ChaLEAN Extreme Buddies

Did Burn Circuit 2 last night and went heavy - heaviest yet.

My hands hurt and feel crampy tho. I'm pretty aware of my grip and try not to overdo it but these weights are HEAVY, how else am I supposed to hold onto 15-20lb'ers without gripping them with some degree of force? Otherwise they'll just fall outta my hands! Anyone else have this issue? Do you get used to it? Are my hands just really weak?

Burn Intervals - done yesterday.
Burn Circuit 3 - done today.

I'm getting stronger! I can feel it!!!

Burn Circuit 1 - done!

Hubby did it with this morning and GAWD his form is horrific! The 35min class took us 50min cuz I kept having to pause and correct his form. I'm glad he wants to do it but I cannot stand watching him do it WRONG. It was making me cringe. Next time, I'm going to do it alone and then train/correct him while he does it. That way he won't slow me down and I can actually really focus on him when he does it.

I completed 14weeks of Turbo Fire. Then I started my own ChaLEAN Extreme/Turbo Fire Hybrid - currently on Week 3.

CLX: 3 lifting days, 2 cardio days, 2 rest days each week. The lifting is fun and short (only 32-38min), she goes slow and does a lot of compound moves, meaning you work legs and arms at the same time. The cardio is more like boot camp intervals, no choreography, but it'll kick your butt.

TF: 6 days/week (it's usually 5 workouts and the 6th day is stretching with sometimes abs too) It is SUPER FUN!!!!! It's very choreographed/dancy. She goes fast and you will suck at first - everyone does, but then you catch on and it's a blast. The music is awesome and things change up quickly so you never get bored. There are strength classes, ab classes, cardio classes ranging from 30, 45, 55, 60min, and then HIIT classes and Stretching classes. It's a really well rounded program and you will BURN MAJOR calories.

If you wanna drop a pounds quickly, I would recommend TurboFire first. It's tough but you WILL see results if you stick with it (and eat right, of course). CLX is great too but I would do it after a round of TF. Drop the weight then sculpt and build muscle. CLX will help you build muscle and burn fat, but I personally think it takes longer to see results.

That's my two cents. It really depends on what your goals are though. You could always do 'em both (hybrid)!
Hope that helps.

P.S. I did Burn Intervals this morning. And Burn Circuit 2 yesterday. wheeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Thanks for the info!

CLE vs TF has been a battle. I have 45 to go so doing TF makes sense. My concern is that Supreme 90 was weights and cardio a couple days and I've got some good toning going. I'm afraid of losing what toning I've gotten by doing a cardio only based workout. Any thoughts?

TF is a lot of cardio but she does include strength classes: Sculpt 30, Tone 30, Upper 20, Lower 20, Core 20, and Abs 10. These classes you do more and more each week as you progress. When I started TF, I was a flabby mess and by week 8 I was noticeably tighter (and slimmer too!). I was actually really impressed because I even felt harder, not soft and mushy. I could feel my muscles - I had muscles!!! It is cardio heavy but there's no way you could lose muscle tone, in my opinion anyway.

FitJ1210 - WELCOME!!!!!!!

As for me - Burn Circuit 3 is done!
I'm not sure I'm doing the calf raises correctly - I never feel it in my calves, only my quads. Anyone else??? I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong either to fix it. boo.

Burn Circuit 1 - done yesterday!
killed my upper back/shoulders - may have pulled/tweaked something, feels like more than just soreness. ugh.

TurboFire 45EZ - done this morning!

@ FitJ1210 - not sure how to combine threads but am happy to do so! Do you know how to do it? Or do we all agree to just start posting on the bigger thread, which is the other one. I originally made this thread without searching for an existing one (dumb on my part).