The reason I do T25 started again today! Yay for a new season of fencing. My main motivation behind starting this program was to keep up and possibly even improve my fitness during fencing off season. I plan to stick with it to hero improve my fencing but I am very excited to be back on the piste. We had a small group today as some people are still away on holiday and it always takes a few sessions to remind your muscles what fencing requires after the off season but I was impressed with how well I was able to keep up with my coach today. He is a pentathlete so is super fit (although he had a bad year last year as it started with a bad fall and injury) and for me to keep up with him is a rare occurrence.

I'm also full of energy again even though I still have a long week to work before I get a break. I spent a day on the couch watching TV which was amazingly rejuvenating plus the added happy hormones from fencing. A couple of other good things happened today to help, one was the fact that I got a wetsuit at a good price and the size I could just not squeeze into last time I was looking fits really nicely today. I'm still not gonna jump back into T25 until Monday (or maybe Sunday with stretch) but I will be going for a swim tomorrow (I am aiming to do a 5 km ocean swim next year so need to train for that too).

Congrats to all those pushing through with the workouts. I will be back with you soon.

I'm excited to join this group! I started T25 last week, but I wasn't following the schedule and was just seeing what the routines were all about. I did Insanity when I was on maternity leave and dropped all the baby weight, feeling awesome. Then I went back to work, stopped working out and watching my diet and managed to put on 15 pounds over the past year. I don't have time for the Insanity workouts and am woefully out of shape now so I thought T25 would be perfect to jump back in with.

My favorite routine so far has definitely been Alpha speed. I love the little stretch breaks in between the cardio segments! I've found that I burn between 200 and 250 per workout. Considering that I do them first thing in the morning before the baby wakes up and always manage to get in a 1 to 2 mile walk in at some point during the day at work I'm hoping it helps me lose the weight.

I love me some Shaun T! Get it!

Happy Friday, everyone! TGIF - we're almost there! I did Alpha Cardio today to finish out my week. So excited to do my measurements tomorrow and have a couple days off! I hope I've made good progress so far. I am noticing that the workouts don't seem AS hard as they did last round. They're certainly not easy, but I don't think I might die mid-workout anymore either - yay!

@Lezerlies - welcome and good luck with T25 - we have a great group here!

@warrior - praying for an easy install. how's the hot water situation?

@Carrie - thanks! and congrats on your NSVs of getting stronger!

@Caption - fencing is so cool! never tried it, but I've always thought it was a graceful looking sport - good luck this season

Been a rough weekend for me-worked 9p-7a last night/this morning on 1 1/2 hrs of sleep Napped off and on today so still very tired but the hubby motivated me to workout tonight still. Did Core Speed for the 1st time-that one is a butt kicker! But a good workout for sure. I'm sure I'll sleep well tonight.

Gamma 3.0 nailed me! 'Nuff said. I am going to have to get creative for modifying the burpees in this one.

Lezerlies - a stall in weight loss is not uncommon. Keep in mind initial weight loss in any diet/work out is going to be water. You have shocked your body and now it is adjusting. It can go in to a semi-starvation mode (especially if you are REstrircting your calories or if you are eating enough and consuming enough water it will begin to work on burning fat. Stick to it, if you don't see weight loss and muscle definition by the end of Alpha then begin to fine tune your macros. We are here for you, cheering you on!!

Rip't UP is my new best friend! That work out rocks and is a challenge I will revel in the day I can say Nailed It!

Carrie - great job with CC! and with adjusting your calories to move you from your stall!

Whew, Extreme Circuit again is a fabulous challenge, I kind of sort of nailed it in my modified way! LOL

Carrie - stunning effort on the Upper Focus! WTG!

Enjoy your Wednesday all!

GAMMA is the BOMB!!! Wow! I have finished my first week, all 4 DVDs and like them ALL! Speed 3.0 will be my task master, but I vow to rise up and master it!!! YEA baby! That being said, today must be an off day for me. My HR only averaged 110 on the ET normally I am running 139. Energy was waining at the beginning of the Pyramid but then came back to me : )

I have been meaning to add this - Marlena looks PHENOMENAL in gamma, what a change from Beta. and, Holy cats can Scott sweat!

I am soooooo looking forward to Staturday! I believe I am going to see some movement. I resisted the scale again this morning - small victory for me!

MrsBenTarr - WELCOME!! congrats on starting Beta today. You could be right with cal intake. If we don't feed our body enough it will go into starvation mode. We are a fun group with assorted backgrounds and will do what we can to cheer you on and encourage you to make the changes you need. WTG on the inches you lost in 5 weeks!! A-Ma-Zing!!!

Have a stupendous day, all! Keep pressing play.....

Warrior-great job with Gamma!! I love your enthusiasm. I think I'm going to do another round of Alpha and Beta before starting Gamma though.

MrsBenTarr-GL at the dinner! And great job with Speed 2.0! It took me a bit to get used to that too but now I love it.

I'm almost done with week 3 of Beta! Crazy how the time flies! Did Speed 2.0 yesterday and will do Rip't Circuit tonight after work. I'm starting to see the scale move in the right direction now so feeling very encouraged by that as well.

I DID gain a 1/2 inch in my thigh during Alpha. What's that all about?

Gaining muscle I would assume? That does suck though. My thighs are big and it's so hard for me to lose anything from them.

I worked out over the weekend, since I took off Friday for not feeling well. Did Core Speed tonight and I felt awesome afterwards! What a great burn.

Wow, I cannot believe how long it has been since I have posted here! So sorry, I don't mean to forget. I have been doing my workouts and am still really enjoying Gamma. Today was The Pyramid - what a fabulous workout, I like the 5 count butterfly at the end, it is energizing!

Lezerlies - I cannot remember right off your weight goals, whether you want loss or maintain. If you are wanting to loss, the yes, cutting back to 1600 cals a day should help move the scale and the tape measure!

Rip't UP has been rocked out! Wow, wow, wow my shoulders and biceps are singing right now!! Gamma is amazing!!

Carrie - WTG on the double!! Keep pushing it!!

Week 3, Day 3 - Lower Focus and Weight Training (Back)

Did really well with Lower Focus. Didn't quite Nail it but far from "Barely Made it"

Weight Training:

3 Sets, 15 Reps Each exercise
Barbell Bent Rows: 135 lbs
Deadlifts: 185 lbs
Dumbell Military Press: 35 lbs each

Was recently made aware that you guys from the Focus T25 group had migrated here. I'm glad to have found you!!

Thanks Jake!

Here's my update: Didn't see the results I was hoping for after Alpha so I decided to do a T25-Insanity hybrid workout.
Insanity is inserted on Days 1, 3 and 5 and I've pushed the second workout on Day 5 to Saturday making that Day 6.
I hope that is not confusing anyone.

I am W3D4 of Beta and hoping for improved results.

Hi, just joined the group today and the site about a week ago. I started T25 and will be doing day 5 tonight. It's been pretty rough going but I am getting it done. Has or does anyone use any supplements? Like E & E from beachbody.