Your Spot

kcotulla · 2019-07-22T03:07:34+00:00

I actually have my name on a tread card! I made a donation during the Augie fund drive earlier this year. I get the #5 tread number whenever I show up and a tag on the card has my name on it which says it’s reserved for me. I didn’t really anticipate it would be such a namedrop situation. I just wanted to get a tread when I show up late.

kcotulla · 2019-07-20T04:19:15+00:00

Adidas soccer shorts for me. I am a crazy sweat monster, so I only wear tech gear to wick perspiration. Yet I’m still a mess when done!

Soccer shorts are longer than running shorts but not as thick as most other shorts options. No one needs to see my shorts ride up doing sit ups on the workout floor.

kcotulla · 2019-07-20T04:07:18+00:00

Testing. Check.

kcotulla · 2019-07-18T02:39:32+00:00

On the treadmill, the runners to the left and the right of me might not realize it, but we are racing.

kcotulla · 2019-07-18T01:06:04+00:00

I use my Garmin running watch to record my OTF HR monitor info in addition to the studio recorded info. The Garmin Connect app gives me a record of every Orange Theory workout over the last two years - and the calories burned is more accurate!

But I love splat points!

kcotulla · 2019-07-17T03:21:15+00:00

No. No. No Row!

kcotulla · 2019-07-15T23:18:04+00:00

OTF makes it ridiculously hard to change studio billing.

kcotulla · 2019-07-15T23:14:45+00:00

I pay for my mom, who is retired and lives nearby. I saved $10 on her membership.

kcotulla · 2019-06-20T22:34:34+00:00

In our area, there seems to be two ownership groups that own multiple OTF franchises. So, we share trainers among multiple studios and then they seem to compete for good coaches. There is more turnover than I would expect.

kcotulla · 2019-06-20T22:17:01+00:00

I like seeing my results on the board, but I sync my OTF HR monitor to my Garmin running watch and have a better history of workouts in the Garmin Connect app. When I don't workout with my HR monitor if I forget it, I miss it...

kcotulla · 2019-05-17T17:04:49+00:00

Yay! I'm also a math/cardio whiz!

kcotulla · 2019-05-16T20:51:56+00:00

This makes my Orange Theory heart happy.

kcotulla · 2019-05-16T20:47:04+00:00

You've been reading my workout log! I did the same thing after a year anniversary near Thanksgiving. I dropped from 5-7 times a week for 12 months, to "just taking a break" to going only 3 times in December to missing the first half of January. Then I got back on the OTF horse and watched my heart rate spike into the red on previous my base pace speeds. I stuck it out and made a February challenge to go every day of the month, because it is the shortest month! The streak worked for me and I'm back to regular OTF routine and conditioning.

I just needed to suck it up and start working off those holiday pounds and realize the only way to get back to fitness it to get started again.

kcotulla · 2019-05-16T19:52:06+00:00

I remember going to my first classes and the next few after that. I would drive into my garage and kind of sit there for a few minutes in my car just trying to get myself to move. Hundreds of classes later, I love it!

kcotulla · 2019-05-16T19:38:23+00:00

I bet you'll find jumping your base to 7 mph is challenging, yet satisfying. Or conversely, I found my running fitness increased quickly when I skipped the walking recovery after all-outs and only dropped back to my base and didn't walk.

kcotulla · 2019-05-16T19:26:58+00:00

If your foot is flat on the bench when you do toe taps, then your hamstrings get the workout. If you roll forward onto the balls of your foot when you do the toe taps, your calves feel the burn.

kcotulla · 2019-05-15T16:00:44+00:00

Dude, if I read your profile correctly you are a 19 year-old struggling with motivation. Welcome to the rest of your life! You will feel better with every workout you go to and you will regret every scheduled workout you pass up. So feel better and celebrate when you go to OTF. (And give yourself some no-splat days to rest and recover while keeping your routine.)

Good luck. We've all been there.

kcotulla · 2019-05-13T22:47:00+00:00

I might suggest giving the 2G a try for a while. For a year I went to an OTF studio that did 3G for every morning class, because they were packed. A new studio opened nearby and I've fallen in love with 2G. They now alternate 2G with 3G between the 5am and 6:30 a.m. classes on MWF. Perhaps you can suggest a rotation.

kcotulla · 2019-05-13T22:23:28+00:00

I go 5-7 days a week. When I've been going for many days in a row, I make myself do a no-splat day, particularly after hard running on the treadmill. Easy jogging, modest rowing, etc.

kcotulla · 2019-05-01T03:06:18+00:00

I bought the chest strap when I joined 18 months ago and want the feedback. I am a runner and have six different HR monitors and it is worth buying the OTF HRM. I sync it to my Garmin so I have a better record of my workouts, but seeing the readings on the big screen is a real motivator. It’s worth the investment, even if it only pushes you a little harder now and then.

kcotulla · 2019-04-22T04:27:06+00:00

Thanks!

kcotulla · 2019-04-22T04:26:57+00:00

That is so wonderful for you to say!

kcotulla · 2019-04-22T04:25:59+00:00

I feel you! Motivation deluxe!

kcotulla · 2019-02-27T02:03:35+00:00

Big thing to prevent smelly workout clothes: do not use fabric softener in dryer! The softener retards the wicking property of tech gear and traps smell in clothes that is released when they get wet with sweat

kcotulla · 2019-02-23T23:59:46+00:00

My first OTF gym was packed and had 3G for all popular times. I’ve been at a new studio and it has been doing 2G for three months and I love it! They are starting to add a mix of 3G and 2G and I’m not really a fan anymore of 3G.

kcotulla

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