T25!

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I have done the entire T25 program from start to finish, including Gamma. It is an excellent program but as you see asked so many times on myfitnesspal, what are your goals? Do you want to be able to recover from quickly climbing 4 flights of stairs in seconds, or lift your own body weight and easily crank out pushups? Starting with an idea of my fitness level at the beginning of T25 I started with P90X3, which also has 30 minute workouts, and had completed 135 days of the program before starting T25. I lost 25 lbs doing P90X3 and approximately 5 lbs during the T25 program. Please realize with P90X3 I went from sitting on the couch eating whatever I wanted to logging what I eat and working out 6 times a week, so don’t let my results on the scale push you one way or another as I lost the “easy” weight with the first program. I could do all of the videos in Alpha without modifying but was still sore and huffing and puffing by the end of the videos. T25 is a fantastic cardio workout but really lacks any form of strength training to make it a well-rounded program. There are videos labeled as strength training but you will not see similar gains to those found in P90X3. If you struggle with pushups at all you will have trouble with the “strength” videos of T25 because it basically involves 3 minutes straight in the plank position. Total Body Circuit in alpha phase is the video I am referring to, and doing this once a week wasn’t enough for me to build up the strength to comfortably perform this maneuver. Coming from P90X3 I was able to do it, but it was HARD, and never got easier. Now that my complaint on the strength component is out of the way, this program will put you in extreme cardio shape. The best part is you don’t even realize it. Your body/breathing will learn to recover while jogging/moving, because you almost never stop in the video, just perform less intense moves. When you finish Gamma phase, go back to Alpha and try Speed 1.0, you will laugh at how slow the video seems compared to your first memories of starting the program. You WILL see results if you follow the T25 program. In summary P90X3: Strength training = Great, Cardio = ehh. T25: Strength training = ehh, Cardio = Great
It might be worth noting T25 uses less equipment than P90X3.

brian9363 wrote: »

Anyone ever done T25? What were your results?

I like T25. I completed p90x twice and gained weight (muscle of course) . Being female, I like t25 better for the cardio but it does have strength training too and it's only 25 minutes. I alternate with running and treadmill too. I also play softball twice a week and volleyball once a week.