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!!
