How Peloton Used Psychology to Make Exercise Addictive

They’ve used behavioral science to create a cult-like following

Jen Clinehens
Choice Hacking
Published in
7 min readJun 24, 2020

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Most people have a terrible time gathering the motivation to go to the gym. It’s because our fallible, human brains are hardwired to value immediate rewards like sleeping in, over long-term rewards like being fit.

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Jen Clinehens
Choice Hacking

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