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Originally Posted by Bring_Back_Shantz
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).
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I disagree that it's not a real thing, but it does get trotted out in incorrect ways. What I'm talking about is doing dumbell curls as your bicep workout for 6 months. It'll work at first, but after a few weeks you're going to need to switch to a different variation to really get results (something as simple as a grip change).