Nutrition in Exercise

If your friend were to tell you that he just completed a circuit training workout that left him totally worked, would you wonder “what’s next…step class?...or some intense yoga?”

Many people don’t recognize the great benefits circuit training can provide everyone.  It isn’t just a general workout, but a highly efficient way to reach your fitness goals whatever they may be.

So…what is circuit training?

Circuit training is a combination of high-intensity aerobics and resistance training with minimal breaks between exercises.  You keep moving the entire time during and between the exercises. It targets fat loss, muscle building, and heart fitness and can be easily adapted to any fitness goal you may have.  For those seeking muscle building, you are likely more familiar with doing sets with increased weight over time.  Circuit training, on the other hand, works because it forces you to keep pushing your body aerobically, while still challenging your strength.

The Common Misconception

Many men associate circuit training with fat burning, cardio workouts.  And yes, with low resistance and no rest periods, this is a great way to burn fat and tone muscle.

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Summer's coming and many people want to get rid of their extra stomach fat as quickly as possible.  No matter how fit you are, having an extra layer of ugly fat hanging off your hips and belly just doesn't look very good...especially when you're in a bikini or swimming shorts!

Most people, in their rush to reduce stomach fat, go to extremes by doing thousands of crunches, performing "marathon" aerobic exercise workouts, following crash diets, and/or taking one of the thousands of "fat burning" diet pills being sold all over the place.

Unfortunately, using these kinds of techniques is a recipe for fitness failure!

It is never too late to start exercising but most of us, unless actively involved in sport, don’t really bother until we see or feel the signs that our bodies are deteriorating.  Research shows that men and women lose more than five pounds of muscle every decade of life due to disuse (Evans and Rosenberg 1992).  So, if you gain an average of 10 pounds a decade while losing 5 pounds in muscle mass, you are gaining 15 pounds of fat every decade.

All that fat has great negative impacts on your heart health, your metabolism, your endurance, and your ability to turn it around.

So it is simply not good enough to think that a weekend round of golf, an hour of tennis, or a brisk walk to the office each morning will keep a trim body.  Everyone needs to retain muscle mass through strength training.  No matter how you feel about resistance bands, dumbbells, or weight machines, building muscle provides overall tone, increased metabolism, maintained or improved bone density, more energy, and overall better health.

How do some people seem to stay young and fit while others seemingly age faster than their years?

Genes does play a role, but a large part of staying young is the determination not to let age get the best of them.  If you haven’t started a good exercise regime by your early thirties, it is going to be increasingly difficult to retain good body health and vitality.