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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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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 the kitchen,” completely defeat this program’s promises?

Find out below!

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Is your gym a grueling 30 minutes in traffic from your home? I just wish you could do the workout at home and still get the same results.

A promising idea and the trainers over at Beachbody have supposedly designed the perfect at-home workout plan (Just Bring Your Body) – or have they?

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Then again, we’ve yet to see a Shaun T program we’d call “easy.”

Insanity Asylum (Vol. 1) is almost 30 straight days of unrelenting training purgatory. (OK, that might sound a smidge dramatic, but many agree that Asylum gives Insanity a run for its money.)

This athletic-based program requires an insane amount of mental willpower, strength, and stamina. Shaun T even dubs these speed, agility, balance, and coordination-heavy workouts the “hardest” you’ll ever try … which is mildly terrifying considering he cooked up the OG Insanity.

Read more about the ridiculously challenging 30-day Insanity Asylum program below.

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With a badass name like “Hammer and Chisel” and Beachbody elites like Sagi Kalev and Autumn Calabrese coming together for a collaboration, H & C seems like the most logical next step.

The before and after pictures are envy-inducing, and, from the outset, it looks like 60 days from now, you’ll hit the trifecta: shed weight, gain mass, and look beach-ready.

But we’ve been down that road before.

If you’re taking the first step in your journey or want to plan the next chapter after P90X or Body Beast, here’s everything you need to know about Beachbody’s Hammer and Chisel Program.

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