Strength+: An Introductory Video on Building a Strength Plus for the Peloton Home Gym. Ignite Your Strength 4-Week Program, which I’m enrolled in

Ladder looks similar to Strength Plus on paper. (So much so, that Ladder has already clapped back with an entire Mac vs PC-style ad campaign.) The main difference is that Strength Plus leverages Peloton’s more widely known instructors. More broadly, this could be seen as an attempt to expand Peloton’s appeal outside the home — something the company has struggled to do after many people began returning to in-person gyms and classes once covid-19 lockdowns were lifted.

You can choose to follow specific training programs. I’m currently enrolled in instructor Andy Speer’s Ignite Your Strength 4-week program, which is kicking my butt. You can also watch short instructor clips, which range from everything like gym procedures and etiquette—how to load and unload a barbell, or what a plyo box is—to watching Speer look at old pictures of himself. A progress tracking tab gives you data such as total lifting volume, which workouts you did and which weights you lifted.

I’ve been using Strength+ for a week. When you open it, you can select from several different types of workouts. A workout generator can offer you a range of inputs to make your workout more tailored, including how long you want to work out, which muscles you want to target, what equipment you have, and whether or not you want to include a warm-up.

Why do women feel like they have no choice but to be able to carry a body through state lines? I don’t think so

This is for several reasons. Strength training and functional fitness are more popular. But also, women between the ages of 30 and 50 lose about 3 to 8 percent of their muscle mass per year, and the drop in estrogen that happens during menopause can accelerate this. I no longer care about bulking up; I just don’t want to collapse in a rickety bag of bones when I’m 50. Lastly, I’m not saying that my sudden desire to be able to, say, fireman’s carry a body across state lines has anything to do with the results of the US presidential election. Then again, I’m not saying it doesn’t.