*That’s ME in the top left!*

It’s not secret I’m a die-hard OrangeTheory Fitness enthusiast.

Ever since the cult-like, glowing orange gym opened up in Omaha last October, I’ve been hooked. I’m all about trying out new workouts, boutique fitness studios, etc. but sticking with one for an entire year is a new fete for me. I usually get bored of the class(es) to some extent or the membership costs keep rising until I cannot justify going regularly. Lucky for me, OTF has neither caused me to be bored OR raised their prices from when I originally signed up so because of that {and the super nice facility, great coaches and class variety} I keep going. I strongly believe in their system and methods of high-intensity interval training. I also strongly believe that a combination of cardio + strength training is the only way that I’m going to achieve my fitness goals–combined with healthy eating habits, obvi–…so 8x/month I drive the 20ish minutes from our house to the studio and put myself through the most intense 55-60 minutes of my entire day.

Not sponsored, just obsessed.

For real. OrangeTheory isn’t paying me {but I think they should give me some free swag or something, right!?} to gush about their workout. When I love something and am 100% into it, I feel obligated to share my feelings with y’all. Because not everyone has one of these gyms in their backyard, or even their town for that matter, I thought I would re-create one of my favorite Endurance routines that we’ve done in class this month. You can do this in your hotel or apartment gym, at home with your treadmill, outdoors–just make sure you have a watch or interval timer handy–or wherever you happen to be. If running isn’t your thing, I’d encourage you to modify the cardio portion on either a bike or elliptical. If you have access to a rower, that’s freaking fantastic and I can send you an additional 20 minute rowing portion to end with. *Just comment below!* If you’re like most people and don’t have a rower, I think you’ll be exhausted enough by the 40 minutes below and are still getting a really solid, full-body workout.

This is definitely a LONG workout compare to the ones I’ve posted lately but I promise if you have a little more time than usual to try something new, you won’t regret it! Let me know if you decide to try and if you do, let me know what you think! Happy Sweating! xox

**For reference: BASE = a speed you can comfortably run for 30 minutes (my base is 6.5mph) / PUSH = a speed where you’re uncomfortable but it’s doable (my push is 8.5mph) / ALL OUT = literally everything you have left to give (mine ranges from 9.5-11mph depending on how I’m feeling!)**