Boring and expensive. Repetitive, treadmill extensive classes. You will lose interest after a month.

I did it for a bit, had 3 babies over 6 years and have now been back for 1.5yrs 100 classes. I love it. I love the music, I love I can decide to walk a day if I’m having trouble even getting myself there, I love that the coaches push me to increase the weights I’m lifting, and I definitely work out harder there than I do on my own.

The hrm stresses me out so I just don’t wear it. But no one has ever said a thing to me about it

I’m sure I’ll get bored of it eventually, everything ultimately gets old, but I’ve enjoyed this far more than other workouts. And I love things like seeing that my short sprint speeds have gotten a lot faster - not bad for a 41yo mom of 3

Anonymous wrote:I have done 800+ orange theory classes- and I love it - but I haven’t lost a pound. Still 30 lbs over my ideal weight (but I’m very strong and fit!)

But if you’re mostly muscle and low body fat then the weight doesn’t matter. Especially if your clothes have gotten bigger on you.

I have done 800+ orange theory classes- and I love it - but I haven’t lost a pound. Still 30 lbs over my ideal weight (but I’m very strong and fit!)

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Anonymous wrote:Just to add to what another poster suggested, yoga, barre, and similar classes are no substitute for full body cardio classes. I attend a yoga classes everal times a week too, as I find it relaxing, but, for me, it was ineffective in helping me control my weight.

I’m a fitness instructor. Believe me, you can get an increased sustained heart rate in barre and yoga. Depends on the class.

Workouts are what you make of them. I typically use 100lb dumbbells for presses. If I am in a hotel gym that only has 50s, I can use those and get harder workout doing the same movements.

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Anonymous wrote:Just to add to what another poster suggested, yoga, barre, and similar classes are no substitute for full body cardio classes. I attend a yoga classes everal times a week too, as I find it relaxing, but, for me, it was ineffective in helping me control my weight.

I’m a fitness instructor. Believe me, you can get an increased sustained heart rate in barre and yoga. Depends on the class.

At this point, I’m pretty fit, but my heart rate never exceeds 110 in my yoga, barre, and Solidcore classes. Whereas in OR, my heart rate is consistently 150-170.

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Anonymous wrote:Just to add to what another poster suggested, yoga, barre, and similar classes are no substitute for full body cardio classes. I attend a yoga classes everal times a week too, as I find it relaxing, but, for me, it was ineffective in helping me control my weight.

I’m a fitness instructor. Believe me, you can get an increased sustained heart rate in barre and yoga. Depends on the class.

Maybe increased but at the level of rowing etc? I am having a hard time seeing what that would look like. Isn’t the whole “orange” of OT like 70-80% of max heart rate for at least 12 mins?

Anonymous wrote:Just to add to what another poster suggested, yoga, barre, and similar classes are no substitute for full body cardio classes. I attend a yoga classes everal times a week too, as I find it relaxing, but, for me, it was ineffective in helping me control my weight.

I’m a fitness instructor. Believe me, you can get an increased sustained heart rate in barre and yoga. Depends on the class.

Just to add to what another poster suggested, yoga, barre, and similar classes are no substitute for full body cardio classes. I attend a yoga classes everal times a week too, as I find it relaxing, but, for me, it was ineffective in helping me control my weight.

IMO the most significant benefits of OR (and similar classes): reduced stress and “freedom.”

- Overall reduced stress level
- Reduced appetite (partly to reduced stress)
- Freedom from worrying about whether you are taking care of yourself
- Freedom from worrying about fasting or diets
- Freedom to eat (in moderation) types of foods you might otherwise feel a need to avoid

Before I was a regular at OR, I had to carefully watch everything I ate to avoid blowing up like a baloon. I had to avoid most pasta, baked goods, and ice cream like the plague, or I could gain a few pounds per week. Now that I attend OR 4-5 mornings a week, I can eat pasta, baked goods, and ice cream, in moderation, every week, without gaining weight (or worrying about gaining weight). It’s frankly amazing.

I love it. I like that I can go in and get a good workout without having think about it. I like the challenges and special events.

The coaches at my studio are great—friendly, they offer suggestions if needed and will correct form. I’m not in NOVA though so it could be different; when I was visiting my parents in AS I went to an OTF close to them and people were on their phones in class—that would never happen at my home studio.

I recently started a FT job for the first time in a while and haven’t been able to go as much as I did before and I really miss it. I need to make more of an effort to go after work on days when I don’t have to run kids around after school.

In Arlington has anyone tried Starfit? I keep meaning to check it out. I’m ve thought about OTF but it feels a little too “on display” for me and I have a treadmill at home I use.

Anonymous wrote:Too expensive, I hate running now (used to be a marathoner) and I need 45 minutes to lift.
I teach hot yoga and the OTF next to our studio came over for a class after their workout. They couldn’t do much of anything I taught so I’m not sold that it’s all wonderful.

I’m not a OTF fan, but I don’t think this is a fair assessment. Cardio and lifting are different “skills” than flexibility, balance, etc.

Too expensive, I hate running now (used to be a marathoner) and I need 45 minutes to lift.
I teach hot yoga and the OTF next to our studio came over for a class after their workout. They couldn’t do much of anything I taught so I’m not sold that it’s all wonderful.

Anonymous wrote:I did it for 200 classes and then one day a switch flipped for me and I hated it so I canceled my membership. But I think if you’re someone who doesn’t currently have a routine and just need someone to tell you what to do to ensure you work out for 50 minutes, it’s good. I dislike how little time with weights you get in the class and that you’re limited to dumbells and I think some of the compound moves are stupid (like a deadlift to upright row, which should use drastically different weights) but like I said, for a beginner needing a routine, it works.

This is me exactly.

OTF gets stale eventually.