| Day 1 | Day 90 | |
| Weight | 136.6 | 129.6 |
| Chest | 35.5 | 34.75 |
| Waist (at belly button) | 32.5 | 31 |
| Hips (at widest part) | 37 | 36 |
| R Upper Thigh/Abductor | 21 | 20.5 |
| L Upper Thigh/Abductor | 21 | 20.5 |
| R Arm (7in from shoulder) | 10 | 9.75 |
| L Arm (7in from shoulder) | 10 | 9.75 |
Results
I lost 7lbs and 4.75 inches. Not as major a difference in numbers as in the past, but I've gotten to the point of being at the lower end of the spectrum for my weight based on my height. I wish I would have calculated body fat % lost because I know it was high. I can tell that I've gained definition in my arms, stomach, legs and hips and everything is more toned. I even have the top part of my abs poking through! I did the program through out the holidays as well - Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years - with lots of travel and lots of temptations with food. So overall I think those numbers are pretty good!
Here is the transition of my biceps from before ChaLEAN Extreme to after TurboFire (120 days or 6 months).
oh and look -- abs!! (click the pic to make bigger -- I'm pale, so I can be hard to see :) )
Review
When someone asks me about TurboFire, my usual response is "it's like kickboxing on steroids." It has a lot of punching, kicking, and jumping sequences with a few dance-like movements. It has a lot of good music and I never got sick of it. Also, with so many workouts, I never got tired of them.The calendar to the program I received is actual a 12 week program, not 90 days, but I did it for 90 days. I know they recently reformatted the program and I'm not sure how it's outlined. I stuck to the calendar schedule as much as possible, but when you are traveling during the holidays it does make it a little harder. Also, in January I decided to train for a 14k so I incorporated running into my workouts as well.
There are 3 phases, 4 weeks each. Phase 1 is one week of Intro into the popular moves, then the next 3 weeks are labeled as HIIT-1. Phase 2 is Cardio for 3 weeks and 1 week of Recovery. Phase 3 is 3 weeks of HIIT-2 and 1 week of Recovery. To make this 90 days, I repeated the last week of HIIT-2.
In the beginning, I felt so awkward with the moves and felt like I couldn't keep up. I knew this would pass if I kept doing it over and over and sure enough by week 3, I got into a groove. I liked that the DVDs had a "New to Class" option. When you played the DVD on this option, Chalene moves through the sequences slowly before actually doing them. It definitely helped during the first 4 weeks. After that it was pretty easy to follow along.
The Cardio phase did start to bore me a little only because I feel like I have a pretty good cardio base because of my running. This is when I started really incorporating my 14k training into the program.
I loved getting back to the HIIT classes in phase 3. I also ordered weighted gloves to boost my arm strength and get more of an arm workout.
There are so many workouts in this program so I'm not going to go through all of them individually, but generally speaking there are a few catagories HIIT, low-HIIT, cardio, stretch, strength, and abs. The HIIT workouts are short and intense. The cardio ones aren't as intense, but you'll get a pretty good sweat going! The strength and abs routines are similar to the ChaLEAN Extreme workouts and are short (10-25 minutes). And finally there are the short 10 minute stretch and a long yoga-like 40 minute stretch. The individual workouts range from 10 minutes to 55 minutes, but the scheduled workouts range from 30 minutes to 60 minutes.
Who would I recommend TurboFire to?
If you like to get a good sweat going, love kickboxing workouts, and want an intense workout -- this is for you! I loved Chalene's workout style and overall personality in ChaLEAN Extreme and she does not disappoint in TurboFire. She is positive, challenging, and very real which really does make the workouts something you want to do. There are also hybrid calendars for TurboFire with ChaLEAN Extreme and with P90X. If you've found it hard to do P90X, doing a hybrid with TurboFire might be just want you need. It breaks up the P90X workouts making it easier to stay on track.
Who would I NOT recommend TurboFire to?
There is a warning at the beginning of each DVD that warns against doing TurboFire if you have spinal/back/neck injuries and I totally agree with that. There is a lot of fast twisting that could aggravate those injuries. Knee injuries are ok though. There is always a modifier showing you the low impact moves.
What's Next?
Currently the plan is to do RevAbs then follow up with P90X. This might change a bit due to my husband's deployment plans changing at last minute. I had planned on doing P90X with him so now it might be sooner and RevAbs might be condensed. I do feel like I'm finally ready to tackle P90X though thanks to Chalene!
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