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Peloton has better legs than most, but the reality is that every fitness craze has eventually died whether it’s equipment (eg Bowflex) or method (eg Tae Bo). It’s just human nature, this and diet (eh Atkins) aren’t sustainable things with how most people are wired. Peloton will fade one day just like all the others before it as people inevitably get bored with it and doing it becomes a drag.

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I'm sure there's a few people for whom this makes sense, but mostly people are either: 1) disciplined and/or organized enough to just exercise, or 2) not disciplined and/or organized enough to keep doing Peloton

But, I suppose the real question is, how many do they actually need in order to be profitable? If 1 person in 1,000 is enough, which would be 300,000+ people in the U.S., then maybe they could do all right.

Now, if some VC fund threw 50 billion dollars at them and insisted they try to grow to Facebook size, then this will never work.

The LCHF diet is not only sustainable, it has changed the lives of many people I know, including people who claim it has improved their mental states, emotional states, chronic pain, and weight gain.

I myself was pre-diabetic from the standard western diet of 2000kcal+ daily refined carbohydrates, and have pulled back from the brink by going LCHF.

Don’t dismiss it without a little bit of experience. It’s a growing movement, and it isn’t a fad. It has provided real results and real improvement to many, many people, and has spawned dozens or hundreds of successful small businesses.

I read "How Not to Die" recently. By LCHF, are you referring to an "Atkins" diet of sorts? High meat/animal fats, vegetables, low carb, low fruit?

I'd be interested in any sources that support that diet for anything other than weight loss - I was under the impression it led to pretty poor health outcomes (apart from bmi/diabetes management)

I recommend taking a look at how ketosis, and the utilization of ketones as an energy source for the brain, affects cognition for more on potential benefits.

Low Carb, High Fat. Ketogenic.

There is lots of published info about it. Here’s a good starting point:

http://www.ketotic.org/

Peloton is a combination of stationary biking and personal fitness instructions. Both of which have long histories and a lot of popularity.

This one has a subscription business model which at least Bowflex and Tae Bo did not. Lots of the diet crazes did, though.

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