![]() ![]() ![]() When you’re done with the class, your heart rate results are emailed to you. For the final four minutes, the whole class convened on the weight floor for some abs work and stretching. When we came back to the weight floor we did these things called “pop jacks” (kind of like a half burpee), and pull ups on the TRX suspension straps (aka straps hooked onto the wall, which you use your own body weight as resistance). Then we rotated back to the rowers and treads for more interval work. The OrangeTheory class layouts change every day to ensure that you don’t get a chance to build muscle memory. The first interval on the weight floor involved various sets of dumbbell curls. ![]() A TV plays cartoons demonstrating the different workouts and lists the number of sets. I liked the concept, but it was nothing too special. So basically the class for me was just a group cardio workout interspersed with some weights. I probably should have pushed myself further (I do love sprints!) but my darn heart rate monitor wasn’t working!!! The whole point of the class was kind of shot for me because I was basically in the grey 30% zone–aka sleeping–for the entire class. After completing a half marathon earlier this year, this part of the class was by far the easiest for me. After about 6 minutes, my group switches to the treadmills (“treads” if you will) and starts doing intervals of base, push (2mph above base) and all out. My heart rate monitor was either broken, or I was sleeping for half the classīefore I know it, I find myself on a rowing machine alternating between intervals of rowing and squats and remembering how foreign I am to land sport activities (see my adventures with running here). Row, row, row your boatĮxample of heart rate results. The theory behind the class is that alternating your heart rate up and down allows for you to burn calories for up to 36 hours following your original workout. “Splat” points are earned for ever minute spent in the red and orange zones. As you work out, your heart rate is indicated by different colors–green for weight loss zone, orange for cardio and red for max heart rate zone. Note to self: next time bring glowsitcks.Īll over the room are big TV screens with everyone’s name, heart rate % (based on your height and weight), and calories burned. The classroom seems to be more conducive to a rave than a workout. The combination of the bumping pop music with the orange tinted lights reflecting off the mirror lined walls makes me feel like I’m in an arcade or in a pinball machine. One look at the room and I feel my chest tightening (or was that because of my heart rate strap?) as I gaze down the narrow hall lined with 14 treadmills and 14 rowing machines, ending with the torture station weight floor with 14 stations for lifting and TRX suspension straps hooked onto the wall. ![]() 3. wondering why everything in this place is orange (spoiler: the CEO is from Florida).Īfter a few announcements, Duvi pushes open the classroom doors and we are swept into a room bathed in a eerie orange glow. concerned as to what strange things are about to occur beyond those orange tinted doors. bummed I can’t live snap this experience 2. While I’m fussing with the heart monitor straps and clips, the other members are all corralled in the lobby–nobody is in the actual fitness room and I’m borderline freaking out because lawd knows what I’ve just gotten myself into. We can’ t bring our cell phones inside (it messes with the heart monitor Bluetooth). I show up for my first class early (they call newbies “green stars” and require you to get there 30 minutes for orientation). Duvi orients me on the equipment and I begin the class long struggle with my heart rate monitor and strap (spoiler: it never worked). Green? I thought this was an orange-themed thing. The Orange60 class is a 60-minute class that alternatives time on rowing machines, treadmills, and the weight floor. Since arguably 95% of the classes online are Orange60, I signed up for one at the Tanglewood location with Duvi. So what makes it so attractive addictive? The combination of high intensity interval classes with targeted heart rate monitoring. Hosted in five boutique locations across the city, OrangeTheory Fitness came to Houston just over a year ago and is only getting more popular–the newest franchise just opened at Town and Country a month ago. It’s got BodyPump and spinning beat in terms of unique ways to pick things up and put them down and after going to one class I can tell you that it is for sure developing its own set of cult followers. In terms of fitness trends, OrangeTheory Fitness has got to be at the top. ![]()
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