20 Minute Fitness – High Intensity Circuit Training

High intensity circuit training workouts are ideal when you don’t have much time but want to achieve a huge training effect. They stimulate the release of growth hormone, mobilise fat for fuel and place a large stress on the cardiovascular system – all in one short workout!

Below is a session I took my friend Dan through. He was low on motivation and only had a short period of time – I told him he could have a good session in 20 minutes with a met con style training approach, where we performed high intensity circuit training using resistance exercises.

The workout looked like this…

1. Burpees with a push up, into a jumping pull up, into…
2. American Kettlebell Swings, into…
3. Single Arm Overhead Snatch, into…
4. Jump Squats and then back to the start and repeat with a rep less.

The format is simple – complete all five exercises as a circuit. Start with 10 reps of each exercise. Once one exercise is completed, move the next exercise in the circuit.

At the end of the circuit take a 60 second rest before starting again, this time with 9 reps per exercise.

Repeat all the way down to 1 rep.

This high intensity circuit training workout fits into my ethos of keeping training simple, short and intense. A full body workout that makes sure you leave no stone unturned – all of the muscles are trained, all of the exercises are compound exercises and the programme is balanced with both push and pull exercises.

I have mentioned a few times on the blog that I believe in an approach that does contain high intensity circuit training sessions. This circuit is a perfect example of a training session that keeps the intensity up high!

If you are looking to try something new in your training, give high intensity circuit training a try!

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