[pugets]

If I did a push-up for every product that has “revolutionized” the fitness world in the last several decades, you would see my body and probably assume that I had used those products.

If you have a floor, a wall, and autonomy over what enters into your mouth, then you already have everything you need to gain muscle and lose fat.

Nobody needs a $1400 bike with a $40 monthly subscription to maintain a calorie deficit. It’s absurd. Peloton preys on their customers’ fear of sunk-cost by selling common exercise equipment at exorbitant prices. They want you to fear that if you don’t use the equipment, then you’re wasting your money.

[elzbardico]

> autonomy over what enters into your mouth

This is incredibly underrated. Basically I lost weigth by focusing on this first. then exercising became easier.

YMMV, but one thing that helped me control food intake was meditation, for a lot of us, over-eating is a response to anxiety.

[pugets]

That’s also how I lost most of my weight. Sure, you could spend 25-45 minutes on the treadmill… or you could just not eat 5 Oreo cookies, and you would achieve the same result (from a caloric perspective).

My best tip for not eating junk food: Don’t buy it. It’s so much easier to eat chicken and rice when you don’t have a bag of Doritos on standby.

[neuralRiot]

I think the most important role of excercise on the weigh loss journey is the sense of accomplishment and effort. Whenever you’re tempted to eat some junk you’ll remember the body pains, the sweat you dropped and think: is it really worth to eat that?

[hi-v-rocknroll]

I've lost 60 lbs. so far using GLP-1 agonists. It's quite a bit easier to get around, so I'm easing into cardio and weight lifting once again.

> over-eating is a response to anxiety

It's more complicated than one cause. Overweight people have an absurd appetite and/or lack of satiation either by being overweight (self-reinforcing) / metabolic dysfunctions, from genetics, and/or from side-effects of medications.

[nojvek]

> for a lot of us, over-eating is a response to anxiety

100%. We use food as entertainment. To get a dopamine hit from fats and carbs.

For most of human history, food was scarce. We evolved to get huge dopamine hits from food. Our brain sees starving as a danger. It's only post WWII that food became abundant.

Now those signals work against us.

[eps]

> over-eating is a response to anxiety

Not always. Sometimes things are just tasty.

[elzbardico]

I said, "for a lot of us". I never said it was for everybody.

[HeyLaughingBoy]

One of my high school gym teachers would tell us daily that we were born with everything that we needed to stay in shape.

That doesn't mean squat (heh!)

Most people still need desire and motivation and feedback. And these exercise tools can provide the latter two in droves if properly designed.

[jsbisviewtiful]

> a $1400 bike with a $40 monthly subscription

My gym costs $60 a month and gives me access to classes and other equipment. At the cost of a Peloton, a Peloton bike by itself would not pay for itself comparatively for 24 months. That doesn't take into consideration tax on the bike purchase or the monthly subscription. Folks really willing to pay that much money just to not leave their house?

[drivingmenuts]

If it's freezing-ass cold or boiling-ass hot, sure. If it's a moderate-ass temperature, it doesn't make sense, sure, but not everyone lives where that happens and for some, even that's a bit of a problem.

[dodslaser]

If you have clinical-ass depression or executive-ass dysfunction, lowering the barrier to exercise can be really important. Sure, $1400 with a $40 subscription is way too expensive, but there's definitely a case to be made for the exercise bike in front of the TV for a lot of people.

[lancesells]

> Nobody needs a $1400 bike with a $40 monthly subscription to maintain a calorie deficit. It’s absurd.

Nobody needs a $500 PS5 and $80 video games. Nobody even needs a TV. A lot of people don't need a new cell phone.

Also, do you think owning an exercise bike means you're overweight? Maybe it's a hobby, maybe it's even fun? Let people exercise and spend their money how they want.

[hi-v-rocknroll]

Yep, it's basically a distributed gym membership without the gym except for a single expiring, proprietary widget that lives on your property.

It's largely ineffective to lose weight by exercising, and so much easier to reduce caloric intake. https://youtu.be/mTABw0EyIWY

[m4tthumphrey]

Well, you’re not wrong in theory about the wall and floor, but if everyone did what you’re suggesting, public gyms would not exist.

The Peloton subscription does not just include cycling programs - there are many other exercise disciplines. The bike is expensive yes, but is a solid piece of kit and works great with the software (obviously I guess).

I don’t use our sub much these days but my partner still very much loves it. She uses it for the bike itself as well as yoga, stretches and some others.

The instructors are frankly incredible, there are so many of them and all provide different experiences. They are what you’re ultimately paying for.

Exercise is just as important for health is food is, it’s not all about losing weight.

[Treesrule14]

what if people enjoy being in good shape and having engaging workouts in the home?