Day 18 was the HIIT 15 and Tone 30 classes for TurboFire.  Now I've already done the HIIT 15 a few times and I’m nailing that consistently with getting the moves in, raising the intensity and really starting to see the effects I think from these HIIT workouts.  I’ve added a couple times now some weighted gloves and you’ll definitely notice the difference when you start increasing the intensity like that. 

The 2nd workout for day 18 was the Tone 30 class. This was my first time doing this one.  It was is a Total Body workout that uses a band and the stretchy leg band that comes with the program.  You go through 3 distinct ‘routines’ after the warm-up of working different parts of the body.  What I really found amazing was that I had a tough time with the band I choose.  Now the significance of that was it wasn’t the toughest band I have.  And what I notice as Chalene moved through the different body parts working them from the different angles is you feel the burn. If you don’t, you aren’t doing it right and you need to step it up. 

As mentioned this is a total body workout. You’ll hit each of the major muscle groups including the triceps, biceps, chest, back, shoulders, legs and core in the 30 minutes.  And don’t think you won’t feel it by the end.  You may have to experiment a little with what band to use and in what length to choose to get the most benefit out of it.

Towards the end when we are doing the thigh specific exercise, i was struggling with the way  I had setup with the stretchy band.  struggling to the point where I had couple feel my legs shaking from the amount of tension that I had to work through.  I was happy about that.  I was a little skeptical about that leg band but if you do it right, it works.  You can also use a regular band for the exercise.  I did try it out afterwards and found it be just as effective. The nice thing about using a normal band is that you can really control the intensity more granularly.  Just my perception of it. 

So my promise to you and everyone out there is that I'll keep pressing play, and hopefully you will also.  Let’s do this together.  contact me with any questions and I know that you will find something that will work for you!

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