summer time - circuit training

summer is full of activity, you are outside more, moving more, and therefore burning more calories. summer time is meant for shedding pounds and cutting, not for putting on weight. take full advantage of your increased activity and use the summer to trim that winter fat off and get lean and mean. you then have to make sure your workout is more "summer focused." try out some circuit training; your workouts will be shorter, but harder and have more of a cardio feel to them. heres a good sample workout: it takes an exercise from each a major muscle group and supersets it with other exercise from a different muscle group. this workout will work your core plus everything else at once. be ready to sweat.

Perform 3-4 times a week:

Do each circuit once through without rest- then rest for 2 minutes and repeat circuit 2 more times- then rest 3 minutes while setting up the next set of exercises. Do entire once through.

Should take about 40 minutes (not counting set up time)


Circuit 1:
Jump Squats x 12 reps
Bench Press x 12 reps
Dumbbell military (on balance ball) x 12 reps
Lawnmowers dumbbells x 12 reps

Circuit 2:
Lunges x 16 reps
Pull ups x 10-15 reps
Shrugs x 12 reps
Incline press x 12 reps

Circuit 3:
Dips x 12 reps
Dumbbell Flys x 12 reps
Straight bar curls x 12 reps
Plate chops x 12 reps

Circuit 4:
Step-ups x 16 reps
Bent over rows x 12 reps
Lateral dumbell raises x 12 reps
Hanging leg raises x 12 reps


Lets get it on....