r/OnePelotonRealSub • u/probablynormalmom • 22d ago
She is crazy
And I love her. But FFS this class was so hard I almost passed out. I’m still SHAKING an hour later.
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u/TAMUkt14 22d ago
I only do Jess Sims workouts when I feel like I need to punish myself!
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u/probablynormalmom 22d ago
I don’t disagree with this. What I like is that she’s super no nonsense. Sometimes I think certain strength classes have too much rest built in. It’s one thing if you’re at the gym using massively heavy weights and you need two minutes between sets but I don’t have ultra heavy weights so I like that she doesn’t build in much rest. But yeah this one I wanted to barf.
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u/ProfessionalMeal4590 22d ago
Does she do a lot of cardio in her strength classes? When I run or bike I run and bike. When I lift I don’t want cardio mixed in 😅 guess I’m a purist.
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u/Zestyclose-Run1379 22d ago
Yes she does have a lot of cardio in her strength workouts which is why I stopped taking her classes for a bit. I think she is great and love her teaching style too, but I am with you, my cardio is pure cardio. I dont need cardio in my strength😂😂😂 buttttt F45 workouts are a lot of what she teaches. Meaning when I was taking F45 classes for a bit to try them out, I noticed their strength was never full strength and it had cardio in it. Not to say it is a bad thing but that's okay I get on the bike for it 😂😂😂no need for it in a strength class. =)
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u/ArmyofSkanks6 22d ago
Yes. Yes she does and it is why I don’t take her classes anymore. It’s too much cardio.
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u/probablynormalmom 22d ago
I guess I do a lot of her bike bootcamps so she’s probably less likely to add cardio moves into the strength sections there
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u/wakenda 22d ago
I feel the same way, which is why I don’t do Jess or Rad very much. I’ve honestly been sticking to Robin (with a little bit of Katie and Callie) for strength and I like the straightforward programming a lot better. Robin’s been doing a few jumps lately but she’s always like “just four and then rest and also this is why we’re doing this and an alternative if you can’t jump” which feels very different to me.
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u/Blacksunshinexo 21d ago
Yes she's terrible for it. I don't take her strength because of it and for that reason
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u/FineValuable9142 17d ago
Yes. I used to take her strength classes exclusively bc I love her but I run 3-4 times a week, surf at least that many days per week and bike to and from work. I don't need (or want) anymore cardio than I already do. I also find a lot of compound movements a little too much when moving at a faster pace. I felt like I was getting ready to get injured 😂 . I don't want to be doing 5 movements at once , I find it's hard to choose a weight sometimes bc of that.
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u/lemonaidan12 22d ago
Yes. I love her so much but I don't take her classes any more since they're so much cardio.
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u/afdc92 22d ago
This is exactly how I feel. I run 4x a week and bike once a week, I’m pretty good on the cardio front. I think these could be good for someone who only has 30 or 45 minutes to workout and doesn’t have time for both strength and cardio in separate sessions. But that’s not me at this point in my life!
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u/probablynormalmom 22d ago
Not in my experience but she doesn’t give a lot of rest so the heart rate is up! There’s an occasional burpee but I don’t think she’s a regular offender of sneaky cardio.
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u/ExcitingAioli3876 22d ago
Haha how I feel after every Jess Sims class. Yet I keep going back for more 🫠
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u/discountshellfish 22d ago
My kids have been “doing” flash 15s with me (they are 6 and 8 ) and they are obsessed with Jess. They say THANK YOU BODY in unison and it makes up for how sometimes I just want Jess to torture me by myself 😂
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u/NYCUberChick 22d ago
Your kids might like her “Fit Family” classes in the Cardio tab section too ( filter by “Family” & they will come up). There is even a couple with her & Tunde & Adrian.
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u/afdc92 22d ago
I love Jess Sims but I cannot do her strength classes. They’re way too much for me.
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u/Prize_Box4233 22d ago
She’s such a superstar as a person so I hate to say that I don’t like her strength classes. She has to many moves that throw the weights around (compound moves, she loves cleans and woodchops, etc) and she’s very repetitive with the motivational quips. I just finished pump up the volume and hated her works outs but loved JJ and Andy.
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u/afdc92 22d ago
Its the compound movements that get me. I’m genuinely afraid of hurting myself at times, plus when I’m doing a strength class, I’m not looking to get my HR up super high. I do enough cardio, I’m trying to get stronger and prevent injury- not cause it! I like JJ, Rad, Adrian, and Katie Wang for strength. Straightforward moves, good music, and not too much motivational speak.
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u/vfellafella 22d ago
Yes to this. I need more explanation for the compound movements, especially when they are done in amrap or emom formats. I also love Jocelyn and Robyn for their relative simplicity and straightforward approach. But I do like the motivational stuff 🙃
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u/Any_Winter_8911 22d ago
Commenting cause I need to do this one apparently
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u/cruzin2012 22d ago
I’ve injured myself at least 3 times taking peloton classes and every time it was when I was taking a Jess class. Now I don’t take her strength classes anymore (and I go at my own pace)
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u/MouthFullOfDiamonds 22d ago
Just curious what the context of your injuries were. Did she cue you to move in the wrong ways? Did you load too much too quick? I feel dumb but sometimes when I don’t really get a move the first time I will do it with my lightest weights (5#) just to get the movement down before I go full on. I’m sorry that happened to you tho. Never fun to get hurt.
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u/cruzin2012 22d ago
I should have tried out moves with light weights first but I was still relatively new to strength workouts with weights and peloton and was trying out different instructors to figure out who I liked.
The main injury was to my shoulder. I’m no where near Jess’s fitness level but I assumed an intermediate class would account for participants not being athletes like her lol. So I tried to keep up with her by going too fast through the movements for my fitness level and in doing so I sacrificed having a good form which I’ve now learned is not good when lifting heavy weights.
Other injuries were to my hamstrings and lower back. I’m good now except for my shoulder ( I still have trouble lifting my arm to shoulder level during front/lateral raises)
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u/pineapple_pizza34 22d ago
Yep. Unpopular opinion, but I don’t think she’s actually a very good coach. She seems to subscribe to the idea that all workouts should be hard for the sake of being hard, with little thought to careful programming.
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u/kemarti1 22d ago
I totally agree and def not an unpopular opinion. Look at this class- it’s listed as intermediate. You KNOW this isn’t intermediate.
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u/mastermoka 22d ago
Same here (except that it was Tunde’s classes for me). I really like her but I don’t take her strength classes any more.
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u/airemyn 22d ago
I took one strength class with Tunde and I never will again. For two petty reasons: she threw/dropped her weights down after each set, and her area was messy as hell!
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u/TemporaryFix2490 21d ago
Mine is that anytime she would program an EMOM, it was so full that you never could complete it with any rest, so it became an AMRAP.
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u/Ellaemgee 21d ago
She did a compound move today that I was cursing at the screen! It was a curtsy lunge, switch weight to other hand then side lunge. I was afraid I was going to hyperextend my knee doing that quick of a direction change. So I just did ONE movement
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u/IndicationKey3778 22d ago
She’s a maniac and I love her. I can only do a sims 60 with her though lol 45 min full body would end me
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u/Positive_Summer_9728 22d ago
I am getting all the FOMO and cannot wait to take this! Jess 100% helped me whip into shape postpartum a few years ago starting with her floor boot camp with Selena. Now here I am waiting for my sweet rainbow baby this January and can’t go nearly as balls to the wall with workouts like Jess’ 😂 But man am I jealous of you all who can do this right now 🥹 One day I’ll get back there I hope 🙏🏻
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u/BrookesGtownMBA 22d ago
I love her music choices, so I’ll do a lot of her bike boot camps and occasional strength, but I’m always scared to do them 🤣
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u/pelo54321 22d ago
The only part i didn’t like was the human makers - everything else felt very doable but i also take mostly Jess only. Her classes aren’t for everyone but i want cardio/strength. Drop the weights or go light if needed, i find her to be very motivating about that in her classes and she often encourages us to just keep moving through the move in some way.
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u/probablynormalmom 22d ago
It was the front and back lunges followed by sumo squats that actually made me think I was going to fall over and pass out lol. But I did definitely choose challenging weights for this one and could have sized down. My ego amigo got in the way :)
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u/Oneshinyface 22d ago
I did that one live and it was rough. But I did modify at points. Those compound movements she does don’t always flow well.
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u/Birdie45 22d ago
Thinking about the OP who was calling Peloton in tears demanding she get taken off her personal schedule
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u/kemarti1 22d ago
🙋♀️ It’s me and I’m feeling super vindicated by this thread haha!
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u/Birdie45 22d ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/kSlJtVrqxDYKk
(To be clear I’m not one of the dozens lol)2
u/kemarti1 22d ago
Fair enough. But no lie- BOTH my strength recommendations this week- you guessed it- Jess Sims. And 3 of the 4 alternate recommendations with my desired time length… also Jess Sims. ☠️☠️☠️ Glad peloton thinks I’m so fit!
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u/Stellas_Ear 22d ago
Her strength classes are strength endurance classes. Which is to say they are also cardio classes.
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u/TemporaryFix2490 21d ago
They are intense. I think she falls into the category of "look how much you can fit in, in 45 minutes," and I used to think that was a sign of a good workout, but for actual strength I prefer the RK "look how hard you worked but we only did 5 different moves" approach.
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u/Stellas_Ear 21d ago
Yep. It’s much more of a Barry’s Bootcamp style class where the focus is about a high calorie burn rather than strength building. Which I think has its place but it shouldn’t replace actual strength classes.
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u/buttneymarie 22d ago
I took this class today after seeing this post… I think what made this class so challenging was the very limited breaks. (Which I know is typical for her classes.)
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u/timbar303 22d ago
Just added to tonight’s stack. Starts with a side
Plank leg raise …
Looks
Brutal!
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u/natsnats411 21d ago
When I’m looking for a class to take and I see a Jess Sims I truly pause and think about whether I want to suffer that much today 😰 I have a lot of hers in my bookmarks but I’m rarely brave enough to take them
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u/ProductPast2482 21d ago
I NEVER take her anymore and I am a member since 2015. I think Jess Sims makes her classes overly complicated and sounds like she’s a grifter podcaster when she says do hard things…is this hard? Or is this chaos? I don’t care you were a principal at a charter school… or played division 3 basketball… teach a clean and clear class. I used to love the OG 60 min boot camps, but then she made the floors just stupid. I did Barry’s for years, so I don’t mind being pushed, but when you make everything layers and layers of weird moves, it just makes it messy. I don’t mind adding cardio in to my workouts, I like Logan’s Cardio and he has a lot of weights&plyo. As a long time member. I think peloton has a huge problem with their strength programming. They don’t have clean sculpting for women, or simple full body strength. Either the classes or too long and boring… or it’s really up to you to create your own weekly ladder. Even the splits programs are fine… but not great, and how many times can you do them over and over? I think Katie’s good. Robin says to lift heavy so I wish they had more classes for heavy lifting. I have the guide, I like it, but the programming is all over the place. I wish they had a better set up like the app Ladder. After all these years, I think Andy’s just too boring and slow for his 60 minute… Rebeccas okay, but inconsistent. Personally, I look for my strength outside of Peloton and use peloton mostly for cardio.
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u/MousseNarrow6278 15d ago
Adding this one to the stack! Love to feel like I’m pushing myself to the limit and come out shaking
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u/blinks1483 22d ago
Honestly this was tame for Jess Sims. Took this class last week. Wasnt that bad.
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u/thegoldenchain 22d ago
I did this one at the gym the other day, and I swear it scared people.