Focus T25 Day 2 Review: Speed 1.0

Day 2 is done and ready for a review.  This is my favorite kind of workout:  cardio at a very fast pace.  Not only does it test your cardiovascular system, it also tests your brain!  As always, there is a modifier, so if there are any moves that you don't feel ready to do yet, watch Tania.  Let's get going!

Workout:  Speed 1.0 (in month 2 there is 2.0 and in Gamma 3.0--they get progressively more difficult each time)
Time:  25 minutes with a cool down that is about 2 1/2 minutes (this is the same as yesterday's--Shaun calls it the "cardio cool down")
Equipment:  None

At the beginning of this workout (and throughout) Shaun T says that it is about "speed, stretch, and stability."  The set-up of this workout is as follows:  you start with what could be called a warm up, but you really just jump right into the moves, then you do a cardio move followed by a stretch move, and then at the end, you do The Burnout, which is where you put all the cardio moves together and end with a short stretch.  I believe each of the main moves are 1 minute.  They may be 45 seconds, hell, they may be 30 seconds but they're just so intense it seemed like they were a minute.

Warm-Up:

• Jog
• Hop Hop Turn (Shaun has to turn to the left, do two hops to turn your body to face the right and then do two hops to go back to the left)
• Hop Hop Hook (same as before, except this time when you turn, do a hook with your left arm and then your right)
• Hop Hop Hook Squat (same as above, this time go into a squat when you turn)
• Jog

Main Moves:  Again, here you do a cardio move, then follow it with a stretch.  This repeats until you get to The Burnout.

• Up and Over (bring your left knee up and tap your toe to the outside of your right foot, then switch to the other knee)
• Quad Stretch (pull you heel up towards your butt, keeping your hips in line)

• Burpee with Front Kick (go down and back into a burpee and when you come up, kick your left leg and then right alternating)
• Knee Bend (put your left ankle on your right knee and bend into the stretch with your hands in prayer at your chest, switch legs)

• Side Hop Uppercut (as you jump side to side, do an uppercut--make sure to use your core)
• Side Stretch Lunge (bend into your right knee keeping your left leg straight side to side *random comment time!  everytime I hear the music at this part it reminds me of Lil' Kim's How Many Licks and then I can't get it out of my head...until the next move starts, of course, because then I'm thinking about that...)

• Low Crossjack (bend your arms and alternate crossing them above and below each other at chest height while your feet cross in front and back of each other)
• Hip Flexor Hold (push your right heel towards the back wall and feel the stretch in your hips, switch legs)

• Zig-Zag Hop (feet move side to side for 4 counts and then alternate knees up)
• Knee Hold (alternate pulling our knee into your chest--don't mind the sweat on your legs!)

• Squat Thrust with Crisscross (do two squat jumps forward and then four quick crisscrosses with legs and arms alternating, then two squat jumps back and repeat)
• Leg Crossover Stretch (bring your left foot to the outside of your right foot and reach down, switch sides)

• Heisman Crossword (Heisman is in the Insanity and Max 30 warmup, so you may be familiar with it:  it's 1-2-3-knee to the left and then back to the right, then to the back and then front)
• Heisman Crossword with Clap (same as above but clap under the knee that is up)
• Flat Back Roll-up (stretch up, go down into flat back, bend to the floor, hands on knees and roll up)

• Crisscross Hop (cross feet in front and back and then hop up--this is my favorite move in this workout!)
• Crisscross Hop with Half-Tuck Jump (same as before but instead of just doing a hop, hit the thighs in a half-tuck jump--not as much of a favorite)
• Calf Stretch (same position as the hip flexor stretch before, but this time push your heel into the ground to really stretch the calf)

• Slow/Quick Jab  (do two punches with your right up, two with your left, then go into a squat and do 8 quick jabs)
• Chest Opener Stretch (keep knees bent, interlace fingers and push out to stretch the chest while straightening legs, then interlace fingers behind your back to stretch the chest)

The Burnout:  Repeat each of the cardio moves

• Up and Over
• Burpee with Front Kick
• Side Hop Uppercut
• Low Crossjack
• Zig-Zag Hop
• Squat Thrust with Crisscross
• Heisman Crossword/Heisman Crossword with Clap
• Crisscross Hop/Crisscross Hop with Half-Tuck Jump
• Slow/Quick Jab

Stretch and Stability:  the last minute or so is some stretching:  arms up and breathe, flat back down to the floor, jump back into plank, up into downward dog, back into plank, feet wide to standing and roll up; repeat; breathe two times at the end.

Cool down:  make sure to do this!  It's about 2.5 minutes at the end.

I also added Ab Attack 10 to this from Insanity:  Max 30.  You can find my review here.

I like this workout, partly because you get the stretch, but then I dislike the workout for the same reason.  I like the cardio parts but then I feel like I get off my rhythm when I stop to stretch...but it is nice to catch my breath every once in a while.  I really enjoy The Burnout and like that this workout has a slight stretch at the end and then the cool down.