Jess Billitz

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 years has been “I’ll start next Monday.”

But just how tough is Focus T25’s Beta phase? Let’s find out.

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 differences between P90X, P90X2, and P90X3 (because the names certainly don’t make it clear enough!).

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 P90X
• Shaun T’s Insanity
• Sagi 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 three options, which is better?

Let’s find out!

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 Hammer & Chisel, which Sagi Kalev program is best?

Anyone who’s completed the 60-day Insanity program will likely groan, sigh, or experience borderline haunting flashbacks if you dare to mention the word “Insanity” or even “Shaun T.”

And, how could we blame them?

Even amongst athletes, the program has solidified quite the reputation — described as one of the most challenging, exhausting, and ego-destroying workouts in the Beachbody collection.

But does it build muscle? Is it beginner-friendly? Are the results worth the achy recovery, near-breathless workouts, and 60 entire days’ worth of fatigue?

Here’s everything you need to know about Shaun T’s legendary Insanity routine:

“Sooner or later, everything old is new again.”

P90X — Power 90 Extreme — made its debut 15+ years ago, sweeping the airwaves with its 3 a.m. infomercials featuring Tony Horton’s voice echoing through a dim fitness studio.

That clunky 12-DVD set is now neatly packaged in Beachbody On Demand’s online module. And, when COVID-19 ravaged the nation and shuttered gyms, P90X saw an unexpected resurgence.

You heard that right: P90X is back, baby!

Now, it’s our turn to sift through this 90-day circuit program to learn three things: whether you’ll get ripped in 90 days, survive a 6+ day-a-week program, and build considerable strength/torch fat.

Let’s find out!