Advice to improve your movement, fitness, and overall health from the world's #1 in orthopedics.
Circuit Training at Home
For a time-efficient and fun home workout session, try our circuit training routine which incorporates all the fitness components.
Advice to improve your movement, fitness, and overall health from the world's #1 in orthopedics.
If you're brand new to circuit training, here's a primer: This technique combines cardiovascular, muscular strength and endurance, and flexibility and mobility exercise into one workout. It may sound like a lot for one session, especially if you don't have much time or equipment. But circuit training can be done using only the weight of your body and progressed to challenge even the fittest among us.
How Circuit Training Works
A circuit training workout can be performed for one or more rounds. Each exercise is completed for either a set amount of time or a certain number of repetitions. Some general guidelines:
- Each exercise in the routine should target a different muscle group — like the chest, back, or hamstrings — in order to prevent overuse and lower the risk of injury.
- Because each exercise targets a different muscle group, you don't need a lot of rest in between. However, you do need to consider the rest time between each round so that you are able to perform at your best for the entire workout.
- You can also adjust the intensity. Just make sure you focus on maintaining proper technique in order to minimize the risk of injury.
Published 12/2/2020
