TurboFire week 4 Month 1-Complete

Month 1 of TurboFire is now complete which completes the first HIIT month.
In month 1 the first week was an “intro” week followed by 3 weeks considered HIIT 1 weeks, now going into moth 2 the next 3 weeks are considered “cardio” weeks followed by 1 week of Recovery.

Week 4 had the following workouts, Fire 45, HIIT 20 twice, Sculpt 30 Fire 55 EZ, Core 20 and Stretch 40, and finished up with FIre 45. The week overall went well, and the second time of doing HIIT 20 then Sculpt 30 I split those up to do 1 in the morning and the other in the afternoon due to time constraints.

This week also I forgot to bring my Chocolate Shakeology with me, but I did have some Greenberry, so ended up drinking that straight which is a challenge in itself, though I did survive :)

Overall for the month I lost 2 pounds which I’m happy with since I’ve been on a plateau for a number of months, so hopefully this is the start of something good.

As I begin month 2 weeks 5, 6 and 7 are considered “Cardio” weeks and week 8 is a “Recovery” week.
The workouts for the next 3 weeks are the same starting with Fire 55 EZ, Fire30+Sculpt 30, Rest, Fire 30+Tone 30, Fire 55 EZ, Fire 45 and finish with Core 20 + Stretch 40.
Though there are no HIIT classes scheduled that doesn’t mean there are no “Fire Drills”. When doing a HIIT workout you concentrate on just doing “Fire drills” however with the other classes you combine a cardio class with the “Fire drills” so the high intensity is still there.

I really haven’t sued the “Recovery formula” as much as I though I would have.
Even though I did work hard and continue to sweat for some time afterward, my muscles weren’t feeling sore so I just didn’t want to drink it for the sake of drinking it.

So the next journey begins with a new month and we’ll see where this takes me.
If you care to see my vlog of the above just click here

Till the next installment
Keep Up The Good Fight
Rich Taub
Independent Beachbody Coach

TurboFire Week 2 & 3 Review

It’s coming to the end of week 3 of TurboFire and though it’s been a trying couple of weeks at times, I’ve managed to get the workouts in.
Week 2 and 3 are called HIIT-1 weeks, week 2 started off with:
Fire 45, HIIT 20, Rest, HIIT 15 and Sculpt 30, Fire 55 EZ, Core 20 and Stretch 40 then Fire 45.
Week 3 is as follows:
Fire 45 EZ, HIIT 25, Rest, HIIT 15, Fire 45 EZ, Core 20, and Fire 55 EZ

The Fire 45 classes have “fire drills” in them and the Fire 45 EZ do not which is the big difference between the 2 workouts. The Core 20 reminds me of the TurboJam Ab workout a little as some of the exercises are the same. The Sculpt class includes use of the bands, and using them in different ways to get a good workout though in this case not a cardio type workout like the others are.

I really do like having the Turbo Tracker Journal which was included with the deluxe kit. With the small size it does make it easier to carry around and get in keep a log of food, and water in take along with having lots of info in it to help keep you on track.

I’ve been of course drinking my Shakeology daily and continuing to bring some protein bars with me on the road.

I’ve actually been noticing that I may actually not be eating enough, and also been very hungry at times. I found eating some additional protein at times did help the tiredness so I didn’t feel as tired through out the day.

I’m feeling good and hope this will help me break my plateau and start the weight loss again.

We’ll see how things go over the next few weeks

Till the next review
Keep Up The Good Fight
Rich Taub
Emerald Beachbody Coach

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.

If your interested in Turbo-Fire just click here to order.
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If neither of these interest you, you can also sing up for a free Beachbody account here.

Rich Taub
Emerald Beachbody Coach

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