Please tell me about your experiences with Orange Theory

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's a good workout but nothing special. It's very expensive and the cheerleading was just too much for my taste- it seemed like they assumed no one had ever worked out before so we needed constant atta girls and your so badass comments. I've done crossfit, endurance racing and nearly every exercise trend in the past 29 years, there's nothing magical about OTF. The crossfit attitude was so laid back- community felt natural and never a hard sell. OTF has 80s gym sales tactics (seriously cheesy, from the manual, what will it take to reach your goals ). Loved booking on the app and the coaches were friendly. I would have stayed and gone a couple times a week but for the cost and irritating forced community and desperate attempt to make us all feel so tough - it's just some weights, a treadmill and a rower for an hour. They try to justify the prices as personal training but you're just paying for someone to yell at you, not for a custom workout. I feel like it's worth about $12 a class.

Which location were you at? My OTF is super low key. Yours sounds like a Fitness MLM from hell.

[Anonymous]

As I wrote on another post, I wouldn't sign up. I have a membership but I wouldn't recommend it. It is overpriced and all you really need is a heart rate monitor that can tell you which heart rate zones you are in. I have the Garmin 620, it measures my max heart rate on it and the basis of OTF is to spend at least 12 minutes at 84-91% of that max heart rate. I can adjust the zones for 84-91% of max heart rate on my watch. Also, the only way you can get that heart rate in OTF is by running and if you are in a 3G class, you get even less time on the treadmill. I think you'll be better off going to a body pump or HIIT class and doing ladders on the treadmill for cheaper.

[Anonymous]

I love OTF. I’ve been going about 6 months now. I was in shape when I started and am in better shape now. My running, in particular, is just off the chain now. I highly recommend it.