Circuit Training Basics - Learn how to create your own routine

You've learned from our Circuit Training Article that circuit training is made up of multiple exercises performed one right after the other.

Here we will discuss what you need to know to create your own workout routine. If you're still uncertain, we will give you some sample routines at the end to try out.

Circuit Training Basics

• ALWAYS warm up before your routine. It only takes 5-10 minutes but it will increase your range of motion and get your body ready for the upcoming workout.

• Pick anywhere from 8-12 different exercises. You can pick from a variety of different muscles groups for a total body workout, or pick exercises for specific muscle groups. Either way works well depending on your goals.

• Depending on the intensity, your fitness levels, and the length of your exercises, you can perform anywhere from 1-3 circuits.

• Keep your weights lighter. Remember this is aerobic so you are trying to do as many reps as possible in the given time frame. So expect to be doing higher reps. But do not make your weights so light that you do not feel the burn.

• I do not like to rest in between, but if you are doing all push-up exercises it's good to give your body a 30 second rest MAX. But I would rather you perform exercises for two muscle groups - say chest and back - this way you can go from one exercise immediately to the next without a rest.

  If you want a rest, it could be running in place or on a treadmill, jumping jacks, or jumping rope. What ever you prefer. I guess that's technically not a "rest" but it's a way to throw some extra aerobics in.

Alright, now that you have all the tools (and exercises on our website), you need to make your own routine. Looking for a little direction? No problem. Try one of our circuit training routines.

There are a couple rountines on our Circuit Weight Training Page as well as a bunch of exercises on the Circuit Training Exercises page.

You do not have to stick with these exercise. Feel free to look at the other exercises liseted on this site. Almost anything you can think of can be put into one of your routines. The key is to keep it flowing from one exercise into the next.

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