5 Reasons you should give circuit training a try

1. #momlife - Maximum results in minimum time
Unless fitness is your job, nobody has hours a day to spend in the gym. Circuit training is the perfect workout for the time-crunched fitness fiend. You can set up as many or as few stations as you like  and then continue through the circuit until your time runs out. You can fit it in effective, total-body workout whether you have 15 minutes or an hour.

2. Total Body Training
By incorporating individual "stations" as part of a whole-body circuit, you're guaranteed to hit every major--and minor--muscle group.

3. CS CS CS (cardio, strength)
You love cardio but know you should do weights too, and forcing yourself to do an entire workout you don't enjoy can be tedious. Circuit training offers the best of both worlds by allowing you to combine intervals of high-intensity cardio with heavy weight lifting for a comprehensive--and seriously kick-butt--workout.

4. Boost metabolism
High-intensity interval training (HIIT) and heavy weight lifting, circuit training kicks your fat-burning furnace into high gear. You'll torch more calories in 20 minutes than you would in an entire hour on the elliptical reading a magazine. Plus, the afterburn effect will have you torching calories for up to 48 hours after your workout ends.

5. Never Waste Another Minute
Waiting in line for your favorite machine or trying to avoid conversation with the chatty musclehead camped out by the dumbbells are fast ways to kill your motivation. With circuit training, it's easy to swap out one station for a different exercise and still get the same great workout.


I personally use circuit training right after a long run or after cardio intervals to sum up my workout and have it work as an after burn.

Here is the rundown on the latest video I posted on my IG (marsidatirana)

I set up 4 stations by incorporating the CS (cardio  - strength) method.

Station 1 (cardio) : Squat Box Jumps

Station 2 (strength) : Heavy weight (we used 20lb) Squat and overhead press

Station 3 (cardio): Medicine ball mountain climbers

Station 4 (strength): Medicine ball Russian twists

Repeat these steps with no break in between for a total of 3 times. This should not take longer than 15 minutes.

Incorporate circuit training and let me know how you like it.

Live well. Be well.

Marsida