TurboFire Review: Is Beachbody’s Latest Cardio Program Worth Buying?

TurboFire is an exercise program from Beachbody, the same company behind Insanity and P90X. This program utilizes some of the same strategies featured in both of those programs while taking a slightly different approach. Is TurboFire worth buying or is it just a repeat of Beachbody’s previous offerings? Let’s review.

What is TurboFire?

Much like Insanity, This is an intensive cardio workout. These workouts are aimed primarily at burning calories and shedding weight. One distinction between TurboFire and Insanity is that this is a 90 day program as opposed to Insanity’s 60 day. Additionally, this one is clearly marketed more toward women. For those women trying to lose weight and feeling like Shaun T doesn’t represent their goals, Charlene Johnson is easier to identify with. Furthermore, where Insanity and P90X use more of a military drill style to their presentation, TurboFire uses more upbeat music and energy.

What’s included with TurboFire?

The program includes 5 DVDs featuring different cardio workouts at different levels. One positive point is that the workouts range from 10 minutes to 55 minutes. There are four cardio disks containing multiple workouts including low impact and max intervals, and one stretch disk for post-workout. Of course it’s Beachbody, so you can also pay more to get “bonus items” if you don’t feel that you’re spending enough.

How much does TurboFire cost?

The price is around $80 for the DVD set itself, but after shipping, the total price is around $100. More if you opt for extras.

Claims VS. Reality: Is TurboFire worth it?

Beachbody claims that TurboFire is “the best workout” with “the best music.” They also claim that TurboFire burns “more fat in half the time.” The fact is that the science is there and the exercises here will burn calories, but there are other things to consider. The system TurboFire uses is high intensity interval training. This kind of training is excellent for burning calories, but it is not exclusive to these DVD workouts. The key is maintaining a high heartrate while exercising at max for one minute intervals. This is the same system used by other workout programs or by independent training. It is a good workout, but you don’t have to have the DVDs to do interval training. The main selling point is the music. This really is a big factor, because motivation is key, and it’s hard to stay motivated doing these exercises without something to keep you going. The upbeat music definitely keeps things moving. In the end, TurboFire has a lot good to offer, but may not be quite worth the price tag unless you have an extra hundred bucks laying around and want a decent workout with a good soundtrack.

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