Benefits of circuit training

What the heck is circuit training?

Circuit training has become one of the most popular forms of fitness training in recent years. It's used a lot by athletes as well as people who just want to get healthy. I prefer circuit training because I get a full body workout in less time and since I workout twice a day on most days, I don't really have time to spend 4 hours in the gym.

Basically, circuit training is a high-energy aerobic/anaerobic workout that's combined with weights and/or weight machines. You don't have to do circuit training routines in a gym...as a matter of fact I do a little workout outdoors which I like to call Bootycamp Brenda Style! It's become so popular in fact that I have several people who do this workout with me twice a week. It's fun, it's challenging and it's over before you know it...but the next day you're reminded that you did it by the way your muscles are aching, a good ache of course!

When we're outside we do a combination of walking lunges, squats, push-ups, jumps, ballerina style leg lifts and some running to get our heart rates up.

You get the same benefits of circuit training by performing circuit training exercises outside, at home, a gym or almost anywhere you can think of!