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Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Circuit Training

Howdy! Life has been SO busy for me lately..that I haven't touched my fit blog in a couple months...oops! :)

Circuit training has become more popular over the years for many, many reasons! It's common among everyone ranging from beginners to more advanced clients. One of circuits main benefits is that it produces quick results in a little amount of time..so that's good for those that don't have a lot of time in the gym!
There are several types of circuits you can do depending on which muscles you'd like to work.

One example of a circuit for arms would be
1.Bicep Curls (try lowering the bar or dumbbells down slower instead of just dropping them down as fast as possible. That way, your muscles are using concentric contractions, shortening and strengthening your muscles!)

2.Over head two arm dumbbell press.- Don't always use the same weights. Try progressing onto heavier weights to make it more challenging if you can. Don't hurt yourself though- if you don't feel comfortable moving up on your weights..don't!

3. Tricep Bench Dip. (Obviously here I am leaning against a wall but this is basically what a Tricep bench dip is- except you are using a flat bench and lower to the ground!) :)

I would recommend doing 3 sets of 8-12 reps of each exercise. The heavier the weights are, the less reps you are expected to be able to do!


*The intervals between exercises should be about 5-10 seconds, and about 30 seconds- 1 min between sets! The whole purpose of circuits is to keep on movin' :)