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As a newbie,\u00a0being able to track my progress on the Movement Tracker has motivated me to do my best on each set. A Peloton teacher, Matty Maggiacomo, agrees that Guide is an excellent product for people who are just starting out with strength training. When I first started working out, I had no idea what a “squat,” “lunge,” or “deadlift” was, and Guide’s routines will appeal to people who gravitate toward Peloton because they lack the self-confidence necessary to conduct strength training in a gym\u2014and I feel visible.<\/p>\n
No, I’m not a big fan of strength training yet, and I’m not excited to do a Guide strength class like I was with Peloton’s other offerings. But I’m beginning to see the appeal. My quadriceps and shoulders feel a little sore from the squats in my lower-body class, but it’s still too early to tell if they’re getting stronger or weaker, so I’m grateful for the little reminders that I’m working hard to get stronger. What about those seven classes you finished in strength training? More than I have ever accomplished in a long time<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Having always preferred cardio, from ballet as a child to running and spinning as an adult, I’ve found strength training to be tedious and have resorted to doing fewer reps with less weights (and I have the weak upper body and core to show for it). Focusing on strength training So when I was given […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2512,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[110,101],"tags":[134,100],"class_list":["post-2489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health-wellness","category-lifestyle","tag-health-wellness","tag-lifestyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test2.hermagic.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test2.hermagic.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test2.hermagic.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test2.hermagic.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test2.hermagic.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2489"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/test2.hermagic.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22349,"href":"https:\/\/test2.hermagic.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2489\/revisions\/22349"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test2.hermagic.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test2.hermagic.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test2.hermagic.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test2.hermagic.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Having always preferred cardio, from ballet as a child to running and spinning as an adult, I’ve found strength training to be tedious and have resorted to doing fewer reps with less weights (and I have the weak upper body and core to show for it).<\/p>\n