Turbo Fire is OUT!

By |2019-06-22T09:10:04-04:00June 17th, 2010|Featured, Latest Post, Product Reviews, Turbo Fire|

Turbo FireThat's right everybody, Chalene Johnson's Turbo Fire as finally hit the streets and is now available through your friendly local Independent Beachbody Coach (*cough cough* Extreme Fitness Results, anyone?). This crazy product is a massive step up from Chalene's Turbo Jam, in that it challenges you to stick your whole body in the lactate fire that is the HIIT workout. "HIIT Workout?" I hear you shrill, "What on earth is a HIIT Workout?" C'mon, folks, we all know that HIIT stands for High Intensity Interval Training, and it basically = torture. The kind of torture that scorches the fat right out from under your skin, leaving you all feverish and flushed and looking fabulous. Want to know more? Read on!

Will the Insanity Workout Make You Lose Muscle?

By |2019-06-22T09:11:24-04:00May 25th, 2010|Exercise & Fitness, Featured, Insanity Blog, Latest Post, no photo|

Insanity Workout Muscle LossI get asked this all the time. Will I lose muscle if I do the Insanity Workout? As with most questions, there's an annoying answer: it depends. What are the variables? They're your current body composition, your goals, and how you approach nutrition. Let's take a quick look at what the Insanity Workout is designed to do, and then see how you can tweak that to best suit your needs.

Interval Training–Taking a Look at HIIT

By |2019-06-22T09:17:18-04:00March 9th, 2010|Exercise & Fitness, Latest Post, no photo|

Interval TrainingInterval training has become the hottest fad, with people decrying steady-state cardio, and promoting high-intensity interval training (HIIT) as if it were the only way to train. You'll hear grandma's discussing their Tabata Protocol numbers at bus stops, hear snickers as people walk by people jogging along slowly, and in general run into the belief that if you're not HIITing it, you might as well not bother. What is HIIT? Is it really the ultimate way to train for cardio? What are its benefits, and what are its potential problems?

INSANITY Workout Review – Day 3

By |2020-04-01T18:34:12-04:00December 4th, 2009|Insanity Blog, Latest Post|

Insanity WorkoutYesterday was rough. As reported I woke up feeling sore, and that soreness lingered throughout the day. My hamstrings and calves were stiff and aching, and I kept having to stand up every twenty minutes or so to stretch them out during the course of the day. By the time I got home I was getting seriously worried that I wouldn't be able to do the next INSANITY workout-if I was limping up the stairs, how was I going to do Suicide Jacks?

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