Weight Circuit Training

Weight Circuit Training For Burning Fat And Maintaining Muscles

Weight Circuit Training is one of the best types of cardiovascular exercises you can do. With the benefits of maintaining your muscles which keeps your metabolism boosted while spending minimal time getting great results, it’s becoming more and more popular. Weight circuit training is for both men and women. You will not bulk up doing this type of weight training but, you’ll burn a ton of calories.

Performing Weight Circuit Training

When performing your weight circuit training, it is important to focus on the large muscle groups. They would include…

Chest
Back
Thighs.

These are the three big muscle groups which will get you sweeting and out of breath in no time. Alternating from upper body to lower body is when you’ll gain the best benefits of this type of workout.

As you fatigue one muscle group in your upper body, you will have some steam left in your lower body to keep working out at a high intensity. This technique will work great for burning a lot of fat when you keep the reps high and the weights manageable.

A sample weight circuit training that I like to do early in the morning looks like this…

Barbell Bench Press = 30 seconds
Dumbbell Forward Lunge = 30 seconds
Bent Over Barbell Row = 30 seconds
Barbell Squats = 30 seconds
Rest = 60 seconds.

Complete this circuit 5 to 7 times or until you reach a total time of 20 minutes. The weight you use should be light enough to complete the exercise in the time allowed and heavy enough so you feel exhausted at the end of each circuit.

Notice the exercises which I picked to target big muscle groups and also stimulates other smaller muscle groups. For example, the barbell bench press, targets the chest and also stimulates the shoulders and triceps.