Peloton

During 2020, Peloton saw its stock rise from $17 to more than $110 during a worldwide pandemic, but its future wasn’t always so bright.

After a Peloton instructor made a “somewhat” political comment during a live ride, a customer reached out to CEO John Foley to complain.

Over at 9to5Google, it was reported that the Peloton app for Android TV now supports heart-rate monitoring.

Peloton for Apple TV was released back in June, and it’s generally been well received. It’s a fairly basic implementation, but it works well for working out with Peloton off of the Bike or Tread. Since I have the original Bike, I use it for my strength and stretching workouts since I can’t rotate my screen. One of the glaring features that it was missing was multi-user login for Apple TV.

Earlier in the spring, Peloton added the ‘tag’ functionality to its service as a way for groups to join in community, plan group workouts, etc. Earlier this week, Peloton expanded that functionality by letting you see who inside of your tags are currently working out.

Our friends over at The Clip Out have partnered with the National Breast Cancer Foundation to give away a PINK Peloton bike.

Peloton became a household name while much of the world was quarantined during the spring, and NFL athletes were leading the charge.

Peloton has officially announced that popular Bike instructor Jess King will be bringing her coaching talent to the Tread as well. After several months of rumors, the first on-demand Peloton Tread classes with Jess are now available, and she will coach her first live Tread class later today.

And if you’re a fan of Jess’ Bike classes, she’ll continue coaching those as well.

Peloton has named former Uber executive Shobhana Ahluwalia as its new chief information officer.

Even before I purchased my first Peloton bike, I had begun to use Peloton for iPhone for my outdoor run tracking. While I love the experience of the on-demand classes, there are times I would have liked to “free run” and listen to my own content.

After Apple announced Fitness+, it became the talk of the connected fitness community with comparisons to Peloton. I argued that it only competes with Peloton Digital, but with a Fitness+Kit API, Apple could become a Peloton competitor.

One of the fan favorites out of the London studio is Ben Alldis, and Peloton has just released four new strength classes for those looking to workout off the Bike.

One of the headline features of Peloton’s new Bike+ is integration with Apple’s GymKit. In this new video, Peloton instructor, Matt Wilpers shares his thoughts on why GymKit is an important feature for measuring training results.

When Peloton announced Bike+ a few weeks ago, many customers were faced with a dilemma. Those who were still waiting on delivery of their original Bike as well as those still within the 30-day Peloton return window had to decide which Bike to choose.

Last week, Peloton held a virtual “Investor and Analyst Session” to discuss the previous quarter’s earnings.

After the release of Bike+, Peloton lowered the price of the original Bike to $1,895, and they’ve now lowered the warranty price to match the price cut.

[Update 9/21: Now available under the ‘strength’ listing in the app, tread, and bike]

Earlier today, Peloton dropped a surprise over email when it announced Peloton Barre classes beginning on 9/21.

As part of Peloton’s Bike+ announcement, they also said that Bike Bootcamps would be coming as well.

Peloton has recently updated the warranty on the Tread+ to include a longer duration on certain parts.

Last week, on the heels of Peloton’s blowout earnings quarter, Peloton’s CEO John Foley had some interesting comments related to third party content on Peloton.

I don’t hate that idea. We talk about it. Never say never.

Post the release of Bike+, Peloton is clearly making a move into strength training. John Foley has said multiple times that Peloton “must win strength.” As part of this strategy, Peloton has just released a new ‘Train Smart’ strength training collection.