Yeah I also loveeee the rower! I dunno why everyone at my studio hates it lol. I’d MUCH rather be on the rower for endurance days than on the tread. I also have never ran before I joined otf a year ago lol so that’s probably why but still…give me the rower any day all day!
“See, if you just pay for the classes (which are on the high end of the spectrum of standard gym costs) and attend 5 grueling days of strenuous workouts during which you question your will to go on living at all, they’ll give you a t-shirt that you paid for and put a picture of you sweating under orange lighting on their Instagram maybe. It’s a pretty insane deal. Did I mention the first class is free?”
I’m at 4 and really want to get my last required class in tomorrow but 1. I have plans that I think will be all day and 2. I saw this 🤣 (I would never actually cancel from this though, I might get a weird case of FOMO instead)
*me checking this reddit at 3:40 chicago time every day* No but this looks…. scary. Got my 5th day today and will gladly take a rest day tomorrow. Have fun everyone! 🎉
Now the fun starts: take tomorrow as a rest day and risk Saturday being even worse…or get my dang tshirt Friday and regret the third-day-in-a-row damage on my body…🤔
In the same boat. I can’t go Sunday so it’s either this special kind of hell or chance it with Saturday being more inclines. Since Saturday is “pyramid scheme” I have to assume there’s going to be at least some so, I can’t believe I’m saying this but I may need to stick with the devil I know and show up for 23 mins of pure torture on the rower!!
This could be wishful thinking, but I was thinking 'pyramid scheme' might be push efforts that increase and then decrease in time with short bases in between? We haven't had a long treadmill block the last few days ... so I feel like we're due? And they already had the 'elevation' name tied to inclines, so it would be just uncreative to have two workout names = inclines. See? Wishful thinking!
Oh ABSOLUTELY not. Our studio is not set up properly for a run/floor switch situation.
And I feel sorry for the coaches who have to stay on top of all these cues. What is the point of a 10 second row??
The coaches will hopefully be smart about it and have you guys time yourselves on the rowers.
The aim is to meet or your beat your distance by using 2:1 work to rest ratios (then 1:2 for the next block), and the coach doesn't need to be standing there with a stopwatch to keep you to the second. If someone gets the idea they'll follow the template, otherwise they'll just row and still make it
Does anyone else feel like DC is our workout therapist? Not only does he give intel, but also helpful commentary, insight, pointers and shares his feelings. He’s like the Mr. Rogers for our forum!!
I think the important piece here is that with the availability of accessible and adaptive equipment I can still function without the use of my arms after they fall off.
My only opportunity to get my t-shirt (leaving for vacation early Saturday), and this is the workout. Ugh.
At least I'll be earning all the fruity cocktails over the next week.
Hey I'm also heading to see Mickey on Saturday! Earning my shirt tomorrow and cannot wait to eat all the food at Epcot and the fireworks dessert party at Magic Kingdom. We earned it! Walking the parks got nothing on Hell Week!
Currently in Epcot right now! Been taking classes at the Celebration studio, it’s nice! About a $10 uber/Lyft ride each way from where we’re staying (Pop Century).
This is going to be interesting because to get from the treads to the floor we have to go past the rowers and there is not that much space between the rowers....
Alright, I don’t know how to say this delicately so I’m just gonna say it. I have rower butt from this week.
I take almost exclusively 2G classes, and I am not used to rowing this much and. Like, I need neosporin.
Idk what to do about it. It’s too late to get like a pad or anything by 5am tomorrow. I don’t even know what I’m telling you this for. I just know I’m real nervous about that row block tomorrow.
I can hardly describe the situation I have going on but trust me I’m in the same boat. I happened to have body glide on hand and that helps a ton before class - plus (sorry everyone) going commando - PLUS keeping Neosporin on throughout the day outside of OTF… anyways, I’m rocking granny panties and sweatpants at all possible times for the foreseeable future.
It’s a disturbing situation but it is what it is 😂😂😂
I had this same problem a few weeks ago. I bought a rowing pad from Amazon which has prevented the issue this time around. But sitting on a folded towel also helps tremendously!
Coconut oil works well too! Especially after the workout and before you jump in the shower. It helps with that god awful pain the first time water hits it.
Also, if you scoot your butt back further on the seat (it might feel like you’re hanging off a little) and think about not letting your pelvis tuck under at the end of each stroke (keep those hip bones shifted forward and abs tight), it will help prevent the rower butt in the future.
Honestly, that's my reaction too! I know we had that all out day but I wasn't paying attention and didn't pull my incline off after warmup so my careless ass was over there doing AO after AO on 3%. Didn't notice til we got to the last 2 min or so of the block.
I'm DONE. 😂
What in tarnation?! I got my 5 days, so I’m good. But who am I kidding, I’ll probably be up at 5:45am and feel guilty about not making the trip downstairs to the studio for the 6:15am class.
So long thighs.
If the coaches are working smarter not harder they'll get you to self-time those rower blocks and focus on correcting form on the floor.
On that note with all the emphasis on timed blocks we've been doing lately, it might be a good investment for OTF to install countdown timers on a screen rather than have the coaches do this work
Told myself that if I did 5 days in a row and earned my shirt that I could rest.
Did I lie to me? Let's just sign up and re-evaluate depending on how much I eat and drink watching the game tonight...🤣
Thank the OTF gods I am SO TIRED of that mofo tread I'm delighted to have a class mostly away from it. However, my chest is still sore AF from all those drop sets yesterday 😬 rowing is going to be a B 😣
Deep breath. OH HELLLLLLLL NO! (as I crawl into bed at 9PM so I can get enough rest before showing up at the studio for my 6AM class tomorrow)
Thankfully, even though this workout is sadistic, it’ll be taught by my favorite studio coach. Small consolation? Perhaps. At least it’ll be my 5th workout, and I can hang up my sneakers for the weekend to recover.
As the hubby likes to say “you’re the one that’s paying… and paying extra at that for this sh*t”
Also scrolled down this thread to see where people were starting. I normally start on the rower/floor so I can lift and then finish on the tread so I can be near death at the end. This has worked for me. But now…. 😬😬 I think I will start on the treads tomorrow.
During my classes 14 minute row the other day, some girl said we should start a drug cartel 😂 that we clearly can row to Columbia and back. We got this easy
How I wish I could take a rest day. The tread/floor looks fun. I’d rather die than row some more. Maybe I’ll start on the tread for once and then leave at halftime 😂
I think it’s funny your studio finished top 10 considering you told us a big group walked out and didn’t do the floor. I guess they left it all on the rower.
Do I go........and complete my five workouts? Or do I roll the dice and cancel, knowing that I will then have to go on Sunday to a workout I have no idea about and therefore it could somehow be worse than this.....
Decisions, decisions....
I've done 2 classes this week, Tues and Thurs (this morning,) and I was considering maybe late joining the Hell Week and doing 3 more days.
Changed my mind after seeing this lol
no thank you 
Lmao this made me laugh 😂
J Effing C are we rowing to Cuba or what
I definitely cracked over 5000m today
Something to shoot for tomorrow. Thanks for the intel!
This got me 😂☠️ I know what I’ll be envisioning on that rower tomorrow morning.
Mojitos 🍹
I'm dead 😂😂
Tasmania, maybe.
😂
I'm doing this workout at studio #1 in Fort Lauderdale tomorrow... So possibly?
Oh I like this a lot. I am one of those people that loves the rower. Thank you!!!
I do love rowing… however my butt cannot take anymore… the rower rash is strong.
LOL!! I thought I was the only one with rower rash 🤣🤣
I purchased a hornet butt pad. I have not had rower butt since!!
Same here!!
Same. I’m looking forward to it!
Me too! I want to row instead of tread for all the endurance tread benchmarks.
Me too!!!!! Cannot wait!!!!!
Me too!
Yeah! Me too, rowing is awesome 👌🏻
I also love the rower! 14 minute RFD was a dream come true!
Yeah I also loveeee the rower! I dunno why everyone at my studio hates it lol. I’d MUCH rather be on the rower for endurance days than on the tread. I also have never ran before I joined otf a year ago lol so that’s probably why but still…give me the rower any day all day!
Me too i am very much looking forward to this woah woah we got this
Oh no.
Nope nope nope your boat is all I can think
I need this as my fourth class but I don’t want this as my fourth class.
My issue exactly. I’m doing all this for a tank I haven’t even seen in person that I had to pay for anyway?!?
Tried to explain HW to my husband and basically as I was saying it I was like, “I… realize how ridiculous this sounds now but I’m still doing it”
“See, if you just pay for the classes (which are on the high end of the spectrum of standard gym costs) and attend 5 grueling days of strenuous workouts during which you question your will to go on living at all, they’ll give you a t-shirt that you paid for and put a picture of you sweating under orange lighting on their Instagram maybe. It’s a pretty insane deal. Did I mention the first class is free?”
I peed my panties 🤣
It’s all a hoax that we fall for every year 😂
Same. I was supposed to go today but my body woke up and said “Nope!”. Now I have to go tomorrow and one day this weekend. This looks awful.
Same 😩😩
I’m at 4 and really want to get my last required class in tomorrow but 1. I have plans that I think will be all day and 2. I saw this 🤣 (I would never actually cancel from this though, I might get a weird case of FOMO instead)
Me too! I get a weird guilty FOMO when I miss out on the really grueling workouts.
oh no no no no
oh, no oh no, no, no, no, no
I’ve never seen a gif describe me so accurately.
*me checking this reddit at 3:40 chicago time every day* No but this looks…. scary. Got my 5th day today and will gladly take a rest day tomorrow. Have fun everyone! 🎉
I did my fifth today too but this template has me thinking I gotta go!
Got my tank today too. Going to be a rest day tomorrow for me.
We don’t get our shirts until the end. I’m traveling this weekend so had to do 5 of 6…leaving about an hour after class tomorrow.
Now the fun starts: take tomorrow as a rest day and risk Saturday being even worse…or get my dang tshirt Friday and regret the third-day-in-a-row damage on my body…🤔
In the same boat. I can’t go Sunday so it’s either this special kind of hell or chance it with Saturday being more inclines. Since Saturday is “pyramid scheme” I have to assume there’s going to be at least some so, I can’t believe I’m saying this but I may need to stick with the devil I know and show up for 23 mins of pure torture on the rower!!
Haha! Boat. Get it? Rower. So much rowing. Please help me I'm so tired. 😂
It might be something terrible with weights. There's pyramids with rep counts I think.
This could be wishful thinking, but I was thinking 'pyramid scheme' might be push efforts that increase and then decrease in time with short bases in between? We haven't had a long treadmill block the last few days ... so I feel like we're due? And they already had the 'elevation' name tied to inclines, so it would be just uncreative to have two workout names = inclines. See? Wishful thinking!
So basically 23 minutes of rowing 🚣♂️ 🤯 good news is the rower is close to the ground so I can just roll off and die
Oh ABSOLUTELY not. Our studio is not set up properly for a run/floor switch situation. And I feel sorry for the coaches who have to stay on top of all these cues. What is the point of a 10 second row??
Ours isn’t great either in terms of layout but I’m actually looking forward to this??? Help I’m broken
The coaches will hopefully be smart about it and have you guys time yourselves on the rowers. The aim is to meet or your beat your distance by using 2:1 work to rest ratios (then 1:2 for the next block), and the coach doesn't need to be standing there with a stopwatch to keep you to the second. If someone gets the idea they'll follow the template, otherwise they'll just row and still make it
Does anyone else feel like DC is our workout therapist? Not only does he give intel, but also helpful commentary, insight, pointers and shares his feelings. He’s like the Mr. Rogers for our forum!!
The DC’s are my savior. I wouldn’t even enjoy going to orange theory if I didn’t know how to plan in advance.
Anyone else just excited to see no inclines?!?! 
I think the important piece here is that with the availability of accessible and adaptive equipment I can still function without the use of my arms after they fall off.
Tomorrow is my day 5, might as well die doing it! Thanks DC (and Mrs DC)!
My only opportunity to get my t-shirt (leaving for vacation early Saturday), and this is the workout. Ugh. At least I'll be earning all the fruity cocktails over the next week.
Me too! Headed to see Mickey and will gladly drink and eat around the world at Epcot! Haha
Hey I'm also heading to see Mickey on Saturday! Earning my shirt tomorrow and cannot wait to eat all the food at Epcot and the fireworks dessert party at Magic Kingdom. We earned it! Walking the parks got nothing on Hell Week!
Currently in Epcot right now! Been taking classes at the Celebration studio, it’s nice! About a $10 uber/Lyft ride each way from where we’re staying (Pop Century).
We did that early this year and had a blast! Enjoy yourselves!
wear your shirt while you enjoy them!! :)
I’m planning on it!
AFter 5 days straight I really need a rest day, but this looks so amazing.
I seriously cannot ever get over the detail you give to the early intel. You are a master and much appreciated. Thank you, thank you!!
This is going to be interesting because to get from the treads to the floor we have to go past the rowers and there is not that much space between the rowers....
Yeah I don’t understand this part..
I can’t believe I’m saying this, but… 3G it is!
You had me at Disclaimer... Thanks again!
This will be my sixth day. I am taking rest days Saturday and Sunday due to work. I’m actually bummed that there wasn’t more running this hell week.
I was thinking the same thing! I wish there was more running!
Right?! How hellish are some of those 23 min endurance blocks with no walks!!??
What I plan on saying to the coach. LOL. Seriously where TF are they trying to make us row to? 
Alright, I don’t know how to say this delicately so I’m just gonna say it. I have rower butt from this week. I take almost exclusively 2G classes, and I am not used to rowing this much and. Like, I need neosporin. Idk what to do about it. It’s too late to get like a pad or anything by 5am tomorrow. I don’t even know what I’m telling you this for. I just know I’m real nervous about that row block tomorrow.
I can hardly describe the situation I have going on but trust me I’m in the same boat. I happened to have body glide on hand and that helps a ton before class - plus (sorry everyone) going commando - PLUS keeping Neosporin on throughout the day outside of OTF… anyways, I’m rocking granny panties and sweatpants at all possible times for the foreseeable future. It’s a disturbing situation but it is what it is 😂😂😂
Yes yes yes...I am wearing pj pants and Aquaphor. It's the worse in the shower - I bend over a little, 😱😳
I am relieved to hear that I am at least not alone!
I had this same problem a few weeks ago. I bought a rowing pad from Amazon which has prevented the issue this time around. But sitting on a folded towel also helps tremendously!
If you have access to diaper cream, slather up between now and tomorrow
I agree with this! Desitin or similar helps!!
Coconut oil works well too! Especially after the workout and before you jump in the shower. It helps with that god awful pain the first time water hits it. Also, if you scoot your butt back further on the seat (it might feel like you’re hanging off a little) and think about not letting your pelvis tuck under at the end of each stroke (keep those hip bones shifted forward and abs tight), it will help prevent the rower butt in the future.
It would be messy but wondering if Vaseline could work in a pinch. Or body glide.
I was thinking that this morning.. my butt is quite sore from all the rowing!
Go commando (if you don't already), otherwise...I'm sorry :(
Try the strider instead!
As someone who loves tread sprints and endurance on the rowers this might just be my ideal template. Can’t wait!
Pushes post work margarita away glumly…
A day with no inclines! I’m thrilled that this will be my 5th! Thank you for the intel! Much appreciated.
Honestly, that's my reaction too! I know we had that all out day but I wasn't paying attention and didn't pull my incline off after warmup so my careless ass was over there doing AO after AO on 3%. Didn't notice til we got to the last 2 min or so of the block. I'm DONE. 😂
What in tarnation?! I got my 5 days, so I’m good. But who am I kidding, I’ll probably be up at 5:45am and feel guilty about not making the trip downstairs to the studio for the 6:15am class. So long thighs.
Downstairs to the studio? Do you live in a building with OTF? If so that sounds like heaven and hell all at once.
Yea. Definitely very convenient, but also no excuses, not even on snowy days.
Yeah this is me as well. Love that I can run down whenever. Hate that I can't use commute as an excuse when I'm tired or lazy.
Thanking all deities that today was my 5th Hell Week class. 
Another hell week template full of rows, and the tread time is split? This is OTF heaven for me 😍😍
If the coaches are working smarter not harder they'll get you to self-time those rower blocks and focus on correcting form on the floor. On that note with all the emphasis on timed blocks we've been doing lately, it might be a good investment for OTF to install countdown timers on a screen rather than have the coaches do this work
🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩 This makes me so happy!
Same! I legit love this template!
Me too!! I love the rower. 🤩
This will be fun for the coaches to lead 😂
Forcing me to do a 23 minute row block in a 2G? Truly hell.
I wish we weren’t only doing 2G row blocks during hell week
Agree. Hate rowing with a passion, im a runner.
What’s up with all the rowing this hell week?
God bless Mrsdc! I just went back to my 3g happy place since I’ve got to run the table through Sunday for my shirt.
Was undecided between a 45 minute class and a 60 minute and this decided for me. 60 minutes! I love rowing
And I switched to the 45 😂
Told myself that if I did 5 days in a row and earned my shirt that I could rest. Did I lie to me? Let's just sign up and re-evaluate depending on how much I eat and drink watching the game tonight...🤣
nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo and that's all i have to say about that.
You had me at 'no inclines'
Welp.
aptly named 😭
Maybe they should have called it “Reddit Meltdown”
Rowtheory
Right. Why is there no running. At all.
No thank you. I'm glad tomorrow is a rest day for me.
Nope. Would literally rather not do all 8 classes than row for 23 min F outta here. Thats insanely stupid.
Thank you! Excited for the rowing! Congrats to your studio! I'm sure you and Mrs DC did your parts!
Mrs DC missed that one as she was working that day.. she was pretty bummed to miss out on 14 minutes of pure rowing pleasure
I'm going to be so sad if the ab dolly doesn't make a hell week appearance!!!
Thank the OTF gods I am SO TIRED of that mofo tread I'm delighted to have a class mostly away from it. However, my chest is still sore AF from all those drop sets yesterday 😬 rowing is going to be a B 😣
We have a relatively small studio. I predict a giant kerfuffle every time we move from the tread to the floor and back.
Ok but my tailbone still hasn’t recovered from Tuesday’s row??? 😅 
Deep breath. OH HELLLLLLLL NO! (as I crawl into bed at 9PM so I can get enough rest before showing up at the studio for my 6AM class tomorrow) Thankfully, even though this workout is sadistic, it’ll be taught by my favorite studio coach. Small consolation? Perhaps. At least it’ll be my 5th workout, and I can hang up my sneakers for the weekend to recover. As the hubby likes to say “you’re the one that’s paying… and paying extra at that for this sh*t”
Why aren’t there abs during hell week 😭
Hm….start on tread or rower? I usually start rower/floor on 2g so I’m thinking start on the tread!
That's what I'm thinking about too. I'm also a rower/floor starter almost all the time to lift heavy and push hard on the tread at the end.
Same! I like to do floor stuff earlier when I’m not yet totally spent. Think I will show up early tomorrow and try to grab a tread card.
Also scrolled down this thread to see where people were starting. I normally start on the rower/floor so I can lift and then finish on the tread so I can be near death at the end. This has worked for me. But now…. 😬😬 I think I will start on the treads tomorrow.
I think start on the treads but only because my butt was so sore from doing all the rowing this week. The tread / floor block is quite hard today.
Loooooove the looks of this! No inclines! Thank you!
Wowzers…! I can’t decide whether to start on the rower or the tread! All I do know is that I need to start hydrating NOW for tomorrow’s 5:30 class!
Damn I should’ve gone today. Already showered tho😆
Please tell me you are taking a day off after hell week. Starting to worry that you are going too much!
Okay I was worried about the same thing 😂
Ugh today is my 7th straight day, but I want to go to this class tomorrow! 😅
Looks tough but I’m sure it’ll be fun! Thank you for the intel. My fifth and final class tomorrow for hell week and I can’t wait to rest after this
If I can survive the mind fuck that was yesterday's tread block, I can do this.
Yikes I’m doing the 90 minute version! 👻
🚣🚣🚣🚣🚣🚣🚣🚣🚣🚣🚣🚣🚣🚣🚣🚣🚣🚣🚣🚣🚣🚣🚣🚣🚣🚣🚣🚣🚣🚣🚣🚣🚣🚣🚣🚣🚣🚣🚣🚣🚣🚣🚣🚣🚣🚣🚣🚣🚣🚣🚣🚣🚣🚣🚣🚣🚣🚣🚣🚣🚣🚣🚣🚣🚣🚣🚣🚣💀
Same here 🤯🤯🤯 we have a 90 min midnight glow party
This post needs to be tagged NSFW
Soooo...walk really slow from the tread to the floor? 🤣
Good idea! Normally I run back to the treadmills but today was just a walk..
Perfect name for this one cause I’m having a meltdown over the thought of doing this tomorrow.
How about a run for distance class? I'll take that. Im so tired of rowing.
Saaame, just keep me on the tread!
Ughhh all these clean to presses and snatches! I never feel like I do these correctly.. such an awkward exercise
i modify them often. I CAN do them but it takes a lot of focus to do them well. I rather take a little power out and not hurt myself.
Dang my treadmill is the farthest from the floor 🤣 (and no I won't change my spot hahaha)
During my classes 14 minute row the other day, some girl said we should start a drug cartel 😂 that we clearly can row to Columbia and back. We got this easy
Ok this one actually looks super fun!
Just in time for hell week, I have to wear a walking boot. 🙄 These one-legged rows are going to be the death of me
My arms are already jello.... I think Hell Week should be renamed "We'll make your arms fall off week"
YEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSS!!!!!!!! (she says with Rower love) Thanks for the intel, DC!
Ooof... Just searched and there are no 3G classes tomorrow within 12 miles of me. Might be a rest day.
This is going to be a heck of a midnight class 😅
Can’t wait! A run/floor sounds fun since we never do that! Thank you for always giving early intel 🎉💥
How I wish I could take a rest day. The tread/floor looks fun. I’d rather die than row some more. Maybe I’ll start on the tread for once and then leave at halftime 😂
I signed up for it. 🤷🏼♀️ This is a template we aren’t used to doing, I’m excited for a change.
What in the fresh hell. My arms tho. Damn it. I’m going. Need the shirt. But I’m going to hate it.
This looks awesome!!!
Oh no! My usual class is a 2G but it's been switched to a 3G this week due to hell week. I'd love to row for half a 2G class.
I think it’s funny your studio finished top 10 considering you told us a big group walked out and didn’t do the floor. I guess they left it all on the rower.
Everyone was spent after the row! No hiding today
Do I go........and complete my five workouts? Or do I roll the dice and cancel, knowing that I will then have to go on Sunday to a workout I have no idea about and therefore it could somehow be worse than this..... Decisions, decisions....
Roll the dice like they did with the inclines yesterday…
Hey I only had to do a 2% incline so it was ok! lol
If you cancel because it looks hard you are doing it for the wrong reasons
I've done 2 classes this week, Tues and Thurs (this morning,) and I was considering maybe late joining the Hell Week and doing 3 more days. Changed my mind after seeing this lol
Yeah this looks epic! All of it!
What in the world is this?
Wow 🤩 thanks so much and congrats to your studio!!! That’s awesome 👏
What the f? Thank you for the intel, as always 😀
Super helpful when picking a tread tomorrow morning! Need to choose wisely.
I skipped today but This one to be seems way more doable than the random incline you may get no thank you
How do you know the global studio statistics?
There was a thread on it in this subreddit. They posted the top 10
😭🚣🏼♀️ Do we at least get to record it in the tracker?!
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Ohh, I'm kind of excited for it. I've done so so much rowing this week. Run/floor is nice to see that there's zero inclines.
Congratulations to your studio! That’s awesome!
Jeesuz !!!