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Hi! I am currently doing p90X Lean six days a week and following the diet plan. My husband wants to start, but he has three days that he works 12 hours and is completely wiped out during those days. We would like to do our workouts together without interfering with my schedule.

1) Should his workout schedule be different than mine or could he just follow along with me?

2) Should he follow the p90X diet plan even if he only works out 3-4 a week?

He said that later he might try to do it 6 days a week, but right now he doesn't feel like that is a possibility.

Thank you so much!

What are his goals? Those will determine what he should do. If he is really looking to lose a lot of weight and get super lean in a hurry, then he will need to follow the schedule and the nutrition plan very closely. The program is designed for maximum results in 90 days.

If he doesn't care some much about maximum gains in 90 days and is most interested in just "getting off the couch" and getting himself into better shape, then doing the workouts with you when he can will still be better than not working out at all, but my opinion would be that maybe P90X isn't the best choice (probably Insanity or something that is more total body each workout). I say this because he will need to be a careful that he works through all the resistance training days in equal numbers and doesn't just work one body part more than others. He'll want to make sure he doesn't just do the same resistance workouts each time and that he gets a balance (ie he does chest/back every week but never does a shoulder/arms workout). Doing the same cardio each week won't matter as much.

He should still follow the nutrition plan even if he is only going to work out 3 days a week, but he may want to back off the overall calories per day just a little because he won't be working out each day.

Sorry it took so long to respond. I convinced him to actually start his own schedule. We end up working out at the same time but in different rooms. I actually think it's better this way because we don't get in each others way or end up laughing so hard at each other that half the workout is gone.

He hasn't been doing the workout plan to a T. There are things he's not ready to give up, but he has been getting worn down in the middle of the workout, so I think he'll be ready to switch over to a more strict diet plan.

Thank you SO SO Much for your help!