Fans of all fitness levels have found reasons to show up for Ferguson’s classes.
Before joining Peloton, she experienced unfathomable loss and says it made her stronger than ever.
but quickly learned that the track wasn’t a fit for her.
Photo: Courtesy of Peloton
“There’s nothing you might do after that.”
The NFL is also where Ferguson crossed paths with pro athlete D’Brickashaw Ferguson.
Six months later, she was pregnant; but at the first ultrasound, there was no heartbeat.
“At that point, they said I was probably going to miscarry.”
There are myriad reasons why they occur, and in many cases, they can’t be prevented.
“They give you a pill to insert,” she says.
I got up to go to the toilet and that’s where the baby passed.
There was so much blood, so much pain not just physical, but emotional."
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The experience itself was traumatic, but the aftermath was also devastating.
Ferguson developed an abnormal blood vessel on her uterus that caused spontaneous, heavy bleeding and massive blood clots.
She conceived almost immediately.
“It was unbelievable and exciting,” she says.
“But that first ultrasound was terrifying.
And there was the baby; there was the heartbeat.
We were over-the-moon excited.”
“My body went numb.
I couldn’t believe this was happening again.”
All the results were “normal.”
“I didn’t know if I would ever be a mother,” she says.
I remember being excited and even more terrified [than my first pregnancy].
Every test, every scan, every ultrasound, I would hold my breath.
But there’s a happy ending to the story."
Eden Grace Ferguson was born in 2015.
Emery Faith Ferguson arrived the following year.
“The only place where I could really turn it off was when I went to a cycling studio.
It was dark and I just rode my heart out on that bike.
When Ferguson became pregnant with Eden, she received a life-changing push present: aPeloton bike.
“I’ve been a member since 2015!”
“I rode at home whenever I didn’t have anybody to watch my kids.
I was like ‘No, I’m a mom!
When am I gonna do that?’
And honestly, I’m terrified of public speaking.
It blows my mind that this is what I do for a living now.”
But something about the suggestion piqued Ferguson’s interest and she investigated teaching opportunities at a local cycling studio.
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Ferguson began teaching a handful ofcycling classesa week at the local studio and saw her classroom grow.
“I watched people’s lives transform,” she says.
“It wasn’t about the class, it was about touching people’s hearts it was amazing.
And then COVID happened…and then my divorce happened.”
By mid-2020, Ferguson was feeling lost once again.
“But I knew the more honest I got about my feelings, the more it helped others.
Then one day I got a DM from Peloton.”
The rest is essentially history, but there was one minor snafu in this dream come true.
“I was a cycling instructor [but] I don’t teach cycling now,” says Ferguson.
“I auditioned for everything and they said, ‘What do you think about the tread?’
But I was like, ‘I’m gonna bet on myself and do it.'”
Over several months of training under the platform’s expert instructors, Ferguson found her footing as a runner.
Today, Ferguson is helping countless Peloton members surprise themselves with their own strength, on and offthe tread.
“You are not alone,” she says.
And I’m grateful for it.”
