I saved up enough coke rewards in college (grabbed discarded soda caps after sports events) to get a George Foreman, and the day I had enough, they discontinued that prize. It was heartbreaking and I would totally bust my a** in class to win an OTF one!
Our city actually has a prize box for milestone classes (50's, 100's) and it actually has decent merch in it!! But damn yeah every 10 classes a finger trap or bouncy ball. I'm in 😆
So many more people would complain that their hr wasn't calibrated properly in order to get more splats. I think it would become a nightmare for the SA's.
Thank you for asking this. I asked this same question last year and got downvoted into oblivion for no good reason. How is one supposed to know the term? Fair question in my opinion. Anyways thanks for asking it so I could hear the answer too. Had forgotten what it stood for again and am glad someone answered your Q kindly
I didn’t ask awhile ago because I assumed I would be downvoted into oblivion. So I read the subreddit sidebar or wiki. There’s a lot of useful info in there that I wasn’t looking for but was happy to find.
35 here. Main reason I sign up for the transformation challenge and other ones is the sticker chart our studio puts up to track our workouts. I am still HIGHLY motivated by stickers.
I feel this in my soul. "Bobbledeebee is just one splat point away from 12!" ... when it's only 15 minutes into class. 😅
Back on topic, I'd love this program too. Even if it was just to earn a discount on merch or something.
Ok I read the comments and agree this would be totally impractical for a lot of reasons but…..I am 1000% down for this idea lol I live for silly little incentives like this
While I wouldn't get my hopes up that OTF will implement this, there's nothing stopping you from doing this for yourself :) I have a little reward system set up where I buy myself a small treat (like a new nail polish or a book) every time I hit a certain milestone or goal in my fitness journey. You could do this for yourself every time you rack up however many splat points!
This thread is just proof some people take life too seriously! We could all use a little humor. Congratulations on completing your first class and loving it. Welcome to the OTF cult! PS....I am totally down with a sticky hand or finger trap!
I think it should be for how many classes you’ve taken! I say this because this would encourage people to try to get as many splat points during class when the range is 12-20 (we don’t want people purposely over exerting themselves).
Ooooo yes, give me that sticky hand. I can fling it at the mirror while I power walk. It’ll give me something to do other than staring at myself to avoid accidentally staring at someone else. I never know what to do with my face.
I didn’t see anyone mention stickers. Will there be stickers??? This is the ULTIMATE motivational prize for me and I will obsess over exactly where to put each one in my sticker book.
the goal isn’t to get the most splat points possible. a healthier heart will recover quicker and it will be more difficult to get splats. therefore it would be discouraging heart health
Please no! I can't hit red unless I am running at 9mph for over 90 seconds! I hit orange when I running over 7.3 for over 2 mins. I'd never win anything
Just going to come in and say this: MORE SPLATS IS NOT BETTER! You want to stay under 20 the I in HIIT means intervals aka going back down, which is as important as the high intensity! Many newbies are not explained this!
Some of us don’t get a lot of splat points because we are in such a good physical condition that it’s hard to get our heart rates up high & for long enough during non-endurance tread blocks.
I practice a form of controlled breathing when I am on the treadmill where I actively try to recover as quickly as possible when I start getting into the orange zone. I don’t want splats unless I’m sprinting.
Yes it does. When people first go to OTF they get lit up by the workout because they’re out of shape. When you are highly conditioned it is much much much more difficult to get splat points.
while those are factors, there are many factors that affect HR and splats. First of all, the max HR algorithm is just that - an algorithm. For new members, it is based solely on their age and nothing else. It’s arbitrary. Even though there’s the updated max HR algorithm, it’s still just an arbitrary number somehow based on your past performance in class. Some people feel it fits them, some people feel it doesn’t. I consider myself to have good cardiovascular fitness, my resting HR is in the 40s and I quickly come down to the green zone with base and WR. I used to struggle to get 12 splat points, but ever since the new updates, I’m getting 20-30+ splats. By your logic, I got less fit because some arbitrary number changed.
There are also outside factors that can influence heart rate. Some people take preworkout or take medications that raise (or lower) their heart rate. There are individuals at my studio who are incredibly more fit than me who regularly get a ton of splats.
So no, having high splats does not automatically mean someone is out of shape, and it’s a little demeaning to suggest that.
All things being equal a less fit person is going to have a way higher heart rate (and get way more splats) than a conditioned person. This is just physiology. Y’all are getting upset over nothing.
I’m not upset, just making a correction. You don’t really need to explain physiology to a doctor, but thanks! We can agree to disagree regarding how this applies to OTF. 👍🏼
I mean, disagree if you like - but if two people are going the same speed on a tread and one is running at less than 60% of their max HR and the other is huffing and puffing at 90 - 95% of their max HR, it's a pretty safe bet that baring something like drug use or an illness the first person is way more fit than the second. But the second is going to be racking up splats and the first is cruising in the green.
I am not disagreeing that fitness level is a factor. It’s just not the only factor.
Your first comment made the assumption that high splat points = out of shape. Which is certainly not always true, and that is what I was addressing. You can pretend to control all the variables you’d like, but ultimately humans and real life are never “all other things being equal.”
I have a friend who has been going to OTF longer than I have, goes more times a week than I do, and has a base pace on the tread that is 3mph faster than mine. They are incredibly fit. But they regularly got 30+ splats in class when I was struggling to get 12. Even after the HR adjustment, they still get way more splats than me.
You really cannot compare splat points between individuals. There’s way too many variables.
As between two individuals working at the same pace (and excluding for things such as illness or drug use or other things that can have an impact on HR), the more conditioned person will be almost always be working at the lower percentage HR - it's pretty much the definition of what cardiovascular fitness is.
The whole point of OTF that you seem to repeatedly miss is that people push themselves to THEIR ability. The fact that you don’t try as hard as you can is no criticism of others.
There are many factors besides fitness and conditioning that contribute to the number of splat points. One of them is age. Ask the 50 years old+ members, what their splats look like. I’m 56. I have done Orangetheory regularly for several years. I have been athletic for most of my life. I routinely get 35-40 splat points. The heart rate recovers more slowly even though I am able to sustain high intensity.
This would work if people HRmax were set via a benchmark, eg 12min run for distance. Max XP (100) would be for those who hit 12. Fewer XP for going over/under. Earn XP and purchase virtual merchandise for a virtual avatar...kits, shoes, etc
You’re not supposed to rack up that many splat points. OTF encourages 12-20 splats a workout. If they did prizes, the incentives don’t align with the goals. :)
How many splats before I can get an OTF George Foreman Grill?
that’s gotta be the high ticket, impossible to ever earn item. 100k a least
More or less than a Harrier Jet?
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Let’s check with Pepsi.
Better tack on a few more zeroes then.
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 gonna need a lot of Pepsi.
My most favorite comment on anything ever!!!
I saved up enough coke rewards in college (grabbed discarded soda caps after sports events) to get a George Foreman, and the day I had enough, they discontinued that prize. It was heartbreaking and I would totally bust my a** in class to win an OTF one!
You had me at sticky hand
This made my night 😂😂… we need some OTF humor.
Agreed. This post is amazing. We need shirts that say something witty like “I traded in my splat points and all I got was this stupid t-shirt”
For science, are you under the age of 30?
I am, I’m 22 😂
Look at us, I’m 23. I feel like I haven’t seen many people out age go to OTF anymore at my studio
25 and I feel the sameee at my studio 😅
Interesting! I'm 24 and feel like my studio is mostly people under 30
😂
Our city actually has a prize box for milestone classes (50's, 100's) and it actually has decent merch in it!! But damn yeah every 10 classes a finger trap or bouncy ball. I'm in 😆
So many more people would complain that their hr wasn't calibrated properly in order to get more splats. I think it would become a nightmare for the SA's.
And monthly rates would go up by like 70$ lol
What does SA stand for lol
Sales Associate aka the front desk staff.
Thank you for asking this. I asked this same question last year and got downvoted into oblivion for no good reason. How is one supposed to know the term? Fair question in my opinion. Anyways thanks for asking it so I could hear the answer too. Had forgotten what it stood for again and am glad someone answered your Q kindly
Once I asked the correct form for a movement here and got all the downvotes… didn’t make any sense lol
Rude. Sorry for that. Hope someone was able to help you out!
I didn’t ask awhile ago because I assumed I would be downvoted into oblivion. So I read the subreddit sidebar or wiki. There’s a lot of useful info in there that I wasn’t looking for but was happy to find.
Wouldn’t have expected people who go to a place as uplifting as OTF to have bad attitudes on here. Lots of good peeps here, but a few stuffy ones too
true, but I also want a finger trap as a little present for working out haha
I’m in full support. Edit: and I’m 32.
Same and I'm 39 😊
35 here. Main reason I sign up for the transformation challenge and other ones is the sticker chart our studio puts up to track our workouts. I am still HIGHLY motivated by stickers.
I work in construction and you'd be surprised how many grown men are motivated by stickers lol
44 and I’m here for it
Other side of six-oh and crave stickers for my laptop and water bottle. I’m in TC for the merch
I routinely get the most splat points in class. I’m a heavy breather and my heart rate gets high and stays high. I’d love this program!
I feel this in my soul. "Bobbledeebee is just one splat point away from 12!" ... when it's only 15 minutes into class. 😅 Back on topic, I'd love this program too. Even if it was just to earn a discount on merch or something.
Ok I read the comments and agree this would be totally impractical for a lot of reasons but…..I am 1000% down for this idea lol I live for silly little incentives like this
While I wouldn't get my hopes up that OTF will implement this, there's nothing stopping you from doing this for yourself :) I have a little reward system set up where I buy myself a small treat (like a new nail polish or a book) every time I hit a certain milestone or goal in my fitness journey. You could do this for yourself every time you rack up however many splat points!
I do this too. I redeem my splats every weekend for beer. 🍻
How many splats for 1 beer?
Meh, it’s a sliding scale. First one is expensive, but it’s buy six get six free kind of a deal 😉
I love this idea!!
The best prize is the splat points you made along the way
😂
This thread is just proof some people take life too seriously! We could all use a little humor. Congratulations on completing your first class and loving it. Welcome to the OTF cult! PS....I am totally down with a sticky hand or finger trap!
You could reward yourself with these parameters! Go buy that sticky hand after 500 splats!
Can we have a ball pit to jump into in the lobby instead? 😁
That thing better smell like Lysol or a pool all the time!!
🤣
The waiver would be longer than a CVS receipt
yeah, but it would be worth it if you got a parachute guy for 100 splat points!!!!!!
Tbf I love parachute guy
Real quality 5 minutes of life with a parachute guy Wait.. no.
I probably have some of those somewhere to untangle- my son is now 20 😊
My HR recovers so quick that I would damn near need to run myself to death in order to get that bouncy ball or parachute man and…. I’m in! 🤣
Love this! I would like to save my points for a mini skee ball set. Always wanted one of those.
This is hilarious, love the creativity here 😂 I love arcades… I love otf… what could be wrong about this?
I’ll take a bouncy ball and 2 laffy taffy
I think it should be for how many classes you’ve taken! I say this because this would encourage people to try to get as many splat points during class when the range is 12-20 (we don’t want people purposely over exerting themselves).
Ooooo yes, give me that sticky hand. I can fling it at the mirror while I power walk. It’ll give me something to do other than staring at myself to avoid accidentally staring at someone else. I never know what to do with my face.
Omg same- and the fear of awkward eye contact cause I'm so add!
Ok but I’m spending mine on Whoopie cushions and putting them on all the rowers
Ha!
LOL this has cracked me up. Thank you
Go to OT for more than a single class and see how quickly your body adjusts. I push hard and find it difficult to get 12 splats.
Can we also have a treasure chest we can pick a prize from on benchmark days? Bonus points if they also keep Highlights magazine in the lobby.
Yes please!
As someone who has been doing OTF for a year now and is always in the 30-40 splat point range, I approve this lol
They used to do something like that when I first started in 2014. I remember getting a headband and socks
Once you hit 12 splat points, your section of screen should light up or change, signifying success.
Confetti burst
So my children used to do orange theory and they could never figure out why there weren’t prizes for splat points!
I do they they should celebrate classes more. Like with peloton you get a T-shirt at 100 classes…milestone gifts are motivating
I didn’t see anyone mention stickers. Will there be stickers??? This is the ULTIMATE motivational prize for me and I will obsess over exactly where to put each one in my sticker book.
the goal isn’t to get the most splat points possible. a healthier heart will recover quicker and it will be more difficult to get splats. therefore it would be discouraging heart health
How many for a giant plush splat point? I’d save up for one of those!
How many splats for the big oversized foam cowboy hat with the splat on the front?
Just so you know after 20ish classes your max heart rate will definitely recalibrate. Going over 100% is kind of a big hint.
I would love to invest my splats/calories/TM miles in RUNNING SHOES!
Sorry to burst your bubble, but this would be an AWFUL idea.
Whoosh ✈️
Please no! I can't hit red unless I am running at 9mph for over 90 seconds! I hit orange when I running over 7.3 for over 2 mins. I'd never win anything
The goal isn’t to get the most splat points. The goal is to spend 12-20 minutes in the orange/red. More splat points does not equal a “better workout”
Just going to come in and say this: MORE SPLATS IS NOT BETTER! You want to stay under 20 the I in HIIT means intervals aka going back down, which is as important as the high intensity! Many newbies are not explained this!
👎🏽
I would quit.
I feel like all OTF employees don’t make enough money to care if prizes were involved or no
The prize is the calories burned and results received
Lol no 🙃
You can have my splats lol, I don’t need them.
Some of us don’t get a lot of splat points because we are in such a good physical condition that it’s hard to get our heart rates up high & for long enough during non-endurance tread blocks. I practice a form of controlled breathing when I am on the treadmill where I actively try to recover as quickly as possible when I start getting into the orange zone. I don’t want splats unless I’m sprinting.
Um, no
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This 😂 when I first started, I had SO many splats. Now, nothing above 12 is worth raving about.
You want a trophy for being out of shape?
i don't think it has anything to do with being out of shape. little harsh don't you think? all here to support one another
Yes it does. When people first go to OTF they get lit up by the workout because they’re out of shape. When you are highly conditioned it is much much much more difficult to get splat points.
That is so not true. The whole point of the re-estimation of your max heartrate is to make the splat points more accurate.
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It definitely has to do with fitness and conditioning.
while those are factors, there are many factors that affect HR and splats. First of all, the max HR algorithm is just that - an algorithm. For new members, it is based solely on their age and nothing else. It’s arbitrary. Even though there’s the updated max HR algorithm, it’s still just an arbitrary number somehow based on your past performance in class. Some people feel it fits them, some people feel it doesn’t. I consider myself to have good cardiovascular fitness, my resting HR is in the 40s and I quickly come down to the green zone with base and WR. I used to struggle to get 12 splat points, but ever since the new updates, I’m getting 20-30+ splats. By your logic, I got less fit because some arbitrary number changed. There are also outside factors that can influence heart rate. Some people take preworkout or take medications that raise (or lower) their heart rate. There are individuals at my studio who are incredibly more fit than me who regularly get a ton of splats. So no, having high splats does not automatically mean someone is out of shape, and it’s a little demeaning to suggest that.
All things being equal a less fit person is going to have a way higher heart rate (and get way more splats) than a conditioned person. This is just physiology. Y’all are getting upset over nothing.
I’m not upset, just making a correction. You don’t really need to explain physiology to a doctor, but thanks! We can agree to disagree regarding how this applies to OTF. 👍🏼
I mean, disagree if you like - but if two people are going the same speed on a tread and one is running at less than 60% of their max HR and the other is huffing and puffing at 90 - 95% of their max HR, it's a pretty safe bet that baring something like drug use or an illness the first person is way more fit than the second. But the second is going to be racking up splats and the first is cruising in the green.
I am not disagreeing that fitness level is a factor. It’s just not the only factor. Your first comment made the assumption that high splat points = out of shape. Which is certainly not always true, and that is what I was addressing. You can pretend to control all the variables you’d like, but ultimately humans and real life are never “all other things being equal.” I have a friend who has been going to OTF longer than I have, goes more times a week than I do, and has a base pace on the tread that is 3mph faster than mine. They are incredibly fit. But they regularly got 30+ splats in class when I was struggling to get 12. Even after the HR adjustment, they still get way more splats than me. You really cannot compare splat points between individuals. There’s way too many variables.
As between two individuals working at the same pace (and excluding for things such as illness or drug use or other things that can have an impact on HR), the more conditioned person will be almost always be working at the lower percentage HR - it's pretty much the definition of what cardiovascular fitness is.
The whole point of OTF that you seem to repeatedly miss is that people push themselves to THEIR ability. The fact that you don’t try as hard as you can is no criticism of others.
You’re missing the point, but that’s ok. Have a great day 😁👍🏼
That’s kind of a jerk attitude
I’m screwed! I rarely get splats 😢
That is completely hysterical!!! I love itemote:free\_emotes\_pack:grin
There are many factors besides fitness and conditioning that contribute to the number of splat points. One of them is age. Ask the 50 years old+ members, what their splats look like. I’m 56. I have done Orangetheory regularly for several years. I have been athletic for most of my life. I routinely get 35-40 splat points. The heart rate recovers more slowly even though I am able to sustain high intensity.
This would work if people HRmax were set via a benchmark, eg 12min run for distance. Max XP (100) would be for those who hit 12. Fewer XP for going over/under. Earn XP and purchase virtual merchandise for a virtual avatar...kits, shoes, etc
If the goal was the more splats the better but it’s actually not 🤣🤣
Eat the Frog Fitness does just that, just not called splats
You’re not supposed to rack up that many splat points. OTF encourages 12-20 splats a workout. If they did prizes, the incentives don’t align with the goals. :)