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Originally Posted by valo403
I agree for the most part, switching in different exercises or routines isn't going to cause you to derail, but it is important to stick to some of the guiding principles with these types of programs in terms of muscle confusion and the like. Replacing 2 exercises a week with a gym session where you "work out" by doing 4 sets of bench in 40 minutes will hurt your results. Replacing with a similar but different circuit training workout with high intensity should keep you where you want to be.
For anyone who doesn't want to drop the cash on P90X there are plenty of good free programs out there. I've grabbed principles from a few different ones and switched in new movements and exercises along the way to great results over the last few months, although I do have the benefit of going to a gym that has a ton of trainers on the floor so it's easy to steal new movements from them.
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Argh, Muscle confusion is one of my biggest gear grinders.
Mostly becasue it's not really a thing. It's a good marketing term though.
I agree the typical person goes to the guy, lifts weights for 15 minutes while hanging out for an hour, says the worked out for an hour, and then wonders why they don't see the results they want.
P90x is a good program for building your strength and getting in shape becasue it involves frequent intense workouts, and because there is a strong motivational component to it, not because of some muscle confusion voodoo.
Look at how any professional athletes train. Do any of them preach muscle confusion? Nope.
Variation is important, but to really progress you need to plateau (or close to it) before you change things up.
That being said, I'm definitely not knocking P90x, it's worked for a lot of people (I have a good buddy who got in great shape using it), but if you're motivated enough to stick with P90x, chances are there are any number of programs that would work great for you (and if P90x is it, then more power to you).