Posted on March 5, 2010.
Circuit Training: The best way to fitness! If you are committed to shaping and improving your health and fitness, the efficiency of circuit training offers a complete solution! Circuits improve overall body strength, including strength and resilience of tendons and ligaments, and joint integrity.
A well-designed circuit training will build strength, increase endurance, tone muscles, improve body awareness, burn fat and improve your aerobic and muscular endurance all at the same time!
Circuit training is my absolute favorite method of fitness training! Circuits can be successfully developed for those who wish to lose weight, conditioning for better athletic performance and injury rehabilitation. The fast pace and constantly changing workouts provide a different type of stimulation of the body and keep my customers get bored with their workouts.
A routine circuit designed by professional training can be completely customized to give you exactly what you want. Whether you're a beginner to form, recovering from an injury and return to the gym or an elite athlete looking to improve your sport in particular, the circuits can be designed to emphasize strength, endurance, speed, weight loss, agility, balance, or any other aspect of your fitness is important to you.
Traditionally, circuit training format utilizes a group of 6-10 exercise "stations" where you have completed an exercise of this right after the other in the heart beating with intensity! Each exercise is performed for a number of repetitions or for a prescribed period before proceeding to the next year.
The exercises within each circuit are separated by a brief rest interval (10-30 seconds), each circuit followed by a timed rest period of 60 seconds or more. The total number of circuits made by workout depends on your goals of fitness and training level (beginner, intermediate or advanced).
My Suggested Guidelines in the training circuit
* A warm-up should be low to moderate intensity for 8-10 minutes. Follow with stretching of all major muscle groups
* Perform circuit workouts 2-3x per week, leaving at least 48 hours between each session.
* Select 6-8 sessions for each workout.
* Arrange your exercises (or stations) so that they alternate between muscle groups (ie, triceps dips followed by squats), and work each muscle group during the sessions.
* Perform 10-12 repetitions of each exercise, with a weight that is difficult, but you can perform each repetition in perfect form.
* Allow time for adequate cooling for 8-10 minutes at the end of your workout.
* Honestly consider your level of fitness! If you have never done any kind of work system before (even if you think you are fit and in shape), be conservative. Sore muscles, aching joints and an increased likelihood of injury will result if you push yourself harder than your body is ready for.
Cardio Circuit Fat Burning Routine
This is a great circuit training routine that has fat-burning cardio intervals between exercises. You need minimal equipment: a pair of medium-weight dumbbells, a medicine ball, a skipping rope and one of those balls Physio 65 cm. You may need to adjust the number of repetitions depending on your fitness level today. Watch the heart of your blood! Else you need in order to complete the circuit with little or no rest between exercises.
Cycle through twice, to move to 3 circuits as tolerated. To do this routine 3x per week for 3-4 weeks, then switch to a different routine.
And as always, please consult your doctor before starting this or any other exercise progra.
