Circuit Training

Circuit training is one of the most efficient forms of exercise to burn fat, lose weight, and build muscle. You can sweat through a total-body, strength-boosting and calorie-torching workout at turbo speed, without even leaving your own living room. Not only is circuit training a super efficient way to work out, but it's also pretty much guaranteed to be a good time. With endless ways to customize and mix up circuit training sessions and the quick pace at which you move, it really never gets old.

Circuit training is a style of workout where you cycle through several exercises targeting different muscle groups with minimal rest in between. The result is a workout that taxes your muscular strength and endurance and your cardiorespiratory system.

Circuit training is short bursts of resistance exercise using moderate weights and frequent repetitions, followed quickly by another burst of exercise targeting a different muscle group. People do not need a lot of equipment for cardiovascular exercise. Instead, they can take part in cardio training at home by working their own body weight. People can choose the exercises that suit their current fitness level. They could also move on to more difficult movements over time as their fitness improves.

Because the exerciser switches between muscle groups, no rest is needed between exercises. This gets the heart rate up, which usually doesn't happen during resistance exercise. Sometimes, to up heart rate further, aerobics are sprinkled between the resistance exercises.

If you're looking to shave some points off your body-fat percentage, circuit training workouts are about to become your new best friend. These whole-body workouts combine strength and cardiovascular training into one killer muscle-building, fat-burning session. As a result, you'll get all the strength-building benefits, plus an infusion of cardio and endurance. Mixing resistance training with a cardiovascular workout in this way has been shown to increase your metabolism. You'll burn fat while you build muscle, shaving off body-fat percentage points as you go.

Circuit training is also incredibly efficient. You'll be amazed at how quickly you can get an effective full-body workout while working through these circuits. Because many home cardio workouts do require jumping, they may not be the best option for people with hip, knees, or ankle issues.

HIIT workouts alternate between high intensity and low to moderate intensity intervals as the circuit progresses. If you're looking to burn fat while building endurance, you'll want to work some HIIT workouts into your plan. Like MRT, HIIT does crazy things for your EPOC, keeping your metabolism going strong long after you've left the gym.

Because they work at such a high level of intensity, HIIT workouts also increase levels of muscle-building hormones. This combination means you'll gain muscle mass while burning off body fat. As an added bonus, you'll get your heart rate way up, powering up your cardiovascular endurance.