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Imagine heading into an Orangetheory class only to find no music playing over the speakers. Instead, you spend the next 60 minutes listening to your own heavy breathing as your feet hit the treadmill or you propel yourself forward on the rowing machine. No matter the number of Splat Points displayed on the board at the end of class, you probably won’t feel like you had a satisfying workout. That’s because music is more than just background noise—it’s a motivator.

Before Jordan Gray left for the Olympic Trials in late June, her 6:45 p.m. Orangetheory class members wished her luck with a signed card. A fellow coach even brought her cupcakes that were baked from scratch and decorated to look like Olympic rings. It was a sendoff indicative of the tight-knit Orangetheory community.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.