Real Focus T25 Results? Anyone got a unbiased review?

I just started it yesterday i see lots of ppl having success in just a few weeks in so im just curious if any of you are also following the meal plan or just staying within your daily limit and eatting other stuff?

I'm on week 4 of Alpha as well, still totally loving it although I did see the scale jump back up over the last few days. I think it may be because I added in some extra strength training work outs so my muscles are retaining, but we'll see.

Yup. If your not use to weight training, ur body could be releasing a hormone called Cortisone. Which is notorious for water retention. When you first start training with weights, u are tearing those muscle fibers at the microscopic level. That's how they grow and get stronger. Water rushes in to help repair the tissues causing water retention and bloat. In the weigh lifting circles it's called the enema effect. It should pass.

I'm on week 4 of Alpha as well, still totally loving it although I did see the scale jump back up over the last few days. I think it may be because I added in some extra strength training work outs so my muscles are retaining, but we'll see.

Yup. If your not use to weight training, ur body could be releasing a hormone called Cortisone. Which is notorious for water retention. When you first start training with weights, u are tearing those muscle fibers at the microscopic level. That's how they grow and get stronger. Water rushes in to help repair the tissues causing water retention and bloat. In the weigh lifting circles it's called the enema effect. It should pass.

Thanks yeah, I'm drinking a ton of water and sticking with my calorie goal. I'm usually under, because I haven't been eating back my exercise cals. So I know it isn't fat gain. Just hoping it comes back down soon. I know all the logical explanations, but there's something about that damn number on the scale that's just so discouraging sometimes.

I'm on week 4 of Alpha as well, still totally loving it although I did see the scale jump back up over the last few days. I think it may be because I added in some extra strength training work outs so my muscles are retaining, but we'll see.

Yup. If your not use to weight training, ur body could be releasing a hormone called Cortisone. Which is notorious for water retention. When you first start training with weights, u are tearing those muscle fibers at the microscopic level. That's how they grow and get stronger. Water rushes in to help repair the tissues causing water retention and bloat. In the weigh lifting circles it's called the enema effect. It should pass.

Thanks yeah, I'm drinking a ton of water and sticking with my calorie goal. I'm usually under, because I haven't been eating back my exercise cals. So I know it isn't fat gain. Just hoping it comes back down soon. I know all the logical explanations, but there's something about that damn number on the scale that's just so discouraging sometimes.

Hey everyone I am starting my fourth week of the alpha phase and I have done in the past hip-hop abs, 10 minute trainer and P90X but never got past the first disc because it was way too hard. I have also trained in martial arts and different types of intense training programs and also worked out at the gym in the past. Currently I am the mother of a 14 month old and I have had excess weight about 20 pounds since being pregnant and that's what I've been looking to lose.

I weighed myself at the beginning of this program but did not take measurements simply because I don't do well it makes me obsessed. I have been stepping on the scale every week just to see where I'm at and it's been fluctuating down and up between 3 pounds or less. I'm not usually a fan of looking at the scale because I know that it doesn't always mean well because when you're turning fat into muscle it's not going to give you the numbers that you're looking for. So aside from the weight situation when I look at my overall body I have not been in a bikini since I was pregnant and yesterday for the first time I sported a bikini so I have been noticing significant change in my body and I've slimmed down a lot in the last three weeks. I'm not following their diet program but I have been using live strong's calorie tracker app. I have done fairly well in staying below my caloric intake but have gone over a few times. I'm not a fan of depriving myself because I don't like the rebound that can happen through deprivation. I'm in this for a lifestyle addition as opposed to a program that lasts me 15 weeks. But having done many workouts in the past I know that the diet is very important so even though I'm staying within my calories I have been eating healthier calories, lots of salads, egg whites and proteins.

So overall my review on the actual effect of this work out program is generally positive I am seeing change and I feel good about myself and I'm excited to work out.

Now for the review of the actual videos. I really like Shawn T from hip hop abs but when I went back to do them after having a child I realized I wasn't sweating very much and it was kind of boring & realized it was made in 2007. So I decided to Google Shawn T to see what he was up to and found he had done Insanity and Asylum etc. Those names didn't even appeal to me but luckily I found Focus T25 which was just released last year. So I did some research and read some reviews and I loved that it was 25 minutes because as I said I'm a mother and I don't have much time throughout the day for myself. So I got the videos and I read a lot of reviews to get me inspired before I started. I think reading coach/trainer reviews is good to get you inspired to start a new program, it's never helpful to read negative reviews about a program before you begin because unless you do it yourself you really can't trust anyone's review because everyone is different.

I love Shawn T as a trainer because I think he is very positive and really motivational. I really like the moves because they are easy-to-follow and they have a great progression and I love that there's a modifier for things that are really difficult like the push-ups and most things that are difficult to start with but I have found that over the last three weeks I have really improved and haven't had to follow the modifier very much at all except for the push-ups. Lol I like that each day is different because then it's not boring and I look forward to not knowing what I'm doing the next day I just get ready to work out and I push play. I found some days when I had extra energy I would just do an extra set of the stretching video so I did more than was expected in the program which made me feel good about it.

There is something about Shawn T and something about Focus T25 that makes me feel really excited and inspired and not afraid to push myself. I think he nailed it on the head and created an amazing workout program...but that's just me. Everyone should try it. And I believe with most beach body products if you're not happy you can always get a full refund. Good luck and happy focusing!

We have a gym at work and a co-worker talked me into trying Focus T25. After seeing the results my co-worker's friend got after 2 months and the results and reviews I've read on here I was actually looking forward to trying it. I can honestly say this is the first time in my life I was excited about exercising... after trying the first two days of the program I have to say that I'm very glad I didn't waste any money on it. I was frustrated and very disappointed. This is not a program for beginners! The problem isn't the difficulty of the exercises or the pace he sets but the complete and utter lack of instruction. For someone like me, whose idea of exercise is taking the stairs instead of the elevator and might go the gym two or three times a month to use the treadmill or bike, this program is almost useless because he never explains what you are supposed to be doing. He expects that you already know what all the exercises are and how to do them before you start. They do show three other people doing the full work out and one person doing the modified version, but they spend more time on close up shots of the instructors face then they do showing you what you are supposed to be doing...

The first day, Cardio, was a good work out but with poor instruction. I was hoping that it got better on the instruction part but day two, Speed 1.0, was even worse. Out of the 25 minute workout I spent a good 15 minutes either standing still or just jogging on the spot as I waited for the camera to finally pan over to someone doing the workout so I could see what to do. I didn't even bother with the cool down stretches, just ejected the dvd and hit the shower.

If you've done workout programs before and have a decent understanding of what the exercises are called and how to do them, this program will probably be a good one for you. If you are like me, a true beginner, you might as well save your money and avoid the frustration and disappointment...

This is really interesting to me because I actually really disagree, which isn't to discredit your own reactions to the workout but simply to provide another perspective. I did Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred prior to starting this but other than that was a beginning, had never done a workout program of this intensity or anything from Shaun T or beachbody before. I agree that it can be difficult to really pick up the moves right away because of the pace he moves, but I didn't find that they showed too many close-ups or anything like that. I actually think that Shaun T does a good job at moving over to one of his "back-up" people and showing the way they're doing the workout, giving you examples of what NOT to do, etc. I don't think the idea is to pick it up right away or go as fast as them right away: I'm halfway through my 4th week and I can't go anywhere near as fast as they do on a lot of the moves, especially in Speed 1.0. But I definitely notice a HUGE improvement from week one, both because my endurance is changing and because I'm starting to get the routines down.

You'll notice for example that he LOVES the "jack feet progression": jack feet, then double jack feet, then double jack feet with arms, then single jacks. So once you've learned that progression you can kind of anticipate what might be coming next. I know that's a really specific example, but it's something I've picked up on really well over the last few weeks… he likes to progress through different movements in working up to, I guess, the most challenging one. Once you've picked up on that I think it gets easier to follow. You have to stick with it though.