Turbo Fire Greatest HiiTs Chalene Johnson - Review


Oh, of course I had to buy this as I really like Chalene's HiiT workouts.
So Turbo Fire Greatest HiiTs total workout time is 20:42.
The workout contains a warm up, 4 HiiT drills, and a cool down.
The warm up and first drill is from HiiT 15.
The second drill is from HiiT 20.
The third drill and cool down is from HiiT 25.
The fourth drill is from HiiT 30.
Drill 1 is 34 seconds.
Drill 2 is 46 seconds
Drill 3 is 55 seconds
Drill 4 is 61 seconds
Each drill is repeated twice.
The Turbo Fire logo flashes and is used to transition the workout from drill to drill. Other than that, Greatest HiiTs is pretty much the same as the other HiiT workouts. Chalene marks the drill and then she does it.
I don't mind the compilation and I like having another HiiT workout. I just wish they would have combine all the HiiT drills from all 4 workouts for a super duper HiiT workout - maybe doing each drill once to keep the workout shorter. Although as they already have a 15, 20, 25 & 30 minute workout - taking it to 35 minutes or even 40 would have been the way to go.
Also, I think they could have included some of the drills used in the Fire workouts for even more variety.
Still like it.
3 stars

Comments

  1. AnonymousMarch 24, 2011 at 3:34 PM

    well if it went to a 35 min or 40 min HIIT than it wouldnt be considered a HIIT anymore. As long as you are pushing out your max, a HIIT should never exceed 30 min. If you can go longer, you're not pushing hard enough or you could injure yourself.

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  2. SidJune 21, 2011 at 5:48 PM

    Thanks for the review! I agree with you, Saundra, that that a HIIT 35 or 40 would have been nice.

    There is no rule that HIIT must be limited to 30 minutes. Some of the original research had athletes doing interval up to 2.5 hours!

    That being said TurboFire is a great workout for the average person to try to get in better shape. But it's not intense enough for those who have pushed beyond. It's a step down for those of us doing Asylum. Stacking two Turbofire workouts fixes that problem! I love Chalene's energy!

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