As a trainer, I hear a couple of the same excuses over and over again. One of the most popular reasons is lack of time. Take the business executive who sees 12-hour days in the office, then drives home to do more work. Or the mother of 3 who spends most of her day coordinating the schedules of her kids. These people find it hard to commit to what they think must be at least an hour in the gym. However, what many people don't realize is that you CAN fit some exercise in, no excuses, by introducing Circuit Training to your program.
We're talking about a combination of high-intensity cardio and resistance training with minimal rest time and maximal results. In the gym, an example of circuit training would be going through a series of different machines, one after the other and resting at the end of one round (or not). Or, you can do a variety of bodyweighted exercises, cardio drills, and weight training to keep the heart rate high and your muscles burning.
An example would be:
- run 20 yards
- do 20 squats
- run 20 yards
- do 20 push-ups
- run 20 yards
- do 20 sit-ups
Just one round of that sounds challenging, right? By minimizing the rest time and adding variety to your workout, you are maximing your calorie burn...PLUS saving time! It's why so many fitness experts recommend it - we're all about efficiency and less about monotony. And an added bonus - circuit training keeps the calorie burn high throughout the day.
So the next time you're looking at the clock, wondering whether you can burn some calories in 30 minutes...think Circuit.
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