Sweat On This: Orangetheory Fitness

Whether you want to drop a few or put on some lean muscle, when it comes to exercise, if it doesn’t challenge you, it won’t change you.

Which begs the questions: during your last workout, did you really push yourself? Did you include strength training with your cardio? Was your metabolic rate in a fire zone for hours after? Thanks to Orangetheory Fitness, you can achieve all of the above in every workout. Considered one of the hottest fitness brands for its science-based approach and small group setting, it’s now here in downtown Vancouver, and ready to challenge you in all the right ways.

In just under hour, you’ll work yourself into a sweat, rotating between treadmill, strength training and rowing machine. Regardless of your fitness level, your coach will ensure a safe, effective workout, one that pushes you through coloured zones, aiming for the sweet orange zone, where fat burning is accelerated, lasting hours after. And how will you know this? Thanks to the heart-rate monitor on your wrist, you can follow along your progress as its displayed on the screens above. Yes, your results are there for others to see—but trust us, no one else is watching your digits! They’re too busy sweating up a storm.

With no workout the same, Orangetheory guarantees something new and challenging every time—which, really, means zero excuses for such phenomenal fitness gains. (And, yes, that’s Canucks legend Trevor Linden giving us a special VIP preview!) —Aurea Dempsey

Orangetheory Fitness, 66 1055 Canada Place, Convention Centre West, Vancouver, 778-379-4916, convention-centre-west.orangetheoryfitness.com