| Take
the monotony out of your workout regimen with circuit training.
There’s no need to make a long commute to the health club for
your daily dose of exercise. An investment in expensive equipment
is unnecessary too. Ensuring an exercise regimen for longevity
can be done in the comfort of your own home. Circuit training
is an easy, succinct and fast workout. The exerciser program requires
an open space, a medicine ball and a step.
Leading exercise
physiologists including Rich De Stefano of Yale New Haven Hospital
prescribe circuit training for athletes. Despite the fitness
program’s expedient results, it is not limited to professional
athletes. The work out entails eight exercises completed in
30 seconds increments and 30-second intervals of rest.
DeStefano touts circuit
training as the "3D" fitness program because it focuses
on three primary organs: the heart, lungs, and muscles. The
ì3Dî approach is a series of lateral, up, down, back and forth
movements. The results of circuit training are amazing. Since
the exercise uses a person’s body weight, the workout plan can
be done most days of the week and does not require a recover
period.
For the easily bored
fitness enthusiast, circuit training offers variety. As long
as the basic eight movements are executed, the exerciser can
innovate their own workout. There are more than 50 workout possibilities
with circuit training. Most exercisers relish the fact that
the exercise program can be mixed up to eliminate
To maximize your
workout, perform circuit training exercises three or four times.
Be sure to complete the work out with five to seven minutes
of core strengthening.
Exercise tip: Be
sure to stretch before and after your workout. |
