So cute. Your husband kind of favors your Dad, his mannerisms and smile...

I started JJ's program on strength+ and love it. You may like it because in the instructor created programs you get audio form cues and encouragement. His also is the one with the least machine moves that you might have to sub out. Highly recommend Kendrick Lamar's new album for strength!

I should try it again. I did it once and didn’t love it, but it’s cool how you made yourself a split!

I'm glad you liked it! I've been doing classical pilates for a year now and I love it. Usually, the recommendation for beginners is to do at least one private session before doing small group classes. It helped me engage the correct muscles when doing the exercises. Some studios actually don't accept students in group classes without doing a private session first. Prior to my first private class, I hated doing the hundred! No wonder because I was doing it wrong. lol. The hundred is actually really difficult to do but it's considered a warm up move in pilates. I have done some exercises on the cadillac (the tower is one end of a cadillac) and it's great too! :)

Great smile!

Great video. I’ve been doing the 10k program, but def probably need to bump my level up, although I’ve been trying to build a good heart rate base. Knowing these levels will help doing those other runs that don’t have the targets.

Thanks for sharing your experience in Bora Bora! We just got back from our latest trip to paradise! Four Seasons is a gorgeous resort and we've been fortunate to have stayed there for 7 nights/8 days on one of our trips and have also done day passes there on a few other times! Yes, the snorkeling tour with Reef Discovery is amazing! We always do their private half day tour! For snorkeling, we also always do the full day (adds lunch at private motu) with Lagoon Service!

Start of week 5: this program has flown by! Start of week 6: I’m ready for it to be over! Lol. Totally understandable. 6 weeks of ramping up at 4 days a week must be tiring. I need to be really strategic about when I fit this in!

I was lucky enough to get in to the Matty Halloween class.

Yes except it’s not a peloton

I did that Taylor swift ride live (not even a Taylor swift fan) and it was pretty bad LOL

I've learned not to be too specific with my goals because I also change things up often. Far more important to me is to be consistent. So my goals tend to revolve around consistency such as the instructor challenge (taking a class with every instructor) and getting my blue dot in the Peloton app every day. Right now I am riding the wave of pace target running. I'm wary of making a running-specific goal, so all I have in place for myself is to do one outdoor racing event. And for sure I'm doing Total Strength 2. You totally convinced me!

WOW on that bike mileage!!! Im doing a Matt Wilpers 8 wk challenge and I want to finish some of the strength challenges this year. I also like doing the pelobuddy instructor challenge.

I started the 100 days of Peloton 1/1 because I feel like it will help me build my consistency. I'm also doing Dry January with the extra challenge of no added sugar. So far so good!

I’ve committed to a small goal every month and then a goal for the year. Right now I’m doing yoga every day for the month of January and I would like to get 20k minutes in the peloton annual challenge

Thank you!

My second week on peloton and mine was 288. 56 yr old male. Is this average?

Do you have 2025 peloton bike referral code?

I’m shocked Alex’s club bangers with Lil Jon isn’t in the top 5!

Aw, I’ve bookmarked all of the Kendall and Cody rides. They seem up my alley. I like Robin for strength but don’t tend to like her on the bike for some reason. Missed your vlogmas this year but I’m glad you got to bike and enjoy your holiday with the family! Happy New Year!

Robin is the most polarizing instructor on the platform. Some love her, but I avoid her like the plague. She's the VP/head instructor and I think she assigns herself the most popular artists. I've heard good things about the P!nk ride, but I have avoided it because of Robin. I think Kendall is enormously popular and wanted to be paid on the level of Robin, Jess Sims, and Cody. And that's just not sustainable for Peloton. I'm sorry her feelings were hurt but I would rather have the company make smart financial decisions than keep too many larger than life personalities. Love when you're able to get back on the bike! I've been following you for years and to see you back to your "roots" brings me joy!

Robins pink ride hit home for me also

I think Kendall's classes were so popular because people were freaking out, thinking her classes would be made unavailable, so they took a bunch of them. I personally despised Robin's TS and Pink rides. My least favorite rides ever. CED's Pink ride is far superior. Robin does not do artist classes well. She talks/sings way too much, the classes aren't challenging and she's super annoying. If you like hip hop, Jess' Ludacris ride was fabulous.

Kendall Toole left after salary negotiations as I recall from the news. It makes sense that if she is creating some of the most popular content that the company should pay her more, but Peloton has been transitioning from a growth strategy to a membership maintenance strategy as it tries to return to profitability after Covid. I’m guessing they are capping salaries and telling instructors to work their personal brands if they want more income. For some instructors, like Jess King, with a lot of visibility outside Peloton, this works. But I don’t think Kendall has comparable celebrity.

Thank you. Was a little nervous to try a 60 min workout. Love my peloton

What happens with the badge if you don't do the cool downs? (you could always let them play and do your own thing)

It’s so clear that Andy is the best strength instructor on the platform. He knows his stuff!

Peloton might have accidentally released a pace targets class in July to app users (it was a Club Bangers by Alex) and I tried it based on my estimated pace targets (I decided my 5k pace would equate to the challenging pace). I was convinced these were the greatest running classes because there is so much variation in running levels and different instructors have wildly different callouts. I use a sticky note! IMO the best part about this modality is that it teaches you what's appropriate in the non-pace target classes. i don't need a ton of endurance pace targets classes because once I know my paces I can apply them to any class.

My husband was just telling me about these runs! Nice! Also I was wondering if you’re planning on using the new strength + app. I’m excited to hear your thoughts if you review it!

Bagel with cream cheese and smoked ham has been my daily go to for a carb & protein boost!!

This is on my bucket list and the only reason I have put it off is because of power zone and running commitments. It's my understanding that this is the most comprehensive strength program on the platform as it incorporates all aspects of strength (power, conditioning and hypertrophy). Watching this video (and I'm sure your future videos) has me thinking that i'm going to commit to this program FOR SURE next year.

My parents went to Iceland and didn't get to see them! You guys had spectacular views!

The brown condiment on the hot dogs is called Pylsusinnep- their hot dogs traditionally have Pylsusinnep (brown mustard) and sometimes a white condiment called remoladi (white mustard) and fried onions on them. My husband is Icelandic and his mom ships this stuff over. (Personally, they are not for me! Lol)

This seems like it's easy to follow. Ive accidentally clicked on some Spanish and German classes and have missed reps not understanding what they are saying.

Guys, absolutely flawless episode! This country looks amazing 👏👏

This does sound like a great structure. I have heard Cliff's split is more like RK's. You have me tempted to try it, but I likely won't because of the German. Have you taken any of Katie's strength classes yet? I really love her!

what a nice trip!

congrats on doing a great race, considering doing LA for March 2025.

This was really enjoyable! It reminded me of marathon training when I did a loop through my city. It's something you would never do unless you set out to do it, but once you do, it's quite an accomplishment!

Very enjoyable. Except not enough dogs.😢

I enjoyed this. I have an I jury from martial arts so can’t do any exercise other than walking g so I thought your vlogs might make me sad watching all your workouts and this was the perfect one as I can walk!

Good Vedio! I will visit Belize in this coming thanksgiving. What kind of car rental company and car would you recommend? Thank you!❤

These classes were definitely hit and miss this year. I got a good workout in Cody's ride but it was so boring, which was a surprise. I'm glad Andy and Rebecca's class brought the fun theme energy.

LOL I'm glad it wasn't just me with the Becs class. I also took it live for the Halloween badge challenge. Luckily I was outside so I could ignore some of her talking but agree it was just weird. Camila's Halloween ride where she's dressed as a peach and played songs about butts was my favorite. She's so hilarious and creative. Andy and Rebecca were acting as Anchorman characters, but I'm sure they couldn't outright say that due to licensing.

I can’t believe you didn’t do the Ben Halloween class 😆

I did a bunch of the old and new Halloween classes and the only one I would do again is Andy and Rebeccas. I laughed so hard (the SO came down to see what was so funny) and missed an entire set of pushups due to a joke about counting. Andy wore the wrong outfit to move in LOL

Pilates reformer classes are $45-150 an hour. It can be $250 a month compared to a regular gym membership. Pilates is the most comprehensive statistically researched exercise since 1920s they used it to try navy seals too. Typically classic pilates is easier and then athletic pilates. Try imx pilates there pilates reformer machine is difficult but might be less crazy then solidcore. It cheaper to buy a pilates reformer and take free classes on KZbin, videos, or $30 a month online classes. The Pilates reformers are not cheap but monthly unlined memberships are so expensive that it cheaper just to buy a reformer and learn it.

Solid core is Pilates on crack!!!! It difficult I hear and Michelle Obama does it lol and she very athletic!!

My take on these split+ classes--they are designed for people who either 1) love that particular instructor or 2) have terrible decision fatigue or just don't enjoy stacking their own classes. There is no part of me that wants to do all my strength and cardio with the same instructor for a week and then I'm supposed to repeat this week after week? No thank you! There are significant benefits to progressive overload, but there is no need to repeat the exact same cardio classes to get those results. On top of that, I have zero desire to do workouts with either Olivia or Ben, so there's that. lol. (I did try one of Ben's classes. It's nice to have a seamless transition from floor to bike, but I'm perfectly fine picking a different class for afterwards.)

I might do this but just walk because I dont run. Do you think it would work if I just did that?