Turbo Fire: Fire 30 Class

Chalene Johnson
Year Released: 2010

Categories: Floor Aerobics/Hi-Lo/Dance


This workout is a 30 minute mostly steady state kickboxing workout with 2 "Fire Drills". The Fire Drills are just 70 second high intensity intervals with 60 second rests after them. They are done in between the 3 different combos of the workouts, so they help keep the intensity up. The 3 combos have 2 different sections that you do on the right side and then the left. The final combo may have only one section. Each section of the combo has it's own song, so you go back and forth between songs, so the music is kind of a mix.

The music in Turbo Fire is fantastic. That is, if you enjoy working out to the hip-hop music. It is energetic and fun, and Chalene does a great job choreographing the moves to the music.

The pace of the moves are fast, and if you are new to Chalene's kickboxing workouts, it will probably feel difficult at first. I don't feel like the choreography always flows well, but eventually you get used to how her workouts go. And for me, it was worth getting through the initial awkwardness I felt.

This was the first Turbo Fire workout I tried when I got the set, and probably remains one of my favorites. I like that it allows you to get a fairly fairly intense mostly steady state workout done in 30 minutes. It is easy to fit in when you also want to try to fit in something else, like strength work.

Some of the TF workouts run together in my mind, because there is a similarity to all of them, but I don't think I would ever get rid of this one.

Instructor Comments:
Chalene is very encouraging in these workouts. She mostly does a good job of cueing and teaching the moves, but there is some room for improvement there. I don't like seeing her hike up her pants in these workouts, but that is the only annoyance I have with her in this series. I do find the background exercisers somewhat irritating at times. Some are just too enthusiastic and their hair is always flying around. Since the workout is filmed with you behind the people taking the class, I end up noticing these things more.

Lisa C

12/03/2011