Chalene Johnson
A total body workout - low intermediate.
I wouldn't buy this as an add on. If you get it with the entire package, then you
might want to keep it just to have a complete set.
The music was "ok". The cool down music was great.
Some of the songs bugged me (had that weird warpy electronic mix to it that i hate
so much - i.e. Cher's 'Believe' song. Ick.)
Instructor comments:
Chalene is really friendly and motivating. I think she is an excellent instructor
with a pleasant voice and infectious enthusiasm.
She says "Yeah baby" a lot, but although that sounds like it might be
annoying - it didn't annoy me.
LK
Turbo Sculpt is a 39 minute total body sculpting workout. It?s a fusion of kickboxing,
dance, martial arts, and sculpting moves, many which are compound moves. This workout
works your abs, arms, legs & glutes, chest, and back. Weights range from 3 lbs.
To 10 lbs.
Turbo Jam has a Slim Series feel to it, but the music is much better, and overall,
the workout is much more fun. Chalene?s form pointers is excellent throughout the
entire workout.
As with all of Beachbody?s workout, Turbo Jam has a Master Clock and Segment Timer
Chapters:
Warmup: 3:30 minutes
Lunges: 7:50 minutes
Various lunges with biceps curls
plies w/lateral shoulder raises and military presses
balancing work w/biceps curls.
Squats: 7:17 minutes
triceps-triceps kickbacks, triceps pulses
back bent-over rows, plies w/lateral raises, shoulders w/balancing moves
Traveling Lunges: 6:25 minutes
back-one arm lat rows, rear delt flies, functional fitness moves for shoulders
Inner Thighs:4:47 minutes
plies, shoulders-shoulder presses, ?W?s,
Floor work: 1:34
chest flies, ab work
Cool down and stretch: 2:00
Even though the chapter breakdown looks boring, the variety of the squats, lunges,
and rep speed makes this workout fun. Like a SS workout, once the workout starts,
you?re in constant movement until the cool down. I have no problems working up a
good sweat.
Chalene spends a few seconds before the start of each chapter giving us a heads-up
to what exercises we will be doing and giving us form pointers.
I think Chalene has picked up where Billy left off. Chalene went a step further
and combined, kickboxing, great music, and dance moves, and created a workout that
really is fun to do, Turbo Jam/Kick. It's all about having fun and not taking yourself
too seriously.
Negatives:
I would have to say her, cuing. Even though I can catch on easily, my daughter
thought that her cuing was definitely a problem for anyone who needs to have a routine
broken down before attempting the routine. Even though she?s been taking kickboxing
classes for the last three years, she found Chalene?s lack of cuing a negative.
Her form during the lunges could have been better. I felt that Chalene was leaning
forward too much.
Some of Chalene?s chatter could be annoying to some. Her, ?Yeah Baby? comment could
bother some people.
About me:
I'm an advanced exerciser who likes to rotate my heavier strength workouts with
lighter weights/higher reps workouts. My rotations are usually 4-6 weeks of heavy
weight training, followed by 2 weeks of lighter weight training.
Instructor comments:
Chalene Johnson?s enthusiasm is contagious. She has great camera presence and is
very confident in her ability to lead a great workout. As as I stated earlier, Chalene's
form pointers are excellent!
I also love her philosophy: ?Music can motivate you to do anything.?
I?ve been introduced to three new instructors this year that I feel have a lot of
potential in the home fitness industry. Chalene Johnson is one of the instructors.
Debbie Stout
09/16/05
Okay the first time I did this I didn't like it very much. It's a strength workout
where you don't put the dumbells down to change your weight at all. I don't like
this because obviously you can lift more with your bigger muscles than smaller muscles.
If you are not causing fatique, you won't get results. BUT I decided to do it a
second time with a heavier weight and it worked just right and I had lots of DOMS!!
I think this would be great for people who really dislike strength training. THe
music and the mixed movements really make the time fly. I tend to bulk up with
cathe/the firm so this seems like a good alternative.
Instructor comments:
I love Chalene--she is goofy and fun. She really motivates me.
dee
dmbjorklund@hotmail.com
10/5/2005
I didn't know how much I would like this workout, but I do think it has a place in my collection. The workout runs about 40 minutes and hits all the muscle groups. The workout consists of squats, lunges, planks, compound exercises, etc. I liked that the workout included chest flies. The stretch was kind of short. The music wasn't that great. It got better toward the end. Overall I thought it was a pretty good, short, thorough (for the time frame) strength training workout.
Instructor comments:
Chalene is very energetic and seems very down to earth. She really wants you to have a great time working out.
~Lissa
12-28-05
This is the only workout I've done from the Turbo Jam series, so I can't compare it to others. This workout is currently in the FreeZone of the OnDemand videos available from my cable company. I tried this workout to get a flavor of TurboJam without purchasing the series.
The workout is about 40 minutes of mostly compound moves - lunges with shoulder work, plies with overhead presses. It's a high rep, low weight workout. One odd thing is that you never change weights. If you start with 5 pounds you use that weight throughout. What makes that strange is that some muscles are bigger and stronger than others and could benefit from a heavier weight. When you do lats, you do put both weights in one hand. For the chest presses I upped my weight.
Overall, I liked it. Her cuing isn't flawless, but it was easy enough to follow. The music was good. The instructor is certainly charming and I can understand why people would enjoy the TurboJam series.
I'll use this as long as it's on the freebie list from the cable company, but I probably won't buy it.
Instructor comments:
Encouraging and charming. A nice workout partner.
honey
February 2007
