DAY-03 T25-Focus Total Body Circuit

My daily weigh in this morning:

Weight    : 187.6 lbs
% Fat      : 18.4 %
% Water : 62.4 %

I record this info every day in MyFitnessPal so that I have a record of all my data.
Now on to what we really want to know...

As Shaun T says in INSANITY, that $#@! was BANANAS !!!! 

Yes, the T25 Focus Total Body Circuit was off the hook.  I watched the video last night so that I would be prepared for the workout today.  I slept through my alarm this morning, so I was unable to do the workout before work like I had hoped... My wife called me after she completed the workout this morning and said, "Holy $#@! that was HARD !!  So needless to say, I was a little disappointed that I didn't get to do the workout with her this morning.  So when I arrived home this evening I immediately dawned my Armour39 Heart Rate Monitor knee brace and got to the workout.  I was a little afraid as to what was to come, as my legs are still very sore all over.

This workout is what it says it is, a TOTAL BODY CIRCUIT !!! There were many squats and lunges to go along with what seemed like and eternity in the plank position with push-ups, spider push-ups, walking push-ups.  I pride my self and my upper body strength and push-up ability.  I can do 100-125 push-ups at the drop of a hat, and I had a hard time with the amount of time in the plank position with the multiple exercises from there. I am going to give the workout two thumbs UP !!  As you can see from the overview of my Armour39 Heart Rate Monitor, my 25 minute workout was off the chart.

I had decided before my workout, that I was also going to do what I call a BaseBuild I workout afterwards to get some good stretching in.  This workout entails doing the warm-up and stretching from INSANITY.  I recommend this to people who are afraid to start INSANITY. It teaches you some basic moves and gets a great stretch in.  I went all out during this additional 20 minutes and as you can see, I burned an additional 312 calories to go along with my 438 from the T25 Focus workout for a grand total of 750 calories.


I am feeling pretty good about where I am through the first three days of T25 Focus.  I'm getting ready to watch the workout for tomorrow so that I can be prepared for whats to come.  If I get some time tomorrow I want to try and talk about MyFitnessPal and my UP band in how I have incorporated them into my daily routine of life and the benefits that I get from them.


Till next time...
"Respect Tradition, Embrace Tomorrow!"
Make it a GREAT day !!

DAY-02 T25 Focus Alpha-Speed 1.0

Here are my initial measurements for T25 Focus, taken on Sunday night July 28th, 2013 :
Weight : 191.0 lbs
% Fat : 18.4 %
% Water : 62.4%
Chest : 43 3/4
Waist : 36
Thigh : 20
Calf : 15 3/4
Arm : 13 1/4

I will be taking all the measurements once a week on Sundays to compare... might even take pictures each week.

Woke up very early again... 4:20am so that I could get the workout in before the day started.  My daily weigh in today was:
Weight : 187.6 lbs
% Fat : 18.0 %
% Water : 62.7%

We did not pre-watch this workout, wish I would have.  Probably would have been able to get more out of it.


The T25 Focus Speed 1.0 workout is all about balance, stretch and quick movements.  Tanya does a great job doing a modified version of the workouts for those wanting a non-impact version of the exercises.  The workout started with quick movements followed by
a stretch and right back into the workout.  This DVD definitely got my HR up from yesterdays.  I peaked out at 183 bpm and had an average of 154.  My legs are sore through my inner thighs and groin and quads.

We just finished watching the DVD for tomorrow...  It looks BRUTAL !!!  Till then... make it a GREAT DAY !!!

DAY-01 T25 Focus Alpha-Cardio

Here is the calendar for the first 5 week session of T25 Focus, the newest BeachBody workout featuring Shaun T.  My wife Dana and I, watched the first workout, Alpha-Cardio last night so that we had an idea of the exercises and what to expect.  Some of the moves looked familiar to that of INSANITY that we have previously completed, along with some new moves!!

We put the DVD in 5:40am this morning to get our workout in together !!  Always much easier to train with somebody then doing it by yourself.  There was a pretty neat feature they added into this workout... they had one of the team members working out in a non-impact version of the workout.  This was pretty cool as I did most of my INSANITY non-impact and had great results !!

Now on to the actual workout.  There is no warm-up and stretch as in INSANITY, but it starts off slow and works into the workout pretty quickly.  After that, it just goes and goes... no breaks, except for some squats.  I had a pretty good workout as shown by my UA39 Hear Rate Monitor.  Next time we do this workout I will be able to go harder now that I know the moves and how to do them.  There was an awful lot of calf workout, so make sure your legs are ready before starting this workout.

Thanks for bearing with me on my first blog.  I will be adding in my daily food log, via MyFitnessPal and my sleep patterns and daily steps via my UP band. I hope you enjoyed and I look forward to bringing you our journey through T25 Focus.  Thanks again and make it a GREAT DAY!