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. |
