350. Matty Maggiacomo, Peloton Instructor

Ali on the Run Show

Ali Feller

Run, Health & Fitness, Women, Inspiration, Runner, Entrepreneur, Sports, Fitness, Health, Running

4.9 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2021

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

“Being able to come to work as my whole self. Being able to be out. Being able to appear on camera in drag. Hopefully for those of you that are out there listening, if you work at a company or a place where you cannot be yourself — and I know you need to make the money — it is not worth it. It is not worth it to stifle that magic. You will slowly die inside. Go work for a place where you can be Mara every single damn day. Let your freak flag fly and be who you wanna be. We are too advanced in this society to be squandering any time on not being able to be ourselves.”

Growing up in Rhode Island, Matty Maggiacomo had a tumultuous — and at times traumatizing — relationship with sports and coaches. But today, he's a fitness instructor on the world's largest streaming platform. On this episode, Matty talks about how he rediscovered fitness later in life, and how he got the job teaching treadmill and strength classes at Peloton. He talks about his dreams of being on TV, including how he made those dreams come true right out of college, and why that dream came to a screeching halt on an assignment one day. Plus, Matty talks about his sexuality and about coming out, and about the importance of letting his "freak flag fly" at work — which means we get to hear from Mara Thonner, Matty's treadmill-running alter ego, and about what it's like teaching a live class for thousands in full drag! Matty is a true joy, and this conversation is long, fun, and filled with hefty doses of both laughter and inspiration.

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What you’ll get on this episode:

On taking time off (9:15)
How Matty would describe his Peloton classes (11:00)
Getting to know Young Matty (15:45)
All about the NBC Page program, and working in live television (22:30)
How Matty got the job at Peloton (34:45)
How you learn to be a Peloton instructor (39:15)
On the magnitude of it all (49:35)
MARA joins the show! (54:20)
On the Peloton family, and how Matty feels about his colleagues (1:02:15)
Matty shares his most memorable Peloton memory thus far (1:06:30)

What we mention on this episode:

Jess Sims on Episode 261 of the Ali on the Run Show

Tunde Oyeneyin on Episode 311 of the Ali on the Run Show

Olivia Amato on Episode 344 of the Ali on the Run Show

Veneno

It’s a Sin

"The Original Jess Sims Scare"

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0:00.0	This episode of The Alley on the Run Show is brought to you by Aftershocks.
0:03.9	Go to ontherun.aftershocks.com to say 15% on all wireless headphones.
0:09.6	Welcome to The Alley on the Run Show.
0:15.9	I'm your host Allie Feller and every week I talk with people who are doing exciting things on the run and beyond.
0:22.2	We all share that love for running and that's what brings us all together.
0:25.9	But of course there's more to life than what happens on the run itself and this show is about the in-between.
0:32.7	The water stops the bathroom breaks, the moments and decisions that have shaped who we are today and the wise.
0:38.7	Why do we do what we do and how does getting sweaty factor in?
0:42.7	Today I've got another treat for my peloton friends.
0:46.7	So far on The Alley on the Run Show we've heard from instructors Jess Sims,
0:51.0	Tunei Oyanane and two weeks ago we heard from Olivia Amato. As I've taken more and more peloton classes on the treadmill,
0:57.5	the boot camps, the strength stuff, the stretch classes, which I do for 10 minutes every morning.
1:02.4	Yeah, true hero over here, Pat myself on the back.
1:05.6	And even the 5 minute bedtime meditations which I'm loving.
1:10.1	As I've done these I've really loved getting to know these instructors or at least getting to know them through the screen.
1:15.9	So it is a true privilege and an honor when I have the opportunity to really get to know them and ask all my questions.
1:23.5	Today we are adding yet another peloton instructor to the Alley on the Run Show lineup.
1:28.8	Maddie Majokumo. Maddie is lovable and genuine and fun and as you'll hear me describing this conversation,
1:35.7	his classes feel like a hug, like a nice sweaty hug.
1:40.9	But of course there's so much more to Maddie than what we see through our screens.
1:45.0	On this episode, Maddie talks about his childhood and about his tumultuous relationship with sports and fitness and coaches at a young age.
1:53.3	He talks about his sexuality and about coming out.
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