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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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Depends on what you define as "results"
If I did P90X every day, and also did the amount of cardio I do through sports and a jogging regimen, I'd look like a bag of antlers.
I do low rep high weight in addition to P90X, in addition to the cardio I do, to maintain a pretty decent balance of strength and size. Will I look like a shredded 150lb fitness competitor? Probably not, but that's not the results I'm going for.