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Living during a pandemic seems to be a series of tightrope balances. To keep from toppling into the COVID-19 abyss of fear and uncertainty, we have to focus on each step, carefully putting one foot in front of the other. We do it by (recite with us now) social distancing, staying home as much as possible, washing our hands, keeping group size to a minimum. And, of course, wearing a mask.

With many Orangetheory Fitness studios reopening after months of being closed, you may be feeling mixed emotions. On one hand -- Hooray! It’ll be great to be back in the groove, to see coaches and classmates I haven’t seen since March! On the other hand -- Yikes! What if I can’t keep up? What if I’ve lost everything, I worked so hard to attain? First, know that hope is far from lost (as you’ll see in the tips below).

Tired of curling cans of beans on a yoga mat in your apartment? While Orangetheory’s free online At Home™ workouts will continue for those who are not able to return to the studio just yet, more than 900 locations are already welcoming members back.

Walk into an Orangetheory class, and you’ll see multiple flashing colors on a large screen. This is our heart rate monitoring technology at work, capturing the unique heart rates of nearly one million members worldwide. But what do these pretty colors actually mean to you?

How else can you prove you’re improving? Think of your heart rate monitor as your built-in coach, telling you when you need to push, or when you should scale back and recover.

Jeremy Whitehead, an Orangetheory coach in Albany, N.Y., calls the DriTri “the ultimate benchmark event. You try to get your best time, then six months later you try to beat yourself. A select few members are in there to be competitive, but the main goal is to be competitive with yourself.”

Gym anxiety, or “gymtimidation,” refers to being worried, intimidated, or embarrassed while exercising in public. Push past your fears with these tips.

Fall is the perfect time to reset your routine. Here’s how to set SMART fitness goals and create an effective action plan, according to experts.

A consistent fitness routine can help you gain everything from a stronger heart and more confidence to better mental health and sleep.

Consistency is the key to reach your health and fitness goals. Here are five tips to help keep your workouts on track during hectic summer months.

We’re at the midway point of the year, which means now’s the time to reset on your resolutions and get a head start on 2024.

Orangetheory Fitness is not about counting calories and losing weight. It’s a workout program structured to fuel your body with the exercise multivitamin to help you achieve a longer, healthier life.

For many of us, we go through life strapped to our couches, our phones, and our computers. We’re more immobile than ever – losing touch with real life and the person you want to spend it with. 3 children, 4 jobs, and 20 pounds later, you start to regret that trip you never took, the beautiful sunrise you never saw, the workout you never tried. Years go by, and you realize you’ve yet to experience life outside the confines of your own four walls. Good news is, your story doesn’t end just yet.

When her Orangetheory Fitness studio in Salem, NH, closed in March because of the coronavirus, Anne Marie Levie understood the need for such safety precautions. But that didn’t make hearing the news any easier. “I was devastated when they shut down,” says Anne Marie, who was one of the first to join that location when it opened in 2016, and the very first to reach the 1,000-classes mark. “It really took something away, something I really care about. I felt part of me was gone.”

When was the last time you ate a massive meal minutes before an Orangetheory class and had a great workout? Chances are the answer is never. Your healthy lifestyle doesn’t start when you strap into the rowing machine, or end with the cool-down stretch. Food selection and the timing of meals play a major role in maximizing your performance and ensuring the best possible results.

As humans, we are hard-wired to set goals, which we do in earnest: To lose weight. To become a doctor. To get out of debt. That’s the easy part. Then comes the follow-through.

Hell Week in what’s already been a helluva year? Now THAT’s a scary concept. Hell Week, one of OTF’s signature events since 2013, is a goosebump-raising, horror-movie-inspired phenomenon. This wildly popular tradition has attracted thousands worldwide who are eager to gauge their resilience, their endurance and their willpower in pursuit of the ultimate bragging rights — and of course, earn the highly coveted T-shirt. But this year is different (boy is that an understatement). And that demands more thought, and more surprises.

We were born to move. However, in this day and age, we’re more sedentary than ever before. Aaron Santiso, physical therapist and member of the medical advisory board at Orangetheory, helps us put an end to that.

To live a healthy, long life, the cardiovascular training you get from Orangetheory is only part of the equation. Get more out of your workout with these simple, yet powerful nutrition tips.

In keeping with guidelines to slow the spread of the coronavirus, many Orangetheory Fitness studios and other gyms around the country have closed. So how can we stay fit — physically, emotionally, mentally? We’ve come up with 7 ways to do just that.

If you feel like you’re on the verge of physical exhaustion, but not getting any Splat Points, or if you’re barely breathing heavy yet accumulating 30+ Splat Points each class, it may be time to adjust your heart rate zones.

OTF Member Katherine doesn’t let diabetes stop her from getting her Splat Points in. She’s in great paws, knowing her furry friend, Blaze, is ready to save her life if her glucose levels drop during a workout.

There’s good pain, and there’s bad pain. We’ll help you know the difference.

How, with a healthy diet and committed workout routine, does the risk of chronic disease appear? What’s wrong with this equation? The not-so-obvious problem that’s facing people today is simply a lack of shuteye.

Let’s be honest, starting a new fitness routine at any age can be intimidating. But because Orangetheory was created with all ages and fitness levels in mind, rest assured it’s never too late to reap those anti-aging benefits from this science-backed workout.

Orangetheory members flood studios during Hell Week, a series of hair-raising, spine-chilling, blood-curdling workouts that get their hearts pumping like never before. Why is this fitness challenge so popular? Take a look behind the scenes.

So here we are on Day 2,781 (or maybe it just feels that way) of sheltering at home, of not being in an Orangetheory Fitness studio, of looking at life in a way we never thought we’d be looking at it. It’s hard. It’s easy. We’re upbeat. We’re worried. We miss people. We like being alone. We’re eating junk. We’re cooking healthy dinners. We’re working out more. We can’t muster the oomph to exercise.

Have you noticed that the more you stretch, the better you feel? Taking a few minutes to stretch every day will help you alleviate stress and post-workout soreness. Here are some of our favorites.

Whether you're competing for a speed PR or the bragging rights that come with completing a grueling week of workouts, properly nourishing your body during All Out Mayhem week is imperative.

Let’s just state the obvious here and get it out of the way: The world is a much weirder place than it was six months ago. With all the uncertainty of COVID-19 — lost jobs, closed businesses and schools, political strife that’s overtaking the serious and straightforward concerns about health, ongoing when-will-this-end?

It can’t happen soon enough, but 2020 will finally be in hindsight. To celebrate the end of a year that’s challenged us all, Orangetheory Fitness is giving members free access to the inspiring documentary “Momentum Shift.”

Trouble staying motivated? It happens. Here’s 7 tips from the experts to stick to your exercise routine during those moments you feel like throwing in the sweat towel.

The benefits of exercise go far beyond weight loss, and our members prove it.