ChaLean Extreme: Burn it Off

Chalene Johnson
Year Released: 2008

Categories: Floor Aerobics/Hi-Lo/Dance


Another reviewer did a great job breaking this one down, so I'll just provide my personal impressions. The workout is pretty short, around 27 minutes in total including warm up and cool down time. Nondescript / canned BB music. This is a pure cardio workout. The concept of this one is interval based. A 5 lb weight is used for one of the exercises to up the intensity of the move, not for strength. The intervals are all random times - some are longer than others. Some are also more difficult than others. This one is pretty high impact and didn't have the usual fun factor that most of Chalene's workouts have for me. While they do show a couple of modifiers (Laylee and Donna are back), some of the movements IMO did not translate well to low impact - the low impact version felt like I really wasn't doing anything at all. I did like some of the sports inspired movements like the football runs, but for the most part this felt almost like a Cathe drill max to me - just not my personal cup of tea but if that is up your alley you will like this one. The CLX rotation pairs this one with Recharge during the Burn phase, and the next day I could feel why. I didn't do Recharge that day and really should have; my joints were a bit achy the next day due to the high impact but that could be because I'm not used to drill type moves like sequential tuck jumps anymore.

mmis29

09/08/2014