Pelaton - Come On Guys!!

Discussion in 'Taylor's Tittle-Tattle - General Banter' started by Clive_ofthe_Kremlin, May 26, 2021.

  1. Clive_ofthe_Kremlin

    Clive_ofthe_Kremlin Squad Player

    Wow I despise those adverts. And they're on ALL the time. That's it guys!!! Bleats a disembodied voice while a middle class lady pedals an exercise bike. You can do it!!! Puff! Puff! Puff!

    There are many things to dislike about Pest-o-ton. Tricking people into paying for stupid exercise videos they could get free off you tube perhaps? Flogging overpriced treadmills to innocents which subsequently throttle their kids maybe?

    (72 reports of adult users, children, pets and/or objects being pulled under the rear of the treadmill, including 29 reports of injuries to children such as second- and third-degree abrasions, broken bones, and lacerations”.)

    The fact they've obviously conned enough money to open a whole new factory to make their baleful treadmill/garotte baby eating machines perhaps, or the fact that they chose to locate that factory in the great bloodthirsty monster of the North?

    No. Worst of all for me is that in the advert, the middle class lady refers to her exercise servant as "Smudge".

    They've obviously written that. Sat down and brainstormed cheery nicknames that commoners might use to refer to themselves. Twaaats.
     
  2. Cthulhu

    Cthulhu Keyboard Warrior Staff Member

    It is the most annoying advert out there currently.
    Without looking into it I imagine it wouldn't work, literally you couldn't use it, as a normal treatmill/exercise bike without a set up fee, an internet connection, various levels of subscriptions. All just to get access to really quite offensively smug spin trainers.
     
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  3. Heidar

    Heidar Squad Player

    I don't want to "pump" or "shred" anything, thanks.
     
  4. another_mrlizard

    another_mrlizard Squad Player

    I have literally no idea what advert this refers to, but as regards the Peloton bike, treadmill, rower and so on, you can certainly use them without subscribing to anything, but you'd be insane to do so as the entire point is that the subscription pays for access to the various classes and records of your activity. If you don't want that access then you'd have no reason to buy the bike.

    The classes are absolutely not available on youtube, so if you don't subscribe, you'll never know just how screechingly Errrmerican the trainers can be.
     
  5. davisp2

    davisp2 Reservist

    I have one, and got to say it’s brilliant. Never felt fitter and lost 20 lbs that has stayed off. Agree that the advert is cheesy/annoying though, but the classes are a cut above any gymn that I have been to.
     
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  6. a19tgg

    a19tgg First Team

  7. miked2006

    miked2006 Premiership Prediction League Proprietor

    I have one too. It's a lot of money, but far better value for me than a gym membership which I historically use 5 times and then give up. I lost about 10kg in a couple of months, whilst putting on muscle.

    I can't say anything about the adverts though, as I haven't seen one in about 5 years. To me, they're all too irritating to watch.
     
  8. Keighley

    Keighley First Team

    Difficult to avoid on radio, though. Unless you avoid commercial radio.
     
  9. Ybotcoombes

    Ybotcoombes Justworkedouthowtochange

    Genuinely cringe worthy adverts but guess they are aimed at shallow people that buy into that kind of crap
     
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  10. Abdi

    Abdi Academy Graduate

    I have it on good authority that the Peloton subscriber list is identical to the sex offenders register. Make of that what you will.
     
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  11. a19tgg

    a19tgg First Team

    It’s not something that would ever get my money, as I’m disciplined enough to do my own exercise using my own equipment, but then I wouldn’t ever pay for a gym either, as I workout at home using equipment I’ve had for years. If some people need to spend that money to make them do the exercise, then fair enough, but it really isn’t strictly necessary.
     
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  12. zztop

    zztop Eurovision Winner 2015

    It isn't necessary to buy any exercise equipment.

    You can do body weight exercises, improvise with weights found around the house, or you could do what @Clive_ofthe_Kremlin does, lift his copy of Das Kapital above his head, fifty times.
     
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  13. a19tgg

    a19tgg First Team

    I agree, although I’ve got a weights bench, various weights and bars, kettle bells etc. All bought years ago. Completely not necessary to keep fit of course, just for me for what I want to do. My point was simply that I don’t need to pay a subscription or pay anyone to get me to exercise.
     
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  14. miked2006

    miked2006 Premiership Prediction League Proprietor

    Are there Pelaton adverts on the radio too?

    I don’t listen to the radio unless I’m driving, and then I’ll just switch to another station if adverts are on.
     
  15. Smudger

    Smudger Messi's Mad Coach Staff Member

    I'm not happy about it either.

    You know my position on advertising. A dreadful business filled with dreadful people.
     
  16. GarbeliaHornet

    GarbeliaHornet Academy Graduate

    *Insert rant about modern capitalist corruption*
     
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  17. Keighley

    Keighley First Team

    Yep. Profoundly irritating.
     
  18. The undeniable truth

    The undeniable truth First Team Captain

    Don't forget to "Bring your thunder" as they say in the advert is now a running family joke whenever we go out.
    So irritating.
    "Claire in Manchester, you're smashing it" or similar, so it says on the instructor's pre-printed script. Claire then feels "noticed" and buzzing....
     
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  19. Moose

    Moose First Team Captain

    The best Peloton ‘ad’ of all time with Andy from Falkirk.

     
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  20. zztop

    zztop Eurovision Winner 2015

    After a few years of struggling to run in the early mornings due to worn out knees, many years of gym membership and attempts at following my own training regimes at home, I decided to invest in a NordicTrack indoor bike with associated Ifit software and heart monitor, which is a downmarket version of the Pelaton offering, although still not cheap.

    After a month of twice daily 20-30 minute sessions 5/6 days a week which generally work off about 275 to 400 calories a day, with real boosts to my cardio vascular fitness, I'm just so annoyed I didn't take the plunge earlier, it's just brilliant.

    It isn't for everyone of course, but I've tended to follow the instructors around several series of rides around the world all on a decent sized screen in front of me. So far I've "ridden" around South Polynesia, the Cayman Islands, Jamaica, Burmuda, Montana, Japan, Utah, with loads of new locations to come. I've not even started the live spin classes that I was initially looking forward to. Moderate interval training, high intensity training, "steady state", hill climbs and proper warm-ups and warm-downs, with floor training exercise regimes, too. And my performance and progress is recorded automatically for reference. It's all there, and over the past few weeks have just done some whilst watching the football. Perfect.

    The bike isn't perfect (I would have preferred a heavier fly-wheel and I had a saddle-sore arse for a week or two) and there are little glitches in the software, but I think this sort of training for its low-impact, motivational potential and convenience is worth considering.
     
  21. Moose

    Moose First Team Captain

    That is good and there can be big benefits esp during winter. Just occasionally take your real bike out and enjoy the summer.
     
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  22. Cthulhu

    Cthulhu Keyboard Warrior Staff Member

    Well done zz. It isn't easy to do that as age catches up with us
     
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  23. zztop

    zztop Eurovision Winner 2015

    Meant to say 275 to 400 calories a session, 550 to 800 per day.
     
  24. Buy a mountain bike, go and find something out in the sticks off-road to cycle up and hurtle down. A mornings ride can burn >1000 calories and its fresh air and stunning views.
     
  25. zztop

    zztop Eurovision Winner 2015

    I'd need to dust off my cycling proficiency badge? And I don't like riding in the rain. :(
     

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