Orangetheory Fitness New Orleans – Mid City

Terrible customer service. Not worth time or money when there are so many other great places to work out that offer great customer service and overall experience.

I love the experience! This gets you moving. The program works you with cardio and strength. The front desk, especially Jamie is awesome. They are helpful and friendly. I have had bad experience with heart rate monitor failing but I’m still getting work in and that’s the important part, they will get the tech worked out. The workout keeps you moving so much you don’t get bored. They can work on changing up the music a little more, lots of repeat when you go to multiple classes. This is experience is expensive if you compare to a gym, but that’s not apples to apples. This is a class setting with assistance from trainers and recordered performance results. It’s actually cheap if you compare what you would pay for this type of experience at a gym.
Try the first free workout, you will be hooked!
Results on the scale, first week!

Still working out the kinks I think… but I was overall not terribly impressed. I arrived 7 minutes early as I had never been there before — the girl who checked me in took my name but never offered me a heart rate monitor. I thought maybe we’d all go over it before we started, but then we started and it was obvious she’d forgotten to give me one. This colored most of the rest of the experience, as I was rushed to put it on — then it clearly wasn’t working correctly. Half the time it didn’t connect at all, the other part put my effort in the «red zone» ranging from 115−140% when I know I was not working that hard. If you’re not familiar with their theory, the whole class is based on you being able to check your effort level on the scoreboard (aiming for the orange zone). This was not an option due to my malfunctioning/​improperly placed HR monitor — very frustrating.
There is limited time spent teaching/​correcting rowing technique — this is a technical skill which is easy to do wrong and could lead to injury if not done correctly.
the floor part was uninspiring as well, the music was meh — and the trainer thought so too as he spent half the time skipping to the next song.
I’ve only been to one class, and I know they just opened. so I would give it another shot. but definitely a subpar experience.

I was so excited to hear an OTF studio was opening in New Orleans after hearing about OTF from friends who work at one in Miami, FL and trying a class down there. I was sad there wasn’t a studio in the state of Louisiana. But finally!!! The workout is nothing like I’ve ever experienced and it’s intense! The trainers keep you motivated to keep pushing yourself and after a few times you can really feel yourself improving with every class. I love it! I recently had a 6 day hiatus because I was out of town and when I came back I was kind of scared of what to expect again. Oh yeah, SWEAT. This has been the best investment I have made for my health and I am addicted. You must try it!

Talk about an intense workout!
From treadmills to row machines to floor/​strength work OTF is the most intense and gratifying workout I have ever tried. Keep track of your own stats and progress with the heart monitors and get your results afterwards and in your email. The music, like the workout, is face paced and high energy. No workout is ever the same! Keep your muscles guessing as you reach the «orange zone.» So far after several classes I average about 540 calories burned. But NOT including the afterburn – orange theory effects!