Recent thoughts concerning #OTheoryFitness

Over the past 16 months, I slowly became an Orange Theory Fitness (OTF) addict.  My daughter convinced me to try a workout Labor Day weekend 2015.  I began doing a few sessions over the following 3 or 4 months.  At the beginning of this year, I went “all out”. Currently on the wards, and my resident does OTF. I went to a small party the other evening and began talking about OTF with several other addicts (of course they are in their 20s and 30s).  Like them, and many others OTF becomes an obsession.  My running has improved, and my overall strength has advanced (same weight but decreased waist circumference). While I have written about OTF several times, I have a few new ideas. OTF is the perfect workout for those of us with WADD (workout attention deficit disorder).  At OTF you do not have time to get bored with a part of the workout, because it is about to change.  You never have preworkout boredom, because you really do not know what is in store.  The workouts change every day. OTF made the Washington Post’s list of what’s in for 2017.  We can only guess why it made the list. It makes my list, because every time I finish a workout, I am smiling and tired.  Today every inch of my workout clothes were soaked.  We ran hard (including the dreaded inclines); we rowed; we did some interesting weight moves, a TRX row maneuver, a plyometric activity, and several core exercises.  As I was showering, I marveled at how far I had come in my exercise...
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