Join me! Turbo Fire/Chalean Extreme hybrid starts today!!!

Prixy

Hello, I hope everybody is doing well!! :flowerforyou:

This is my 4th day of the inferno plan and I must admit that today I have a terrible feeling, I think my blood pressure is low, I feel a terrible cold right now throughout my body :frown: I think eating below 1200 is not that good for me, my body is burning a lot of calories, so I will increase my intake for the last 2 days of the inferno.

For example, today I did Fire 45, HIIT 20 and Strech 10 and my Polar said I burned 870 calories, of which 45% were fat, so I think I need some time to rest and something sweet because I'm having a hard time right now girls :sad:

I'll drink something sweet and go to bed for a while because I have so many college projects pending for today so I have to recover at least my brain functions to stay focus and do research and write all night long...

telcochik

I'm sorry you're not feeling well Prixy. I thought 1200 calories was too low as well which is why I never did the Inferno. Have some fruit or a small protein shake for an instant sugar boost. Hope you feel better soon.

Sharon

rjadams

So I have kind of let TF take a back seat this week since I was sick at the beginning of the week. I have just been doing my treadmill and abs every day since Tuesday. I will get back to Chalean on Monday. At least I have been pushing play for Core 20, Ab Jam, Extreme Abs and Ab Burner.:bigsmile:

00trayn

Great job! I always neglect the ab workouts, mainly because they are really painful on my tailbone. I have issues with my tailbone from when I slid into home playing softball in middle school (it hadn't rained in a month...) and it hurts to sit on hard surfaces sometimes. So any ab work that requires situps, sitting back far, or balancing on my bum I can't really do without being in pain. Kinda sucks, but I like the first half of Core 20 since it works your abs standing up. And the regular cardio workouts in Turbo Fire do a good job with abs from all the kicks and knees and side-side movement type things. My obliques are great, I can feel them when I put my hands on my waist

telcochik

Morning Ladies! So today is the day I hate the most on the TF schedule...Cardio 20 and Stretch 40. I threw in Lower 20 as well for fun but jeez BB showed I only burned 150 calories during that time. It's hard to wrap my head around the fact that I spent more than an hour working out today and barely burned anything. I know it's good for me but I love sweating through a long Fire workout and this feels like I did nothing (although my adductors are still burning from using the lower body band!)

Anyway...I have a pedicure scheduled for tonight. Yay pretty toes! :laugh:

Have an awesome Friday!
Sharon

Prixy

I'm with you Sara, my tailbone hurts everytime I go down even with the mat I put underneath, but I still try to do abs workouts once a week... and as you, I can feel my obliques in shape, is weird that they mark faster than the frontal ones, but at least they make a beautiful waist line in us :ohwell:

So, today I'm feeling much better, honestly I thought I was going to fade out yesterday, I was soooo cold inside and had nauseas but I drank some hot skimmed milk (low fat) and ate a few candies to higher my sugar....I'm not eating the exact meals of the Inferno Plan but I'm trying to incorporate as much fiber, protein, veggies as she does, however, I'm not eating peanut butter as recommended by her plan so maybe that's what brought me down yesterday...

I must say I'm excited about this workout, yesterday I did burn circuit 3 once I'd recovered and I felt awesome...so in total (Fire 45, 20 HIIT, 10 strech and Burn 3) I burned 1100 calories of which 566 were fat calories as per my polar...so I'm so happy with that...this would be my 5th day of the plan, meaning my last one and I'm about to do 55 EZ and Strech 10, after this I'll take Saturday off and start on Sunday with my fourth week of Chalean Extreme. I can't wait to check my results of the inferno tomorrow, I'll definitely keep you posted because I need to buy a good scale maybe tomorrow or Sunday :indifferent:

Deb come back to us!! hehe we miss your energy!!
Sharon you are such an inspiration, you are doing a great work and even if you are only burning 150 calories one day a week, that means that your body really needs those days of fewer effort, and I bet with the HIIT you continued burning throughout your day without even noticing...

Sara and Swinnie, you girls are rocking!! Love your habit! :happy:

Gdivant!! Are you getting married as well?? come on tell us about it!

Hope you all have a great Friday with the ones you care or at least relaxed and happy

Prixy

Morning Ladies! So today is the day I hate the most on the TF schedule...Cardio 20 and Stretch 40. I threw in Lower 20 as well for fun but jeez BB showed I only burned 150 calories during that time. It's hard to wrap my head around the fact that I spent more than an hour working out today and barely burned anything. I know it's good for me but I love sweating through a long Fire workout and this feels like I did nothing (although my adductors are still burning from using the lower body band!)

Anyway...I have a pedicure scheduled for tonight. Yay pretty toes! :laugh:

Have an awesome Friday!
Sharon

I need to get a pedicure ASAP!!! haha I envy you because I can't get it any time soon :frown: maybe next week when I have some time off school...

You feet will look great!

Jamaica2

Yesterday was my first day TF sculpt. I had done the hiit 15 but when I went to do the sculpt I just plain quit. I'm not sure why. One thought was that if you only do it once every two weeks are you really building any muscle? Thinking I may replace it with a Cathe routine or something. Any advice? So irritated with myself for giving up on a workout.

telcochik

Jamaica2 - personally if your goal is to increase muscle then you'll probably want to incorporate more frequent strength training, like Chalean Extreme!, into your weekly schedule; however, if you're looking to lose fat then the way TF is structured allows you to lose weight all over from the combination of cardio, strength training, and stretching. Trust the system...unless your goals are different than what the system is designed to do!

Does that make sense?

itsbella

Bella - I'm not yet advanced, but this is a very active thread someone will give you some great insight. If HIIT 25 is considered advanced I'm struggling to push myself to level 9-10 the entire time. I hit (ha ha hit) pause to try to catch my breath in the middle - after the 1st 2 HIITs. Hope this helps!

I, sometimes hit pause too being an asthmatic. I use my inhaler, couldn't do it without it.

telcochik

Bella - I'm not yet advanced, but this is a very active thread someone will give you some great insight. If HIIT 25 is considered advanced I'm struggling to push myself to level 9-10 the entire time. I hit (ha ha hit) pause to try to catch my breath in the middle - after the 1st 2 HIITs. Hope this helps!

HIIT 25 is actually part of the original package, not the advanced series but you don't see it in the schedule until the latter half. By that time, your endurance should be better so you can get through the longer session. If that was your first time doing a HIIT, I would really recommend you try HIIT 15. The series is designed so you work up to the longer workouts.

Stay with it though and take all the breaks you need while you're starting out. I promise they will get easier over time!

Sharon

rjadams

cranked out a great hour on the tread then did Ab Jam and HIIT 15. Have a great day all.

telcochik

Great work Robin!

I completed week 15 today with TF 45 EZ. Bodybugg said I burned 410 calories and then me, my husband, and our dog went for an hour walk so I burned another 340 calories. 2nd walk on tap for later tonight...today will be a very good day!

Enjoy the weekend. Go Giants!!!!
Sharon

Prixy

Hey Sharon and Robin, great burned! Yesterday I ate a lot, hopefully I'll make that up today by eating 1500kc back..

So I finished the inferno plan on Friday and yesterday I took my measurements and weighed, here are the results:

I lost 3 lbs (for a total of 4 lost in 3 weeks) and 1.5 inches overall during 5 days!! Honestly, I'm glad with these results, even if I didn't lose any inches around my belly, which is the area I want to tone faster but I definitely feel my heart stronger with that week of tough cardio and my shape looks stronger... besides I didn't eat the meal plan she advised and I had to eat 1400kc on 2 days, so I'm very happy with the results.

I already made a calendar with the hybrid TF and CLX for the next 6 weeks until my wedding...I'll continue the weight training 3 days per week and I'll do cardio 4-5 days, I didn't include the sculpt nor tone videos because I find them very similar to the weight training of CLX so I'll stuck with the HIITs, 55 EZ, 45 Ez, 45 and stretches...

Wish you all a great Sunday!! Hugs!

00trayn

I'm quite loving this extra hour we got for daylight savings. I was up at 9:30 quite refreshed, since it felt like 10:30. Just did Fire 55EZ to make up for the lack of legit exercise on Friday and yesterday. However, my date went quite well, we did dinner and went to a beer bar that had some great beers on tap. We ended up sleeping in so by time I got home I didn't get my Saturday morning Turbo Fire in. I had such a yummy dinner, mahi mahi stuffed with crab on lobster mac n cheese. Oh man it was good... I've actually never had lobster before (I didn't eat seafood til recently because I was such a picky eater) and it's delicious! Adding it to the list of seafood I like (which keeps getting longer and longer).

Looks like this weekend being fairly normal (I didn't go too crazy with the dinner and drinks Friday) has helped with the scale. It was at 153.7 lbs this morning, which is down quite a bit from the 156.8 lbs it said on Tuesday after I got back from Cali. I'm hoping to get below 153.0 lbs by Friday, maybe lower! I'd LOVE to be 150 by Thanksgiving, but it's a long shot given that I'm home in Jersey AGAIN next weekend and being away from home tends to mean measly weight loss numbers for that week. I really need to stop traveling so much... haha. At least I'm not too bad when I do travel, better than coming back with 3+ extra pounds that I can't get rid of.

ddavies919

Hi ladies!!!! Well, good news to report, I'm feeling like myself again!!!! Yeah!!!! Finally! This better be my one big sickness for the winter! I hate being sick! I'm back at it tomorrow with my Turbo Fire and I can't wait!!!! And I gotta say, it feels so good to honestly say that I miss working out! I never would've thought I'd feel this way about exercise! You girls are doing so good and your posts have just helped keep me motivated and ready to rock again! Thank you!

I hop you're all having a great weekend and I'll see you tomorrow!!! Turbo Fire, here I come!!!!!!!!

Deb

telcochik

Great job on your weight loss Sara! I've been up and down the same 2 or 3 lbs for a couple of weeks. I'd really like to lose another 5 before we go to Napa the week between Xmas and New Years. Now that TOM is almost over, I think the scale will start to move again if I buckle down a bit more.

We walked an hour this morning before settling in to watch football today...how about them Giants Coach???? LOL!

Deb - so glad to hear you're feeling better. Look forward to seeing your posts again this week!

Recovery week (week 16) starts tomorrow but I'm substituting Core 20/Stretch 40 with TF 60. We have friends coming to town this week and I want to be sure I burn max calories since I know we'll be going out a bit more than usual.

Talk to you guys tomorrow! Enjoy your evening!
Sharon

WhatAWaist

Had ChaLEAN Extreme and did it about two weeks. Just got TurboFire. Main goal is to lose weight but would like to tone as well. Should I do straight TurboFire for weightloss or the hybrid? Either way I will go back and do CXT when I am done. Thanks! (Just became a coach too)

telcochik

I can't comment on the hybrid since I'm just doing straight TF now but Chalene includes strength training in the TF schedule just now as frequently as in CLX. I guess it depends on whether you want to gain muscle or just stay lean.

Sharon

00trayn

I've done just Chalean Extreme and now I'm doing the hybrid (I started doing the hybrid at Week 4 since I started with CLX). Personally, I tend to lose more weight while doing the parts of the hybrid schedule that don't have the CLX strength workouts. The strength workouts in Turbo Fire tend to get my heartrate up more, and I burn more calories doing them. And I'm still reallllly feeling the workout in my muscles. I'm just not as big of a fan with the Chalean Extreme workouts that are just strength training. I think interval training/circuit training, or at least strength training that gets my heart rate up is what I prefer. I also have another 13-ish pounds to go before I'm a healthy weight, so I'm focusing on losing fat while building up some muscle, rather than a main focus on toning. So it depends on your goals. I'd say Turbo Fire is good for fat burning, CLX is better for toning.

rs1177

Hi everyone,

Today I am starting the Chalean Ext./ Turbo Fire Hybrid. I have been doing Turbo Fire for about 3 or 4 weeks and I love it! But my husband just surprised me with Chalean Ext. as a birthday gift so I'm going to start the hybrid today! So today's workout is Stretch 40, but I"m also going to do HIIT 15.

I love Turbo Fire so much so it is hard for me to slow down on it and just do weights but I'm going to give it a shot!

So I just wanted to say 'hi' you might hear more from me as the days go on!

Rhonda

telcochik

Hi Rhonda! Welcome to the group!

Today, as I mentioned yesterday, is the start of week 16 and is a recovery week according to the schedule; however, since I wanted to work up a really good sweat I substituted Core 20/Stretch 40 with Fire 60. I really love that one, especially the Bad Girl routine! Bodybugg said I burned 494 calories which is almost 4x what it would have said had I stuck to the schedule. I know my body needs this recovery week and I plan to pick it back up tomorrow per the schedule which has Fire 30/Stretch 10 and a couple of days of 45 EZ for the rest of the week. Next week...HIIT month...OMG HIIT 30 the mother of all HIIT workouts!

Hope you all are having an awesome Monday!
Sharon

ElaineDianne70

Hi all!

I'm a P90X, Insanity and Brazil Butt Lift grad and just started the TF/CE hybrid today! Stretch 40 was a nice way to start after all the leg and butt workouts I did this weekend!

I look forward to chatting with you all!

telcochik

Hi Elaine! Welcome to our little corner of the world! So glad you joined and look forward to hearing your success as you work through the hybrid! Are you using the schedule Chalene included in the TF guide or did you create your own?

Sharon

telcochik

Forgot to ask if anyone wants to be my workout buddy in WOWY? If so please send me your information so I can select you!

Thanks.
Sharon

rs1177

ok, question for you all! Did you guys follow the scedule that Chalean has in the Turbo Fire book regarding the hybrid, or did you just come up with your own? There are some videos that I can't do with the Turbo Fire because my discs are totatlly scratched! ( i bought it off ebay...and this is what I get! ) Turbo Fire 30 , no good, will not work at all, not matter how much I clean it.

So I'm just wondering if I should make my own schedule and if there are some of you out there who do it what do you suggest?
Thanks again!

00trayn

I've been sorta sticking to the schedule. Instead of doing exactly what it says on each day, I try to get those workouts in during the week. Depending on how much time I have, I'll swap days and move my rest day around. And I'll swap out similar workouts. Like, HIIT 20 and HIIT 25 I'll swap with each other, same with Sculpt 30 and Tone 30. Fire 45EZ and Fire 45. I don't think it's imperative to stick to the schedule to the letter, I've still had a lot of success with it adjusting it a bit.

rs1177

ok, thanks Sara. I can't wait to see some results from this, I love Chalean's workouts!

rjadams

i used the sites schedule as a base but then I tweaked it to suit my needs a little moreI try to do 3 days a week of strength and 5 days of Cardio and 5 days of abs. .

WhatAWaist

Well I think I am going to go ahead and do the Hybrid starting today. If anyone wants to be a fitness buddy in the WOWY Gym my name on there is WhatAWaist Bama! If I don't see some number whether it is on the scale, inches, or bodyfat% then I will go back to just TF. Good luck to everyone who is doing these workouts. I love them!