B TRAIN Personal Training and Group Fitness: Work It with a Circuit

Thursday, July 19, 2012

Work It with a Circuit

Circuit training is one of the best ways to maximize your exercise efforts in a short amount of time. It is a great tool for elevating your heart rate and stressing your cardiovascular and musculoskeletal systems. Listed below are two different circuits that can be performed in the comfort of your own home and will take less than 20 minutes.

Equipment: Timer

Circuit #1

Jog in place

Pushups

Squats

High Knees

Circuit #2

Wide Pushups
Mountain Climbers
Log Jumps
Jumping Jacks

For each circuit, each exercise should be performed for 30 seconds.

Rest 30 seconds after completion of each circuit.

Complete each circuit 3 times.

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Shawn Brannon, NSCA-CPT

Owner, B TRAIN

Shawn Brannon is a graduate of The University of Mississippi with a Bachelor's Degree in Exercise Science. He continued his education at The University of Tennessee Health Science Center with an emphasis in Physical Therapy. He is a National Strength and Conditioning Association Certified Personal Trainer and is the Owner of B TRAIN Personal Training and Group Fitness in Amory, MS. He has volunteered with the Miss Amory Railroad Festival Pageant, has judged in other local pageants for Miss Mississippi in the Miss America system, and has also been a pageant judge in Alabama. He is a weight lifter and marathon runner with a passion for sharing good health and fitness.