Turbo Fire Challenge!!! Join Me

Amandac6772

Guys I just started TurboFire and I feel so discouraged It was my first day. Fire 30. Seemed easy, but I could only do 15 minutes of it before my chest felt really tight and I had to stop or I wouldn't have been able to breath. What the?!?!?! I'm thinking maybe I have to work on my breathing? Eat more? I don't know but this better get better because I had the energy to finish the workout but just couldn't because of the tightness in my chest. Bummer

It's ok to do just 15 minutes, then tomorrow do 16 minutes...push a few steps futher each day and work up to it. You'll still see results.

Amandac6772

Did Fire 30 today and Sculpt. I know I need to do the Sculpt and Tone videos but I just don't feel like I'm working if I'm not doing cardio...warped thinking I know...I did burn 453 calories with both so that is a plus.

sas16

Was gone for the weekend and totally missed working out to TF! Got home yesterday and was just too tired to workout, so this morning did yesterday's workout w/today's scheduled one. Fire 45 and HIIT 20. Totally dripping with sweat and exhausted after that. Boy, just 3 days w/out TF and I felt like I hadn't done it in weeks!! Getting back on track!

Amandac6772

Was gone for the weekend and totally missed working out to TF! Got home yesterday and was just too tired to workout, so this morning did yesterday's workout w/today's scheduled one. Fire 45 and HIIT 20. Totally dripping with sweat and exhausted after that. Boy, just 3 days w/out TF and I felt like I hadn't done it in weeks!! Getting back on track!

I did that over the weekend to make up for Saturday. It was tough but well worth it. Tomorrow is supposed to be a rest day but I may miss working out this weekend so I plan on doing HIIT 25.

sas16

I did that over the weekend to make up for Saturday. It was tough but well worth it. Tomorrow is supposed to be a rest day but I may miss working out this weekend so I plan on doing HIIT 25.
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Haven't gotten to HIIT 25 yet. HIIT 15 & 20 work me to death...LOL. We'll see how 25 goes when I get to it on the schedule. Good for you for the "make up" workout.

Amandac6772

HIIT 25 today...it's awesome. I think I've become a HIITworkoutaholic...I crave them...hehe I think Chalene said that would happen!

Amandac6772

Where's all my TF peeps? Did FIre 30 and Tone today...whoot! whoot!

sas16

HIIT 15/CLX Burn it Off/Sculpt 30 yesterday. Today did Fire 55EZ and used weighted gloves. I actually didn't feel as tired towards the end of 55EZ like I usually do. I'm going to see how the arms feel tomorrow after using the weighted gloves. Maybe I shoulda started with Fire 30 with those??? Hmmmm....oh well....hindsight! :ohwell:

cutmd

Where's all my TF peeps? Did FIre 30 and Tone today...whoot! whoot!

I thought I posted but it's gone now. I'm still around, did fire 30 and 30 day shred today, got fire 45 pending for tomorrow. My MIL is visiting so I gotta work out in the master bedroom at 5:30am before work. Sorry hubby :devil:

Amandac6772

Didn't get to workout yesterday.tweeked my back so gave it a rest. Today is a bust too. My 4 year old was up at 5 this morning. If I don't workout before everyone gets up I can forget it. We are going to the park for some serious playtime so I'll get a small workout in then,

esharrow

Hello! I am new to MFP, but have been doing Turbo Jam with the weighted hand gloves off and on for the past four years or so between pregnancies. I want to get Turbo Fire....but need to justify the purchase. WHY should I get it? How is it better/different from Turbo Jam? And can I join your group? I need the motivation! I have about 15 pounds to lose. My hubby and I each have about 15 pounds to lose and have agreed that when we reach our goal, we will book a cruise or other trip for March to celebrate our 10-year wedding anniversary!!!! Now that should motivate me, right? :happy:

Amandac6772

Hello! I am new to MFP, but have been doing Turbo Jam with the weighted hand gloves off and on for the past four years or so between pregnancies. I want to get Turbo Fire....but need to justify the purchase. WHY should I get it? How is it better/different from Turbo Jam? And can I join your group? I need the motivation! I have about 15 pounds to lose. My hubby and I each have about 15 pounds to lose and have agreed that when we reach our goal, we will book a cruise or other trip for March to celebrate our 10-year wedding anniversary!!!! Now that should motivate me, right? :happy:

Well I can't answer how they are different because I didn't start with Turbo Jam but just wanted to say yes that should motivate you and be proud you've made it to 10 years, hardly anyone does that anymore. I do love TUrbo Fire, lost 9.25" and 4.7 lbs the first month. I have 10 more lbs to lose to get to goal.

cutmd

Hello! I am new to MFP, but have been doing Turbo Jam with the weighted hand gloves off and on for the past four years or so between pregnancies. I want to get Turbo Fire....but need to justify the purchase. WHY should I get it? How is it better/different from Turbo Jam? And can I join your group? I need the motivation! I have about 15 pounds to lose. My hubby and I each have about 15 pounds to lose and have agreed that when we reach our goal, we will book a cruise or other trip for March to celebrate our 10-year wedding anniversary!!!! Now that should motivate me, right? :happy:

Congrats on your upcoming anniversary and commitment to exercise! I have only done a few turbo jam DVDs but would say that turbo fire kicks up the intensity a notch, especially with the inclusion of hiit and intense fire drills. Here is an article about the comparison, it includes a link to a YouTube video where Chalene explains the difference.

http://www.turbofirereview.com/difference-between-turbo-fire-and-turbo-jam/

Would lovebto see you join us!

jerzeediva

Hello Everyone,

I am still doing well and still motivated. I am on week 10 and still pushing. I have lost about 8 pounds and alot of inches. I am 4 % away from being at 20% body fat. I also found out that my scale was wrong and it was adding on 3 pounds . So happy to know that I was always 3 pounds lighter...whooo hooo


This has been a long journey but I love it. I think I will be starting another round of Insanity after this round. We shall see.
I am just happy to see my group getting bigger and thank you to all the newbies that have joined. I hope you use this board as a resource and a motivating factor to keep you pushing play.

Have a great day and keep pushing play.:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

jerzeediva

Day 3 of the inferno. 961 calories gone!!

Shima

So proud of you girl

jerzeediva

Where's all my TF peeps? Did FIre 30 and Tone today...whoot! whoot!

I thought I posted but it's gone now. I'm still around, did fire 30 and 30 day shred today, got fire 45 pending for tomorrow. My MIL is visiting so I gotta work out in the master bedroom at 5:30am before work. Sorry hubby :devil:

2lbs to go...HEYYYYYYYYYY sounds good

esharrow

Thanks for the link to that article! Now I just hope I can do Turbo Fire! I ordered it yesterday, so I hope I can hack it! Thanks for letting me join your group! I am looking forward to the support and motivation y'all offer each other! Are you doing the workout schedule included with Turbo Fire?

Amandac6772

Thanks for the link to that article! Now I just hope I can do Turbo Fire! I ordered it yesterday, so I hope I can hack it! Thanks for letting me join your group! I am looking forward to the support and motivation y'all offer each other! Are you doing the workout schedule included with Turbo Fire?

The main thing is to remember you can modify it. I can't work as hard with my knees so I modify that but make sure I keep it high intensity with the arm moves so I keep my heart rate up. There are a couple of jumps I don't do during HIIT but I'll do jumping jacks instead or run in place as hard as I can to keep the intensity up.

Amandac6772

Fire 45 today...415 calorie burn...yeah baby!

sas16

Fire 45EZ today. First time I did that one. I kept waiting for the "fire drill" but nothing. But that's a pretty good workout on it's own! Still sweating like crazy. Tomorrow is HIIT 25. It'll be the first time I'm doing that one too. Let's hope I make it thru!!!

shimacrema

This is Day 1 of week 2 for my Turbo Fire / ChaLean Extreme hybrid. I love it. I am so sore its crazy but I love it. I find myself missing TF a lot. I add a 45 or 55 in here and their to keep my addiction fed lol. Glad everyone is doing well. Keep up the great work!

Shima

Amandac6772

I'm kind of doing my own thing with TF and not following the schedule right now. I did HIIT 20 today and Sculpt 30. I am amazed at how high your heart rates stays during Sculpt after you do a HIIT workout. 426 calories burned...whoot! whoot!

Amandac6772

TF 45 today...heading to the beach. Have a great rest of the week my TF warriors!!!

sas16

Rest day, today, but still worked out. I just took a rest day from TF. Did BL Last chance workout & Jillian Michael's 30 day shred. Still got a sweat on. Tomorrow is HIIT 15 & Tone 30.

telcochik

Hi fellow TF'ers! I've been lurking on this thread for awhile and just wanted to add my $0.02 about the wonders of this program. I am in the middle of week 7 and have lost 7 lbs and 4.5 inches since starting. My favorites are 55 EZ and 45 EZ. This second month eliminates all HIIT workouts so you really just concentrate on long cardio sessions. I use a HRM and I seem to burn a minimum of 550 - 600 calories per workout...although I've logged results of 1000+ at times. I have a hard time believing that I'm burning that many calories and I certainly don't want to eat them all so I typically just report 500 in mfp. It doesn't seem to be hindering my progress. What do you guys report...actual HRM results or something else?

Good luck with your progress everyone. I'll drop in from time to time to see how things are going.

shimacrema

Hey everyone!

@ Telcochik I have almost had 1000 calories burned doing the New To Class option on 55 and 45. I have also done those classes not putting as much intensity in it and my calorie burn was lower. I think the only way to know for sure is to get a BODYBUG. Thats on my Christmas list lol. I do believe that its possible to get that much of a burn. Tonight I did Zumba Cardio Party for 40 min and burned 441 calories. I then did about 15 min of Fire 30 and my heart rate was significantly higher. I put much more intensity in it and burned about 150 calories. Just the warm up alone had my heart rate pumping lol. I said all that to say, only you know your intensity level. If you don't want to wonder if your HRM is lying to you get a Bodybug. Its the only device specifically designed to rate calorie burn.

I hope that was helpful.
Shima

telcochik

Hi Shima - yes I've been thinking about getting a Bodybugg ever since Chalean started talking about how great it is. Today I did Core 20 and Stretch 40 (per the schedule) and my HRM showed a total of 904 calories burned. My intensity level is typically pretty good, although I do still stop to take water breaks or catch my breath in the middle of a routine for a couple of beats. I try to at least time water breaks for when the circuit finishes so that I only maybe miss the introduction of the first move in the next circuit.

The weight is slowly starting to come off and I really think this program is a major reason for why...although now thanks to this site I really believe that tracking my food has also been a big contributor.

Sharon

cutmd

How do you ladies burn so much? I don't have a hrm but when I check it it's 170s-180s; maybe 190s after hiit, which is over my max heart rate. If I plug that into a calculator I get out about 600 calories for an hour of work! This is about what mfp gives me for kickboxing, too.

http://www.triathlontrainingblog.com/calculators/calories-burned-calculator-based-on-average-heart-rate/

Today was going to be a rest day but I ate a ton of sunflower and pumpkin seeds and have to work the overnight shift, so Im going to workout before I go. Haven't decided what I will do. Insanity??? :embarassed:

telcochik

I don't actually beleive I'm burning that much so I only record 500 - 600 cals per Turbo Fire session (45 - 55 min ones). For the shorter workouts I use whatever mfp says a kickboxing workout for that amount of time should be. i'd rather underestimate than overestimate (until I hit a plateau anyway)!

Sharon

CaptainJSK

Hi Everyone! Can I join your thread? I am new to this site but I am doing TurboFire as well. I am currently in week 6 and loving it so far. Today I did Fire55 EZ. So far I have kept up with the schedule and done all of the workouts but I'm not always good about eating and getting enough sleep.