6-Minute Circuit for Weight Loss

Circuit training helps you with your weight loss. With this exercise routine, you don't need cardio for fat loss.

You can eliminate cardio from your weight loss program. One thing we have to lose from our workout mindsets is the idea of this "60-minute workout". Forget about spending that much time in the gym. Instead, choose better exercises that are more efficient. This will allow you to get your workout done faster, eliminating the "no time" workout excuse.

The secret of circuit training is efficiency. You can get a lot done with only a little work. The trick is knowing which exercises are best. And because I've spent thousands of hours in the gym, in my workouts and with others, I have a pretty good idea which ones are best and which ones are a waste of time.

And lately, I've been spending a lot of time doing bodyweight exercises so that I can show you the best, most efficient way to get a great fat loss workout without requiring fancy, expensive gym equipment.

You can get more results from any push-up variation that is in my manual (a no-cost exercise) than you would from a single-arm cable crossover performed on a fancy $5000 gym machine.

Okay, do each exercise for 10 reps, resting 15 seconds between exercises. Go slow and controlled through each exercise except for the jumping jacks. It will take you about 6 minutes to get through the circuit once. You can repeat the circuit up to 4 times if you have more time to exercise.

Exercise 1 - Bodyweight Squats
Exercise 2 - Plank (hold for 45 seconds)
Exercise 3 - Split squats (5 reps per side)
Exercise 4 - Pushups
Exercise 5 - Side plank (hold for 20 seconds per side)
Exercise 6 - 45 seconds of jumping jacks

You can do this circuit every day if you only do it once. If you do it 3-4 times, take a day off between workouts, but stay active with other activities.

Craig Ballantyne is a Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist and writes for Men's Health, Men's Fitness, Maximum Fitness, Muscle and Fitness Hers, and Oxygen magazines. His trademarked Turbulence Training fat loss workouts have been featured multiple times in Men’s Fitness and Maximum Fitness magazines, and have helped thousands of men and women around the world lose fat, gain muscle, and get lean in less than 45 minutes three times per week. For more information on the Turbulence Training workouts that will help you burn fat without long, slow cardio sessions or fancy equipment, visit http://www.TurbulenceTraining.com