Fat people doing TurboFire results please!

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  • AnahitaCanDoIt
    AnahitaCanDoIt Posts: 448
    Reading this post has made me want to dig out the TurboJam video!
    My husband went cracked w/ the audio so if he's home I have to put it on very low! She's kinda got an annoying voice which I find motivating as I just want it to stop! Ha ha...

    It does work though and I'm going to go back to it again!

    Again, refresh my memory, how often must one do it?
  • tooliebell
    tooliebell Posts: 177 Member
    I had to google it too to see what i was. Watched a YouTube video and it looks really hard!! How long does it take until you can remember all the moves and it time with her? Looks fun though!
  • gerbies
    gerbies Posts: 444 Member
    I had to google it too to see what i was. Watched a YouTube video and it looks really hard!! How long does it take until you can remember all the moves and it time with her? Looks fun though!

    TurboJam is not as hard as TurboFire. Once you learn the basic moves, it's a great workout! So fun and a great workout!
  • codycisco
    codycisco Posts: 62
    :bigsmile: I am now on Day 21 of TurboFire and love it! I am never bored because I am always pushing myself to the next level! Believe it or not I can see a difference in my muscle tone and endurance. I did a pushup!!! and then another and now I can do a complete set! I have never been able to do that! I think I am going to die when doing the Fire Drills but its only one minute so I push through. TurboFire is the best money I have ever spent and I plan to purchase the Advanced DVDs in the future. Its fun and challenging...all ya gotta do is PRESS PLAY!
  • pearlgirl0
    pearlgirl0 Posts: 4
    Turbo Fire is the only workout I've been able to keep consistently. I've tried P90X, Yoga, a couple of other gym programs but I never really liked any. I went from 170 to 150 doing TF and primal eating. I'm picking it back up again, trying to do one TF vid a day, and I've lost around 3 pounds but my muscle definition is totally growing. I LOVE TF and would recommend it to anyone, just look at Ally on Chalene's left to do low impact, she also has low impact HIIT vids on her website. good luck!
  • briannadunn
    briannadunn Posts: 841 Member
    I love Turbofire,..but I lost more inches with Jillian Michaels 30day shred. I sadly don't have pictures of me after Turbbofire but it is fun and works. I had a baby since I stopped doing it. Something I did notice is that my endurance was awesome. I ran 1 mile on the beach and partly up hill after only doing Turbofire for 2 months, you build incredible endurance. The HIIT really works also. Do incorporate the weight lifting and abs with yoga because they will help you burn lots of inches too.
    Something to keep in mind, as long as you are off the couch and moving for 20 minutes to 1 hr and getting your heart rate up, it really doesn't matter what exercise you are doing, you will burn fat and lose weight. You don't have to be perfect.
  • RedMeeko
    RedMeeko Posts: 24 Member
    Okay so I'm only now finished with week 5. But you wanted fat people results. (I've lost no pant sizes. Actually I take that back I was probably a tight 18 still squeezing into my old old 16 pants. So I've probably gone from an 18 to a comfortable 16.). I've lost three inches off my waist, three off around my navel, one on each arm, and my bandsize has gone down too. I have like 15 weeks to go on this program. So Im excited to see my results then. But here they are for now.

    Starting weight was 215. I'm currently 203.

    Edit: Too big
  • RedMeeko
    RedMeeko Posts: 24 Member
    One more time!

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  • sirabe
    sirabe Posts: 294 Member
    I started Turbofire at 216 pounds in May. I did 11 weeks of the program and lost around 14-15 pounds and 30+ inches.
    Month one:
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    End of Month two:
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    A week or two after finishing week 11:
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    Omg those are great results!
  • meaghanrocks
    meaghanrocks Posts: 19 Member
    Those are amazing results! I am ordering turbo fire this weekend for black friday sales. those results give me hope ill get out of my rut
  • sherisse69
    sherisse69 Posts: 795 Member
    Had to google for Turbo Jam, are they really serious?
    Why don't you do something non gimnicky (not to use another word) that works like good old cardio+lifting free weights?

    Women don't get muscular like men with free weights, lifting helps a lot with weight loss and body remodeling.

    Take this post as a completely friendly opinion that you're free to ignore since I'm not a woman... but I'm a recovering obese.


    You are totally entitled to your opinion, but I do want to add that myself, my sister and her husband have used the Turbo Jam videos (in the past - obviously that's why I am here now), but they are amazing! We added weighted gloves to our workouts, and the more you learn the routines the harder you can go at it. Nothing I ever used had given us the same results. It may seem gimmicky, but for those of us that would rather tear our own limbs off while counting to 100 doing lunges, this is a god send. It distracts you from the monotony of a regular workout. If you can get into the music, and hit to the beat with all you have - it rocks. Just my FYI!
  • MissAnjy
    MissAnjy Posts: 2,480 Member
    How rude is the poster who said that this is gimmicky. If sweating your *kitten* off, burning hundreds of calories, losing weight/inches & gaining strength & endurance is gimmicky.....SIGN ME UP!

    I'm sure p90x is also gimmicky, as is Insanity.

    Don't bother right?
  • sherisse69
    sherisse69 Posts: 795 Member
    Had to google for Turbo Jam, are they really serious?
    Why don't you do something non gimnicky (not to use another word) that works like good old cardio+lifting free weights?
    Turbo Jam is based on kickboxing. How is that "gimmicky"? I'm sorry they gave it a cool name.

    Pro-tip: it IS cardio. I burn about 1400 calories per hour doing Turbo Jam.

    OP - sorry, but I'm still obese. I've been doing Turbo Jam since my knees can't handle Turbo Fire yet. I will say it's improved my movement quite a bit, and my joints don't hurt like they used to. Turbo Jam and Turbo Fire mostly work your core, so you might not see a lot of muscle definition, but you will be stronger overall. Turbo Jam mostly focuses on your abs.

    Watching the clips I can see it's a form of cardio that impacts heavily on your joints (which you really want to avoid when overweight) and lacks any benefit coming from anaerobic exercise.

    A stationary bike (or an elliptical machine) and some weights would develop more muscle, burn even more calories and preserve your joints better than doing weird programs.

    Is it boring? It might be, but you get results faster my way.
    Sorry, but you are totally wrong. I haven't done the entire TurboFire schedule, but at 280+ pounds I did it for a month. I decided that it might be a little too advanced for where I was at the time, and I decided to try it out again later when I was a little lighter and more fit (maybe in a couple weeks as I am down about 40+ since then...cleaned up the diet, mostly). I have used it on and off throughout the summer, just not the full schedule.

    First, all the moves can be modified to low impact and there is a lady to watch for the low impact modifiers. Also, there are multiple workouts, many of them are HIIT and those are definitely anaerobic, unless you aren't doing them correctly. There are also toning videos included in the schedule.

    Also, if you pick something boring, that you do not enjoy, the chances of you sticking to it are slim to nil. TurboFire is FUN!

    "my way" ??? Really and I suppose you are an expert and you know all?? Get over yourself - there are a ton of things that work for weight loss, toning, strengthening out there. Not just "your way". Lordy - that's hilarious! I would love to see you try and get through some of the Turbo Videos! LOL
  • WeavesWife
    WeavesWife Posts: 6 Member
    I know this is from 2012 but I wanted to add my results so far. I am on week 2 of TF. I did week one twice and I have lost 20 pounds. I started at 260 and just hit 240. I was incredibly out of shape and I am still getting out of that, but I just did my best and kept my form as best as I could, drink lots of water during. I love it! I have plantar fasciitis in both feet and I have pretty bad knees. I just don't jump. One to two times a week I do 30 Day Shred because I like the weights. I started with 30 Day Shred 2 weeks before TF came. So all my weight isn't from TF. But, I am addicted to how I feel when I am done! Amazing program and Chalene is really motivating.

    Some people probably find it gimmicky because it is advertised with infomercials, but Beachbody is a reputable company that has helped SO many people. They give people results, so what more could we ask for? Lol.

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