193/365 Circuit Training

Friends and Fitness Enthusiasts,

Circuit training is a way of exercising your whole body in a fast-paced routine.

Most gyms have a section with weight machines that are numbered or are arranged close together in a circular or linear manner; this would be your circuit. To start, you would begin with the larger muscle machines, like the cable row or chest press. You would perform say 10 reps then move down the line, working your way to the smaller muscle machines, like the bicep curl or overhead press. This is just one kind of circuit.

Boot Camp classes sometimes run in circuits. You have several stations with different activities; you then work at each station for about a minute or so, then you move on to the next one. I've done a circuit with 4 stations (1 minute per station) where you run on the treadmill, do an ab exercise, do a leg exercise, then a balancing exercise. We repeated this 4 times then did another circuit with running plus 3 exercises for a total of 60 minutes. Phew! That was tough but very fun.

I encourage you to get with some friends, a personal trainer, or a group exercise class and try circuit training. It's exhausting but fun.

In health,

Lauren