Here is another session I did with my circuit group recently that requires little kit and can be completed in 30-40 minutes. All you will need are some dumbbells, step box, weight plates and a mat. The circuit is split into 3 sections, upper body, lower body and cardio. Each section consists of 3 exercises with you completing 10 reps of each one. The first time round you spend 4 minutes per section completing the 3 exercises as many times as possible. The next time you complete 3 minutes per section and the last round you spend 2 minutes on each one. In between circuits you can either rest for a minute or use this time to hit your abdominals. For my circuit class I used a mixture of crunches, oblique twists and plank variations.

Warm up: As always spend 5-10 minutes warming up before starting this circuit.

Section 1: Upper body

Press-ups

Dumbbell shoulder press

Bent over dumbbell rows

Section 2: Lower body (For this section use a weight plate. Hold it in both hands at chest height and aim not to put it down till the section is complete).

Wide to narrow squats. (Start with your feet hip width and perform a normal squat before stepping your feet together. Perform a squat from this position and this counts as 1 rep).

Alternating leg front lunge (5 reps per leg).

Stand up; kneel down (From a standing position place one knee on the floor and then the other so you finish in a kneeling position. Return to standing and repeat).

Section 3: Cardio

Bunny hops over step box. (Stand next to a low step box and place both hands onto it. From here jump your legs back and forth over the box).

Burpees

Star jumps

Bonus challenge:

If at the end of the workout you still have time or energy left then you may want to try this as a great little finisher. Start with 2 press-ups followed by 2 burpees and 2-body weight squats. Then increase each exercise by 2 reps until you have completed 10 reps of each. Do all this in the quickest time possible.

Spend 5 minutes cooling down and stretching.