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Sagi Kalev’s Body Beast blazes its own trail on the Beachbody On Demand platform.

It’s one of the only split-style hypertrophy programs available to subscribers and shies away from the typical bodyweight circuit training common in hit programs like P90X, Insanity, and T25.

But before you clear out the garage and splurge on a full-blown Olympic weight set … What equipment do you actually need to maximize your aesthetic results with Body Beast?

Here’s a look at the must-have equipment, including the exercises you’ll perform, which muscle groups they target, and alternative gear options.

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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 by P90X3, what can you expect? Will you be clamoring for sustenance when you’re done (or just clamoring for some sweet couch time)?

Keep reading to find out!

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Focus T25 drags unsuspecting users through three circles of hell distinct phases: Alpha (to build a foundation), Beta (to maximize results), and Gamma (an optional third phase).

To add a little more customization into the mix, program creator Shaun T developed two versions of the Gamma cycle:

• Pure Gamma to get ripped
• Pure Strength Hybrid to build strength

But do either of these T25 Gamma workouts actually build muscle? Learn more below.

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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.

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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 T-ism).

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Sometime before 2003: Tony Horton releases a workout video entitled Power 90.

2003: The P90X craze revives the 90s at-home workout trend that left many folks jazzing it up in their living rooms with Richard Simmons’ Sweatin’ to the Oldies while fending off a mid-life crisis.

2011: The program’s mastermind — Tony Horton — escapes one-hit-wonder status by rolling out a P90X sequel for aspiring athletes: P90X2.

2013: Horton launches a sequel to the sequel for those hoping to get ripped: P90X3.

Two things are clear by this point: Horton knows a cash grab when he sees one, and naming programs is evidently not Horton’s forte.

2014: He realizes P90X4 is overkill, releasing a revamped version of Power 90 instead (P90).

Power 90 spurred a windfall of success for Tony Horton and Beachbody alike. This toned-down version of the P90X supposedly doubles as a fitness “gateway” for true beginners.

But does it really work? Or was Beachbody just beating a dead horse?

Here’s a closer look at the program that started it all.

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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 and P90X2 into daily 30-minute workouts.

The question is: will P90X3 build muscle through what Horton calls “muscle acceleration?”

Stay tuned to find out!

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P90X catapulted Tony Horton and the Beachbody brand into the limelight in 2005, marketed as a 90-day “muscle confusion” program that’d leave you ripped in three months.

Six years later, Horton released P90X2 to a raving fanbase.

He describes the program as an equally challenging extension of P90X designed to build a more solid foundation while also improving athleticism. Or, P90X cranked up a few notches.

But does P90X2 really work? Let’s find out!

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