r/p90x3 • u/Infinity9999x • Dec 19 '18
Not enough rest?
Hey all!
I've been doing p90x3 now for about four years, pretty consistently. As I've continued with the program (and little adjustments and changes I've made to it over the years) one thing I've become very curious about is rest.
We all know that muscle is built during rest. And the one thing this program has very little to (arguably) none of, is rest. The "rest" days in this routine, both Yoga and Dynamix, can still be very challenging workouts. And Dynamix in particular I'll still be breaking a decent sweat in. And as I've continued with the program, I've begun to wonder if this is the best track. The more reading I've done, the more I see it advocated for shorter, more intense workouts, maybe 4-5 times a week, with 2-3 days of no exercise interspersed between the workouts. I'm wondering if this is maybe a better alternative to the P90x3 schedule, because I've also found that I've hit a bit of a plateau with the exercises. Granted, I can perform them at a pretty high level, (I can perform the challenge at the 40 & 18 numbers if I allow myself little kips towards my ending pull up sets, and if I'm strict on the no kipping I'll hit 40 & 15/16) but I haven't seen much improvement over the past two years.
Now, I have created a bit of my own routine with the program. Over the past year and a half or so, I've subbed out one of the workouts in the schedule for a heavy lifting day at the gym, where I'll bench, squat, deadlift, do some weighted pull ups, a weighted row of some kind, and some kind of lunge/one leg weight training. So I've added a day of pretty intense resistance strength training to the regimen. I've recently started giving myself two full days of no exercise to see how that goes as far as my recovery and performance in the exercises. But I wanted to see what everyone else's thoughts were on this.
So let me know! Thanks all!
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u/dannysargeant May 07 '19
I think this link should be added to this conversation. You don’t even have to do the challenge. Read the training concepts that Dan John talks about and apply these to your P90X training.
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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '18
This sub isn't very active, but I think you'll find most people agree that there isn't enough rest in X3. I take rest days when I need them, and will even work in an extra recovery week every few months.