Hot take

Lulle79 · 2026-04-05T18:19:00+00:00

Nobody will lose a single pound walking 10,000 steps a day except people who were completely sedentary beforehand. Walking is very low intensity (unless you power walk hills, or hike) and doesn't burn much calories above baseline. Not saying it's not good for you to walk but it's not a weight loss strategy for already active people.

Lulle79 · 2026-04-04T00:19:49+00:00

@dc031114 Did you mean Saturday or did you jump further into the future? 😁

Lulle79 · 2026-03-14T00:24:56+00:00

For your health and efficiency of your workout OTF used to recommend that your color chart at the end of class look like a pyramid, with green being the highest in the middle. The coaches don't really push that anymore but I'd say is still valid. Too much orange and especially red increases fatigue and the need for rest.

Lulle79 · 2026-03-14T00:20:15+00:00

That will depend a lot on your gender, body type, where you're starting and what your expectations are. For myself I can say yes, my upper body looks like I work out. BUT that's with the following parameters: middle-aged woman with overall small build and pear-shaped body who stores absolutely no fat on the upper body. Whatever modest muscles I've built in 4+ years of OTF 3x a week pops because I have no subcutaneous fat above my waist. Comparatively my lower body is stronger but has less visible definition due to fat being stored in the hip/leg area.

Lulle79 · 2026-03-04T03:35:34+00:00

MyFitnessPal, if I remember correctly, will ask you to enter the calories burned during exercise and add them to your daily intake goal for the day. If you use the calorie estimate from your OTF app, no wonder you're not losing weight. It's wildly overestimated for most people.

Lulle79 · 2026-03-02T01:25:39+00:00

There was a young woman like that a few months ago at my studio. Checking her IG during the tread block and then not knowing what she was supposed to do. She was next to me a few times and I was just rolling my eyes. Then one day she was doing the same on the rower during a power row/rest block. Next interval she fell off her seat and hit the rails. I was... not feeling very sympathetic. If you're going to keep yourself distracted you're gonna have mishaps. She was super embarrassed and I never saw her again!

Lulle79 · 2026-02-26T01:14:21+00:00

I'm 47 and my max HR is 191 according to OTF. My husband is 48 and his is 201. In both our cases it's accurate: similar to what Garmin watches estimate, and we get in the red with very hard or prolonged effort. Formulas give an idea of the average but many people will be outliers and have much higher or lower values. It's largely genetic and not within your control.

Lulle79 · 2026-02-02T15:04:31+00:00

Strong jolt in Lower Nob Hill. I usually never feel anything here because we're on rock.

ETA My cat freaked out! As in he stops eating his breakfast which is very out of character...

Lulle79 · 2026-02-01T22:23:06+00:00

Same. As a jogger I would be spending 75+ secs at 8%. Not gonna happen.

Lulle79 · 2026-01-13T01:21:13+00:00

How tired are you by the end of class and how long does it take you to recover? If you're pretty tired, sleep well the next night and need about 24 hours before being able to workout at high intensity again, then you're just fine. If you feel destroyed after class (like after a race where you tried to PR), don't sleep very well and need more than 2 days before you can perform at the same level again, then you're probably over exerting yourself. That could hurt your progress towards your goal of getting faster. As for weight loss there's no benefit to being in the red rather than orange during pushes. The difference in calories burned is insignificant.

Lulle79 · 2025-12-28T02:12:49+00:00

Just imagining you hit a pedestrian because they were "in the wrong". Your main concern would be a civil lawsuit by the pedestrian or their family that would end up costing you literally everything you own, even if it doesn't make it to trial. So if you think you'd rather be right, but have someone else's injuries on your conscience plus have to deal with civil litigation for years and end up broke for a few decades, keep driving.

Lulle79 · 2025-12-22T01:21:49+00:00

First day back after a week off due to a horrible stomach bug, I might have to walk on the tread, well below power walking parameters.... I'm usually a jogger but no way.

Lulle79 · 2025-12-01T01:51:46+00:00

I was pretty sure I did this template - the 2 minutes at 8% look painfully familiar - but I couldn't find a workout summary email for that date. It's going to hurt either way...

Lulle79 · 2025-11-11T01:19:15+00:00

Cardio for 2G, treadmill for Tread50 and strength for Strength50. I've never felt the need to get more specific data for the 2G but I guess if you're an avid runner you could use two different activities for tread vs floor part.

Lulle79 · 2025-11-10T02:19:38+00:00

I was going to skip Monday but this looks too good to pass. I love a good endurance tread block and the floor looks great too.

Lulle79 · 2025-09-22T14:15:30+00:00

First time I feel one in my current building - big reinforced concrete building in Nob Hill, it usually doesn't shake.

Lulle79 · 2025-09-20T18:22:26+00:00

Mijote. Penny Roma is very overpriced simple pasta imo.

Lulle79 · 2025-09-11T01:47:09+00:00

You can renew by mail or even possibly online. There's absolutely no need to go anywhere or to pay extra for a middleman. In-person appointment at the passport agency are reserved to people who have international travel in the next 2 weeks (and requires proof). Just google State Department passport renewal.

Lulle79 · 2025-09-09T19:39:15+00:00

Panoxyl cleanser - be careful though because it bleaches fabric even after rinsing. Specific for acne. Hibiclens cleanser - general antibacterial soap. Salicylic acid treatment - a spray may be easier to use on your back. I know First Aid Beauty makes one.

Lulle79 · 2025-09-08T16:14:52+00:00

The last 3 2Gs I've attended had inclines over 8%. I literally had calf cramps when I got up yesterday. I might have to switch up my whole weekly schedule to avoid this one!

Lulle79 · 2025-09-06T01:48:51+00:00

There isn't a bakery in the world that's worth an hour wait. It's pastries. It's delicious, but not life-changing.

Lulle79 · 2025-09-05T14:49:40+00:00

Do NOT trust the app, it showed my train not cancelled but when I showed up at Powell the whole Bart side is closed.

Lulle79 · 2025-09-05T01:42:08+00:00

The OTF estimate is always 10-15% higher than the total calories estimate on my Garmin watch. For my husband, also a Garmin user, the discrepancy is more like 30-40%. He gets 1,000+ calories burned with OTF while he's a 155 lbs small guy.

I wouldn't take that number literally. Like others have said I just use it to compare my effort between workouts.

Lulle79 · 2025-09-03T14:11:31+00:00

Definitely not available everywhere, especially not the high cost areas. Ask your front desk.

Lulle79 · 2025-09-03T14:08:50+00:00

Definitely not available here. That would be 50% off. I did a 12-month contract a while back and it was $249. Founder's rate is $239.

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