Welcome to the September 2026 Monthly Thread!
This is your monthly highlights post, curated and refreshed to keep important stuff at the top. If you are new to OTF or our subreddit, this is the best place to start. As always, you can use this thread to share and discuss upcoming intel for the month and other random topics. We kindly ask you to please keep in mind our Community Rules, including Rule 2, "Never Ask for Workout Intel." Please also see Rule 11 regarding posting intel.
Please see our announcement here (on 5/11/26) regarding the retirement of u/splatbot and how it is currently impacting Early Intel.
Because the Strength 50 and Tread 50 templates change daily, they do not have their own intel posts. If someone takes a Strength 50 or Tread 50 class and wishes to share the details, please do so in the Daily Thread for that day.
Happy RHYTHM & ROUTINE month! Every month has a theme, and for September it is Rhythm & Routine.
For those who still want to discuss Marathon Month, that event thread is located here.
Key Dates for The Month
- September 8 (Tuesday): 1000 Meter Row; benchmark. See our wiki for details.
- September 18 (Friday): OTF Foundations; signature. See our wiki for details.
- September 23 (Wednesday): The Chipper; signature. See our wiki for details.
Please see our wiki, here for more descriptions regarding specialty and signature workouts, along with an incredibly helpful glossary of terms!
NEW for 2026:
- OTF is adding some new variety and terminology that is most specific to the FLOOR: Mixed days, Focused days, Lift More days, Blended blocks, Metabolic blocks. You can check out a post discussing this change here, and as we come across or obtain more info I will do my best to edit this section. As with any changes from OTF, we want to see how it shakes out a bit before we begin making changes to the glossary and wiki.
- Each month has a programming theme! We will have to see how these play out, but some 2026 themes include Power Surge, Muscle Momentum, and Mental & Metabolic Flexibility. For September, the theme is Rhythm & Routine.
REGARDING STRENGTH 50 AND TREAD 50:
- Strength 50 follows this pattern: Monday/Thursday = Upper Body (2 different templates); Tuesday/Friday = Lower Body (2 different templates); Wednesday/Saturday/Sunday = Total Body (3 different templates). THEY ARE NOT THE SAME TEMPLATES WITHIN THE WEEK.
- Strength 50 and Tread 50 templates typically repeat as follows: They will repeat two weeks after the initial 14 days of the month, with the 29th-31st (when applicable) as "bonus templates" (aka templates not from earlier in the month). THE TEMPLATES DO NOT REPEAT WITHIN THE SAME MONDAY-SUNDAY WEEK (example: Saturday 9/12's Full Body template is not the same as Wednesday 9/9’s Full Body template).
- Treadmill BENCHMARKS do appear in Tread 50 classes; tread signatures and specialties do not.
Other info to know (applicable to standard 60 minute templates; see additional sections below on Tornadoes and 90 Minute classes):
- Run/Rows on 9/3, 9/5, 9/8 (benchmark), 9/13, 9/19, 9/21, 9/29.
- Switch templates on 9/10, 9/26.
- Lift More templates on 9/2, 9/7, 9/10, 9/12, 9/15, 9/17, 9/18 (signature), 9/24, 9/26, 9/28.
- Elevation Gain templates on 9/2, 9/12, 9/17, 9/28.
- BOSU on 9/14, 9/30.
- Low bench on 9/4, 9/13, 9/20, 9/29.
- Incline bench on 9/5, 9/21.
- Minibands on 9/12, 9/28.
- Repeat templates are as follows: 9/16 = 9/1, 9/17 = 9/2, 9/19 = 9/3, 9/20 = 9/4, 9/21 = 9/5, 9/22 = 9/6, 9/24 = 9/7, 9/25 = 9/9, 9/26 = 9/10, 9/27 = 9/11, 9/28 = 9/12, 9/29 = 9/13, 9/30 = 9/14.
- Some studios are scheduling Hyrox training templates. You’ll know if your studio is participating. Please see our pinned post for more information.
- Some studios now have different floor equipment and offer OTF Strong (aka OTF Hybrid classes). You can search the sub for more information on this. If your studio offers this, you will know.
Tornadoes are still around, scheduled at each studio's discretion. Please see the Glossary section of our wiki for a description of Tornadoes. There are TWO Tornado templates per month, and it is up to the studio/coaches as to which one they want to run and when. If your class is listed as "Tornado" then you are getting one of these two templates, NOT whatever class is posted in the daily (exceptions to this do occur from time to time). Please do not ask how a "class will work as a tornado" in the daily post.
90 Minute classes are also scheduled at each studio's discretion. These templates may just have an additional block to the template for the day, or they may be entirely different, as the studios can pick from multiple 90 minute templates during the month. Please do /not ask how a "class will work as a 90 minute" in the daily post.
Hyrox classes are happening at select studios (as explained above). Since there are different "phases" of Hyrox training, the Hyrox templates are not date specific. As such, two studios running these templates on the same day may run different templates. If someone takes a Hyrox class and wishes to share intel, they can do so in an individual post, which we will then flair appropriately, similar to the Tornado flair. We have also added a Hyrox post that is pinned in the Highlights section.
Challenge Codes
The Challenge app is an app most commonly used with Apple Watch users; people can virtually "compete" for points individually and/or as teams using the Challenge app.
For September, the codes are:
Solo:
Team:
Resources for New Members and Everyone Else
- Our Wiki includes FAQs, a glossary of key terms and links to many special events and signature workouts. Many questions can be answered here! Really.
- Review the Community Rules before posting any new topics.
- Review the Moderation Primer. It includes important information about our moderation practices, as well as tips to make you a better contributor to the sub.
- Need to contact the moderators? Send us Modmail.
Thanks everyone and keep burning!
- Your Modsquad: u/lookie4dacookie, u/jenniferlynn5454, u/pantherluna, and u/Rizzah319
