Focus T25 by Shaun T - Just starting. Accountability and motivation.

ReecyCGB

@RachelRiley87 The one that I did was only 30 minutes, it goes up in time each week the last one is 50 minutes. I do my workout when my son is having his nap so time is everything. I've heard amazing things about turbo fire and turbo jam. I tried PIYO but got bored after 2 weeks, not really into yoga or pilates. I think I'll try it again after Cize.

RachelRiley87

@Real149 my friends doing piyo and he said he got bored with it too, he offered to lend me it (thanks I think.. was my answer haha). That's not too bad then of you work upto harder goals I think I'll start that with you after I finish up.


Anyone on Beta can give me an idea if more or less calories are burned than alpha? I start Monday I'm very nervous but also I've just been using 25mins cardio intervals on mfp to count into my hrm arrives. Thanks in advance xx

RachelRiley87

So threads a little quiet I hope your all doing okay.

Today's the end of week 5 Alpha for me I still need to try and fit in lower focus if I can. It's a great end to the week as my Mum will be back home from hospital tomorrow too!

I just had a look through Beta dvds quickly as to see what I'm in for.. skipping most of them and having a look which ones weights were needed for. I'm going to use 2.5lbs in each hand to start and see how I go.. I have a set of 3 different weights so if I need more I can progress but after looking at the exercises that is doubtful.. looks rather dance like too which could be fun but with my two left feet I bet it will be a disaster ( I usually modify when it gets like this and even can't follow tania so I usually bounce about and make up my own very similar moves). I will do a weigh in Tuesday and measurements to keep you all updated.

Beta here I come...!!

Enjcg5

I've been stagnet this week. Back at it! But I had a question. Does anyone do any additional strength training with T25?

RachelRiley87

@Enjcg5 I've not been as I'm fairly unfit and really no muscle so the routines themselves have been giving me muscle gains and body fat loss. I'm sure a few fellow map's are combining 3 lifting days in there weeks. Beta looks like it's fairly balanced so I'll continue doing the programme as it's laid out for now.

motivatedsister

Glad to hear your mom will be getting out of the hospital Rachel!

@Enjcg5 since there are no weights in Alpha, and the weights I'm using in Beta are light...I still do BodyPump 3 days a week at the gym to get in my weight training.

I did all my T25 on schedule this week, so no make up workouts or anything. It felt weird not doing it this weekend lol, I almost went ahead and did Monday's workout.

Those jeans I mentioned last week I think where I needed a 10 and they didn't have it...well stumbled upon another store and they didn't have a 10 either but they had an 8. Figured I would try it on just to see how far away I was...surprise surprise they fit!! I can fit an 8. Lol I wouldn't dare try an 8 in another brand, but it felt good nonetheless.

My mini goal has been to be a size 10 by my vacation next week, and I'm probably still more like a solid 12 at this point I am proud that I can say I have a size 10 pair of jeans from Express and a size 8 pair from the Limited that I will be taking with me on my trip!

I only lost 2 lbs this week, so not enough to think it would effect what size I wear. I didn't get a chance to take measurements, but I must be losing inches!

On to week 3 of Beta, keep it up everyone!

alx790

Hey, just found this thread!! I really need some motivation! I did t25 all the way through but u have stopped over the last couple of months - just lost that motivation to press play. Starting again today - gonna do alpha for three weeks then up straight to beta! Gotta make myself push that button!!

RachelRiley87

@motivatedsister- Thankyou really excited she gets home late afternoon before I leave to work we are both very excited! Congratulations on your progress it's fantastic to hear and gives me so much motivation to stick this out. Being half way through now I have a new boost of energy hit me this morning. I do intend on doing gamma but may redo Alpha and beta first. Must be excited for your vacation so proud you reached your set goal! 2lbs is brilliant can't wait to hear all about your inches when you log that in! X

@alx790 - Hi and welcome, well done for doing one round all the way through already! Did you purchase Gamma and do that one too? 3weeks then doing Beta sounds perfect to get you moving again.. I think it's smart taking a few months break anything that helps you manage to push play again too much of anything can get tedious. Anytime your struggling if anything is going on in your life that's what we're all here to support you with. Everyone helped kept me on the straight and narrow after a tough week last week. I even had a cheat day fri/sat and had a few drinks for the first time in months sometimes you just need to! Keep us updated weekly and again welcome to the thread.

kittehkitteh88

@RachelRiley87 so pleased to hear about your mum!

I start week 9 today and I've lost the last stubborn half stone to be the lowest weight I've been in years ^_^ 1 lb left to lose and i'll be at my target weigh of 10 stone! I first started T-25 2 years ago when i reached my highest weight of 11.5 stones but I've never finished the total program (until now, there is no way i am stopping with the end in sight!)

RachelRiley87

@kittehkitteh88 - Thankyou. Wow that is incredible you must be so proud of yourself for finally completing the whole programme and being able to say you did it all!! That is progress at its finest!! Week 9 that's just incredible I really hope I manage to push myself through like you have done, I'm just excited to be able to say I'm onto beta and week 6 so that's a month and a half of dedication, this post has kept me pushing through when I've wanted to give up. I'm exactly at where you started pretty much and want to get to where you are. I'm ideal healthy weight is set at 63kg Inc muscle gains so I've a fair way to go yet but you have given me hope and inspiration with your post today. Well done you! Xx

RachelRiley87

Okay so I'm posting alot but here's my update.

I just did the core cardio in Beta today (first day week6).. I was excited and scared and put it off to after I did some paper work. I'm not sure if it was the hype i read or the fact I heard it gets alot harder that had me scared, I've never managed to get to a stage I feel I can go onto the next level with any programme.. I just kept telling myself it's still only 25minutes even if it nearly kills me.. but guess what? It was great, it was fun and new and kept me focused the whole 25minutes long! Not only that I found this easier than Alpha? Maybe as alpha is meant to be harder and get you ready maybe it's harder cardio moves for me.. I stuck it out and conquered. I feel fantastic and not so worried I'll die during work tonight. I'm looking forward to progress into these workouts and will update as my weekly stats tomorrow as usual. Let's hope I find the others manageable and don't end back up in Alpha which I truly still struggle with.

50extra

Hey everyone I just read through the thread and it looks like many of you are doing great. I disappeared because a guy I work with had a medical emergency on our way to work one morning. I spent three days in the hospital with him in Russia and then we airlifted him to Germany where I spent another five days. No workouts for me for the past couple weeks and I'm going on a holiday tomorrow for a week or so. Keep killing it, I'll get back to T25 as soon as I am home for longer than a few hours.

sweetvalor

Not doing T25 but started week 3 of Insanity!!! So proud I made it to here. Add me if y'all would like

cgibs87

I am on a T25 hiatus .. I went and had my shoulder looked at and may have torn my rotator cuff.. hoping it is just a bad strain! I have been able to get on the elliptical though so I am glad I am getting something done. Every time I get to week 3 of T25 something happens! I think once I get the all clear to resume from the doctor I am going to skip and go to Beta.

motivatedsister

Congrats @RachelRiley87 ! I agree it's weird that Beta is seemingly easier than Alpha, but I still get a good workout. I think overall I burn more during Beta workouts than in Alpha.

@50extra hope you'll be able to get back to it soon! Enjoy your holiday!

AnniePenny

Hey guys!! @RachelRiley87 so glad your mom is back home!

I completely bailed on t25 this past week and it looks like it's gonna be the same this week too =/. I definitely don't feel good about it to be honest but I have just sooooo much to study! I have 2 heavy exams this week and I'm freaking out a bit about learning everything in time for that so yea..

Considering I've only done one week of alpha and stopped I think once this week is over I might aswell start all over again. =/

kittehkitteh88

@RachelRiley87 thank you for your lovely words! The program definitely works! I loved Beta as i was starting to get bored of Alpha, so was happy to start them, let me know how you find Speed 2, i love it as its so fast paced so you don't have time to get bored

motivatedsister

Ugh...Monday workouts are always tough! I think taking the day completely off Sunday isn't good for me. I notice that when I do anything on Sunday, even something light like yoga, Monday's are better than when I do nothing.

But I made it through today; I did Beta - Core Cardio and I went ahead and did Upper Focus as well. My vacation is next week, so I know I have little last minute errands to run this week so I don't wanna miss any workouts...so just getting it in while I have the time in case I'm tied up later this week.

Resting a little bit and then heading to the gym.

RachelRiley87

@50extra - Oh gosh, I hope your friend is okay and safe and hopefully back home or close enough to home for family now. Very good of you to stay by their side in that time. If there's any excuses to miss a workout I think you have it covered, sounds like you need a well deserved rest yourself. Enjoy your holiday and have fun. We're see you in a week or so when your ready to go again!

@Raani04 - woah fantastic keep up the hard work with insanity and let us know how your going, always welcome here I'm definitely a Shawn t fan now.

@cgibs87 - Oh no I hope your okay and it's not too serious, I'd suggest taping it to help.. I specialise in problems like this with alot of my clients. I really hope you find out the true course and get back on track. Well done for sticking to exercise throughout it very motivational. I think it's a great idea to jump into Beta especially if you've done 3 weeks of alpha a few times golly let's hope you break the bad luck streak of 3weeks in Beta!!! Get well soon.

@motivatedsister oh that is good news that you feel the same and seem to be burning more, maybe Alpha got out bodys ready for these specific exercises to get us through so we could push harder for longer and get better results without collapsing? I also know that the struggle is real on the Monday so I started splitting my double day to Fri and sun sometimes.. might help you. One week and you get a lovely well deserved break though! Yayyy!!

@AnniePenny just do what you think your be able to stick at when your done with your exams, it's good to take breaks you don't want to mentally or physically exhaust your body when you have so much important stuff going on. Sometimes working out helps with the stress of things I know it did with me the last week. Can't wait to see you back on this journey and goodluck with your exams just remember you can achieve anything you want in life of you focus (now I sound like Shawn t haha). Hope all goes well for you. Thank you also it's lovely to have Mum home.

@kittehkitteh88 it's great when it's fast paced isn't it haha! I havnt done speed 2 yet today I will let you know thou.. I will be doing it after I've eaten today. I'm really excited and later I'll pop to my gym to get my weekly results epp!!! Xx

Enjcg5

So I started Beta week 1 yesterday and I couldn't believe how doable core cardio was. Minus the pushup and burpees! I'm supposed to do Speed 2.0 today but I'm wondering if I should stick with 1.0? I haven't mastered 1.0 yet. Thoughts?

alx790

Total body circuits almost killed me today! But I managed to do more of the press ups than ever before! Check out my heart rate!!

Enjcg5

TBC is really hard for me. The burn is real.

RachelRiley87

@Enjcg5 I suggest do 2.0.. it's fast paced and I found all moves easy.. just modified near the end as I thought I was having some kind of heart attack after doing all unmodified not like me but for some reason beta is easier than alpha for me.. this has to be a real fat burner it's the most I've sweat the whole programme very similar to cardio just faster paced.. @kittehkitteh88 I must say I love the speed!! Missed the stretching parts though.

@alx790 wtg on tbc.. amazing burn and really good job on the pressups I found I improved over the weeks on those too and will go back to that dvd as ended up being my favorite oddly enough, most probably because I was improving slowly over the weeks.

motivatedsister

I agree with Rachel @Enjcg5 and say go for it! The first time I did Speed 2.0 I did have to pause a few times, but all the moves were doable. The next time it came up it was a ton better...just keep pushing through. You got this!

cgibs87

@RachelRiley87 you have me so excited to start Beta when I can!!

RachelRiley87

@cgibs87 can't wait to have you back on board once your all healed up and ready to go! It really is nice to be moving on in the programme even if I feel I find it fairly easier than month 1... I think the weights are going to be killer for me though!

Update since last week:
down 0.8kg and Tom for me just now.
Remained 33.2% body fat but down .3kg fat mass total. -.5kg muscle mass in a week but still up .4 from 3weeks measurement. Visceral fat down 1 more point to 3. Degree of obesity down to 10.1% from 12.1% and 11.3% last week. Metabolic Age still 39 but down from original 43 ahh!! Bmi down .3 so from 24.7 to 24.5 to 24.2 this week.

As I said just cam eon today so don't know how Tom will effect these readings! Hope everyone's doing okay.

Enjcg5

So glad I did speed 2.0. It's not hard at all! Just fast and no stretching! I love it.

motivatedsister

WTG @Enjcg5 ! I just did Speed 2.0 and Ript Circuit...pooped! No class at the gym today, so after looking at my schedule went ahead and doubled up again.

RachelRiley87

Wow well done guys.. I just did first weight workout in Beta rip-t circuit... I'm only using 2.5lbs in each hand I thought maybe I could have gone higher.. but I'm sweating like mad my legs hurt my arms ache and my tummy.. dear God tummy n lower back are aching so bad after.. I need some tlc today. I'm scared for the next one using weights now!!

Blessed_Mommy86

I just finished week 3 day 3 of Beta... Speed 2.0. For some reason, that one is still hard on me. The moves are easy, it's the super fast pace that I don't like. I live for that first jog recovery. I much prefer the workouts that involve weights like Rip't Circuit and Upper Focus.