Weight Loss and Fitness Through Circuit Training
March 1, 2012 by admin
Filed under Weight Training
A great exercise program includes both cardiovascular (aerobic) and strength training. These are typically done separately, even on separate days sometimes. Circuit training combines them both into one workout.
The premise is simple; if you link together enough strength building exercises and run or walk fast between them, you are doing both cardiovascular and strength training. It’s simple, it works well, and you decide how long to work out, which exercises to include, and how hard to push yourself.
Circuit training aficionados refer to the spots you do your strength building exercises as “stations.” A station can be an exercise machine, a set of dumbbells, a chinup bar, a mat to do crunches on, a spot where you do pushups, and just about anything else.
The first circuit training I did was at a school where along a circular trail there were a number of spots, or “stations,” appeared.
One station was a chinup bar, another was a spot where you did pushups, another where you did jumping jacks, and so forth. Similar circuits exist in many public parks.
Your gym may have a circuit setup, including a variety of exercise machines, free weight exercises, and stations for pushups, crunches, and similar exercises that require no equipment. Alternately you can do what I often do at my gym at make your own circuit.
I find circuit training to give me a great workout and it’s fast as well. With limited time it’s great, It’s also hard to get bored as you’re generally moving pretty fast. If you haven’t tried circuit training you may want to give it a try. And with all times of exercise, make sure you incorporate warm up and cooldown exercises.
Harry Baldwin is a prolific writer whose topics including fitness and gardening topics. His latest is Best Garden Hose focused on garden and lawn care, including information on garden hose storage.
