Focus t25 people... is that all your doing?

Just T25, cz i wanted to find out if it worked by itself! yep it does.

I just started last Tuesday and it is all I have done but I'm hoping to throw in some Chalean Extreme strength workouts twice a week if I can handle it, just not on a lower focus day, that would be too much for my legs.

I'm adding 2 days worth of Les Mills Pump each week because I want to keep building my muscles. i'm doing pump on Thursdays and Sundays. I'm still leaving Saturdays as rest. I previewed all of the month 1 workouts last week while I was waiting for my challenge group to start. Totally feasible to add another workout or two in if you wanted, but, remember that Fridays we double up!

Doing FocusT25 with running and BodyBeast. Some people don't have time to exercise a lot but I can't exercise just 25 minutes a day. I simply need more than that.

Body Beast is a hypertrophy based program. There's a very specific reason it only has you working each muscle group once per week. There is an extreme importance placed on resting the muscles in between workouts when the goal is hypertrophy. If you're combining it with an additional program that isn't allowing that rest in between workouts, such as T25, which trains your fully body daily, you are totally defeating the purpose of doing Body Beast and actually are making yourself more injury prone in the long run. When you do weight training in that format, you are causing damage to the muscles. Strengthening occurs when the muscles rest and repair themselves after a workout. Not allowing them rest means all you're doing is damaging them, then damaging them some more, then damaging them some more, etc...

Over on Teambeachbody's website there is a guide written by Tony Horton himself on guidelines to follow when combining programs. I suggest you go check it out otherwise you could be doing more harm than good.

EDIT: It is best that you let go of the idea that because a workout isn't long enough, that it isn't enough. Crossfit workouts typically only last 20 minutes a day, if that, 3-4 days a week, max. And they get better results than any Beachbody program. Falling into this pattern of thinking can lead to self destructive exercise habits.

Thanks for the advice, fitness professional but I've been doing it since the beginning of the year and my runs have actually improved.

I'm quite happy working out 2 hours a day and I'm doing just fine doing it. Know plenty of women who are marathoners and doing BodyBeast just like me (have been doing it longer, closer to when it was released), and they too are getting results like me. If a person is short on time, good for them...I'm not. I'm doing what works for me. No injuries here. Nothing but improvements. If I see fit to stop working out as much, but she asked for an opinion...I gave it. No need to rain on my parade.

Doing FocusT25 with running and BodyBeast. Some people don't have time to exercise a lot but I can't exercise just 25 minutes a day. I simply need more than that.

Body Beast is a hypertrophy based program. There's a very specific reason it only has you working each muscle group once per week. There is an extreme importance placed on resting the muscles in between workouts when the goal is hypertrophy. If you're combining it with an additional program that isn't allowing that rest in between workouts, such as T25, which trains your fully body daily, you are totally defeating the purpose of doing Body Beast and actually are making yourself more injury prone in the long run. When you do weight training in that format, you are causing damage to the muscles. Strengthening occurs when the muscles rest and repair themselves after a workout. Not allowing them rest means all you're doing is damaging them, then damaging them some more, then damaging them some more, etc...

Over on Teambeachbody's website there is a guide written by Tony Horton himself on guidelines to follow when combining programs. I suggest you go check it out otherwise you could be doing more harm than good.

EDIT: It is best that you let go of the idea that because a workout isn't long enough, that it isn't enough. Crossfit workouts typically only last 20 minutes a day, if that, 3-4 days a week, max. And they get better results than any Beachbody program. Falling into this pattern of thinking can lead to self destructive exercise habits.

at the moment I only have time for t 25 but a few of my friends are also riding bikes and running, I plan on riding my bike as well since it is really nice outside I may as well do something extra

Body Beast is a hypertrophy based program. There's a very specific reason it only has you working each muscle group once per week. There is an extreme importance placed on resting the muscles in between workouts when the goal is hypertrophy. If you're combining it with an additional program that isn't allowing that rest in between workouts, such as T25, which trains your fully body daily, you are totally defeating the purpose of doing Body Beast and actually are making yourself more injury prone in the long run. When you do weight training in that format, you are causing damage to the muscles. Strengthening occurs when the muscles rest and repair themselves after a workout. Not allowing them rest means all you're doing is damaging them, then damaging them some more, then damaging them some more, etc...

Over on Teambeachbody's website there is a guide written by Tony Horton himself on guidelines to follow when combining programs. I suggest you go check it out otherwise you could be doing more harm than good.

EDIT: It is best that you let go of the idea that because a workout isn't long enough, that it isn't enough. Crossfit workouts typically only last 20 minutes a day, if that, 3-4 days a week, max. And they get better results than any Beachbody program. Falling into this pattern of thinking can lead to self destructive exercise habits.

Thanks for the information. My husband was looking into doing Body Beast along with T25. I will be checking out the Tony Horton guidelines that you mentioned as well. I agree with you that workouts can be short and render results.

Yup T25 is all I am doing. And I did day 1 yesterday and it is no joke. Shaun T isn't lying when he says it is an hour workout packed into 25 minutes. I loved it.