Turbo-Fire, getting ready to go
So with Chalean Extreme now complete, the next workout to do is Beachbodys newest Turbo Fire.
This workout is Chalene Johnson’s newest cardio conditioning workout with the emphasis on HIIT High Intensity Interval Training.
This is not a new concept, but Chalene has done an excellent job in putting together an awesome set of workouts to keep you motivated and coming back.
Though some of the workouts say “EZ” on them they are far from that and also some have a “new to class” feature on them which goes through the “routine” slowly at first then the speed is picked up, this way you can focus on learning the moves and won’t feel so awkward when just getting into the workout.
If you do one of the HITT only workouts, you basically just do “fire drills” which is giving your all for 45-60 seconds then resting for a moment and doing it again. If you do one of the 45 or 55 EZ workouts, there are still fire drills in them, however it is more like a Turbo Jam class in that you do some cardio then go into doing the fire drills or as in Turbo Jam, the “turbos”.
There also is some resistance workouts with some bands and core workouts along with a 10 min stretch on each of the DVDs, and the deluxe kit also includes a hybrid workout calendar with Chalean Extreme and includes Burn CIrcuit 1 from Chalean Extreme.
The workout calendar, incorporating the hybrid and deluxe set of workouts can take you through just about a year to complete.
The nutritional plan also includes Shakeology, which all new Beachbody workouts are incorporating now along wit a 5 day Inferno Plan as a jump start.
This is an awesome workout and is for men and woman and a definite great investment for your fitness library.
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Rich Taub
Emerald Beachbody Coach
Chalean Extreme “on the road workouts” Complete
This morning I just finished Chalean Extreme, a 90 day workout program which stresses about lifting heavy for less reps.
As with the other programs I haven’t lost much weight if any, but have noticed muscle definition that wasn’t there at the beginning of the program.
Because of doing these workouts for the most part “on the road”, my diet wasn’t exactly what it should’ve been according to the nutrition guide, but I am happy with my “toned”results.
As mentioned in previous blogs I continued with drinking my Shakeology and while on the road limited my P90x Protein Bars to one a day for a snack if needed.
Also even though I did use the P90X Recovery Formula, I used it only when I though I needed to and rarely used 2 scoops as it seemed that one usually did the trick.
Instead of doing the “Burn It Off” workout I substituted the Turbo Jam Fat Blaster that was included for two reasons. One the other was getting a bit boring and this was a good change of pace and shorter. Second I feel this is a good “warm-up” for Turbo-Fire which was just released and is the next workout on the agenda. The Fat Blaster workout has Interval training which is like what the basis of Turbo-Fire HIIT training is based on.
i would recommend this workout for someone to do, and if I were to do it again I would most likely do it as a “hybrid” type workout. There is a 4th phase which combines all the workouts but will take some time off from the regimen and wait for Turbo-Fire to arrive.
So till the next review
Keep Up The Good Fight
Rich Taub
Emerald Beachbody Coach
Chalean Exteme, on the road workouts, Lean Phase week 3
Week three is now complete of the Lean Phase and doing my workouts “on the road”.
I ended up getting a little off schedule this week because of hurting my back, so had to take a few additional rest days, but am back at it now.
So for week 3, Lean phase 1 and 2 were done on the road and Intervals, Phase 3 and Turbo Jam Cardio Fat Blaster was done at home.
Because of my back I didn’t do the ab workout this week and with my schedule actually it was difficult even getting in all the workouts. I did the Turbo Jam Fat Blaster workout again instead of the cardio program again to change things up and also since it has 4 Turbo Intervals in it, I figured it would be a good thing to do to get ready for Turbo Fire.
For the Interval workout I was able to increase the speed for some of the intervals, so finished some of the exercises before the did on the DVD. In some cases did a few extra or took advantage of catching my breath a bit.
The rest of the regimen remained the same for the most part, Shakeology daily, and in fact on one day had 2 Shakes because of the way my schedule was running, used the recovery formula as needed, and had the protein bars on the road with me 
So next week will be the last week of Chalean Extreme and will most likely change up one of the rest days for a workout day because of my work schedule.
So till next report at the end of Chalean Extreme,
Keep Up The Good Fight
Rich Taub
Emerald Beachbody Coach
