Focus T25: Gamma Extreme Circuit

Today’s review is on Focus T25 Gamma: Extreme Circuit, the third disc in the four disc program!

Length: 25 minutes unless you count the Shakeology commercial and Shaun T kablam intro at the beginning and cool down at the end and it is really 30 minutes.
Equipment needed: Dumbbells or Resistance Bands, miniMAT(optional), chin-up bar (optional)

So, my first thought was: Why is Shaun T wearing a hoodie (no sleeves) and no one else had a shirt on? Granted, it is a cute T25 gray one and says ‘COACH’ on the back.

Andy uses the bands (as always), Scott uses the chin-up bar again, and Tania is the gal to follow for modified moves. You have a lot of choices in Gamma.

You can use any weight dumbbell that you want but I recommend 8-15 pounds. I tried using 12 pound dumbbells but had to toss them and grab my 8 pounds.

Alt. Heel Tap - with weights in hand - holy crud 12 pounds was heavy.

Upright Row

Dual Shoulder Press

Alt. Knee Crunch

21:00 minute marker: Burnout 1

You repeat each move at 15 seconds each!

Alt. Heel Tap
Upright Row

Dual Shoulder Press
Alt. Knee Crunch

20:00 minute marker

Alt. Front Kick 90 Degree Hold

Dual Hammer Curl

Hammer Curl + Squat
90 Degree Straight Leg Hold (L) - WHA THE HECK! OH my goodness.
90 Degree Straight Leg Hold (R)

16:00 minute marker: Burnout 2

Alt. Front Kick 90 Degree Hold

Dual Hammer Curl
Hammer Curl + Squat

Alt. Straight Leg Kick

15:00 minute marker

Weighted Burpee - with dumbbells, band, or chin-up bar. Baahhhh burpees.

Tricep Push-Up - dumbbells in a triangle position. This is not the easiest move! I won’t lie to you - some of these were done on my knees.

Weighted Squat

Plank Crunch - hold your abs tight!

11:00 minute marker: Burnout 3

Weighted Burpee

Tricep Push-Up

Weight Squat

Plank Crunch

9:55 minute marker

Elbow Mountain Climber - on the mat or at the chin-up bar. Poor Andy is tired and Scott looks exhausted. The blonde girl gives Shaun T 'looks’.

Burpee + Front Kick - you have to drag yourself off the ground and do kicks at this point.. repetitively.

Recip. Bicep Curl (L)

Recip. Bicep Curl (R)
Plank Walk + Spider Lunge

6:00 minute marker: Burnout 4

Elbow Mountain Climber - in spirit of Shaun’s hoodie…

Burpee + Front Kick
Recip. Bicep Curl

Plank Walk + Spider Lunge - this eventually turned into a stretch for me because I was slower than those in the video.

4:56 minute marker

Wide Fly + Hip Thrust

Shoulder Press Twist - MAN. If I had heavier weights I would be dropping them.

Walking Ski Abs - things just got INSANITY-stupid.

Dead Lift + Hammer Curl

1:00 minute marker: Burnout 5

Wide Fly + Hip Thrust - I make weird faces when I do flyes - you do too, admit it.

Shoulder Press + Twist

Walking Ski Abs

Dead Lift + Hammer Curl

THEN, THIS FINALLY HAPPENS:

Cool down/Active stretching (3:20 minutes):

Inhale arms up and down
Hands interlocks - to front - try to pull apart
Quad stretch

Fingers interlocked - stretch to sides
Arms up - roll to ground
Touch ground - flex quads

Chin to chest - roll up slowly

Final Thoughts:

This is 25 minutes of pure evil to your body. I loved it. I am going to nickname it: sweat all over the place madness.
My arms feel like rubber bands.
I love when Shaun tells the blonde girl that he isn’t worried about the hair in her face - good, because, my hair was in my mouth too.

I did Body Beast Bulk: Back beforehand and burned about 300 calories. My arms have been pretty tired this week but I burned about 300 calories with Extreme Circuit.

Just like with Gamma: Rip’t Up, I am extremely excited that Shaun T is incorporating weights/resistance training into his cardio programs! This one is not necessarily for bulking/building but it’ll build some lean muscle mass!!