Can You Maintain a P90X Body?
Can you maintain a P90X body? Absolutely, and you can still get better. Hopefully you understand that your fitness is a lifestyle and not just some 90 day program you do one time and then you are done forever. P90X is just the start and there are no limits on where you can go. Personally, I have been doing P90X for about two years and I still love it. I do mix in some of Shaun T’s Insanity and some other exercises but the core of my work outs still revolve around P90X. Have I found it easy to maintain the gains I have made from P90X? I would have to say yes! P90X and fitness have become a habit for me kind of like how brushing my teeth is a habit. I work out 5-7 times a week and I don’t see it as a chore. It is a lot of fun and I enjoy it. If I only get in 4 work outs for the week I don’t sweat it. I just continue on and I really don’t even think about it. If I have a pizza and a few Coronas I don’t sweat that either. Your fitness is comprised up of all those little choices you make every day. Day in and day out. No one act that you do can describe your fitness or health. Now if I made pizza and beer a choice I made every day then we would have a totally different picture here. (Get it?)
Maintaining your P90X body is probably going to be easier than you think since you will be able to do it in about half the time. In the P90X fitness guide there is a section that talks about P90X maintenance and the things you will have to do. Obviously you will have to continue to eat healthy but as far as the work outs go, you will be able to cut back.
If you are happy with your results and want to tone it down a notch here is what Tony suggests: Do the first round of the resistance work outs to maintain your muscles mass. 80% of the benefit in a resistance work out is had during the first set. You can maintain at this rate but do not expect any huge gains. Also, do P90X Yoga X and least once a week and do P90X plyometrics, Core Synergistics or Kenpo X once or twice a week. So that works out to about 5 days a week if you want it to and the resistance work outs will only be about 30 minutes. So can you swing that? Of course you can.
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Hi, the information here was really helpful. But I’m worried about is plateauing. If I keep doing the program, even after I’ve finished the first round, isn’t there a chance that my body will adapt to the program and it will lose its effectiveness. If that is the case, what do I do to avoid plateauing?
There’s always a possibility of plateauing with any work out that you do. With P90X should not have to worry about that for some time. If you do feel yourself plateauing you can always mix it up with P90X plus, P90X One on One work outs, Insanity or P90X:MC2 which should be out in the fall of 2011. Personally I do a mix of P90X, Insanity and Rev Abs.
Hey there,
So I’m thinking of starting to do P90x because as of recently I’ve lost 100 pounds, but it’s left some places to not look as nice as I’d like them to as you may imagine. While I do think I can complete the program, my main concern is maintenance once it’s done. As it is I work full time and have little free time, and would like to know, what would be the most effective and efficient way to keep in shape depending how in shape I want to stay (or what might you suggest?), and could I perhaps combine certain workouts in the same day so that I don’t have to do it every single day or can do it in less days to keep those results?
Any advice is greatly appreciated.
Tyler
@Tyler First off congrats on the 100 lbs, that is a feat in itself!! Fitness is a life long commitment Tyler so what you do after your initial 90 days of P90X is up to you but there is a maintenance schedule in the P90X work out guide. You would basically just be doing 1/2 the work out if you are just looking to maintain. P90X is an hour to 1 1/2 hours a day, 6 days a week and it is well worth it. If you want to take your fitness to the next level then P90X is for you.
Wake up a 1/2 hour earlier and go to bed a 1/2 hour later and there you will have your extra hour a day to get in your work out.
I am a P90X success story. I have had great success with the program. The first time through I did the Classic P90X. I am now about to complete the Lean P90X program. I want to maintain the results that I have achieved, but need a shorter workout. With four kids, I sometimes feel that the time I could be spending with them in the evenings is spent working out. I read your suggestions above about reducing the resistance workouts, but I still feel that the Plyo, Kenpo, and Core workouts would be too time consuming. Would the 10 Minute Trainer series be sufficient to keep me at my current fitness level (even if I needed to do 2 or 3 a day)?
Thanks in advance!!
@Michelle 10 Minute Trainer will definitely provide a good workout but if you really want to maintain your P90X results and keep improving you will most likely have to put in more than 10 minutes. Can you get your workout in in the morning?? Can you fit in 1/2 of the P90X workouts?? Every body is different so you will have to see what works for you. Some people can maintain with 3-4 days a week and others can’t.
Michelle, I too did p 90x and got great results. So I did it again! But it did cut into my life- I work hard and we have 2 kids. So I did p 90 x 3. Great for core, but not for bulk which i need. So, I made my own p 90x / p 90x 3 hybrid.
I use the p 90x schedule, but I sub in selected workouts most of the days from p 90x 3.
I work about 30-45 minutes a day. If you or anyone wants, I will detail my hybrid
Thanks for your comment Gary! It is very timely as I just started P90X3 this week! So far I have been impressed with the intensity, but, since I just started, I will have to see if I can maintain my fitness level. Yes, I would definitely welcome any ideas of merging the two series! Thanks!
@Michelle I really loved P90X3. It was nice knowing that all of my workouts would only be 30 minutes. I did X3 for about 4 months. Now I am doing a hybrid. Any questions feel free to ask!
Hi Michele.
See how p 90×3 works out for you. It is definitely more intense, and i found myself more tired after those workouts than i did from p 90 x
Again, it was just that I wasn’t keeping my upper body gains
(I think that I will try p 90 x3 for mass next)
As jeff said, it’s very nice to have 30 min workouts
It’s funny to see Tony 5 years later looking thinner, and Drea looks different too
I never got the feel for the crew that I did with the original, and Tony seems to rush some of the workouts, but again 30 minutes is nice for people like us with families.
Have fun with it and keep in touch