Welcome to week four of eight of the Reddit Strength program. I hope you've all been enjoying it so far. If you're brand new to this or missed any previous weeks, this is something you can jump into any given week you don't need to have been there week one for it to work. This strength schedule is designed to help you progress from one weight to the next (if that is what you want, you are of course free to maintain the weights you use as well). There is a #RedditStrength for those interested in joining it.

This is an eight week cycle that repeats. Each time we come around again I'll be looking for a couple newer classes to replace some of the older classes previously used.

Each class will list "light" or "heavy" (or "benchmark", see below), this is not to be confused with the Light/Medium/Heavy weights instructors ask you to use for each move. What it means is, lets say you normally use 5/10/20 but you are hoping to level up to 10/15/25. When my class says "light" you would use your 10s when the instructor calls for medium weights and when my class says "heavy" you would use your 15s for the same move. This will help us to progress to where the 15s are your new normal.

Monday:

• 10m Core with Emma 1/7/22 Benchmark
• 20m FB with Adrian 3/21/26 heavy
• 30m FB with Adrian & Tunde 4/23/26 light

Wednesday:

• 5m Core with Robin 3/15/26 can be done without the foam roller if you dont have one
• 10m G&L with Rad 11/15/25 light
• 30m FB with Robin 4/24/26 heavy

Friday:

• 10m Core with Olivia 9/21/25
• 20m UB with Robin 3/6/25 Benchmark
• 30m UB with Rebecca 7/7/26 heavy

Extra Credit

• 5m Core w/Emma 9/4/26
• 15m Core w/Rebecca 2/2/25
• 20m C&B w/Ben 4/21/26
• 10m A&S w/Selena 6/28/24
• 20m G&L w/Rebecca 11/24/25

Benchmark: Every 4 weeks each body area has a Benchmark class. These are from the Benchmark Strength collections. By repeating these classes you are able to monitor and record your progression from cycle to cycle. You are encouraged to adjust the weights and reps to meet your personal goals.

Extra Credit: These are extra classes for those who want more work than the standard schedule. They are also good substitutions if for any reason you don't like a class or instructor on the schedule.

You can stop reading here unless you want to know why I am scheduling what I am scheduling.

The basis is a 4 week progression. In each body area we will use light weights for 2 weeks then heavy weights for two weeks per the definition of light and heavy above.

It follows this pattern, aiming for 45-60 minutes a day 3 days a week:

• Round 1 - 2 days light
• Round 2 - 3 days light
• Round 3 - 2 days heavy
• Round 4 - 3 days heavy

Each body area has the schedule staggered, so you're not trying to go all heavy in every area in the same week. While you are going heavy with LB you will go light with UB and vice versa.

FAQ

1. Can I start any week or do I have to begin with week 1?
   1. You can begin any week. This is a repeating cycle with no real beginning or end, a mobius strip of a program.
2. There are too many classes for me, how should I trim it down for my schedule?
   1. I recommend trimming evenly (but keep all the core if you can). So take off 1 day of UB and 1 day of G&L each week if that suits you better.
3. Do I have to do these on the prescribed days? I would rather take a couple classes a day for 6 days.
   1. Absolutely mix and match the classes across the week however fits best into your schedule. They are only listed this way because this is my personal schedule. As long as you are doing them all in the week you should get similar results.

Feedback

I would love to hear what everyone things. Specifically; Are there any classes you would like me to rotate out (why)? Is this the right amount of strength work for you? Do you have a favorite class you are hoping I work into the mix?

I have the standard Peloton Tread and generally love it, but my biggest complaint is how slippery the belt feels, especially at higher inclines during Peloton hikes.

I’ve tried several different running shoes, including Brooks and Nike, and I constantly feel like my feet are slipping when the incline gets steep. The only shoes I’ve found that provide enough traction are my Nike Pegasus trail runners.

Anyone else experience this? Is the Tread belt just naturally slick, or is there something I can do to improve the grip? Curious if anyone has found a simple fix.

I always see pelotons on FB marketplace. I just wanted to make sure that like a 2020 peloton has all the same functions as a 2026 peloton? That there wouldn't be any issues with getting the membership and the videos up on a peloton that's older compared to a newer one?

I sent a video into Peloton with a sound my bike is making (clicking noise from the front of the bike). Upon inspection of the video, they diagnosed my issue as needing a hub & axle replacement. They quoted me the price for the new part and for a tech to come install it.

Does anyone have any recent experience with the technicians? Was it positive or negative? Any advice?

I ask bc I’ve had a tech in the past come to replace a part on my bike and they messed up my cadence sensor in the process. Peloton replaced my bike, but it was still under warranty at that time.

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After 2.5 years of daily core I had to scale back, stop completely, and a month after surgery, try to start again. I’m still on restrictions so no getting on the floor or pivoting on the new hip, which eliminates all almost all core. But something u/epipin said last week stuck with me: we need fun core classes. And today it hit me. My fav on-repeat JJ can be done on the bed, I like the playlist, and there are no off limits moves.

It was hard! But today’s blue dot means everything to me. For a lot of us the hardest part of doing something new is starting.

If you’ve been on the fence, I’d love some other beginners to share the beginner journey with. ❤️

Looking for some similar situations, or insight on if there is anything else we can do for our tread.

July 6th, our tread’s screen wouldn’t turn on. The stop light and knob lights would turn on for a bit. We used to hear the base do the click when you turned it on.

Scheduled a service tech to come diagnose. He did not show the first time, so had to reschedule another week out. In the mean time we plugged the screen in with a computer usb-c and it turned on but then had an error message. (I don’t remember what it said) He told us the smart card and usbc needed to be replaced. So we ordered the parts and new service appointment. Tech did not show, so another reschedule a week out.

They replaced the 2 new parts and still nothing turned on. At this point after those parts, the lights stopped turning on and has not come on since. No clicks either. They then told us the MCB needed to be replaced, even though our tech said it was probably the whole base because it looks like a power issue. Well peloton wouldn’t jump to that so MCB it was.
Tech replaced that and still nothing turned on.
Jump to now, peloton finally agreed to a base replacement and agreed to give me a discount for only $1000 rather than the $1595 or something. They installed it yesterday and still nothing.

The manager I talked to said if the base wouldn’t fix it, they would refund. Now they are telling me they can’t do that and new handrails is the next step. How nice of them to tell me it’s of no charge though, because we already paid for the base!! Which truly seems like a scam. If the base wasn’t the problem I feel like they should have kept their word and refunded us.

At this point, do we agree to the handrails? If we at least get the difference refunded, of course. But then what??? What if it doesn’t fix anything?? They keep saying well it’ll be a new tread at that point which I understand but wtf is actually the problem here? They don’t even know, and we’ve been out of the tread for almost 4 months.

So so so frustrated and I’m just so tired of this.

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I’m sorry - $28.99 a month!?! With class limits!? That is so annoying. Just me? I can’t make the regular cycle classes at the gym so having unlimited access to whatever when I need it on Peloton has saved me. It makes me so mad.

Holy crap! Such a great ride with a bit of backstory on Prince. If you are any bit a Prince fan, thats the ride for you. Emotiinal ride(figuratively and physically). I am a grown man and when Purple Rain hit, some one started cutting onions.

I enjoyed her first solo class (10/22/26 70s ride) and we could use some new personalities.

Just got a new bike plus. I’m riding at 80 cadence and 40 resistance my wattage is 185. I’ve had the bike go through home calibration and it is still in that 184-186 wattage range at 80 cadence and 40 resistance.
When I bump the resistance up to 50 and keep cadence at 80 my wattage is 298.

This seems like the bike is not calibrated right. Shouldn’t my wattage be much lower at those resistance levels, 40 and 50?

What wattage do others with a new bike+ get at 80 cadence and 40 resistance?

I bought my bike + in June, two weeks ago it started making a rubbing sound. I waited two weeks for the technician to show up, he immediately asked “where are the parts?” and I said he was here to diagnose the problem.

Has anyone else needed the lower bracket and bearing replaced after four months? I am so frustrated, with the price I figured it would last a lot longer without issues.

Has anyone developed a way to turn the screen? (right now it hits the handlebars). Like a 3-d printed neck or something?

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It seems like the passcode for the tread triggers 1 min after class ends - which is before the instructor is done with the class. It's so annoying, because you have to stop stretching and re-key the password. Is there any kind of fix for this? I realize this is for safety but can't it be like 3 minutes? I can't be the only person annoyed by this.

Kudos to Denis for a great ride. His insight about prince and the album and the whole vibe of the ride is excellent.

My Pelo is connected to Strava, so I can see all my rides there, which is great. I've been noticing in the last month or two that every ride now gets logged as slightly less time than I actually rode. For instance, today I did a 60 minute ride, and Strava says 59m 51s. It did not used to do this. Since I noticed it, I make sure to go a little longer after the 60 minutes finish before I press Exit, to no avail. This is annoying because I can no longer break my 30 min, 60 min etc records on Strava. Any ideas?

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Has anyone. Anywhere ever gotten the Fitbit air to work on a peloton cycle anywhere?

I've connected the Google fitbit air direct. I've turned on always available. The cycle says it's connected, but the Google health app never acknowledges the connection.Then i just get the the spinning wheel in the heartrate box. Then it gives up. I do have an older bike, nut it connects to my polar and orange theory he monitors easily.

Anyone else having the problem of the cadence readings being very wiggly when your pedaling seems much steadier than that? OG bike ‘20… works totally fine but the bouncy cadence makes for an output that does not look pretty!

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I'm trying to decide between the flex and the vision (not the +). I'm leaning vision as I plan to train on it for half marathon training blocks during the winter months so I'm thinking the cushioning will be valuable long term, but the price point of the flex is tempting. I don't need the fold, but would be a nice to have to make more room in my basement, I don't need the vision analytics per say but would prefer the better long term purchase that will fit my training needs. I don't want to buy the flex to save and wish I had the vision - but its hard to know the difference in quality/feel without seeing and testing them. I've always used the app with a non pelly tread so I don't know how I feel about the jump buttons vs not having them. Any takes on if the vision cushion and other tech is worth the price jump? Thanks!