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YouTubers Demo the Apple-Related Tech They Use to Get Fit
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Amen to that and great job. Congrats! I've had my Peloton Bike+ since mid-Nov. and have lost 30 lbs since then. I dedicated myself to ride 100 times in 100 days which I did. Amazing feeling with even better results. I love this thing and am so glad I pulled the trigger on it. McFly_Wheel on Peloton if anyone is interested in connecting with me.
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Did you guys work on your diet? I stayed the same. But I started to cut down and eat clean and got more results but I had to lessen my peloton due to lower calories restriction.
Exactly right. The technology might not literally gather dust because it is digital, but it figuratively will.
Did you need the Peloton and the Apple Watch or could you have lost the weight with a regular exercise bike alone?
I bet you could have done it alone.
The idea that people need this stuff is absurd. If you want to lose the weight, you can and will do it regardless of your tech.
The tech doesn't make the work any easier. Just fancier.
How many people have the fancy tech and are still in awful shape because they don't use it?
Fitness industry just keeps laughing to the bank.
Want to lose weight? 85% diet and throw in some moderate to strenuous exercise for 30 minutes a day and you will be in shape and healthy. That could be a brisk walk, a jog, gardening or I guess Apple Fitness +.
Dude chill man. Free country we spend useless **** on iphones and iPads. I wanna blow cash on fitness equipment. Yah I could probably buy 4 cement bags and walk back and forth in the backyard and get the same result, rather than dropping cash on an internet connect bike, 600lbs of weight plates, squat rack, etc...
Or I should quit my job and swing a demolition hammer for a living. I'll get a six pack for sure.
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But you're not @GadgetBen , who mocked someone for suggesting he didn't need a Peloton and Apple Watch just because he had lost about 44 pounds since December (which is super impressive by the way).
I was indicating the tech wasn't needed, but I never said people can't blow cash on fitness equipment or whatever they want, so I'm not sure you knocking down that straw man was very base.
I lost 70 kg with Peloton already. I dunno if I'm doing it wrong.
Since I bought it, everyday has been rough to recover from that huge bill and the spike in my heart pressure and the increase in metabolic rate
Since I bought it, everyday has been rough to recover from that huge bill and the spike in my heart pressure and the increase in metabolic rate
If that's you doing it wrong, then please keep doing what you're doing. Good job.
I have the watch and am on the 3-month trial of fitness +. The school I work at has spin bikes and more. So, after years of listening to podcasts to distract my thoughts while I bike or cross-train, Fitness + is a breath of fresh air and has shown me how slow I didn't know I was going. After two months following the trainers on Fitness +, my real bike riding is faster and easier. My skiing is easier. I have been working out 4 days a week for decades. But, I now see that working out on your own all the time (regardless if friends are at the gym or not), does not let you know how you are really doing. Neither is ANY person (professional athlete or not) the best judge of how their efforts are going on a daily basis. Maybe years from now, Fitness + will be as old hat to me as my podcast/exercise routine of the past has been. But, yeah, most of us need help and change to stay motivated or to push further. Nothing wrong with that.
That's pretty cool that you guys got iJustine. I don't know why so many people hate on her. Well, I have some idea why, but this isn't the political forum. She's really great at what she does and I never thought I'd see a collab with MacRumors, lol. It's too bad you guys didn't start your YouTube Channel back in 2005 or whatever because it would be huge today.
I dropped from overweight to a healthy weight and running half marathon distances regularly thanks to help from the Apple Watch and MyFitnessPal. Without these I wouldn't have done it.
It is ridiculous to gate-keep fitness. People are getting healthier, and you have the audacity to tell people they're getting fitter the wrong way.
Go on my man! I'm the same. Run half marathons now when I couldn't walk 5k before. You're doing it right.
Nice!
Yeah, I just did my first 10K outside thanks to Apple Watch and Peloton training. The Peloton classes are more than just motivational, they are programmed to build your strength and stamina over time.
You just have to let the keyboard warriors moan on here with their sticky Doritos keys.
This reminds me when the Apple Watch first came out and all the fat tech geeks were now telling people how 'aware' they were of their health because of a watch 😂 . A lot of the same people don't wear the Apple Watch anymore and have put all that weight back on.