Focus T25, shortened to just “T25,” is a 2013 Beachbody program that creator Shaun T swears will get you ripped in ten weeks with just 25 minutes of daily training. The program’s natural progression follows three distinct training phases: Alpha (foundation), Beta (core), and Gamma (strength). The five-week Alpha phase will leave you winded, sore, and questioning your life choices if your excuse for not hitting the gym for the last three … [Read more...]
How Many Calories Does P90X3 Burn? (Yikes)
Originally released in 2013, the P90X3 is the third of the popular P90X series released by American fitness trainer Tony Horton. Designed as a 90-day program, 30 minutes a day for six days a week–or an optional seven days a week if you hate rest–the P90X3 has both regular and deluxe workouts to help you get fit, burn calories, and resent ever discovering Tony Horton’s late-night infomercial. But since we’re on the subject of calories burned … [Read more...]
P90X vs P90X2 vs P90X3: What are the Differences?
Tony Horton’s P90X franchise has turned living rooms across the globe into makeshift gyms for the last 15+ years. But the total body transformation series isn’t a 3-step program like it seems. P90X2 follows the OG P90X, but it’s not necessarily a prerequisite. P90X3 is its own standalone program separate from the two “prequels,” but if you start with any program, make it P90X3. Are you confused yet? Us, too. Below, we’ll explain the … [Read more...]
Jeff Nippard’s Push Pull Legs (PPL) Program (Full Review)
If you’ve been in the gym for a year or more, then there’s a pretty good chance you’ve tried some sort of PPL program once or twice. Turns out, there are quite a few versions out there. After all, they’re a solid way to split up your routine to reduce overtraining, yet still hit each muscle group hard once or twice a week. But, no version is quite as in-depth as Jeff Nippard’s. So, is this the program that’ll send your gains to the next … [Read more...]
Beginner Workout: Cycle 5, Week 2
EDITOR’S NOTE: For an in-depth description of the beginner workouts and the movements contained in them from their creator, Bret Hamilton, have a look at his article on getting started with this 12-week program. Getting Started with the Beginner Workouts If you are just starting out and are unfamiliar with the movements included in this cycle, please refer to the instructional videos included and make sure you understand the techniques … [Read more...]
5 Mistakes You’re Making When Ordering Gym Shirts
Ordering apparel for your gym should be fun. Cool gear should be a way to bring the community together and put some extra money in your pocket. But time and again, I see gym owners give up on the process or avoid it because of the stress and confusion involved. I see this because I run a custom apparel business myself. I’ve seen the mistakes most people are prone to making. So, here are my recommended strategies to avoid the headaches and just … [Read more...]
Beachbody’s P90X vs Insanity vs Body Beast: Which is Better?
Beachbody On Demand is home to dozens of streamable training programs for just about every fitness goal, experience level, and time commitment imaginable. But none of its 40+ programs create a decade-long buzz quite like these three: Tony Horton’s P90XShaun T’s InsanitySagi Kalev’s Body Beast Each of these best-selling Beachbody programs sculpts a more aesthetic physique through near-daily high-intensity training. Yet, between these … [Read more...]
Beachbody’s Body Beast vs Hammer & Chisel: Which is Better?
Sagi Kalev is Beachbody’s bodybuilding ace. The trainer is a two-time Mr. Israel victor and world-renowned bodybuilder known for his corny Sagi-isms and no-nonsense routines. He also created two of Beachbody On Demand’s hottest weightlifting programs. Kalev single-handedly launched Body Beast back in 2012 and later released Hammer & Chisel in 2015 — a tag-team effort alongside trainer Autumn Calabrese. But between Body Beast and … [Read more...]
Back Pain and Underdeveloped Glutes
BACK PAIN AND UNDERDEVELOPED GLUTES Let’s talk… “Mom you have no butt” it was almost two years ago when my daughter said that to me. I’m glad she did… let me explain… I KNOW back pain. It started with disc degeneration (FYI most people over 40 have this on some level). Then there was a full disc rupture (see the image to the right and below). It was so bad that I had a foot drop and had loss of use of my right leg…There was an urgent … [Read more...]
Is Core de Force Good for Beginners? (Beachbody Review)
Core de Force is one of Beachbody On Demand’s lesser-known programs, though it packs quite the punch into 30 days of nonstop equipment-free training (pun fully intended). This month-long, almost exclusively ab program is a mix of MMA fan favorites — an exciting blend of Muay Thai, kickboxing, explosive training, cardio, and more. Being “in the ring” with Joel Freeman and Jericho McMatthews for three-minute all-out “rounds” will carve out … [Read more...]
Will P90X3 Build Muscle? (Review of Schedule & Results)
When the Tony Horton & Beachbody tag-team released Power 90 in the early 2000s, nobody expected it to evolve into the platform’s best-selling series. Next came P90X, the unofficial 90-day “shortcut” to a ripped and aesthetic physique. Then P90X2 slid through the pipeline, designed for P90X survivors with athleticism on their minds. Here we are now with the latest P90X installment — P90X3 — a program compressing the finer details of P90X … [Read more...]
Dymatize Transformed: 12 Weeks to Your Best Self (Review)
The title alone is 20% edgy, 30% motivational, and 50% “New Year, New Me” Pinterest board. But this Dymatize-branded program is also among the most noob-friendly routines on BodyFit. Bodybuilding.com hypes it up as a permanent life-changer if you “trust the process.” With Transformed, that means barreling through 4–5 strength training sessions and 2–3 cardio bursts per week while also committing to a balanced diet and handful of … [Read more...]
Steve Cook’s Modern Physique Workout Plan Review
Steve Cook’s Modern Physique Workout Plan won’t sculpt your stereotypical “modern” build. But that’s probably for the best — 42.5% of Americans are obese … and dad bods are trending. Instead, this program is a time warp to 900 B.C. Greece, where gods like Zeus, Apollo, and Hercules were the epitome of “aesthetic.” The so-called “Swoldier” claims his own training regimen inspired this eight-week intermediate program. So does the routine … [Read more...]
Built By Science 6-Week Muscle-Building Trainer Review
A bodybuilding legend launches a routine, swears it inspired his record-setting IFBB run and promises a stage-ready aesthetic physique (if you don’t call it quits before 16 weeks are over). Sounds tempting, eh? Well, these programs are almost always letdowns. Their “hacks” are dumping $300 into weekly groceries, training for 90 minutes a day, hitting the genetic lottery, and — of course — decades’ worth of vein-popping muscles owed to … [Read more...]
Mike O’Hearn’s Power Bodybuilding Training Program Review
Bodybuilding legend Mike O’Hearn missed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to craft a killer portmanteau. When bromance and chillax exist, “power bodybuilding” is pretty lame. (We know power bodybuilding is an actual thing. But when “Goblet of Gains” exists and not everyone recognizes Mike O’Hearn as Titan, the program’s title isn’t exactly click-worthy!) Rant over. Unimpressive name aside, Mike O’Hearn’s Power Bodybuilding Training … [Read more...]
Workout for your Cycle | Phase-Based Training
Phase-Based Training Your body changes throughout your menstrual cycle. No surprise there, right? So why is it that so many women — myself included, for a long time! — expect the same performance and results from their bodies all the time, regardless of where they are in their cycle? Like, when your PMS has you feeling super low-energy, planning a major HIIT workout is just going to leave you dreading your sweat sesh. On the flip side, … [Read more...]
Lee Labrada’s Lean Body 12-Week Trainer Review
Twelve action-packed weeks stuffed with cardio and lifting, 84 workouts, absolutely no rest days, and a promise of an aesthetic lean physique three months down the line (well, if you survive). What do you say? You in? The so-called “Mass with Class,” Lee Labrada, spawned that exact program almost a decade ago in the form of Lean Body 12-Week Trainer on Bodybuilding.com’s BodyFit platform. But before you leave the next three months of … [Read more...]
Does P90X Ab Ripper X Really Work? (Review)
Tony Horton himself describes his love-hate relationship with Ab Ripper X quite literally: “I hate it, but I love it.” And, now a full 18 years later, P90X — more specifically, the 15-minute Ab Ripper X workout — is still a source of mayhem amongst the amateur bodybuilding brotherhood. Does it really work? Will it tug you more toward love or hate? Can it double as a standalone ab program? Or does the age-old saying, “Abs are made in … [Read more...]
How to Build Aesthetic Triceps (Workout & Exercises)
The world’s largest natural (well, to an extent) biceps once belonged to the Austrian Oak, Arnold Schwarzenegger, who’s 22” pythons led him to six consecutive Mr. Olympia victories. (Don’t get us started on those ridiculous 31” oil or cement-filled biceps that currently hold the record and make even Popeye look well-proportioned.) But these biceps measurements don’t only include everyone’s favorite muscle to flex. In fact, the … [Read more...]
An Aesthetic Cardio Workout for Getting Ripped
That’s right, we said the “C-word.” Nope, not that one … cardio. There’s somehow more than enough time in your schedule for a five-day split, daily shopping for supplements, and arguing with other forum-goers about whether a bodybuilder is natty or not. But, as luck would have it, cardio always falls into last place on your to-do list (ah, shucks). You were just about to hop onto the treadmill when you realized you had to complete your … [Read more...]
Focus T25 Review: Lose Fat AND Build Muscle? Hmm.
Whether you agree with the sentiment or not, one of life’s hardest lessons to learn is “You can’t have your cake and eat it too.” Losing fat and building muscle is normally one of those this-or-that scenarios. You can’t have both at once … or can you? Well, that’s exactly what Shaun T’s Focus T25 program promises, which gets our skeptic juices a-flowin’. So let’s dig deeper to learn more about this program (yes, that was a Shaun … [Read more...]
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