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How does everyone stave off boredom when on longer treadmill durations like today's benchmark or a tread 50 class? My ADHD means that my brain needs to be stimulated all the time or I get bored and these long bouts on the treadmill without anything to watch or look at have been getting me.

is there any way to be notified that you were removed from the wait-list of a class without manually checking the app???

I didn't realize I was off the wait-list and had booked another class just in case. and I guess I just forgot to cancel the other class and got charged. 😩 )which is totally my fault) but it would be nice to get a ping or an email or something!! am I missing something in the app?? thanks!

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I’m a tread starter and a sweaty gal, so by the time I get to the floor, I’d say I’m pretty damp lol. This makes kneeling on the bosu nearly impossible- I’m fighting sliding off instead of working balance, usually I just end up kneeling on the floor.

I’m wondering if anyone has this problem/if there’s a fix other than just going to the ground? Feel like the last few bosu days I’ve been missing out simply cuz my legs are sweaty😅

Coach told us we will be doing dri tri on 11/14 and it will be the last one ever and it’s being replaced in the future. She assured me it’s gonna be even better but I am of course skeptical.

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I haven’t had it long. Less than 6 months. Nothing is wrong with it but I like my garmin more

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I recently visited a friend in Florida and went to one of the studios there and they have hybrid strength classes with new floor equipment for weight lifting, along with new rowers. Are all of the locations eventually going to offer this? And how do we know?

I do exclusively PW on the treads, and my AO has been 10-15% at 4-4.5 mph (I'm in the US, so we use freedom eagle units). During most of my tread time, I'm usually blue to green, getting into orange and red only on the rowers and floor. The other day, one of my coaches suggested that I slow down my AO to 3 mph and maintain high incline. He said higher speeds make my body operate too efficiently, but a slow speed is better fat burning.

Yesterday I tried that for the first time and it felt weird, but I maintained green for most of the AO. So I'm wondering if anyone else does this or has gotten the same recommendation and how has it been going.

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I’ve found that I really love going 4 or more days a week, but the only way for me to do that is to not push myself on most days. I end up mostly in the green zone. If I push harder, I burn out. So I have two options: go 2-3 times a week, pushing hard… Or go more but not push hard. I feel self conscious about the latter, like I’m being lazy. But going 4+ days a week has been really good for my mental health. Does anyone have any insight?

Question for the coaches on here! I can get caught up in being intimidated by weight selection and have coaches suggest heavier weights frequently. How annoying is this for you? Do you get frustrated at members like me that need the extra push more often than not?

Is the Beat heartrate monitor any better if I have a functional older one?

I used to work out at otf regularly and ended up cancelling my membership due to some health issues and then I was pregnant and now 4 years later I’m considering rejoining but I haven’t worked out really at all. I recently lost 100 lbs on a glp-1 and have about 40 more lbs I’d love to lose. I am very intimidated by otf for some reason now. I think i just need a pep talk or something to get me out of my head and just take the plunge and get back in there. I always felt like my location was a little judgey so that is an added stress too (it’s my only location option)
Can you all hype me up here and give me that push to just rejoin?!?! Please!

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What’s going on with OT PY? Instructors keep disappearing. No consistent front desk person. They say it’s hard to find instructors? Why? The schedule keeps dwindling - no more lunch time classes. Are we nearing the end? Are the other ALX studios seeing similar things?

I have a recent injury and use the strider instead of the rower. And I can't do most floor exercises. Can I still earn a Hell Week shirt?

Injury 37494 this year 🙄, can’t do treadmill. I’m a runner and I LOVE the running aspect of OTF and tolerate the lifting section. My membership is going to total waste with my current injury, and I’m cleared for the floor, just not treadmill.

I can’t decide if I should do 2G and leave after the floor half, or do the S50. With the S50, I’m honestly worried about getting bored, AND clearly my form sucks and no one is correcting it, I’m worried about getting injured.

Pep talk me…. If you love cardio, how bad is the S 50??

UPDATE: thank you all for the pep talks and the advice!!! The injury is ankle stabiltiy, and some of the details/questions made me realize that I need to be wary of lower body S50, the rower, the treadmill (not only running but also inclines), the strider…. My ultimate goal is to get back to being able to attend the 2G classes, so I am calling to see about freezing or dropping to 4x a month temporarily. So envious of all of you who go so frequently and have 0 injuries! This year has been brutal on me!!!

Sorry if this has been asked a lot. I am so confused about how they're calculating max heart rate. I've been doing OTF for about 2 years now and it used to be about 180 and now it's 191 since a couple of months ago. I've never seen my heart rate get over 175 even with max effort so should I adjust it down a little?

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I have recently hit 500 classes at otf. I average around 500 calories. How can I increase my calorie count. I feel like I’m giving it my all during the workouts and there’s not much more left in me to push harder.

I’ve had my heart rate monitor for about 1.5 months. I’ve notice that particularly on the rower it becomes inaccurate, I’m assuming because of my grip. I’ve heard that can affect the readings. But lately, it’s been more and more inaccurate. Today at one point I checked my Apple Watch and my heart rate was 179 and my OTF monitor said it was 81. It said I was in the grey zone for 32 mins of class. Any tips? It works when I’m on the treadmill but that’s it. I plan to clean it when I get home. I normally wear around the bicep and have not changed placement but just started having this issue. I’m going to try to keep the pod facing outward instead of normally having it on the inside of my arm.

Update: I found my HRM! Fallen into the depths between my passenger seat and console. Thanks so much to everyone who replied!

Hi! I seem to have lost my HRM, and I’m bummed. I don’t want to upgrade, and would like to buy a used one if possible to save money. Is there a market for used HRMs?