This morning, Peloton announced 3 new instructors.
During Robin Arzon’s Turkey Burn ride, with over 33,000 people riding live – she announced that 3 of the riders in studio were actually new Peloton instructors joining the team.
The new Peloton instructors are:
- Zacharias Niedzwiecki
- Greta Dopp
- Johanna Ricouz
The new Peloton instructors will be focused on strength & yoga classes.
The first new instructor is Johanna Ricouz – who is from Miami, and is a classically trained ballet dancer. She will be focused on yoga & Pilates. Johanna’s premiere Peloton class will be December 5th @ 8:00am ET, which will be a Yoga + Pilates class.
The second new instructor is Greta Dopp – who is Peloton’s first instructor from Canada. She describes her style as one that “blends classical yoga roots with contemporary Pilates and sculpt.” Greta’s premiere class will be December 6th @ 8:00am ET, which will be a sculpt flow.
The third new instructor is Zacharias Niedzwiecki – who is from Chicago, and labels himself as an “athletic-forward yogi”. He will be teaching both Yoga & Kettlebell strength classes. Zacharias’s premiere Peloton class is December 4th @ 8:00am ET, which will be a power yoga flow.
Their premiere classes will be on back to back days next week – on December 4, 5, and 6. You can see the premiere schedule for the new instructors below.
- Zacharias Niedzwiecki – December 4th @ 8:00am ET – Power Yoga Flow
- Greta Dopp – December 6th @ 8:00am ET – Sculpt Yoga Flow
- Johanna Ricouz – December 5th @ 8:00am ET – Yoga + Pilates
These are the first full time Peloton instructors announced since 4 instructors left the platform last summer. Ross Rayburn, Kendall Toole, and Kristin McGee all left Peloton in June 2024 following contract negotiations while Tobias Heinze left around the same time for unrelated reasons.
Peloton recently announced that Tim Robards was joining Peloton as a guest instructor as well.
You can find the new Peloton instructors on social media at @junglejohanna, @gretadoppp, and @zacharias.
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Peloton has great yoga and pilates instructors (Aditi, Chelsea, Nico, Anna, Dennis, Kirra). I am surprised that the whole group of new instructors will only teach this modality. I would have preferred an expansion of the very thin roster for meditation. Since the departure of Kristin and Ross there is a gap that is still waiting to be filled.