Focus T25 Day 37: Speed 2.0

Welcome back to another review of T25.  Today is day 2 of month 2 and I am really excited to see what the next few weeks hold in terms of my results.  When I talk about results, I'm not just talking about what I see in the mirror and definitely not the number on the scale (that scale is a lying bitch).  I am talking about how much I can accomplish, how I can further challenge myself with each work, and how I can mentally push myself each and every day.  Let's get started with today's review!

Here are some things about this workout before we get started:

• this workout is FAST:  it hits the ground running and doesn't stop until the end;
• this workout is FIERCE:  you will be sweating, you will be pushing your cardio, agility, and mental focus;
• omg, this workout is FUN:  seriously, the most fun yet in the program!

Workout:  Speed 2.0
Time:  25 minutes, plus the cardio cool down, which is 2 1/2 minutes
Equipment:  None

The set-up of this workout is a little different.  Instead of building moves and then doing them all in a burnout, you jump right into the moves.  You repeat them for a whole round, then you do it again, but for fewer counts, then again, and then you move onto the next circuit of moves.  In this workout, there are two circuits, and then you get a little surprise at the end.  :)

There is no warm-up.  This is all cardio and it does...not...stop until the end of 25 minutes.  Brace yourself.

Circuit 1, Round 1:  Do each of these moves for (what I think is) 6 8-counts.  I really tried to count, but the timing is different on several of the moves and I was also trying to focus on actually doing the workout.

• Out and Out Turn:  jack in and out two times to the front, turn left, repeat, center, repeat, right, repeat
• Quick Feet Up and Back:  turned to the right, move your feet quickly up and back, like you're running in place
• Alt. Speed Knee Slow:  we've done this before:  alternate left and right knee up slowly
• Slow Mountain Climber:  start with your right knee up and move slow
• Jab Out:  feet wide, knees bent, jab to the front alternating
• Low Switch Kick:  done this before, too:  do a switch kick, keeping feet low, arms moving fast
• Speed and Agility:  and this:  up center, back center, out wide two
• Up and Over:  aaaaaand this:  lift the left knee, tap the left foot to the outside of the right leg, switch sides

Circuit 1, Round 2:  Do it again, this time cut the 8 counts and do it for 3

Circuit 1, Round 2:  One more time, 2 8 counts this round.  You are moving fast, not only in the movement, but from one to the next

No time for resting, you move straight into the next circuit.  It has the same set-up as the first with doing Round 1, then Round 2 for less time, then Round 3 for 2 8 counts.

Circuit 2:

• Low Crossjack:  alternate jacks crossing front and back, arms crossing in the front
• Hop Up and Back:  hop forward and back, keeping your hands up in front of you
• Hop Hop Squat:  we've done this a lot:  two hops to the left, into a squat, two hops back to the right, into a squat
• Squat Hop Up and Back:  in a squat position (which you just landed in at the end of Hop Hop Squat), arms up in front of your face, stay low and squat two times up, two times back
• Single Leg Speed Knee (L):  bring your left knee up to your waist or higher fast and hop on your right leg
• Single Leg Speed Knee (R):  same thing, other side
• Jack Uppercut:  as you do a jumping jack, alternate left and right uppercuts
• Zigzag Hop:  move your legs left and right four times, then lift the left knee and then the right knee
• X-Lunge Speed Time:  turn to the left in a shallow lunge, turn to the right in a shallow lunge, hop up, center, hop back, repeat

Circuit 2, Round 2:  repeat all the moves for 3 8-counts

Circuit 2, Round 3:  repeat the moves again for 2 8-counts

• Jog Recovery:  don't get too excited because this is just a few seconds before you repeat all of the moves (both circuits) from the beginning for 2 8-counts

From the Top, Round 1 (yes, I said Round 1):

• Out and Out Turn
• Quick Feet Up and Back
• Alt. Speed Knee Slow
• Slow Mountain Climber
• Jab Out
• Low Siwtch Kick
• Speed and Agility
• Up and Over
• Low Crossjack 
• Hop Up and Back
• Hop Hop Squat
• Squat Hop Up and Back
• Single Leg Speed Knee (L)
• Single Leg Speed Knee (R)
• Jack Uppercut
• Zigzag Hop
• X-Lunge Speed Time

From the Top, Round 2:  Do it again!

• Jog Recovery:  okay, we're done, right?  Nope!  One more time, this time, you do each move for 1 8-count

From the Top, Round 3:

• Out and Out Turn
• Quick Feet Up and Back
• Alt. Speed Knee Slow
• Slow Mountain Climber
• Jab Out
• Low Siwtch Kick
• Speed and Agility
• Up and Over
• Low Crossjack 
• Hop Up and Back
• Hop Hop Squat
• Squat Hop Up and Back
• Single Leg Speed Knee (L)
• Single Leg Speed Knee (R)
• Jack Uppercut
• Zigzag Hop
• X-Lunge Speed Time

• Jog Recovery:  now this time I know we're done because Shaun says, "TIME!"  Cool down is the same as the one from Cardio and is about 2 minutes and 30 seconds.

I absolutely love this workout.  It is challenging in every way and once it gets started it does not stop.  I have been saying throughout this whole program that Shaun just seems "off."  Well, not in this workout!  This is right up his alley and he is really in his element in this workout.  I wish that Speed 1.0 had been more like this because even though I enjoyed the fact that we got a stretch in that workout, I would have appreciated the same set up for all of the "Speed" workouts in the program (Speed 3.0 is set up like this one).

Now, I will say this:  I really do love this workout and it is fun for me, but it is also extremely intense and there are NO BREAKS.  You are moving fast the entire time.  Yes, Tania is modifying, so keep your eyes on her, but if you need to take a break, please do so.  Jog in place, grab a swig of water, whatever you need to do.  There is no shame in having to stop as long as you get right back into it. 

And, I will also say this:  I am nervous and excited about tomorrow--first time using weights in the program!