Workout Of The Week: Circuit Training

Circuit training is a great boredom buster. It offers more cardio benefits and helps you burn 30% more calories. A great way to lose weight, gain muscles and build strength Circuit Training helps you achieve all this and more in a short span of time with no breaks or excuses. Circuit training is a combination of strength and endurance training. A typical circuit-training workout consists of completing a group or circuit of exercises with little or no rest in-between. Usually, one circuit consists of 6 to 10 exercises and helps you build strength and fitness while burning calories.

Circuit Training works for several muscle groups at the same time, increases calorie burns which means more fat loss and raises cardio-respiratory demands. This also means more fat loss and a healthier heart.The more muscles that contract at one time, the more oxygen is needed. This increases the intensity of the session resulting in more calories burned both during and after the training session. When done correctly, you will feel an incredible sensation in your body, all muscles ignite and endorphin's which give you that good feeling after entering your body.

Circuit training also allows your joints to move in a natural manner, which is much safer than machines. It stabilizes and strengthens balanced development and long-term health and increases calorie burn through balance required as compared to machines. Circuit training burns fat and increases your metabolism.If you are looking to say goodbye to your flabby stomach and a big warm hello to your toned muscles in core body areas then you must give circuit training a go with short rests, medium-high repetitions, and lots of variety.The training will take 20 minutes, and the best part is you don't need any equipment’s at all.You can do it like a warm-up with 5 minutes of light cardio, and then repeat 3 types of core circuit exercises 3 times. Start with 10 reps of each exercise, building up to 15 reps of each move as you get stronger.

Why We Love Circuit Training

• Circuit training is a great boredom buster: Moving quickly from one exercise to the next means your mind doesn't have time to wander or tune out.
• An all-strength circuit burns 30% more calories (about nine per minute!) than a typical weight workout and offers more cardio benefits.
• A circuit that combines cardio and strength moves will blast fat and sculpt muscle. It can also burn up to 10 calories a minute.
• There is always room for improvement.

Circuit Training helps you build muscles while also building up your stamina. It is the ideal way to go if you want to lose fat while maintaining or even increasing your muscle size and strength.Circuit training also promotes power, flexibility, aerobic endurance, and possibly muscular gains. So, on your next cutting phase, why not use a circuit training workout on your day off? You can do it at home or at the gym! But remember, the objective of Circuit Training is to keep your heart rate up, so don't rep out on each exercise or you will lose your energy too quickly!