As we head into the last 3 weeks of the beach body plan it’s time to turn your body into a fat burning machine with some high intensity circuit training. Circuit training combines resistance exercises alongside high intensity aerobic work. This means you will be keeping you heart rate elevated throughout the session so even [...]
This workout uses exercises that target multiple muscle groups in one go to give you a whole body workout in just 6 movements. This is a great resistance programme for anyone who is short of time or wants to burn some body fat as well as toning up, as by working so many muscle groups [...]
This workout mixes resistance exercises with plyometric training to help you improve your strength, speed and power. Plyometric exercises involve your muscles being loaded and then contracted in rapid sequence which can help you to jump higher, run faster, throw further, punch harder etc which is why this type of training is used by many [...]
If you have seen or done some of the workouts on this site then you will know I am a huge fan of circuit training. I have been teaching circuit training classes to large groups for over 10 years now and use it as part of my one 2 one and small group sessions. I [...]
Many people head to the gym with the sole aim of increasing their muscle size and strength but fail to reach their goals. This could be down to a number of reasons such as poor nutrition and ineffective training for example. Many people spend hours in the free weights area following programmes that are not [...]
Here is another session that I did with my circuit class. Circuit training is an excellent form of training that I use not only as a group fitness session but also in one to one training and within my own workouts. It is a great way to increase general fitness, burn calories, increase muscular endurance [...]
This challenge will take you around 40 minutes to complete and works the entire body so can be done instead of your normal workout. The challenge is broken down into 4 stations of 4 exercises and the aim is to complete as many total sets as possible. Each station lasts 8 minutes and 10 reps [...]
Here is a session I did within my circuit class recently. The circuit is split into 4 sections, upper body, lower body, core and cardio. Each section is split into 3 exercises with the aim of doing 30 seconds for each one completing as many repetitions as possible. Each section lasts for 6 minutes so [...]
The aim of this challenge is to perform 4 sets of the following 4 exercises in the quickest time possible. By the end of the fourth exercise you may find that it is far from fun!!
Warm up: Spend 5-10 minutes warming up with a mixture of light cardio, mobility exercises and stretching.
Barbell clean and press [...]
This whole body workout combines large compound resistance exercises combined with plyometric based exercises to help you improve your strength, power, anaerobic fitness and burn plenty of calories. This workout superset’s (performing 2 exercises back to back with no rest) strength exercise with an explosive cardio based movement.*****
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