Peloton reproduces the real-life conditions of a sports hall or peloton – hence its name – and, as in a face-to-face class, students are encouraged to improve their performance through ingenious devices: assiduity and regularity of training, the number of days and cumulative hours spent exercising, distance covered or calories burned, with the added bonus of a choice of thousands of recorded or “live” virtual courses, adapted to all levels and constantly renewed, as well as stimulating musical programs to give you more energy. At the end of the class, the three best students in the session climb onto a virtual podium, cheered by a vibrant “shout out” from the instructor in front of the whole class! If the training is carried out at a distance, the viewpoint angles and the interactivity of the sessions minimize distancing and the feeling of loneliness by creating a virtual team working together in real-life conditions. Everyone can participate, feel valued, and therefore stimulated. It quickly becomes addictive!
And that’s not to mention the team of coaches. At Peloton, they are not simple instructors but “elite coaches”: from the slightly hippie, new-age guru to the teacher with the commando build of the Marines, all the coaches are presented with personalized cards to enable you to choose the personality to suit you. Some are real stars, like Alex Toussaint, whose mantra is “feel good about your body, look good, do better” and who is followed by 300,000 subscribers on Instagram, or Jess Sims, a former basketball player who has 171,000 subscribers.