Circuit Training Is Quick and Builds Muscle and Develops Strength

Circuit training is a great way to build strength, power, endurance, flexibility, and so much more. It is a difficult form of getting into shape.It allows your body to build strength, power, endurance, and flexibility which is essential for athletes.

It is a training program that is used for just about every sport. It can be used at best during off season or before your season starts. It can helpbuild a solid base for your body. Basically, your body will be better prepared for any more stressful events or training.

Solid circuit exercises can correct any fitness problems that you may have during any high level sport. Its a great way to improve strength endurance for any high level sport. 

Circuit Exercises Tips

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You'll want to master all the circuit exercises and work your way up the ladder from beginning to advance because circuit is a high intensity workout. This program can help progress you to getting into great physical strength.

Here are several tips that can help you get into great physical condition, but help you become a better athlete:

• When doing this kind of training program, try doing a super circuit. It consists of doing one minutes of aerobic exercises such as jump rope, stepping, or stationary cycling followed by 15 reps of weight training.
• Be sure to check your heart rate every 15 minutes or so, if not, rate your effort from a scale from 1-10.
• If you go to a gym, be sure to take advantage of the circuit weight machines, so you could move from on machine to another.

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Training Basics

This training method is a high intensity fast paced training exercises where you move quickly from exercise to exercise without any breaks. It is a tough and tiring training program, but it will get you in good fitness condition.Circuit exercises combines both strength and cardiovascular activity. It helps build muscles, burn fat, build strength, and endurance.
During training, you must do exercises as brief as 15 seconds, then after that exercise, you move quickly to the next exercise without any kind of rest.

With a 30 minute to an hour training session.....  ......Your workouts ranges from dumbbells, to weight machines, and many other exercise equipments.

Pros of Training

• It's a great training program for people with a busy schedule.
• You can do this at home.
• Its high intensity prevents boredom.
• Its high intensity level is easy to enjoy during a group setting.
• Builds a tiny bit of muscles, strength, and endurance.
• Helps athletes with their performance in sports.

Cons of Training

• Because of the speed and intensity of this training program, strength training is better for building strength and aerobic exercises is better for burning calories.
• Even though you can build small amounts of strength and burn calories, its not the best version to build strength and burn calories.
• It is difficult to check your techniques because of the speed of this training method.

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Circuit Training Chart

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BODY PARTS	Your whole body gets a good workout. Everything from your skeletal muscles, bones, and cardiovascular system.
CALORIES	You burn about 550 calories when weighing about 150 lbs in an hour and about 730 calories for a 200 lbs person.
CLOTHING/GEAR	Use any workout clothes and some kind of hear rate monitor.
LOCATION	Any place where there are weight machines, free weights, and any kind of equipments that you can use for weight training.
TIME IN/TIME OUT	Anywhere from 20-60 minutes and 1-3 times a week will do great for building muscle, strength, and endurance.

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Circuit Exercises Safety

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Safe training is always the best training:

1. Warm-Up before you start straining.
2. Be aware of what you are doing.
3. Don't use an excessive amount of force.
4. Set your training goals accordingly and within your abilities.
5. Always start slow and work your way up little by little.
6. During circuit training keep a normal, but challenging pace.
7. Increase your intensity OR durations to see improvements.
8. Make your changes slowly over time.