OrangetheoryReviews of orangetheory.com

Orangetheory does well at making exercise physically accessible and fun. If you haven't worked out in a long time or if you just need to establish a fitness routine where you can burn a lot of calories and maintain weight and muscle, I highly recommend Orangetheory. The reason I've given it 3 stars is brand inconsistency. Some studios are fantastic, welcoming to all customers, and excel at delivering the templates in an upbeat and professional manner. Others appear to be under strain and leave a lot to be desired in the studio culture domain. No one wants to go to workout and leave feeling bad about themselves because of cliques and exclusion. It's a gym, not a country club.

I had good workouts, but the staff aren't very polite and the facility can be cleaned up better.

I have been going to OTF in South Beach, Miami and NYC for 3 years now. I originally liked it a lot because it gave me a consistent workout in an hour. Lately, besides the bike I use for tread because of knee problems and addressing a shoulder injury, I have been unable to do at least 1/2 of the workout because rather than being a mix of abs and upper body, everything is upper body, with shoulder presses above the head, being difficult for my torn rotator cuff. Today was the last straw, as the "catch me if you can" did not adhere to HIIT policies of going up and down in heartrate--it was just a continuous going hard and I was continually in the red zone with my HR. My whole reason for doing HIIT is for cardiodynamic conditioning--teaching my body to bring down my HR on a consistent basis and within the time frame before again accelerating. This exercise of contnuously going hard does not achieve that and, moreover, I think it's dangerous. Pair this with lack of towels at this session in South Beach caused me to just give up and cancel my membership altogether.