Chalene Johnson Turbo Fire - Weekly Review

So this week's Turbo Fire workouts started off with Fire 55 EZ Class. Fire 55 EZ clocks in at 53:05. It contains one drill repeated twice. The drill is 72 seconds long. It also contains two finales. I kind of question the reason of having two finales. Having two seems to take away the impact of having a finale.

55 EZ seems more repetitive than Chalene's other workouts. Chalene keeps up the energy but even so the workout feels long to

me. Chalene coaches throughout and the music is energetic.

The second Turbo Fire workout I did this week was Upper 20 Class. Upper 20 clocks in at 19:50. Chalene uses a band - the tube style. I chose to use dumbbells. The exercises included are traditional upper body exercises , as well as core based exercises. You are performing anywhere from 8 to 16 reps per exercise; and depending on the exercise -anywhere from 2 to 3 sets. Upper 20 is a nice get in and get out upper body workout.

HiiT 20 clocks in at 19:05. It consist of 3 drills. Drill 1 is repeated twice and it is 55 seconds in length. Drill 2 is repeated twice and it is 47 seconds in length. Drill 3 is repeated three times and it is 46 seconds in length.

I would have like to see this workout actually be 20 minutes long because I would have preferred to have drills 1 and 2 repeated three times as well. I think Chalene could have done this if she slightly shorten the cool down which is about some 4 plus minutes and if the workout was actually 20 minutes.

The reason I like repeating the drills 3 times is because that gives me that one extra time to go harder.

Abs 10 Class is 10:40 in length. It features traditional abdominal and core work. There is a greater emphasis on the obliques in this workout. All in all, a nice short ab set.

Fire 55 EZ Class - 3 stars

Upper 20 Class - 4 stars

HiiT 20 Class - 3 1/2 stars

Abs 20 Class - 3 1/2 stars