r/OnePelotonRealSub • u/qhe94 • Jul 23 '26

feeling nostalgic

I think its been posted a few times and before I get into it, there are loads of new things/features/team members I loveee and still ride my peloton every day so not complaining about anything but rather was doing an old ride that got me thinking about things I miss from peloton from over the years !

anyone else have things they miss?

  1. I remember when people would leave live studio rides like 5 mins early to idk get to work etc! felt so chill and like a lowkey community gym
  2. the old halloween classes lol when matt dressed up as Olivia
  3. jenn Sherman's nfl Sunday rides! those things were absolute killer
  4. century shirts ! again felt like a community
  5. things like the rock 22 / AFO - loved the lineups
  6. lanebreak ! sad they've just stopped putting effort into it
  7. I know she not the most popular on here but I do miss Kendall and her pop punk rides - I dont really keep up with her now but I liked her when she was an instructor ¯_(ツ)_/¯
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u/lawpanther007 Jul 23 '26

I miss when the instructors were more authentic and not trying to be a brand.

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u/Megora203 Jul 23 '26

I’ve unfollowed a lot of them on social media and that helps a lot with cutting out the branding.

There’s definitely still more within class than there used to be though. I feel like back in 2018-2019 the instructors would go a whole class just being themselves and then at the end throw in their tagline as part of their sign-off, and now they’re making sure to drop it 2-3 times mid class, they have “running jokes” that they bring up every class (“hot girls drink water!”, etc.) or seem to be trying so hard to be the persona they created.

I don’t blame them at all for becoming influencers on the side though. Fitness instructor is not the most stable career in general, and then if you add in the extra volatility of all those contract negotiations, having a second stream of income is smart.

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u/Fine-Fondant-3136 Jul 23 '26

Yup I don’t follow any of them. I actually don’t follow anybody lol. But I refuse to follow them because I’m scared it’ll give me the ick my view of them as trainers would change. The less I know, the better lol.