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What if you find for some reason that you cannot do the full 90 days without a break? What if you have a vacation scheduled? What if you get sick or injured? What if you find you are just plain burned out. Where do these interruptions leave you on your P90X
The reason for doing P90X
Strength and cardio training results begin to decrease after a week or two of inactivity. So, even if you don't start to gain weight you will start to lose some of your gains. For this reason alone I would say two weeks is the maximum length break you want to take before you should seriously consider starting over.
Scheduling a week off between phases (i.e. a week off after phase one and a week off after phase two) may be OK. You won't lose much in terms of strength, flexibility or cardio gains and it could be a good way to do the program around a vacation. It could also be the ticket to get you through the program if you feel mentally and physically burned out toward the end of each phase. Each phase does wrap up with a recovery week but, let's face it, the recovery week kicks your butt almost as bad as the regular weeks!
So, giving yourself the time off if you need it is not the end of the world. However, what you do with that time off could be, at least in terms of your results. Just because you're taking time off does not mean all bets are off in regard to your diet and activity.
If you are not taking time off for an injury then do your best to find some activity, though less intense than the P90X
Pay attention to your diet. If you are really strict following the P90X
If you have an injury that keeps you from P90X
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