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Strong Women
Circuit training for women: 3 key benefits of doing circuit training (and tips for doing it at home)
3 years ago
2 min read
If you’re looking for a quick, effective and equipment-free way of building fitness and strength, look no further.
If you’re looking to get fitter and stronger relatively quickly, then circuit training is the perfect way to train. In fact, you’ve probably already tried it; those Joe Wicks 15-minute online workouts are based around circuits. And if you were on a sports team at uni, you’ll know only too well how sweaty a 45-minute full-body circuit can be.
But if you’re unfamiliar with it, circuit training is just a series of exercises (think: plank, sit-ups and burpees) completed one after the other as part of a ‘circuit’.
Generally, you’ll do several rounds of the circuit, working for a certain amount of time. That might mean, for example, working your way through seven different exercises, doing each one of 30 seconds before having a 30 second break – and repeating the whole lot three times.
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