Peloton instructor Camila Ramón and her fan club are changing how Latinas view fitness

On Oct. 5, 2021, Camila Ramón premiered on the global fitness company Peloton platforms to the rhythms of Tego Calderon’s “Punto y Aparte,” giving the world the first-ever Peloton cycling class in Spanish. “Es un momento monumental para nuestra comunidad,” she said in the first three minutes of her debut, encouraging riders to focus on “a positive relationship with movement instead of focusing only on the aesthetics like we did our entire lives.” Camila Ramón is Peloton’s first bilingual cycling and tread instructor. “The Latina generation before us really did not train for the same reasons that we are training for now,” said Ramón, who wasn’t able to look to her immigrant parents for fitness inspiration. That support has gone beyond borders, reaching a community of Latinas outside the U.S. “My mom told me on my wedding day, ‘Don’t get fat or your husband will leave you,’” said Lizette Taylor, a Salvadoran living in Canada who, growing up, often faced negative comments from her family criticizing her body image.