Well, today was my first Friday doing Focus T25. One of the biggest lures of T25 is the ability to get a good workout in only 25 minutes a day, five days a week. Well, Fridays go against the grain...Fridays are double duty! You do two 25 minute workouts to finish out your workout week. I was NOT looking forward to today. I started with Lower Body Focus, which I had not done yet, then moved to Cardio. Lots of Cardio is lower body work and a few of the moves were repeated, so I was spent by the time I finished. I did it at about 9:30 this morning and I was glad that I got it done early. I have the Stretching DVD to do on Sunday, but no actual workout to do until Monday!
Yesterday, I felt sure that my abs would be sore today...but they actually weren't very sore. They were tight, but not actually sore, although I'm sure it will kick in tomorrow!
So far, I really am enjoying this program. I'll do this set of DVDs three more weeks before moving up to the "Beta." Next week is my last week of "freedom" before volleyball practice starts back every morning. This year I am coaching at my high school alma mater, and I am really excited to work with these older girls (although I enjoyed middle school last year). I try to do some of the conditioning with them, just to give them some added motivation, so I'll be getting some extra workouts in. Most of their workouts consist of INSANITY circuits, ands they actually really enjoy it!
I'll do my best to keep you guys posted!
Friday, July 5, 2013
Thursday, July 4, 2013
Focus T25
Well, hello everyone! It's been a while! Let me start this by apologizing for any typing errors; I am typing this on an ipad,and sometimes it has a mind of its own.
Well, it's been over a year sine my last post, so let me catch you up before I tell you whe I am now. If you are reading this, then you know that my husband and I completed INSANITY last year (whoop whoop)! We had planned to continue INSANITY on a modified, less intense schedule...but as you can guess, life got in the way and the we'll-just-do-it-tomorrow's kicked in. We fell off of the train shortly after starting our modified schedule. we had discussed starting it back up when school started, but I was coaching middle school volleyball, so that just was just a ridiculous idea. We kept putting it off, so we just decided that we would do it at the start of 2013 to jump start our year again... And we did! We completed the entire workout again! Oh yeah, we did! It felt awesome to do it again, although we screamed at Shaun T just as much as we did the first time. I had not gained much weight between the two rounds, but I definitely lost a lot of muscle. It was amazing how quickly my muscle tone came back! It's such as amazing program! This time, after we finished, we traded workouts with a coworker of my husband. His coworker was doing the TapouT program, which I thought would be interesting to try. My interest wained after just a few days. It was very ADD with no flow. And the guy leading it had to have been on some drugs to be as amped up as he was! About this time, I started hearing that the one and only Shaun T was coming out with a new workout program! Not only was there going to be a new one, the new one was only 25 minutes a day! What's that, you say? Yes, 25 minutes a day! So, I started my investigation.... I will now stop this run on paragraph and tell you where I am now...
The workout is called Focus T25 and I had to wait with heavy anticipation for it to come out! Luckily, it was due to "drop" around my birthday, so the hubs told me to order it and act surprised on my birthday (I have a great surprise face)! It was released to order through a beachbody coach (which I am not, but should I be?) on June 24, so I ordered that puppy on June 24 and received it on my doorstep on June 28th, the day of my 28th birthday! All I knew about the program was the workouts were 25 minutes a piece and only 5 days a week. I was a bit skeptical that I would "feel the burn" in that short of a time,but I was currently doing NOTHING,so it had to be better than that.
Well, I just finished day 4,and I can say that it is definitely a rough 25 minutes! So far the workouts are great! On the workout calendar, you are supposed to mark "nailed it" or "barely made it" for each workout. Monday, I "barely made it." The catch with Focus T25 is that there are NO breaks through
the entire workout...at all. Since there are no breaks, Tania (the one I hated *with love* from INSANITY) does ach move, modified. Her modifications are low impact and a little easier, so if you need a break, you do her modifications. I did as much as I could, then I'd join Tania doing the modified version for a few seconds, then jump back in with Shaun T. It was rough!
Tuesday wasn't as hard, I'd say I "nailed it!" It was lots of muscle work, but you stretched between each exercise, so it was almost like a break. Last night, "barely made it" through Total Body Circuit...whew! It was terrible! I hung out with Tania quite a bit last night. Tonight was Ab Intervals,which was brutal! I thought INSANITY's Ab workout was rough, but it has nothing on T25! I hope I'mnot around anyone funny tomorrow,because laughter will be painful! Good gravy!! I definitely didn't nail it, but I was pretty proud of myself for keeping up as well as I did.
As far as the diet goes, I am not going to follow the diet that came with the program, but I am going to watch what I eat (except today...it's the 4th of July, so I had to have a big fat juicy burger!). I took before pictures so I can send them in for the t-shirt at the end! I plan to post pics after I finish the first month, so stick with me!
Well, it's been over a year sine my last post, so let me catch you up before I tell you whe I am now. If you are reading this, then you know that my husband and I completed INSANITY last year (whoop whoop)! We had planned to continue INSANITY on a modified, less intense schedule...but as you can guess, life got in the way and the we'll-just-do-it-tomorrow's kicked in. We fell off of the train shortly after starting our modified schedule. we had discussed starting it back up when school started, but I was coaching middle school volleyball, so that just was just a ridiculous idea. We kept putting it off, so we just decided that we would do it at the start of 2013 to jump start our year again... And we did! We completed the entire workout again! Oh yeah, we did! It felt awesome to do it again, although we screamed at Shaun T just as much as we did the first time. I had not gained much weight between the two rounds, but I definitely lost a lot of muscle. It was amazing how quickly my muscle tone came back! It's such as amazing program! This time, after we finished, we traded workouts with a coworker of my husband. His coworker was doing the TapouT program, which I thought would be interesting to try. My interest wained after just a few days. It was very ADD with no flow. And the guy leading it had to have been on some drugs to be as amped up as he was! About this time, I started hearing that the one and only Shaun T was coming out with a new workout program! Not only was there going to be a new one, the new one was only 25 minutes a day! What's that, you say? Yes, 25 minutes a day! So, I started my investigation.... I will now stop this run on paragraph and tell you where I am now...
The workout is called Focus T25 and I had to wait with heavy anticipation for it to come out! Luckily, it was due to "drop" around my birthday, so the hubs told me to order it and act surprised on my birthday (I have a great surprise face)! It was released to order through a beachbody coach (which I am not, but should I be?) on June 24, so I ordered that puppy on June 24 and received it on my doorstep on June 28th, the day of my 28th birthday! All I knew about the program was the workouts were 25 minutes a piece and only 5 days a week. I was a bit skeptical that I would "feel the burn" in that short of a time,but I was currently doing NOTHING,so it had to be better than that.
Well, I just finished day 4,and I can say that it is definitely a rough 25 minutes! So far the workouts are great! On the workout calendar, you are supposed to mark "nailed it" or "barely made it" for each workout. Monday, I "barely made it." The catch with Focus T25 is that there are NO breaks through
the entire workout...at all. Since there are no breaks, Tania (the one I hated *with love* from INSANITY) does ach move, modified. Her modifications are low impact and a little easier, so if you need a break, you do her modifications. I did as much as I could, then I'd join Tania doing the modified version for a few seconds, then jump back in with Shaun T. It was rough!
Tuesday wasn't as hard, I'd say I "nailed it!" It was lots of muscle work, but you stretched between each exercise, so it was almost like a break. Last night, "barely made it" through Total Body Circuit...whew! It was terrible! I hung out with Tania quite a bit last night. Tonight was Ab Intervals,which was brutal! I thought INSANITY's Ab workout was rough, but it has nothing on T25! I hope I'mnot around anyone funny tomorrow,because laughter will be painful! Good gravy!! I definitely didn't nail it, but I was pretty proud of myself for keeping up as well as I did.
As far as the diet goes, I am not going to follow the diet that came with the program, but I am going to watch what I eat (except today...it's the 4th of July, so I had to have a big fat juicy burger!). I took before pictures so I can send them in for the t-shirt at the end! I plan to post pics after I finish the first month, so stick with me!
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