Day 4 was the Burn Intervals workout. It is both a cardio endurance workout and a muscle endurance workout. Basically, you alternate between doing cardio moves (for about 1-2 minutes) and then doing a very high rep strength move (or set of moves) using a very light weight that targets a particular body part. The cardio moves are things like burpees, jumping jacks, boxing moves, etc., and the strength moves are bicep curls, shoulder presses, shoulder flys, triceps extension, etc. There is even a bit of ab work at the end. The workout is 47 minutes, including warm-up and cool-down, but goes pretty quickly. The one drawback is that the most annoying cast member in Chalean Extreme is in the video, Skip, the guy in the back who never shuts up. Plus, he totally lies about how much weight he is using, which anyone who owns a set of Bowflex SelectTech dumbells can see. At one point, Chalene's sister Janelle shoots him a pretty hilarious look. But, he is offset by my total CE crush, Toni, who looks like a fitness model despite having (at that time) seven kids. I think she is actually up to nine or ten kids now.
Overall, the workout is very good. It can be modified somewhat, but even modified it will give you a good workout. I am not doing the ab workout that is usually done after this workout. I am saving it for after the Burn it Off cardio workout on Saturday.
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