tom: and then be like, “Show me all my bookmarked- Yes … yoga classes.” Okay.

Crystal: Which, by the way, people who are wondering how many classes you have bookmarked, that’s the best thing that you can do. Because if you go to bookmarked classes and you’re under 1,000 classes, it will tell you exactly how many you have bookmarked.

Crystal: Okay. That’s where I got my 374.

Tom: Okay.

Crystal: If you are over 1,000, it just says you have 1,000 plus.

Tom: Just says you’re a problem.

Crystal: And the easiest way to figure it out besides that is to go into each modality, write down the totals of each modality. Mm-hmm. How many you have bookmarked. So if you go to yoga and you have 20, write down 20.

Crystal: Right. And so on and so forth through each modality. That was the advice I was given f- by the, the writers and tipsters and the- Right … TCO community that have over 1,000 classes.

Tom: Man, suddenly this is like a math class.

Crystal: I know. I was like, “Oh, that sounds terrible.” She was like, “It took less than 10 minutes.”

Crystal: It’s like

Tom: A plus B.

Crystal: And I know that it’s not that much work, it’s just I honestly do not care enough to bother. Yeah. Like, this is just not [00:10:00] something that, that I care about. But there are people that, like you said, have really big feelings about this. I saw a comment yesterday, somebody said, “I just spent five hours deleting thousands of bookmarks.”

Crystal: Why? Can’t you just let Peloton do it for you?

Tom: I guess

Crystal: you, they- Like, if you have that many-

Tom: They wanna keep the ones they wanna keep.

Crystal: I just- I don’t know. Yeah. I mean, yeah, I guess so. But if you have that many, how are you even using them? If you have that many, how are you ever going backwards and looking at them?

Tom: It seems like you would not be able to.

Crystal: I mean, I’m clearly wrong because people are doing it. Right. I just don’t understand.

Tom: And a not insignificant number of them, apparently.

Crystal: Yeah. But like- Like, I couldn’t believe… to me, this was a nothing headline. This was just, like, a, okay- Yeah … they capped…

Crystal: I couldn’t believe they had sent out an email. It was like, they sent out an email?

Tom: Now, I will also say, w- what is the logic to the cap? Like, I can’t imagine that just

Crystal: ha- It’s taking up room. They’re, they’re changing the way the platform exists, and [00:11:00] so it’s a, it’s going to be like a back-end system functionality.

Crystal: Yeah. And so it’s going to be capped in that way. Now, Elizabeth, now she likes to, she likes to kind of see around corners. Mm-hmm. She thinks this is, like, leaning towards some kind of filter they’re building. I mean, people have been asking for filters on bookmarks for years. Right. So maybe. But given how certain conversations have gone lately, how certain events have gone lately with Peloton, I’m gonna say no, it was just a system limitation.

Crystal: Yeah. I don’t think they’re that forward-thinking, guys. I just don’t.

Tom: Well, I will say what I always say. You heard me say this many times over the years. All italics is the same as no italics.

Crystal: What does it mean? Oh, in this case, it means, like, why bother if you’re

Tom: not gonna use

Crystal: them? Yeah, like

Tom: with so many bookmarks- So many bookmarks

Tom: I just, it doesn’t seem like it would be helpful anymore, you

Crystal: know? I, I agree. But for those of you who do have that many bookmarks and you’re freaking out about it, you know, in my [00:12:00] opinion, you should go through and look for the o- the oldest ones, because those are the issue, right? It’s gonna be the oldest ones.

Crystal: If you have over 3,000, go through your oldest stuff and figure out what you definitely wanna keep. Get rid of everything else.

Tom: Yeah.

Crystal: You know, the… And somebody said, well, they need a way to, like, delete them in bulk. They… It would be helpful.

Tom: Yeah. They’ll do it for you.

Crystal: Yeah, exactly. It’s got, it’s called oldest ones first.

Crystal: Yeah. And they’re just gonna go. But, uh, genuinely, if there’s stuff that you go to over and over again that are old classes, those are the ones that you probably need to focus on. Don’t worry so much about the new ones. Get rid of all the stuff that’s new. Yeah. Um, and gosh, this question came up over and over again, and I’m confused by why it’s even a question.

Crystal: This is like we talked about having over on the bonus, like, crazy question- Mm … or crazy comment of the week. Right. Like, I do think that needs to be a thing, by the way. Yeah. I get real salty over there. I’m gonna, I’m gonna keep it, I’m gonna keep it pretty neutral for this, for the main episode. But, uh, people said, “Are they gonna remove it from my, [00:13:00] the library?”

Crystal: N- no. No. Like, you have different classes bookmarked than other people.

Tom: Right. It’s-

Crystal: Of course they’re not removing

Tom: Yeah. That’s, you’re, I would s- I will say this for our YouTube viewers that face wasn’t very neutral.

Crystal: I know. My face is so loud. It is a loud face. Oh my God. It is ki- and it did a lot of work last week ’cause I was at a company meeting and there were a lot of things I had to- Gotta hold it in.

Crystal: I, I just, you know, it’s just not always appropriate to respond the way- Yeah … my face wants to.

Tom: Yeah.

Crystal: It’s not even always a bad thing, it’s just not always appropriate. So yeah it, it did a lot of, it did a lot of neutrality last week. It, it’s exhausted. Yes. So things come out, you know? But anyway I just, I don’t understand what goes through people’s heads.

Crystal: Like, and also read the article. Like, that’s why it’s there. This- we, we, we write these articles- Yeah … so you don’t have to ask questions like that. Although I guess in the article it did not specifically say, “No, they’re not removing it- Right … from the library,” because we all thought [00:14:00] that was pretty obvious.

Crystal: I was wrong.

Tom: Yeah. I was wrong. Like I just-

Crystal: That happened multiple times. Yeah. That was not one person.

Tom: Yeah.

Crystal: That was multiple people in the same thread right above each other asking the same question.

Tom: Do, do these people think that everyone has a unique library of classes?

Crystal: Dude, I really don’t know what people think anymore.

Crystal: That’s fair. Like, it’s a, it’s a crazy world. Just, it’s just- I’ve, uh- … it’s, it’s a bonkers place, man.

Tom: I’ve noticed.

Crystal: Yeah. So I don’t know. I don’t know.

Tom: Move together/move as one

Crystal: Mm-hmm

Tom: They have debuted their first bike tread combo class.

Crystal: They have, yes. So several weeks ago when the Peloton New York team had their meeting where they all, all the instructors get together-

Tom: Mm-hmm …

Crystal: they did a class, and I told everybody about this at the time. They did a class together, and it was treadmills and bikes.

Crystal: All the instructors were present, the New York instructors- Right … who were in town that day. And, [00:15:00] uh, and then f- five minutes later it was taken down. One of the instructors posted a video of it, it got taken down immediately. And then the same thing happened during the UK off-site or whatever. We call them off-sites at Franklin Covey, so now it’s just off-site in my head.

Crystal: We just did an off-site- Yeah … so it’s just all off-sites. But anyway, whenever the London team had their big get-together of all the instructors, they did the same thing.

Tom: Right.

Crystal: Well, that got removed too. Now Peloton is releasing these as classes. We’ve got a 20-minute class for each. The PSNY one is out.

Crystal: The London one is coming out this week. Maybe it’s next week, but it’s very soon. Yeah. You’re gonna see it for both. You can… It’s really cool because for the first time ever, you can take the same class, you can find it in the ride library and the run library and as… it’s a tread library because it has walk and run.

Crystal: So you could take it as a walk class, you could take it as a run class- Gotcha … you could take it as a bike class.

Tom: So do I have to use two bookmarks?

Crystal: That’s

Tom: the question.

Crystal: You could. You could. If you have a bike and a tread, you could bookmark it in both places-

Tom: [00:16:00] Okay …

Crystal: using up two of your precious 3,000 bookmarks.

Tom: Now if I un-bookmark one of the classes- Mm-hmm … will they delete it?

Crystal: No

Tom: Okay.

Crystal: They’re safe.

Tom: Phew.

Crystal: I know, phew indeed. So th- I, I took… Okay, so I got to try the new Vision treadmill.

Tom: We’ve got two treadmills in our home right now.

Crystal: Yes, the, uh, Peloton mid-level Vision, so not the Vision Plus- Right … Vision was delivered to our home, uh, this week.

Crystal: And I, I took a 20-minute class, this Move is one from the New York. And, uh, first of all, a lot of fun. A lot of fun to see all the instructors together. Yeah. Christine and Kirsten were the ones teaching it. I will say this, probably still gonna get a slat treadmill. Yeah. Like, I was testing it out to see was the improved cushioning enough that I could forego the slat treadmill.

Tom: Mm-hmm.

Crystal: Turns out, no.

Tom: Yeah.

Crystal: My knees are very precious, and they like, they like the cushion. Yeah. So, [00:17:00] so sorry, Tom, we will be… When we get all settled in, we will be getting the more expensive of the two.

Tom: Look, there, in my head- … was never a version of events where we would get the mid-tier Peloton tread.

Crystal: I mean, I thought I’d try it.

Crystal: I will say this, at first I didn’t think the cushioning was any improvement over the original tread. But I will say that, like, when I ran on it, it, my legs weren’t as tired and heavy as- Mm-hmm … they are, like, when I go to the studio and use the regular tread. Okay. I do think there’s an improved cushioning.

Crystal: However, having said that, it is nothing like the slats. So if you’re, if you have a slat and you’re thinking maybe you could… No, you can’t.

Tom: Yeah.

Crystal: You can’t. Right. You just can’t.

Tom: I, it will be interesting to see if the new Tread Plus-

Crystal: Mm-hmm … is

Tom: that what we’re calling it?

Crystal: It’s Tread Vision Plus.

Tom: Tread Vision, and then the n- next level up is Tread Wanda.

Crystal: Anyway.

Tom: That’s a little joke for my nerds out there.

Crystal: I got that one.

Tom: See, I used to collect [00:18:00] comic books. So

Crystal: I

Tom: I can make these jokes. I used to be one of you. But, uh, it’ll be interesting to see if the Tread Vision Plus-

Crystal: Mm-hmm …

Tom: is also an improvement over the current Tread Plus.

Crystal: I have heard no.

Tom: Okay.

Crystal: From a cushioning standpoint.

Tom: Yeah.

Crystal: They’re both, like, top of the line, so you’re just- For sure … you’re just not gonna get better.

Tom: There’s not much room for improvement.

Crystal: No.

Tom: Yeah.

Crystal: However I will say this: I got to try the run analysis for the first time.

Tom: Mm-hmm.

Crystal: Some people, they’re not too into it. I thought it was really cool.

Crystal: I will say also, I am slow AF. How I got an 83 out of 100- Yeah … when I know people that are way faster than I am, therefore in my head having better form than I do-

Right,

Tom: right. Yeah …

Crystal: also have 83, can’t understand that in a million years.

Tom: Maybe it starts at 83.

Crystal: It just starts. You never go below. I don’t know.

Crystal: I don’t know. I was c- I was curious about that. A lot of things I haven’t tried. Since it’s the Vision, it doesn’t have the, uh, sled, [00:19:00] but I have the sled on the current Tread Plus that I have at home, so I’m not really worried about that.

Tom: Right.

Crystal: But I do… I like new things. I like shiny, new things.

Crystal: Mm-hmm. It was pretty exciting to, to get. And I was, like, kind of annoyed at myself. Like, I was like, “You already have, like, an awesome treadmill downstairs. Why are you so excited?” But I was.

Tom: Yeah.

Crystal: Also, the delivery people were super confused, ’cause it’s a, it’s, like, a loaner. Yeah. So they were like, “Why are you putting it here on the main floor?”

Crystal: They… ‘Cause, uh, the way our house is, you can tell we have a basement pretty quick. Well, yeah. Like, it’s pretty easy to see ’cause the staircase and where it is. Right. And, um, and I was like, “Well, I already have one downstairs.” And they were like-

Tom: What is wrong with you?

Crystal: Yeah. And I was like, “Well, it’s a loaner.”

Crystal: And they were like… And then I was telling them we’re moving soon, and so they’re like, “Well, I guess we’re gonna have to pick it up.” And I was like, “Well, maybe there are other delivery people- Yeah … in this area, so maybe not. I don’t know.”

Tom: Yeah.

Crystal: Yeah. They were… They had all kinds of questions about Peloton.

Crystal: And they did not feel that the base was any different than the other b- And I was like, “I think that it is, ’cause they redesigned it. Like, I talked to the people at Peloton. [00:20:00] Like, I… It’s not just, like, I thought so.” Yeah. “Like, they actually told me they rebu-” No, it’s the same. It looks the same on purpose.

Crystal: Right. That’s the idea.

Tom: Yeah.

Crystal: So I don’t know that you can really go by that. Yeah. But okay. Anyway, it was fine.

Tom: You… Were you like, “I’m Clip Out Crystal”?

Crystal: No, I wasn’t.

Tom: If I was here, I’d have said that. Not that I’m Clip Out Crystal. I would be like, “This is Clip Out Crystal.”

Crystal: That sounds an awful lot like, “Do you know who I am?”

Crystal: And I could never bring myself to do that. That’s gross.

Tom: Well, you-

Crystal: Anyway, we, we should be seeing more of these classes. Yes. That was the whole point where I was going.

Tom: And I will also say, uh, you will know the comic book collection feeling soon-

Crystal: Dude, I’m gonna cry- When you- … when that thing gets taken out of here

Tom: when you relinquish your Tread Plus for the move. But you won’t… But when we get there, I will not be buying a new comic book collection, but you will be buying a new Tread Plus. So-

Crystal: Sorry …

Tom: just want to point that, yeah, you’re fine. So speaking of the treads, [00:21:00] they have a weight minimum.

Crystal: Yeah. Now, that, this is not new.

Tom: But the, there have been, uh, people spotting some, some issues.

Crystal: Some discrepancies.

Tom: Some issues.

Crystal: This, again, what people realize or don’t realize about spending money on 3 to 4,000 and above on their equipment and not knowing things like this-

Tom: Yeah …

Crystal: just kills me.

Tom: Yeah.

Crystal: Like, you’re spending 2, 3, 7, $8,000 on a piece of equipment, I’m gonna know what its limitations are.

Tom: Yeah.

Crystal: The, the limitation on all treads, by the way, is a minimum of 105 pounds. For whatever reason, some treadmills go ahead and work even if you’re under 105 pounds, kind of like when you sit in the front seat of a car.

Tom: And, like, sometimes the seatbelt thing comes on, or the t- the disable the airbag feature- Yeah

Tom: lights up. Yeah.

Crystal: And sometimes it doesn’t. You know, if you have, like, a, a, a person who’s, who’s on the lighter side- Right … they [00:22:00] may or may not. And sometimes it’ll happen, and sometimes it won’t. It could be the same freaking person. Right. Who hasn’t seen that?

Tom: Yeah.

Crystal: Well, apparently a lot of people, because they’re freaking out over the TreadFlex specifically for this person does not register their 95-pound daughter, who’s, like, 13.

Crystal: Gotcha. So, like, appropriate… I don’t want people coming at me talking about this person’s weight when they’re, like, 13. Right. You know, ’cause they don’t, not everybody weighs above 100 pounds. Yeah. Like, she’s freaking 13.

Tom: Even adults.

Crystal: Even adults, yes.

Tom: If you’re, if you’re, especially if you’re a sh- short, if you’re-

Crystal: I just, I don’t want to hear about, that’s not the point.

Crystal: Yeah. That is not the point here at all. Yeah. But, like, when they tested it out in the s- in the demo at the store- Mm-hmm … it worked, and then for that person, and then whenever they got home it didn’t, when they, like, got theirs delivered.

Tom: Right.

Crystal: But I think that’s just the difference between products.

Crystal: The minimum is 105 pounds.

Tom: Right.

Crystal: Is the minimum. Just like you could weigh 400 pounds and still walk on [00:23:00] the tread, and it could probably be fine for a long time. However, the maximum is 350 pounds.

Tom: Right.

Crystal: I don’t know why, again, I don’t understand why this is a big deal.

Tom: Yeah.

Crystal: So many people had big feelings about this as well, and to me it’s just obvious you’re gonna have a minimum and a maximum just like on every other piece of equipment you own. Right. They felt it was some kind of dysfunction, that this is broken. I disagree. I don’t think that’s what’s happening. I just think that it’s like, yeah, sometimes they’re gonna be a little bit off.

Crystal: It’s not a perfect science. Right. It’s a piece of machinery.

Tom: Yeah.

Crystal: I do not see the big deal about this at all, so that’s my feeling. You don’t have to agree with me.

Tom: And if you weigh 95 pounds, get a weighted vest.

Crystal: There you go. There you go.

Tom: I’m a problem solver.

Crystal: You are. Although if you do get a weighted vest, we are not doctors and please be careful to only get…

Crystal: Start off at 5% of your body weight. Don’t be like adding 30 pounds.

Tom: Right.

Crystal: Your body can’t take that and it’ll hurt you, so don’t [00:24:00] do that.

Tom: Okay.

Crystal: Okay.

Tom: Just run holding dumbbells the whole time.

Crystal: You could do that too, although that sounds kind of exhausting.

Tom: I’m not gonna lie. You’ll get them tune day arms-

Tom: in no time. So, uh, Peloton is focusing on the resale market. I find this fascinating.

Crystal: Yeah. So they’ve been doing this for a while, right? Like Repowered is their thing.

Tom: Yeah.

Crystal: But this entire article is like why are they doing this and why now? Th- they’re running Repowered as a growth business rather than a side project, and there are three parts of the strategy.

Crystal: They judge the resale by what it does for the core business, not by whether each sale made money on its own, which is smart.

Tom: Mm-hmm.

Crystal: Because you’re not… Y- you know, you’re gonna get some good ones, you’re gonna get some bad ones. Right. Just, that’s just the way it is.

Tom: Yeah.

Crystal: They invest in awareness because scale depends on customers knowing that the option exists.

Crystal: Yeah, and a lot of people don’t know this exists. I talk to people every day wanting to sell stuff, and I’m like, “You should check into Repowered.” They have no idea what the hell I’m talking about. Right. I should get a, I should get some kind of bonus for that too and when I say too, I don’t get [00:25:00] a bonus for anything else.

Tom: Right. So like, we’ll just remove the word too in

Crystal: editing. Yeah. Yes. And they see room to grow into new markets and categories, obviously. You’re gonna be able to, you know, go to other countries that, you know, maybe they don’t have an influx of Peloton equipment that’s sitting out and selling for cheap.

Tom: Right.

Crystal: I will be likely, I haven’t done all of my research, but I will likely be using Repowered to sell my Peloton Tread Plus. And uh, I am aware I’m not gonna get the money that I paid for it because it’s from 2018. Right. I will also say that thing’s a beast, and anybody who gets it is lucky. They also have to carry it out of here- Yeah

Crystal: which is no small feat.

Tom: Yeah. ‘

Crystal: Cause it’s a, it’s a beast.

Tom: And I guess going through that it, if you post it on Marketplace, who knows who’s gonna come to your house?

Crystal: Yeah, I don’t,

Tom: I- Are they gonna disassemble it properly? Where like if you go through this, and you can kind of control, like yes, on this date.

Tom: Where you put it on Marketplace, it might be there for a month, it might go in two days. Like, you

Crystal: don’t know. Yeah. You just, you don’t [00:26:00] know.

Tom: Yeah.

Crystal: And also, if you’re going through Repowered, in theory, people there understand the value of what they’re buying- Yeah … in a way that the general public, who really is not aware of Peloton, as aware of Peloton as like somebody who does this every day, like being a podcaster-

Tom: For

Crystal: sure

Crystal: for Peloton.

Tom: Yeah.

Crystal: They may not have all the details because they’re just a person who is just getting a treadmill. They don’t really think of it like-

Tom: Right …

Crystal: but it’s a Peloton treadmill. They haven’t been

Tom: pulled into the ecosystem yet. Yeah.

Crystal: Yeah. So, yeah. That’s, uh, interesting.

Tom: So coming up after this, we’re gonna talk more retail, this time where they’re refocusing their retail efforts.

Tom: We’re also gonna talk about, uh, Peloton winning an award and some new exec hires, and then of course, instructors in the news, so stick around.

Tom: Peloton is refocusing on its retail presence in Canada.

Crystal: They are, [00:27:00] yeah. They have a new partnership. We’ve talked about a little bit, but it probably got lost in the shuffle. There were so many things that came out during the last earnings call- Yeah … three months ago. But they have a new partnership with Fitness Factory, and that is how they are going to be increasing their presence in Canada.

Crystal: They are going to have, Let’s see. They’re going from 2 to 10 locations- Okay … by, by utilizing the Fitness Factory. And, uh, that is going to help because keep in mind that as Peloton closed a bunch of their retail locations, they not only closed them in the US, but also in Canada. So- Right … there were tons, comparatively, in Canada, and now they’re down to, they were down to two.

Tom: Right.

Crystal: Now, adding these back in, that gives a l- much better coverage of the entire country.

Tom: Yeah.

Crystal: Still a long way to go, but it does follow those, uh, earlier showroom closes, eh, closures. And then that’s also going to help people see in real time prior to the holiday that, these new tread [00:28:00] offerings in person.

Crystal: That’s a really big deal for Peloton equipment. They do understand people want to see it before they buy it.

Tom: For sure.

Crystal: Not everybody lives in the middle of the country and will just buy something sight unseen-

Tom: Yeah. …

Crystal: like me.

Tom: And also in, in the States, Peloton has kinda reached a saturation point to where if you really wanna sample a product, there’s a good chance you probably know someone who has one.

Crystal: Or you’re near a hotel that has one-

Tom: Yeah …

Crystal: which may not be the best-

Tom: Yeah …

Crystal: the best way to go try one out.

Tom: That’s fair.

Crystal: Um, and you don’t necessarily, you won’t have the new equipment in hotels and things either. That’s fair. Yeah.

Tom: Also

Crystal: good point. But yeah, that’s, that’s a really good point, too. Mm-hmm.

Tom: So, uh, Peloton was nominated for a Beyond Active Americas award, but this was for the app specifically, right? Or Peloton IQ?

Crystal: Yeah, you’re totally right, Tom. It is specifically for the Peloton app and Peloton IQ. It’s like combination of the two.

Tom: Okay.

Crystal: They connect… It says here that they connect more than five million members worldwide by delivering [00:29:00] immersive technology-driven fitness and wellness experience. Now that they’ve added Peloton I- AIQ, the platform is using AI and data insights to provide customized class recommendation, personalized plans, adaptive digital coaching, and Peloton is extending its connected fitness experience and human-led instruction beyond the home into the commercial gym and club settings with, uh, the commercial series, of course, and, uh, that’s really cool.

Crystal: So, like, they kinda hit it on three levels. Basically, they’re like, “Peloton has a lot of innovation this year-” Right … “period, across the board.” They are one of the finalists. They have not won the award. As you said, they have been nominated. They plan to give out 10 different awards. There’s App of the Year, Deal of the Year, Franchise of the Year, Technology Company of the Year, Facilit- Facility Design and Experience, Boutique of the Year, Halo, which is the Fitness and Wellness Company of the Year, Executive of the Year, Industry Application Award, and the Lifetime Achievement Award.

Crystal: So I will be [00:30:00] really curious to see if Peloton wins they are in the App of the Year finalists.

Crystal: That is what Peloton is for. Uh, they are up against Strava and Aura and ClassPass in the App of the Year.

Tom: Gotcha. And then also, uh, there were some Peloton people, or at least a Peloton person, on the Beyond Active America’s keynote panel.

Crystal: Yes. That was

Crystal: Dion Camp Sanders. And, uh, that is when they were there with, uh, leaders from Aura, Wellhub Altea Active, The Bay Club Company, and ABC Fitness on the main stage in Dallas. So, uh, that is actually taking place from November 12th to November 13th, so it’s coming up very soon. Oh, yeah, like tomorrow. Very cool.

Tom: And then, uh, finally for this segment, Peloton Commercial and Precor have both hired some new executives

Crystal: Yep. We have Carlos [00:31:00] Pinto has joined as the new chief revenue officer. He, uh, has 20 years of experience helping businesses scale and evolve in fast-paced market. He has a strong background in commercial leadership at Leafly, AdNet, and Getty Images. Uh, he is spearheading the global commercial strategy across both Precor and Peloton brands.

Crystal: Boy, you got some big auda- aud- audacious goals ahead of you- Yeah … my friend.

Tom: He got out of Getty Images just in

Crystal: time. I know. They

Tom: just filed for bankruptcy.

Crystal: I saw that. They are reorganizing, though. Yeah. They are not, like, shutting down. And then they also, uh, hired Fawzia Haq, uh, as the, as Precor’s new vice president of marketing.

Crystal: She brings over two decades of proven brand-building experiences from Amazon Business, Samsung, PepsiCo, and The Coca-Cola Company. He worked for Pepsi and Coke? Girl.

Tom: My, my cousin-

Crystal: I know. I was just- … Jill

Tom: worked for

Crystal: Pepsi and Coke … I was just kidding. I was just kidding. Uh, she’s gonna champion the voice of [00:32:00] customers and lead global marketing strategy that supports long t- the Peloton long-term vision, balancing global consistency with local relevance.

Tom: And help me remember in the bonus to tell- Oh, boy … a funny story about my cousin Jill-

Crystal: Okay …

Tom: and Coke and Pepsi and my arena job.

Crystal: All coming together.

Tom: All coming together.

Crystal: Okay. It’s- I’ll try to remember …

Tom: it, it-

Crystal: Cousin Jill …

Tom: it was a funny and awkward moment for some people.

Crystal: Oh, that sounds good.

Tom: Yeah.

Crystal: Okay.

Tom: If you have always dreamed of being the next DJ John Michael, we have good news for you.

Crystal: We do.

Tom: He’s teaching some classes on how to do the wicka wicka wickas and, uh, on the old ones and twos.

Crystal: Yeah, on November 12th, uh, you can go to Sound Collective, and you can get a free hosted DJ basic event [00:33:00] and, uh, basics. Uh, and then the registration is open now, so you can do that. Uh, it’s gonna be tomorrow, so you better move quick, and you probably won’t be able to do that since we won’t post this till Friday, unless you listen to our Patreon.

Crystal: It’s

Tom: the importance of being a Patreon- … subscriber. All the Patreon subscribers are now club DJs.

Crystal: It’s true. Uh, so they are going to cover… So DJ John Michael is gonna cover the basics of getting music onto CDJs, and then put attendees onto the decks to practice. So that’s really fun. Not something that I would ever consider myself, like, to do.

Crystal: Just- Right … I’m so not musically-

Tom: Yeah …

Crystal: aware. I suck at anything musically inclined. But but I think this is so cool. It is cool. I love this idea, and I love that they have, like, a way to bring people together and teach them- Yeah … you know? Like a cake making class, only for DJs. Right.

Tom: You gotta learn somewhere.

Crystal: You do. Yeah. That’s really cool.

Tom: Kirsten Ferguson and her daughters were promoting their new book on Good Morning [00:34:00] America.

Crystal: Yeah, I thought this was really cool that they got to go on, uh, Good Morning America. Can you imagine being like 12 years old and being like, “I’ve been on Good Morning America”?

Tom: Yeah.

Crystal: Wow. Wow. That’s something. So, uh- The

Tom: nepo babies keep getting younger and younger

Crystal: I know.

Tom: Pretty soon you won’t even be able to get a slide at the park. Sorry. What do your parents do for a living?

Crystal: Oh.

Tom: Mm, no.

Crystal: They don’t make the cut, sorry.

Tom: Maybe we can interest you in a sandpit. Not that one, the one all the cats are in.

Crystal: Uh, and I, I read- I did the ages wrong. Eden is 10. She enjoys dance and volleyball.

Crystal: Emory is nine and plays soccer. And, uh, the biography says that affirmations are part of the girls’ daily routine, along with speaking kindly to themselves in the mirror. So very cool that they got to do that.

Tom: Absolutely.

Crystal: What a year K- Kirsten has had.

Tom: Yeah. Chelsea Jackson Roberts is, uh, she’s gonna be in, in a new documentary.

Crystal: Yeah. Isn’t [00:35:00] that neat?

Tom: Yeah.

Tom: The documentary is called You Can Yoga Everything.

Crystal: Oh, is it?

Tom: Yeah.

Crystal: Wow.

Tom: It’s her and Nathan Fielder.

Tom: He lived with her for 37 days.

Crystal: Can you imagine? Can you imagine? That would be crazy. Wellness is a eight-part docuseries that premiered October 23rd. It’s produced by Life Is My Movie Entertainment Company, narrated by Vincent Vittorio, and it explores long-term health and human vitality across labs, Blue Zone community, farms, retreats, and kitchens. How cool is that? Yeah. Yeah. She’s not listed as one of the featured experts and practitioners.

Crystal: Rude.

Tom: What?

Crystal: I know.

Tom: That’s craziness.

Crystal: It is.

Tom: Well, good for her for getting in there, though.

Crystal: Yeah, for sure. That’s awesome.

Tom: Hannah Frankson is, uh, freezing her eggs.

Crystal: Yeah. And so th- she joins a whole roster- Yeah … of Peloton instructors who have done this. She said that, uh, [00:36:00] she’s, eggs can stay frozen for now.

Crystal: She’s too busy winning marathons.

Crystal: Uh, so who knows? We may see a life update from Hannah sometime in the future. Yeah. She may change her mind in future and- Yeah …

Tom: sure. But

Crystal: now

Tom: she has that option.

Crystal: She does.

Tom: Yeah. Yeah. That’s the advantage of doing something like that. I mean- It is … it’s nice how uncontroversial this seems to be for people.

Tom: You know what I mean? It’s just become very much a, a, a part of life

Crystal: for

Tom: some people.

Crystal: Listen, I’m sorry. I’m just gonna go ahead and say that politically, it’s just because there are people who would normally be against this that are too busy with other things right now. They are, uh, denouncing other things- Okay

Crystal: that people are doing with their bodies.

Tom: That’s probably

Crystal: fair. Uh, once they get their way on that, then they’ll move over to this.

Tom: Well, take our wins where we

Crystal: find them. That’s right.

Tom: Yeah. So, uh, finally, uh, Rad Lopez visited Nike’s HQ.

Crystal: Yeah, this was really cool. I can’t imagine being able to go and actually see it.

Crystal: But, uh, yeah, he [00:37:00] shared a trip that he went to the world headquarters. He, There was a bidi- a video that was built around that Ro- blah, Rad Lopez trademark that he did- Oh, yeah … and we talked about. Mm-hmm. Um, and then it’s really got all of us talking like, “What is up for Rad?” You know, he’s a Nike athlete.

Crystal: Yeah. He’s going to the headquarters this Mar- Something big is in the works. I’m feeling it for Rad. So very exciting t- time for him, and I can’t wait to see what comes out of all this.

Tom: oura-

Crystal: Mm-hmm …

Tom: is purchasing an AI company.

Crystal: Yeah. They’re acquiring Council Health for $625 million.

Crystal: This was in the Bos- Boston Globe this week, and, uh, basically, uh, they delayed plans just over a month ago to go public, and now they’ve announced that they are getting ready to spend all of this money on Council Health. I thought that was fascinating time. Uh, they are a clinical artificial intelligence [00:38:00] startup.

Crystal: Council is the maker of a chatbot that users can talk with about health concerns before being transferred to a clinician for treatment and diagnosis over telehealth. Uh, the company had previously disclosed si- $36 million in funding. Now, this transaction reflects a growing desire to connect consumer wearable devices to clinical care, as well as the conviction that AI chatbots will be an important part of healthcare.

Crystal: And then Oura CEO Tom Hale said, “I think bringing AI into Oura to help, uh, move us from insights and knowledge and data to action, where Council doctors can prescribe, diagnose, and refer. I think it’s very obvious it’s a transformative move for both companies.” So, Council Health has offices in Boston and New York, and they plan to continue having a presence in both cities.

Crystal: This is just fascinating because Oura is clearly taking a very huge bet on AI.

Tom: Yeah. [00:39:00]

Crystal: Very interesting.

Tom: Absolutely. It’s just, it’s- It’s fascinating and a little scary how-

Crystal: Mm-hmm …

Tom: everybody’s gobbling up the AI stuff right now.

Crystal: It is, although I will tell you this. This is facts. This is an absolute marker of, this is, like, a detail I know that is a fact from testing and, like, studies.

Crystal: We are working on a AI course at work, okay? The, I’m not gonna reveal anything that’s, like, company secrets. Right, right,

Tom: yeah.

Crystal: But one of the things that we talk about in that course is that companies are spending all of this money on AI, and, like, only 50% have seen any return on investment. Any.

Tom: Yeah.

Crystal: So, like, at some point, this is going to change if people don’t get money out of it. Yeah. I don’t know which way it’s gonna go, but that is a fact. Less than 50%- I’m sur- … are seeing a return on investment.

Tom: Surprised it’s that high.

Crystal: Well- Like- … the, the first numbers came back at 33%- Yeah … so [00:40:00] they wanted to redo it to make sure that they had everything.

Crystal: They got a larger cohort for the second round of studies, and that’s where they came up with 50. So it does depend on what company you’re with, and it also is going to depend on, like, what sector you’re in, things like that. But the biggest thing, I thought this was fascinating, the biggest thing that kinda says whether or not your company is gonna be successful with AI is how you use it.

Crystal: If you use it as a fancy Google, that’s you’re not getting anything out of it. Yeah. If you, if you understand how to make an agent and make it work for you and help you make your own work life, your workflow faster, you’re gonna have a better success rate. Also, it’s not there to do the work for you for everything.

Crystal: Right. And, and that’s, like, I think a very cool part of the program we’re putting together at work. It’s all about, like, making it work with humans, not taking over.

Tom: It’s to make the people more efficient- Mm-hmm … not to make the people unnecessary.

Crystal: Yeah. That’s just, that’s my little Franklin Covey plug for the day.

Crystal: I, [00:41:00] I’m kind of obsessed with this, like, new thing we’re putting out. Yeah. I think it’s really cool and fascinating, and I it’s a neat program, so.

Tom: Well, speaking of neat programs-

Crystal: Yeah …

Tom: coming up after this, we’ll tell you about neat programs. Okay. ‘Cause we’re gonna talk content. All

Crystal: right.

Tom: So be prepared.

Tom: It’s all coming at you right on the other side of this.

Tom: It is time for the TCO Top Five. You have told us your favorite five classes, and now we’re going to tell you 10 of them. Does that sound about right?

Crystal: Ish.

Tom: Yeah?

Crystal: You’re pretty close.

Tom: Okay.

Crystal: Listen, it’s not my fault. We had a TCO Top Five this week, but we also had several Halloween nominations.

Tom: Mm-hmm.

Crystal: And we didn’t do one last week, so I made a decision.

Tom: ‘Cause of the gallivanting?

Crystal: Okay, listen. I was working. I was not gallivanting.

Tom: Work-a-vanting?

Crystal: Work-a-vanting.

Tom: Gala-working?

Crystal: So number one-

Tom: I got-

Crystal: Oh, sorry. You weren’t moving forward. Chop, chop.

Tom: Number [00:42:00] one, your favorite move As one-

Crystal: Move Together … session. It’s Move Together.

Tom: Well, I’m just telling you what it says on this page right here.

Crystal: Okay. We had three nominations. At the time of this writing, we had three. More have come in since then.

Tom: Gotcha.

Crystal: I’m just gonna read one of them. Sandra Bloom said, “I absolutely love the Move Together run ride. All of the New York-based instructors were together, either on the tread or the bike.

Crystal: Kirsten and Christine let the, led the class, and I was able to feel the electric energy through the screen. It was so fun. And while taking the class, you can bike, walk, or run. I highly recommend this class if you’re looking for an uplifting and fun class.” I totally agree. I will say-

Tom: Mm-hmm …

Crystal: nobody else has mentioned this, so maybe I’m just a bitch.

Crystal: That totally could be. But Marcel did a lot of yelling at the end. Like, she was, like, the person in the crowd heckling, you know what I mean? Yeah. Like, she was excited and happy. It wasn’t a mean heckling. Okay,

Tom: I was gonna ask, like,

Crystal: define yelling. I know heckling is negative. Yeah. Uh, and it wasn’t that.

Crystal: I have no idea [00:43:00] what she was saying, but she was, like, for the last several minutes constantly talking very loudly to be heard, and I was just kind of… It kind of took away a little bit of the experience.

Tom: Yeah.

Crystal: I suspect that might be one of the reasons it took a while to edit this. Like, there were, like, three different things that happened that I was like, “Oh, that got edited.

Crystal: Oh, that got edited. Oh, that got edited.”

Tom: Yeah. It’s funny from editing the podcast- Mm-hmm … when we’re watching a show how quickly we can spot an edit- It’s true … where you’re just like, “Oh, that’s, that’s a weird cut.”

Crystal: Yeah.

Tom: Yeah.

Crystal: Yeah. So interesting.

Tom: Uh, number two, your favorite walk run.

Crystal: Well, it’s my girl Mariana Fernandez.

Crystal: Yeah. She did a 30-minute Day of the Dead walk plus run, and Karen Smith said that she stacked it after a 45-minute ride. But Mariana’s ability to draw you in with her storytelling made this class fly by. As always, her genuine emotion and love for all things family really shined in the class. If you love Mariana, and we all do, this class is a must.

Crystal: Yeah, I’ll definitely be taking this.

Tom: Uh, number three, your [00:44:00] favorite intervals ride.

Crystal: This was taught by Alex Toussaint on November 6th, and Lena Kwan nominated this class. Uh, she said that she noticed she had already hearted almost every song on the ride before she took it. It was one minute, it was one minute on and two minutes off, so it was very challenging.

Tom: Uh, number four, it’s a theme ride.

Crystal: It is, and Leanne Haynesby Altus taught the class. It was a 30-minute Harry Styles ride from October 30th. Mary DeLeo said that this ride was her favorite. She’s a part-time caregiver for a sick relative, which makes her feel worn out. I bet. Uh, so she selected Leanne’s ride at the beginning of the week, and it energized her so much she repeated it again at the end of the week.

Crystal: Leanne is so happy and cheerful, her spirit carries over to all of us who ride with her.

Tom: You’ve got 2,999 bookmarks left. Number five, the class so difficult you dare not stack it. It’s a Hidden Hills ride. [00:45:00]

Crystal: Was taught by Robin on October 1st, and Kate Govnik is the one who nominated this class. She said, “I’m a glutton for punishment, so naturally I loved this triple yellow ride from Robin.

Crystal: Definitely unstackable. The playlist was full of jock jams, and that’s what kept me going when I felt gassed, especially when my recovery from long sprint intervals was a hill.” Robin nailed this one.

Tom: And then a quick look at forgotten Halloween classes, because someone was gallivanting.

Crystal: Oh my God. Okay, so I…

Crystal: This one, so many people brought this up throughout the week. I, I had to include it. Matt Wilpers dressed up as Dennis Morton during a 60-minute Halloween power zone endurance. And, uh, Don Rudy, who I got to meet in the studio- Wow … he’s one of our Patreon members. Oh. Well, thank you, Don. And, uh, he said that Matt dressed up as Dennis and really tried to emulate him, even by keeping all the fans off and wearing really short Dennis-style shorts-

Crystal: instead of typical riding shorts. [00:46:00] The hilarious part was the long hair and wig that kept riding up from the headband, creating a poofy bouffant type- … type look atop his head.

Tom: Made him look like a ’50s housewife.

Crystal: Yeah, exactly.

Tom: Uh, w- there’s also a two-for-one with Leanne and Ben.

Crystal: Yeah, this is the first time these two have ever done a class together.

Tom: Really?

Crystal: Yeah. That’s- So that, that’s just fun.

Tom: Yeah, that’s crazy that

Crystal: it- That’s historical. Yeah. Uh, and, um, this was Deborah Anzelone is the one who nominated it. Uh, she said that she really enjoyed the ride. It was really fun to watch them interacting so playfully with one another, and their costumes were amazing.

Crystal: The costumes are, like, next level. You need to see the costumes.

Tom: Mm-hmm. Uh, we also have a cat and dog ride.

Crystal: All right. Listen, Hannah and Susie, Hannah Frankson and Susie, is just an awesome match-up. It was a- Sorry,

Tom: it was a run. I got it wrong.

Crystal: Oh. Well, it was a 30-minute Halloween two-for-one run.

Tom: Yeah.

Crystal: And Hannah and Susie did, they taught this class. This is [00:47:00] nominated by Mindy Jensen, and she said, “While this was a cute theme of dogs and cats, and I love these two together, I’m nominating it only for finding out why Hannah chose to get cats over dogs. If you know, you know.”

Tom: I don’t know.

Crystal: I don’t know.

Tom: Oh, okay.

Crystal: I don’t know. Mindy, yeah, please message me. I haven’t taken this class yet, and I, I don’t know. I need to take it, but I haven’t taken it. But I love the outfits. They both did such a great job. And- So fun …

Tom: also, dogs are way better than cats.

Crystal: I know you really don’t like cats.

Tom: I just gotta put that out there.

Crystal: Okay.

Tom: So Alex Kay has, uh, his first classical music run.

Crystal: Yeah. I’ve, we’ve, we’ve never seen him do one of these. Yeah. So that’s pretty fun and exciting. Alex is teaching this class on November 19th at 3:30 PM Eastern Live. It’s gonna be a 30-minute run. I’m very excited. He always has themes. Yeah. And they’re never what you expect. Right. So I’m really curious to see what he does here.

Crystal: Yeah. I think it’ll be something super fascinating. I’m very curious.

Tom: Ash Pryor has also scheduled her first live [00:48:00] advanced beginners Pilates class.

Crystal: This is the first time she has members in the class. Okay. People are so excited about it. Ash has never had a Pilates class with members in the au- in the audience, kinda.

Crystal: Um, it’s going to be taking place Sunday, November 15th at 12:15 PM Eastern, and people are pumped. Can’t wait to see how everybody, all the reactions and everything after class.

Tom: Yeah. And also, uh, Sundays With Love is back.

Crystal: Also on Sunday, uh, November 15th at 12:15 PM Eastern, we are going to have the new Ally Sundays With Love.

Tom: Uh, Adrian Williams and DJ John Michael have an upcoming DJ run.

Crystal: Yes. Friday, November 13th at 5:00 PM Eastern. I have to say, these two together always bring the energy. Like, they are so fun. This is one of my favorite in-class I’ve ever gotten to take in studio. Yeah.

Crystal: And, uh, a lot of times I just will, like, pick whatever’s on the s- I don’t go and like, “Oh, my favorite teacher is this.” Right. I just, like, pick stuff. Yeah. This is one of ’em, and I had so [00:49:00] much fun being in class with these two.

Tom: Also Countdown to Turkey Burn week two. Let’s take a look.

Crystal: Let’s take a look indeed.

Crystal: Uh, day one was Andy. Uh, he had a strength class. Day two was a cardio choice between Kirsten run, Ben ride, and Ash row. Day three was Zacharias core. And then on day four, uh, was Andy strength, and then day five was Kirsten run, Robin ride, and Ash row. Day six is scenic. There are multiple scenic classes you can choose from: the Lake Tahoe run, the Chicago lakefront trail ride, and the Bowman Lake row.

Crystal: Also, we noticed that the live countdown classes, as you get closer and closer to the end of November, are now bookable. Not sure if that’s new or not. We hadn’t seen it before, but there you go. Also, I just wanna say, this is another thing we saw a lot of complaints about this week.

Tom: Okay.

Crystal: Peloton is just really not consistent on these collections when they drop the class.

Crystal: So people expect them to be up when they start their workouts at 4:30 AM- Yeah … in [00:50:00] whatever time zone they are, and they are often disappointed because they don’t arrive when they expect them to. This week, the way it worked was that Andy’s class on Monday dropped at 6:30. You had the option to take it then or when it dropped officially as an on-demand class later in the day.

Crystal: People were not so thrilled. Just saying.

Tom: Also, the My Chemical Romance artist series is official.

Crystal: It is. Let’s see. The Black Parade reissue topped the chart this week. Interesting.

Tom: Yeah.

Crystal: Yeah. Uh, and, uh, there were classes with Charlotte, Camilla, and, uh, Alex also had a row, Alex K. Uh, that was on Thursday, November 12th, and, uh, super excited about this.

Crystal: People are just, just really loving this particular artist series. It’s very exciting.

Tom: It’s funny how My Chemical Romance took I don’t- almost a decade off And when they left, I saw them maybe [00:51:00] six months before they decided to take a hia- hiatus.

Crystal: Okay.

Tom: I saw them at a club.

Tom: I saw them at the pageant. There was like 1,500 people in there.

Crystal: Wow.

Tom: And then they come back.

Crystal: And they’re arena.

Tom: And now they’re an arena band, and I was just like-

Crystal: Nostalgia is real, man.

Tom: Yeah, I was like, “How did they go…” I thought they okay, maybe they’ll come back and do a club run or maybe theaters, and then they just came right straight back to arenas.

Tom: And I’m, I would also, as someone who works in the concert industry, love to know what the metric was that made them realize-

Crystal: They could do arenas … we

Tom: could just skip, like, three levels of live performance

Crystal: growth. Yeah. It’s very interesting because I only know this because I talk to you about shows all the time, and there are shows that, like, people show back up into the industry, and they will purposely go small.

Tom: Yeah.

Crystal: Because they wanna test. They wanna test. Right. And see how it, how it performs. They don’t… And they’d rather sell out a small place- Right … than, like, look empty and sad in a large place. So it’s fascinating that My Chemical Romance did this. Yeah. But yeah, the nostalgia is real, [00:52:00] man. It’s real.

Tom: Yeah. It’s like I said, fascinating.

Tom: So, uh, and then finally PSL and PSNY have both scheduled new run club classes.

Crystal: They have. London is gonna have theirs on November 18th. It’s for International Men’s Day. That is going to be led by Marcel Maurer at 5:30 PM local time, and then the New York City Run Club is the same day. That’s gonna be on, at 4:45 PM Eastern.

Crystal: Chelsea Jackson Roberts, Alex Toussaint, and Robin Arzon are going to be leading that, and it’s going to be for Friendsgiving.

Tom: Oh,

Crystal: look at that. Isn’t that fun?

Tom: Yeah.

Crystal: Yeah.

Tom: So there are no birthdays this week.

Crystal: Okay.

Tom: I mean, no Peloton instructor birthdays- Right … I guess we should say. There are birthdays. I mean, people were born-

Crystal: Yeah

Tom: this week. Yeah.

Crystal: I feel pretty strongly

Tom: about

Crystal: that.

Tom: So we’re done.

Crystal: All right.

Tom: Until next week, where can people find you?

Crystal: They can find me on Facebook at facebook.com/cristaldokeefe. They can find me on BlueSky, Threads, Instagram, and the Peloton Leaderboard @ClipOutCrystal.

Tom: And you can find me on BlueSky and Threads @tomokeefejr or on Facebook at facebook.com/tomokeefe.

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Tom: Thanks for tuning in, and until next time, keep pedaling.

Crystal: And rowing.

Tom: And running.

Crystal: Bye.

Tom: Bye.

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