Fitbit Premium Members Can Access Free Peloton Classes
Peloton now offers some of its digital classes to Fitbit Premium members, as of September 2024. Here's what we know, including what classes are available, how to access them, and whether it makes more sense to pay for Fitbit Premium or for a Peloton app membership.
What types of Peloton classes are available to Fitbit Premium members?If you're used to thinking of Peloton as an exercise bike, you may have missed that the company offers many types of video classes on its devices and via its app. This means you could conceivably watch the video for a cycling class while you're on an exercise bike at your gym, or pick up some dumbbells and do a strength class in your living room.
The following class types are currently available from the Fitbit app (for Premium members):
Strength (typically with dumbbells, but some are bodyweight)
Cycling (meant to be done on any spin bike)
Outdoor cardio (audio-only workouts for walking, walk+run, and running)
Cardio (HIIT with bodyweight moves)
Rowing (like on a rowing machine)
Yoga
Tread (treadmill classes)
Barre (strength-ish classes, usually bodyweight only, often with a lower body focus)
Stretching
Meditation (some classes are audio-only, some are video)
When you open your Fitbit app, you'll see the classes in there. Tap the Coach tab, and then scroll down until you see "Peloton classes," and tap "See all."
Peloton's announcement back in August said that [n]ew content will be added to the app incrementally." No word yet on whether the Peloton content will eventually include everything you could get from the Peloton app, or whether it will be a limited or rotating selection.
Credit: Peloton How many Peloton classes do you get in the Fitbit app? Here's what I see in the app right now:
Strength: 10 classes, ranging from 10 minutes to 45 minutes. Seven of them use dumbbells; the other three are bodyweight only.
Cycling: 21 classes, ranging from 5 minutes (a warmup and a cooldown) to 45 minutes. Most classes are 20 or 30 minutes.
Outdoor cardio: 10 classes, ranging from 15 to 45 minutes. Three of them are power walks, while the others are runs or a mix of walk + run.
Cardio: 3 classes, ranging from 10 to 20 minutes
Rowing: 18 classes, ranging from 5 to 30 minutes. Most are between 15 and 30 minutes.
Yoga: 8 classes, ranging from 10 to 30 minutes
Tread (treadmill): 20 classes, ranging from 5 to 45 minutes. Most are 20 to 30 minutes.
Barre: 4 classes, ranging from 10 to 45 minutes.
Stretching: 4 classes, ranging from 10 to 30 minutes.
Meditation: 3 classes, 10 to 15 minutes. One of the 10-minute classes is audio-only, while the other two classes are on video.
Peloton said the classes will be available to Fitbit Premium members in the U.S., U.K., Canada, and Australia, and that it's a multi-year" partnership.The announcement also noted a select group of Peloton classes will be available to Fitbit users without a Premium subscription, as well."
When I log in without a premium subscription, I see five types of classes, and I can access one class each. I expect these might rotate out, but I'm currently seeing these:
Strength: 15 minute Core Strength with Selena Samuela
Cycling: 20 minute Dance Music Ride with Hannah Corbin
Outdoor cardio: 30 minute Power Walk with Jon Hosking
Yoga: 20 minute Restorative Yoga with Chelsea Jackson Roberts
Tread: 15 minute Beginner Run with Jess Sims
If you tap "See all," you can view the same classes that are available to Premium users, but you can't actually play the class videos unless you update to Fitbit Premium.
How does the cost of Fitbit Premium compare to the cost of the Peloton app?If you're wondering whether it's worth upgrading to Fitbit Premium for the classes, it's probably not-you don't get the full library of Peloton classes with the Fitbit app. But if you'd like to do the math:
Fitbit Premium is $9.99/month, or $79.99/year. Fitbit devices come with a free 6-month subscription to Premium.
Peloton App+ access is $24.99/month, and includes access to Peloton's full library of classes, including as many cycling, treadmill, and rower classes as you want to take.
Peloton App One access is $12.99/month, and its biggest limitation is that you're limited to just three bike, treadmill, or rower classes each month. The other classes, like strength, HIIT, yoga, and outdoor running, are unlimited.
Whether it's worth switching from the Peloton app will depend on how much of its content makes it to Fitbit Premium users. If it ends up being a pretty full library, or if you only want to take the occasional class, Fitbit Premium will be the better deal on paper. But the companies aren't spilling all the details yet, so we'll have to wait and see.
Do Peloton members get anything from this partnership?There was one sentence about current Peloton members in the announcement: Throughout the partnership, Peloton Members will receive special Google Pixel Watch and Fitbit Charge 6 device offers."