the benefits of circuit training?

debo · Post by **debo** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 4:19 pm

does anyone know the benfits and maybe a good website

swanso5 · Post by **swanso5** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 3:41 am

what are you training for???

debo · Post by **debo** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 4:32 pm

overall fitness

swanso5 · Post by **swanso5** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 4:56 pm

circuits are great for fat loss, muscle building and fitness...all program will get you results if you do it hard and consistently

what eqwuipment do yuo have to use?

debo · Post by **debo** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 5:07 pm

i have dumbbells & barbells and a bench, I was thinking of doing push ups, rows squats shoulder press the plank deadlifts. I'm not sure of reps 5 or 8

swanso5 · Post by **swanso5** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 9:58 pm

push ups will be too easy...

what are plank deadlifts?

for overall fitness go for sets of 60 - 120secs over reps, resting of you need to and re starting until the time is up...this is just a thought though...

basically for strength use sets of 3 - 5 x 5 - 3 sets...for muscle/fat loss use sets of 10 x 3 - 5 sets

your aim is to be out of breathe anf feeling a lot of lactic acid build up...try not to rest even when you want to until the circuit is finished...

also perform the exercises in a different order each circuit or session but that may depend on what wts you have as you don't want to be changing them in btw sets

jonwade · Post by **jonwade** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 2:38 pm

The page has some info you may find useful. It has a video tutorial of various exercises, disadvantages and advantages of training, plus exercise descriptions: Circuit training

debo · Post by **debo** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 9:24 pm

the plank and deadlift how much rest between sets, thank you for the website

swanso5 · Post by **swanso5** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 2:15 am

2 - 3mins on deads depending what % of your max you're using

rest as long as you held the previous plank so if you held for 40secs, rest 40secs

debo · Post by **debo** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 9:11 pm

I was thinking of 8 reps per exercise & the plank 40 secs

swanso5 · Post by **swanso5** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 11:38 pm

2mins maximum should do then for deads and 40secs for plank...be sure tio increase plank holding time though, 5secs per session should be alright until at 2mins straight

debo · Post by **debo** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 11:23 pm

so what do you think of this routine
bench press
squats
rows
shoulder press
deadlift
the plank

swanso5 · Post by **swanso5** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 7:37 pm

good but in this order:

deads
shoulder press
squats
rows
bench
plank