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My wife got me to start going to Orange Theory with her about a year ago. At first I was reluctant because I thought it was really more of a thing for stay at home housewives in yoga pants, but it was no joke. I swear I was about to collapse after the first class and bear in mind I used to be a Muay Thai fighter, so I did years of pretty harsh conditioning when I was in my 20s. So I started doing a couple of days of Orange with her per week in between my regular lifting sessions and the results speak for themselves. I've had to take some time off from lifting due to a couple of injuries that aren't going away, so I've been focusing on just lower body. I decided to go running yesterday morning and I ran 4.18 miles outside at an average pace of 6:59. I was pretty shocked about that. I used to run when I would train for fights and I usually ran somewhere between 8:00 and 9:00 minutes per mile, so apparently all that running and cardio at Orange works. I wish that place existed back when I was still fighting.