circuit training advice

jderksen · 03-05-2008, 12:52 PM

I'm considering putting my regular training on hold for the next couple of months to do some circuit training to boost my conditioning ( a recent event made me realize it needs work) My question is would it be better to do a full body circuit or an upper/lower split or continue to do the push/pull/legs split i'm currently doing and use tri or giant sets for each body part before moving on to the next one?
any opinions or advice would be greatly appreciated

**P-funk** · 03-05-2008, 10:51 PM

depends on goals and what the rest of your training for the week looks like (cardio, etc.)

jderksen · 03-06-2008, 01:06 AM

Hi P-funk, my goals for right now are to boost my cardio for a pt test for law enforcement that consists of a persuit/restraint obsticle course and a timed 20 meter shuttle run, I'm doing cardio on a treadmill (here at home) 4-5 times per week usually 25 minute sesssions that are either intervals or i'll start at 5mph and increase speed by half a mph each minute for as long as i can go to mimmick the pace of the shuttle run.
I weight train 4 days per week and I do a three day push/pull/legs split. Usually 6 sets per body part and reps between 6-12. I typically take longer rest periods probably in the 2-3 minute range. I'm looking at switching to some circuit type training to help with my conditioning. I have a couple of months to get ready for my re-tests and thought this would be the way to go.

03-05-2008, 12:52 PM	#1
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03-05-2008, 10:51 PM	#2
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03-06-2008, 01:06 AM	#3
jderksen Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 8	Hi P-funk, my goals for right now are to boost my cardio for a pt test for law enforcement that consists of a persuit/restraint obsticle course and a timed 20 meter shuttle run, I'm doing cardio on a treadmill (here at home) 4-5 times per week usually 25 minute sesssions that are either intervals or i'll start at 5mph and increase speed by half a mph each minute for as long as i can go to mimmick the pace of the shuttle run. I weight train 4 days per week and I do a three day push/pull/legs split. Usually 6 sets per body part and reps between 6-12. I typically take longer rest periods probably in the 2-3 minute range. I'm looking at switching to some circuit type training to help with my conditioning. I have a couple of months to get ready for my re-tests and thought this would be the way to go.