Fire 60 + overall impression of Turbo Fire

Today's workout was Turbo Fire: Fire 60. This is my least favorite of the Fire workouts. The music is GREAT, what with "It's Tricky" by Run DMC, "Pumps" (from Round 38) and that one "Drop It Like a Bellydancer" song, "Clap Your Hands", and "This is Your Last Chance" from R39's finale, but there are some things that make this one not as wonderful as the others.

1) as with I believe it was EZ55, the audio was incorrectly laid over the visual so the moves are off the beat of the music and Chalene's words don't always move with her lips. It doesn't start out this way, it happens later on in the workout, I think after the first Fire Drill. This is not Chalene's fault, it's Beach Body's fault, but I spent a lot of $ on the advanced workouts and I expect more if I'm paying this much. I had to stop, learn the moves, then not watch the tv screen and do the workout to the music. This was frustrating to me.

2) hardly any kicks. For the section with "Pumps" there are lots of kicks and it's really great, but there aren't many more. There are more kicks in some of the shorter workouts. I guess I assumed that because this was 60 minutes that it would be harder but it wasn't really, it was just longer.

3) there are two part b's that have clockwork and 2 combos that have the double bob and weave with a jab then singles, as I recall, I would have liked to have seen more variety. Also too many high low's in one workout.

 

There are two finales and two fire drills that are done twice. I may like this workout better the next time through now that I know what to expect. The good things about Fire 60 is great music (as with all the Fire workouts) and we get Jenelle as one of the main exercisers. Always like seeing her! Allie, the modifier, is as usual exceptional as well! The only Turbo Fire workouts I have left to do are Sculpt 30, HIIT 25 and HIIT 30. All in all I LOVE THIS SERIES! If you are used to taking Turbo Kick at the gym, the Fire workouts are the same intensity as to what you are used to. It's pretty much identical to what we do in class except that there isn't a finesse, legs or abs section, it's all cardio.

If you have only done Turbo Jam, this is the next logical step for you! You have already built a strong foundation with the cardio parties and the sequence of the workout is the same, it's just faster and more intense. You will LOVE it! The music in Turbo Fire is about the best I've heard in a commercial workout video!

The sculpting workouts are great for traveling because they all use the band, though the Tone and Sculpt workout resemble each other too closely in my opinion, my one critique would be to make them more distinct from one another. They both share many of the same exercises. I like Lower 20 and Upper 20 a lot - it's great to be able to single out specific body parts (which is a feature I really like about P90X) It's the HIIT workouts that ultimately make Turbo Fire different from anything else out there in the workout video world that I have seen.

Others, like Cathe, are doing HIIT workouts, but Turbo Fire is HIIT with Turbo moves in them and makes them more creative :) They are seriously intense and your heart is pounding out of your chest when you are finished! You can feel the calories being sizzled! I hope that more Turbo Fire or turboesque workouts will be made!