Guitarsoup said:

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tailgatetimer10 said:

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You're improving as well. Nice.

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Really nowhere to go but up tbh

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You could be that one that upgrades their peloton to a laundry rack......

Spin4BlueBell

Did anyone do Denis's Bob Marley ride last night? I think I'm going to do it this evening.

I'll have to check that one out, his Outkast ride has been my favorite to this point

Same as my username: txam92

quick question... how does the peloton app track my runs when i'm using garmin?

i like the bike thus far... haven't fallen off and broken collar bone yet so life is good

I'm 11 days straight into it after getting the bike. I told myself 2 weeks straight to start off. I am absolutely struggling as of late. Stupid challenge that I made for myself, but only 3 days remaining.

You can do it!!!

My unsolicited advice is to stretch, stretch, stretch. I've always had tight muscles and absolutely hate stretching. Best part of the Peloton is I can see my output improve after doing a ton of stretching. I've probably stretched more in the last year than I did the 5 prior years.

take some low impact rides and recovery rides. Not every ride needs to be a beating

That's so hard for me to do, but you are probably right. When doing workouts I'm either 'on' or 'off'

the low impact focus on your pedal stroke and improving it....big help in the long term

DrBeer

BQRyno

trentarm6

I use this on my legs. Way better than foam roller.

https://amzn.to/2MSADCz

FYI just saw one of those massager things at Costco yesterday for $100

I want some of those leg compression wraps that AT has

https://www.costco.com/sharper-image-deep-tissue-percussion-pro-massager.product.100674559.html

yes that one. Had them in Southlake TX

Knowing Costco it'll have a $20 off coupon next month.

Any instructors I should try? I will list these out by ones that I have liked vs not. I am not sure I can blame the one's I 'did not like', as it could have just been that class:

Enjoyed:
Alex Toussaint
Ally Love
Kendall Toole
Leanna Hainsby

Not much opinion (I've only done 1 ride each, so not sure yet):
Sam Yo
Denis Morton

Did not enjoy (both did 1 each, maybe it was just the class):
Jess King
Hannah Corbin

I like Tunde. She will kick your a**

Matt Wilpers and Christine D are both very knowledgeable and actual cycling. Great technical info

mrsbeer05 said:

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Matt Wilpers and Christine D are both very knowledgeable and actual cycling. Great technical info

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I like the whole Power Zone team, but like Denis and Matt a little more than Christine or Olivia, but all of them are good. I also like Christian Vande Velde's pro-cyclist rides, Emma Lovewell for more mellow lower intensity (by my choice) efforts, and Kendall when I just want to thrash out and go hard. If I just want to blow myself up or go for a PR, Christine's climb rides are hard to beat.

I went on an add spree the other day...


Jeweles_07

easttexasaggie04 said:

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I like Christine but I've heard she's won a cycling championship every freaking ride I do with her.

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Its kind of funny, because while it gives her a certain amount of credibility, it definitely seems like she overuses it. On the other hand, CVV could talk about racing and training with his team all day and it never seems like a humble brag when he does it. The 2008 Olympic hat may have been a bit over the line, but I think the fact that racing was his career for a couple of decades gives him more cred than Christine who races as a hobby. Either way, what I can tell you is that when you are up there teaching a class, you have to try to find something to talk about that you think the people taking the class can relate to, and talking about her track racing or her climb up Haleakala seems to be Christine's safe space when it comes to topics she feels she can connect to others on. I probably overuse stories about funny things that happened while my wife and I were riding or training for the MS150, but it is what I find easy to talk about in Zones 4-5.

My two favs, as well.

Did that Bob Marley ride today. Loved the music and I wasn't looking for anything that would kill me so the effort required for it was perfect

Just finished the Bob Marley ride and it was just what I needed. Been running a lot and haven't been on the bike in a couple of weeks so a relatively easy ride was perfect. Bob is one of my favorite artists of all time so that was allsome, as well.

Really enjoy the cvv rides

StringerBell said:

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Really enjoy the cvv rides

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Completely and totally unrelated - I made it to season 3 of The Wire (today) before I realized that's where your name came from. I'm a little embarrassed.

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StringerBell said:

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Really enjoy the cvv rides

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The first couple of times I road his rides (his earlier rides), I was no fan. He just seemed kinda dry, maybe nervous, maybe didn't want to be there, or maybe all of the above. However, perhaps it came with experience, but before the China Virus he seemed to really look forward to it. With all of that rambling being said, he is my second favorite after Matt (for PZ rides anyway).