Turbo Jam
Posted by terrepruitt on October 27, 2009
I am not aware of how many DVDs there are in the Turbo Jam Library. I have the Five Workout Series, Cardio Party Mix 2, Cardio Party Mix 3, Fat Blaster, and Punch, Kick & Jam.
In this post I am going to give you a breakdown of the workout times for the “Learn & Burn” and the “20 Minute” (Workout). First let me say that I bought my DVDs a few years ago. Then, not long after I bought mine, a co-worker bought hers and while I think the workouts are the same hers were arranged differently. She had one DVD where I had two.
1) Learn & Burn
The DVD cover states the “Learn & Burn” portion of the DVD is “approx. 25 min.” It states that in the burn portion you will get a 15 minute workout. So that would be 10 minutes of her explaining the “Elite Eleven”. My computer timer shows the “Burn” portion starting at 12 minutes.
Now learning the moves might not be a cardio workout, but it would be a short toning workout if you are actually participating as Chalene Johnson suggests. Then when you get to the “burn” part the timer on the bottom* (something I LOVE about the Turbo DVDs) shows that there is 16 minutes and 54 seconds (16:54) to the “burn” portion.
There is about 4:40 minutes worth of warm-up.
Then there is 6:00 minutes worth of “Knees and Punches”.
Then there is about 4:50 minutes of “Kicks”.
Lastly there is about 40 seconds of cool down.
This is a great little start to learning Turbo Jam, I think. I think that it is one of those workouts that you can do when you want to move, but don’t want to go all out. And you can do it twice to make it about 30 minutes of movement.
2) 20 Minute Workout
Timer shows 19:18, but you start the workout at about 18:50.
You get about 3:25 of warm-up.
About 3:30 of “Upper Cuts & Punches”.
Then 4:00 of “Crosses and Kicks”.
Then you have your “Turbo” which is the anaerobic portion of the DVD. She says it is 1:30, but the timer shows 1:30 and the first 15 seconds is jumping rope while she talks. (About 1:15 of “Turbo”)
After the anaerobic portion there is a 25 second break. So remember that when you want to quit the Turbo portion, just power through it and then you will have a water break after. During the break keep moving, but you made it through the anaerobic part and the rest is a piece of cake.
The next part is 3:55 of “Recovery Dance Party”. Which is Turbo twists, jabs, crosses, knee lifts, punches and kicks.
Then the timer says 1:58 “Finesse / Cool Down”.
I have to say that watching this to get the break down as I type on my computer makes me want to get up and do it. I actually haven’t looked at this DVD for a long time. I seem to gravitate toward Cardio Party Mix 2. But in all of the ones I have, Chalene makes me laugh every time.
Do you have any Turbo Jam DVDs? If so, which ones? What is your favorite?
*The DVDs show a timer in the form of a “grow bar” at the bottom of the screen. It shows you the full time as a count down. As the video progresses through each section it indicates the time of each section.
P.S. Regarding the photos: It is really difficult to take a photo of a DVD cover because of the plastic. Without a flash it is blurry, with a flash you get the bright flash spot. So, these photos are not great, they’re just to let you know what the cover looks like. 🙂
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michele said
ok, so I never tried these work outs and I have to admit, my “workouts” have been lacking lately BUT everytime I read your blog I get a little more motivated…and these videos look like a fun work out and not too intimidating for me 🙂
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terrepruitt said
These workouts are fun and not too long. So you might be able to do an entire one without getting interrupted. You could even split up the “Learn and Burn” or see if you could get your kids to “learn” too so that would maybe give you a few extra minutes.
I am thinking that you might need short workouts so you can do them in between “mom duties”. So you can string five ten minute workouts together or a combination of something like that. You could try setting it up so you could get it all done in 90 minutes maybe two hours at the most. So . . . workout . . . . be mom . . . . workout . . . .be mom . . . . workout . . . . be mom. I would love to see that! 🙂
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michele said
Yes that is exactly what I need to do – now I just need to find the strength to add workouts to my switching gears a bajillion times a day!! I know it is worth it thanks for the encouragement!!
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terrepruitt said
Yeah, moms need physical agility and mental agility.
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