Health Tips: Circuit Variations

The best way to ensure a good workout is to have fun while doing it.  Changing up your routine may help boost your enthusiasm and motivation for exercising.  Below are sets of circuit exercises.  Remember to rest only 30 seconds to 1 minute between each exercise.  After one circuit is finished you should remember to hydrate and push yourself, but not over-exert yourself.

Health Tips: Circuit-Training

May is National Physical Fitness Month! Are you just starting a work-out routine? Trying to build muscle and burn calories? Don’t have much time at the gym? Circuit training is a fun and fast way to get in shape and stay healthy.

What is it?  Circuit training is a combination of strength and endurance training.  It is designed to be easy to follow and each exercise targets different muscles.  In circuit training, one completes multiple exercises from a prescribed group or list. That completion of the exercises is called a circuit. Usually, each exercise is performed as quickly as you can for a set number of repetitions or period of time before moving on to the next exercise.  Circuit training is typically done with little to no rest between each exercise. Exercises are performed right after another. Depending on your fitness level, you might complete one circuit or several circuits during each workout. You can also make your workouts as hard or as easy as you like by modifying the amount of resistance, repetitions, and length of rest time between each circuit.

“If you’re beginning an exercise program for the first time, circuit training may be an ideal choice. Circuit training can be less intimidating than going full-throttle with a weight training routine. Circuit training conditions the body, preparing it for a more advanced exercise program down the road. Circuit training will help orient you to a fit lifestyle”.

What are the benefits and what does a routine look like?