Circuit Training To Maximise Results

Many fitness instructors and personal trainers are now using high-intensity training as a main method of fat-burning for weight loss, while some professional bodybuilders mix cardio in their exercise routines. What's the truth? If you're confused on the issue, you're not alone. It seems complicated until you split it down into the basic truth. Successful, long term weight reduction requires a combination of cardiovascular and high-intensity exercise sessions. Cardiovascular training is effective for fat loss as it brings your heart rate up and keeps it there for a longer period of time. This puts a greater than usual demand on the body for energy, which demands your system to burn off a lot of calories to make that energy. 

If you are watching what you eat and controlling your calorie intake, the additional calories required to produce this energy will be extracted from stored body fat. This is why people who do a good deal of cardio work have a simpler time reducing weight. They just have a higher need for calories to burn. How does strength training fit into this? While dumbbells, barbells, and weight piles are the domain of those looking for a super pumped, muscular frame, fitness instructors and trainers are now using those tools for women and men who only need to lose weight, tone up, and look their best. 

How Circuit Training Helps

Cardio still has to be a part of the weekly routine, but intensity training is now considered necessary for fat loss. Strength training strengthens and tones your muscles, but while doing that it puts a big demand for energy on your body. Modern research shows that your metabolic process remains elevated for hours after a high-intensity training or circuit training workout. This just means you continue to burn off calories at a high rate even after you've finished working out with a circuit training class. Remember, the greater calories you burn the more likely they'll to be pulled out of stored fat, so this is a great thing for fat loss. 

Resistance training also maintains your muscle mass and may help you build more muscle if required through a circuit class. Women may do that without getting bulky like men. They simply get leaner and better toned, so that they look smaller irrespective of their weight. Men may get more bulk to them, however, it can take considerable effort to look like a pro bodybuilder. The only issue with combining intensity training and cardio for a well-balanced program is that it can take a great deal of time to put in 3 or more strength training workout routines and several cardio sessions every week. The solution is frequently to do circuit training exercise that combines high-intensity training movements with bursts of cardio. That keeps the heart rate high so the advantages of cardio are delivered while working the muscles for strength training benefits.

Battle Bootcamp offers regular circuit training classes every week.

What is Battle Circuit Training?

This circuit fitness training class offers a powerful hour of outdoor training programs. The session is typically delivered in a static location, with a wide range of exercises and mix of kit and equipment.

Don’t be fooled by the word static because you won’t be! The class takes place for an hour but you’ll only be ‘beasted’ for 40 minutes, with the additional time allocated for your warm-up and cool down.

The class is great if you want to work on full-body conditioning and build your all-round fitness. It offers variety from your regular Bootcamp class whilst still ensuring that you will retain high-intensity training and power. It is also an opportunity to really focus on form and control so we’d highly recommend adding Battle Circuits to your regular weekly routine.

Interested in trying some classes?

Get your first month unlimited classes for £15